奥鹏福建师范大学2013春《大学英语2》在线作业一

一、单选题（共 50 道试题，共 100 分。）    得分：100

1.  Students in his class cannot

understand _____C_______.

A. what does the sentence mean

B. what means this sentence

C. what this sentence means

D. what is the meaning of the sentence

2.  There used to be some trees by the lake, ____C________?

A. was there

B. were there

C. weren't there

D. wasn't there

3.  ______D______he works hard, I don't mind when he finishes the

experiment.

A. As soon as

B. As well as

C. So far as

D. So long as

4.  All things____C________, the planned trip will have to be called off.

A. considering

B. be considered

C. considered

D. having considered

5.  I wonder how many years ago_____B_______.

A. did your father retire

B. your father retired

C. has your father retired

D. your father has retired

6.  It makes no difference to me ____D________he will come or not.

A. how

B. why

C. when

D. whether

7.  ____B________the English examination I would have gone to the concert

last Saturday.

A. In spite of

B. But for

C. Because of

D. As for

8.  The higher the standard of living,______D______.

A. the greater is the

amount of paper is used

B. the greater amount of paper is used

C. the amount of paper is used is greater

D. the greater the amount of paper is used

9.  I recognized her____A________I saw her.

A. the instant (that)

B. after

C. if not

D. unless

10.  We must do well______B______the boss assigns us to do.

A. that

B. whatever

C. whichever

D. those

11.  Do ______B______you are told; otherwise you will be punished

.A. that

B. what

C. which

D. whom

12.  Can you find out ___C_________her pen?

A. where Alice had put

B. where had Alice put

C. where Alice has put

D. where has Alice put

13.  ―The trousers____D________you well, madam. ―But the

color____________me

.A. fit ... don't suit

B. fits ... doesn't suit

C. fits ... don't suit

D. fit ... doesn't suit

14.  The soldiers jumped into the river______A______past their ears.

A. with   bullets whistling

B. with bullets whistled

C. with bullets to whistle

D. with bullets being whistling

15.  E-mail, as well as telephones,_______A_____an important part in daily

communication.

A. is playing

B. have played

C. are playing

D. play

16.  Either John or his friends ______A______to blame for the bad

results.

A. are

B. is

C. was

D. has been

17.  I think English is____C________than Japanese.

A. much important

B. important

C. much more important

D. more much important

18.  The water gives up energy and becomes cooler________B____the ice

receives energy and melts.

A. when

B. while

C. for

D. because

19.  The juvenile offender was released from custody on condition that

he____D________a job immediately and____________out of trouble for six

months

.A. found ... stayed

B. finds ... stay

C. find ... stays

D. find ... stay

20.  The reason we're so late is ____C________.

A. for the car breaks down

B. due to the car breaking down

C. that the car broke down

D. because the car broke down

21.  Never hesitate to ask about ____B________.

A. that you don't understand

B. what you don't understand

C. which you don't understand

D. what don't you understand

22.  Either of these young ladies______C______perfectly qualified to teach

Greek, Latin and French.

A. were

B. are

C. is

D. have been

23.  Word has come____B________some guests from Canada will visit our school.

A. what

B. that

C. whether

D. when

24.  The patient isn't out of danger. He is ____A_______than how he was

yesterday.

A. no better

B. worst

C. not worse

D. not more

25.  Of the two cups, he bought_____A_______one.

A. the smaller

B. the smallest

C. small

D. smaller

26.  _______B_____, they made their way through the street.

A. He guided

B. With his guiding

C. He is guiding

D. He had guided

27.  We didn't know his telephone number, otherwise we_____A_______him.

A. would have telephoned

B. must have telephoned

C. would telephone

D. had telephoned

28.  Do you know ______C______?

A. when does the party start

B. whether the party starts

C. what time the party starts

D. if the party starts

29.  Is this museum ______D______you visited a few days ago?

A. where

B. that

C. on which

D. the one

30.______D______for my illness, I would have lent him a helping hand

.A.   Not being

B. Without being

C. Not having been

D. Had it not been

31.  How beautifully she sings!I have never heard______D______.

A. the  better voice

B. a good voice

C. the best voice

D. a better voice

32.  Boris has brains. In fact,I doubt whether anyone in the class has

______B______IQ

.A. a high

B. a higher

C. the higher

D. the highest

33.  I have not found my book yet. In fact, I'm not sure ____D________ I

could have done with it.

A. if

B. whether

C. how

D. what

34.  The question_______D_____finally, we went home

.A. to be settled

B. settling

C. having settled

D. settled

35.  Mrs. Lee will move into her new house next Monday, _____C_______it

will be completely furnished.

A. by that time

B. by the time

C. by which time

D. by some time

36.  ________B____we need more practice is quite clear

.A. What

B. That

C. Which

D. When

37.  Mary is the only one of the team members______A______to be

transferred.

A. who is going

B. who are going

C. who have been going

D. who has been going

38.  ____D________the 1500's____________the first Europeans explored the

coast of California

.A. It was not until ... when

B. It is until ... that

C. It is not until ... when

D. It was not until ... that

39.  The machine is such ______B______I have never seen before

.A. what

B. as

C. when

D. where

40.  Cattle______A______to graze on the village common

.A. are allowed

B. is allowed

C. allows

D. allow

41.  I'd rather you____D________make any comment on the issue for the time

Being

.A. don't

B. wouldn't

C. shouldn't

D. didn't

42.  The Smith's family, which____B________rather a large

one,____________very fond of their old house.

A. were ... were

B. was ... were

C. were ... was

D. was ... was

43. It is vital that enough money____A________to fund the subject

.A. be   collected

B. must be collected

C. is collected

D. can be collected

44.  He told me how he had given me shelter and food without which I

___A_________of hunger

.A. would have died

B. would die

C. would be died

D. will die

45.  ― Who is John Smith? ― He is the speaker ____C________ heard last

week.

A. which we would have

B. we would have

C. we

D. we had

46.  You can't imagine_____B_______when they received these gifts.

A. how  they were excited

B. how excited they were

C. how excited they have

D. they were how excited

47.  Young_____A_______John was, he was able to swim across the channel

within minutes.

A. as

B. so

C. though

D. although

48.  _____B_______,we will set off as we planned.

A. Were it good or bad

B. Be it good or bad

C. Being good or bad

D. Whether good or bad

49.  A good many proposals were raised by the delegates,_____D_______was to

be expected.

A. that

B. what

C. so

D. as

50.  ___A_________he is absent, what shall we do?

A. Now that

B. Seeing that

C. Whether

D. Supposing that