loading外研社，新编大学英语综合教程4 Unit1 Leisure Activities
In-Class Reading
Quiz
1. Choose the most appropriate word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
1. The children ______ at the end of the song.
A. congratulated
B. collected
C. assembled
D. resmbled
2. He plays a Russian spy in the comedy _______ \
A. drama
B. fiction
C. opera
D. script
3. The guides _____ the tourists together at the hotel gate.
A. accumulated
B. concentrated
C. gathered
D. collected
4. The little boy's crying _____ his parents.
A. thrilled
B. shattered
C. broke
D. embarrassed
5. The murderer was _____ and sent to jail.
A. charged
B. convicted
C. accused
D. committed
6. The boy often imagined himself ______ before a clapping audience.
A. perform
B. to perform
C. performing
D. performed
7. It is for this reason _____ so many readers like to bury their heads in an old fashioned detective
story with a safe and predictable ending.
A. why
B. for which
C. that
D. for that
8. Agatha Christie's world is not quite a real world, _____ is one of the reasons why her books have
not become dated.
A. that B. it
C. in which
D. which
9. Contemporary crime writers explore a world of crime that is much darker than _____ imagined by
Agatha Christie.
A. wherever
B. whichever
C. anything
D. nothing
10. When you're the boss you can _____ your own rules.
A. make out
B. make up
C. make for
D. make off
11. Why do you _________ interrupting me when I have repeatedly asked you to stop?
A. take on
B. subject to
C. persist in
D. submit to
12. Collins was so seriously injured that he was unable to _____ his career.
A. assume
B. detect
C. consume
D. resume
2. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in the brackets.
13.
Ellen's
familiaritywith pop music is astonishing. (familiar)
Correct answer familiarity
obsession
Your answer familiarity
14.
The little boy's fascination with bees developed into an
Your answer obsession
shortage. (obsess)
Correct answer obsession
15.
There is a
of qualified English teachers in many schools. (short)
Correct answer shortage
laughableYour answer shortage
. (laugh)
16.
Privately they thought the idea
Your answer laughable
Correct answer laughable
gardener17.
They used to be so rich that they had a driver, a cook and a
popularity. (garden)
Your answer gardener
Correct answer gardener
18.
The
of Christie's books shows no sign of going away. (popular) Your answer popularity
Correct answer popularity
predictable
19.
I knew you were going to say that—you're so
Your answer predictable
detection. (predict)
Correct answer predictable
for many years. (detect)
20.
The crime escaped