Unit 1 Great Scientists learning about language课时作业

第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. The elder of the twins_____ her sister in appearance but not in character.

A. looks B. compares C. resembles D. equals

2. She knows that as a secretary she must be pleasant and helpful no matter how busy she is or what kind of _____ she may be in.

A. mood B. mind C. form D. thought

3. He couldn't continue to live such a poor life, so he left home, ______ not to come back if he couldn't get rich.

A. determining B. determined C. determine D. being determined

4. If you get up early tomorrow, try ______ your father, because he stayed up late nearly every night this week.

A. not to disturb B. not interrupt C. waking up D. to awake

5. As a child, Johnson would sit on the steps alone, _______ the sun ______ down.

A. watched; going B. watching; went

C. watching; go D. watched; went

6. She got into______ when she thought she'd forgotten the tickets, and this _______ her husband, too.

A. panic; panic B. a panic; panicked

C. a panic; panic D. panic; panicked

7. The boy asked me curiously whether I could tell him ____ be like in the future.

　A. what life would B. what will life C. how life would D. how will life

8. People are warned _____ in that city because there is some virus going around the city.

A. to not tour B. touring not C. not to tour D. not touring 9. The meat is so rotten and ______. You must have forgotten to put it in fridge.

A. smells terribly B. smells terrible C. is smelling terribly D. is smelling terrible 10. Travelling on the bad mountain roads is a ____ experience and I will never risk my life like that from now on.

A. terrifying B. terrified C. astonishing D. astonished 11. The central government has ____ a working party to looking into the mine disaster in Tongchuan, Shanxi Province.

A. set up B. set off C. set in D. set to 12. It was dark. But ______ the light of the moon , I saw a man ____ in the street corner.

A. in; lying B. in; to lie C. by; lying D. by; to lie