知到大学英语（四）（山东联盟）智慧树答案

第一章 单元测试

1、单选题：As the gender barriers ________, the number of women working as lawyers, doctors, or bankers began to increase significantly from the mid-20th century.

A:crumbling

B:crush

C:crushed

D:crumbled

正确答案:【crumbled      】

2、单选题：With the data collected each year, the owner of the shop can _____ customer trends and how things like weather and economic indicators affect sales performance.

A:discerning

B:consider

C:discern

D:concern

正确答案:【discern    】

3、单选题：His supervisor pushes and motivates him in such a positive manner that he is not only able to reach but to _______ his personal goals.

A:surpassing

B:surpass

C:surprise

D:surpassed

正确答案:【surpass  】

4、单选题：He is a man with a(n) ______ business sense. He has built his initial investment into a substantial and even excessively large fortune.

A:shrewd

B:shine

C:showing

D:show

正确答案:【shrewd   】

5、单选题：The ______ of nuclear radiation directly into electricity was an exciting possibility that was being vigorously explored in many laboratories in the 1950s.

A:conversion

B:converse

C:conversation

D:considerate

正确答案:【conversion   】

6、单选题：I was not only shocked but also disgusted that the report tried to _______ the scientific facts in such a manner that even some highly-educated people were fooled.

A:discuss

B:distorting

C:distort

D:distorted

正确答案:【distort    】

7、单选题：Sixty-two and blessed with his mother’s skin, the fisherman had withstood a lifetime of exposure to the sun and looked as ______ as a man in his forties.

A:radiant

B:radiate

C:radiating

D:radiation

正确答案:【radiant     】

8、单选题：French educator Louis Braille invented a simple but _______ code which has had an impact on the lives of generations of people who are blind.

A:incent

B:inside

C:incident

D:ingenious

正确答案:【ingenious】

9、单选题：The senators didn’t expect us to ask such tough questions, and when we finally did, they got ______ and didn’t know what to say.

A:stump

B:stamp

C:stumping

D:stumped

正确答案:【stumped  】

10、单选题：This newly established university supports the ______ that a more diverse higher education system is desirable since it would enhance opportunities for lifelong learning.

A:pose

B:posing

C:position

D:proposition

正确答案:【proposition   】

第二章 单元测试

1、单选题：We need to improve the quality of education so that our children will not leave school _______ in literary and reasoning skills.

A:deprive

B:deficiency

C:deficient

D:deprived

正确答案:【deficient   】

2、单选题：In a society governed by the rule of law, every citizen is subject to possible ______ if he violates the law.

A:prosecute

B:prosecuting

C:prosecution

D:prospect

正确答案:【prosecution 】

3、单选题：The pay gap between average workers and top corporate officers has led to public ______ as executives receive large packages despite falling share prices.

A:outstanding

B:outing

C:outrun

D:outrage

正确答案:【outrage  】

4、单选题：The delicious meal ________ our hunger and made us feel warm again after having walked in the snow all day.

A:appeased

B:appeasing

C:please

D:pleasing

正确答案:【appeased    】

5、单选题：The military insists on ________ in many areas, for example, dress and haircut, with the primary objective of promoting group unity.

A:conformity

B:conform

C:connect

D:conforming

正确答案:【conformity    】

6、单选题：My daughter used to play with the dog by taking a(n) _______ of its hair and then spending a long time rubbing, combing and twisting it.

A:standing

B:strand

C:stood

D:stand

正确答案:【strand   】

7、单选题：When she left for the party, she took great care to make her necklace and shoes _______ her dress.

A:compliment

B:completing

C:complement

D:complete

正确答案:【complement    】

8、单选题：It was necessary to provide living places for _______ immigrants passing through the area on their way to more permanent dwellings.

A:transmitting

B:transcend

C:transient

D:transmit

正确答案:【transient   】

9、单选题：They had just moved in, so they needed to buy a number of kitchen _______, including a microwave oven, a toaster, and a coffee maker.

A:appliances

B:appliance

C:apply

D:appearance

正确答案:【appliances    】

10、单选题：She wanted a beautiful and elegant _______ to attend the wedding of a friend, but couldn’t find anything satisfactory in the nearby shops.

A:outing

B:outfit

C:outside

D:outgoing

正确答案:【outfit     】

第三章 单元测试

1、单选题：The curtains changed the atmosphere of the house completely and made it into a place of _________ beauty.

A:exquisite

B:exquisitely

C:exceeds

D:extend

正确答案:【exquisite】

2、单选题：As the sun ________ the clouds, we enjoyed our afternoon of playing cards in the forest under the clear sky and observing the most spectacular view I have ever seen in my life.

A:disperse

B:dispersed

C:disappear

D:exquisite

正确答案:【dispersed】

3、单选题：The big company ________ their operations last year and opened several regional offices in the country to meet the needs of the market.

A:decentralized

B:detect

C:distance

D:decentralize

正确答案:【decentralized】

4、单选题：It is not easy to ________ a trend of growth from the available facts since they are quite scarce and not that convincing.

A:detected

B:deduction

C:deduce

D:decentralize

正确答案:【deduce】

5、单选题：Formerly found only in large industrial applications, microwave ovens now have become a standard ________ of most modern kitchens.

A:fix

B:fixture

C:future

D:fixing

正确答案:【fixture】

6、单选题：He calls on the public to save in everyday life and believes that ________ is the key to battling a culture that rewards mindless consumption.

A:frustrated

B:frugal

C:frugality

D:frustrates

正确答案:【frugality】

7、单选题：He is suitable for the position as