大学英语每日一练（8-23）

71. Don’t take the wrong turn before you _______ the railway station.

A. have

B. run

C. keep

D. reach

【答案】D

【解析】考查动词辨析。句意：在到达火车站之前，不要拐错弯。have拥有;run跑;keep保持;reach到达。结合语境，故答案选D。

72. She gave us a detailed ________ of the local government’s new health-care proposal.

A. impression

B. explanation

C. education

D. communication

【答案】B

【解析】考查名词辨析。句意：她向我们详细解释了当地政府的新医保方案。impression印象;explanation解释;education教育;communication交流，沟通。根据前面的detailed可知是详细解释，故答案选B。

73. I’m sorry to tell you that the materials you wanted are ________.

A. taken off

B. put up

C. sold out

D. got off

【答案】C

【解析】考查动词短语辨析。句意：我很遗憾地告诉你，你想要的材料已经卖光了。take off脱下，起飞;put up张贴，搭建;sell out卖光;get off下车。结合语境，故答案选C。

74. ______ fast the boys are running!

A. What

B. What a

C. How

D. How a

【答案】C

【解析】考查感叹句。句意：男孩们跑得真快啊!感叹句句型：How+形容词/副词+主语+谓语!故答案选C。

75. There are no openings at present, so the company will not _______ anybody.

A. handle

B. lead

C. hire

D. dismiss

【答案】C

【解析】考查动词辨析。句意：目前没有空缺，所以公司不会雇用任何人。handle应对，处理;lead领导;hire雇佣;dismiss解雇。结合语境，故答案选C。

76. To _______ the truth, I really didn’t know anything about yesterday’s meeting.

A. do

B. tell

C. put

D. take

【答案】B

【解析】考查动词辨析及固定搭配。句意：说实话，我真的对昨天的会议一无所知。to tell the truth为固定搭配，意为“老实说，说实话”，故答案选B。

77. — Remember this, children. ______ careful you are, ______ mistakes you will make.

— We know, Miss Gao.

A. The more; the more

B. The fewer; the more

C. The more; the fewer

D. The less; the less

【答案】C

【解析】考查形容词比较级。句意：——记住这个，孩子们，你们越仔细，犯的错误就会越少。——我们知道了，高老师。根据句意可知，此句含义应用“越……，就越……”，其用法为the+比较级，the+比较级。根据careful(小心的)和mistakes(错误)可知，此处含义应为越仔细，就越少犯错误。又知careful是多音节形容词，比较级是more careful;mistakes是可数名词复数，且fewer后接可数名词复数，所以此处应用the more，the fewer。故答案选C。

78. Congratulations on the great _______ you’ve made since last year.

A. progress

B. measure

C. appointment

D. sense

【答案】A

【解析】考查名词辨析及固定搭配。句意：祝贺你去年以来取得的巨大进步。progress进步;measure措施;appointment约会;sense感觉。短语make progress取得进步，故答案选A。

79. The TV sets made in China are much better than ______ in Japan.

A. that

B. those

C. them

D. it

【答案】B

【解析】考查指示代词。句意：中国制造的电视机比日本制造的电视机好。代替前文提到的同名同物用it;代指前文提到的同名异物用that/those，that代指可数名词单数/不可数名词，those代指可数名词复数。中国的电视机和日本的电视机属于同名异物，排除C、D，且此处是对复数名词TV sets的指代，应该用those。综上所述，故答案选B。

80. — Do you take exercise every day?

— Yes. I always ______ thirty minutes doing exercise after supper.

A. spend

B. cost

C. take

D. pay

【答案】A

【解析】考查动词近义词辨析。句意：——你每天都锻炼吗?——是的。晚饭后我总是花三十分钟锻炼。spend人作主语，spend+钱或时间+on something/in doing sth;cost物作主语，花钱;take一般用it takes sb.+一段时间+for sb. to do sth;pay人作主语，一般用pay for表示付钱。故答案选A。