Unit 2
一．单项选择
1.I\'m afraid something important has ______,I won\'t be able to see you tomorrow.
A.come upB.come toC.went upD.been appeared
2.He seems to be doing nothing ,but _______actually he is just waiting for his friend .
A.as a resultB.after allC.generallyD.actually
3.Will China become one of the greatest powers in the world ?Only time will _____.
A.GoB.paC.speakD.tell
4.We are in the water swimming .then ______a large fish about the size of a room.
A.along comesB.comes awayC.has come alongD.has along come
5.Many great men have risen from poverty ----Lincoln and Edison _____.
A.insteadB.for exampleC.such as.D.and so on
6.Her face went red _____what he had said .
A.becauseB.because ofC.asD.as to
7.Visitors______not to touch the exhibitions.
A.will requireB.requestC.are requiringD.are required
8.The army of that country is _____General Washington\'s command .
A.to.B.withC.underD.of
9.----When will the manager go on holiday to Europe ?
-------He _____leave until May 1st .
A.is expectedB.isn\'t expected toC.expects toD.doesn\'t expect
10.Our country is now much stronger than ______.
A.agoB.beforeC.before everD.ever since
11.The girl was _____frightened ______hurt .
A.rather ....thanB.more ....thanC.instead ...of D.too...to
12._____the government ordered some people to make a collection of the words used then .
A.in the 1700sB.in his 30sC.in its 1700sD.in one\'s 30s
13.The use we _______our time really matters our life .
A.are made ofB.make ofC.had fromD.had of
14.He tried his best to solve the problem ,______difficult it was .
A.howeverB.no matterC.whateverD.although
15.Sometimes _____English is quite different from ____English in many ways .
A.speaking ,writingB.spoken ,writtenC.speaking ,writtenD.spoken ,writing
16.---According to my grandma,it is a good idea to eat chicken soup when you have a cold .--_____,scientists agree with her .
A.Sooner or laterB.once in a whileC.to be exactD.Believe it or not
17.It takes _____money to help those who suffered in tsunamis in Japan on March 11;it also takes love.
A.more thanB.other thanC.rather thanD.le than
18.The general public soon _____that something has gone wrong with the project in progre.
A.remembersB.recognizesC.realizesD.tells
19.At the meeting ,Premier Wen Jiabao emphasized the important part agriculture _____in China\'s economic development .
A.playsB.isC.doesD.takes
20.Everything comes with _____price ;there is no such _____thing as free lunch in the world .
A.a,aB.the ,/C.the ,aD.a,/
21.It\'s more useful to learn modern languages,______English and German ,than Latin.
A.namelyB.that isC.for exampleD.such as
22.The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities _____rising since 1990 .
A.isB.areC.has beenD.have been
23.I can\'t understand this paage ,for I don\'t know many scientific _____.
A.vocabulariesB.vocabularyC.wordsD.word
24.The Profeor could hardly find enough facts _____his arguments to support the new theory .
A.to be based onB.which to base onC.to base onD.on which to base
25.I\'m sure he didn\'t mean to hurt your feelings _____he did say so .
A.unleB.as ifC.even ifD.even
26.______we have found what our Mother Nature is suffering ,we should take effective measures to protect her .
A.ForB.Because ofC.AlthoughD.Since
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