Unit 1 Friendship learning about language课时作业

第一节 单项选择

1. Could you teil me how you usually __________ Thanksgiving Day in your country.

A. pass B. reach C. congratulate D. observe

2. Measures have been taken to solve the problem, but it may be some time ___________ the situation improves.

A. since B. when C. before D. unless

3. ----When did you find the wallet?

-----It was at noon _________ I played football on the playground.

A. that B. when C. then D. which

4. ----Can you come tomorrow?

-----I'm afraid not. I've been __________ with my essay lately.

A. occupied B. grasped C. devoted D. hesitated

5. Tom arrived late and missed the assembly. He __________ the traffic to be so heavy.

A. hadn't expected B. wouldn't expectC. haven't expected D. wasn't expecting

6. Thanks for your directions to the house; we wouldn't have found it ________.

A. nowhere B. however C. otherwise D. instead

7. What we expect from you is working hard ____ hardly working.

A. less than B. rather than C. as well as D. as much as

8. My good performance in the job interview left me ______ about my future and about what I can do here.

A. puzzled B. sensitive C. optimistic D. embarrassed

9. Starting your own business could be a way to achieving financial independence. ________, it could just put you in debt.

A. In other words B. All in all C. As a result D. On the other hand

10. A new iPhone costs about _______ of a second-hand one.

A. the price of three times B. three times the price

C. as much as the three times price D. three times more than the price

11. ________ has helped to protect the environment is worth praising.

A. Who B. The one C. Anyone D. Whoever

12. We all breathed a sigh of relief when the news came _____no one was injured in the accident.

A. why B. that C. whether D. which

13. My laptop computer, _________ I can't go on with my work, broke down the other day.

A. which B. that C. without which D. for which

14. Personally I think the _____ Andrew drew from his simple experiment is not scientific.

A. conclusion B. decision C. information D. invention.

15. The falling of the new building _____its soft base, causing one death and over twenty injuries.

A. resulted in B .suffered from C. led to D. resulted from