Unit 3
The world of colours and light
[对 点 题 组]
Ⅰ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1．He told me that his guess was confirmed by ________(calculate)．
2．She doesn't want to make a big emotional ________(commit) to Steve at the moment.
3．The weather is very ________(change) at this time of year.
4．Hospital ________(admit)is not necessary in most cases.
5．To my ________(disgusting)，the student always throws away his food when he can't eat it up.
答案 1.calculation 2.commitment 3.changeable
4．admission 5.disgust
Ⅱ.单项填空
1．Martin Luther King was ________the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding contribution to the world peace.
A．rewarded
B．awarded
C．assigned
D．assisted
答案 B [句意：马丁·路德·金因对世界和平的杰出贡献而被授予诺贝尔和平奖。此处指诺贝尔和平奖这个奖项，所以用award。reward“报答，酬谢”；assign“分配，指派”；assist“帮助”。]
2．Children under six are not________to school except those of extraordinary intelligence.
A．permitted
B．admitted
C．accepted
D．received
答案 B [考查动词词义辨析。句意：六岁以下的孩子不允许上学除了那些具有超凡智力的孩子。be admitted to“被允许进入，录取”。]
3．My family were moving to the countryside and I had to make some________and learn to lead a different life there.
A．allowance
B．accommodation
C．adjustment
D．assessment
答案 C [A项“津贴；允许”；B项“住处”；C项“调整，调节”； D项“估价，评估”。根据题意选C “做一些调整”。]
4．I was disgusted ________the picture on Page 1 of Sunday's feature section.
A．seeing
B．to see
C．to have seen
D．to be seen
答案 B [句意：看到周日特写专栏第一页上的照片，我感到很气愤。be disgusted to do sth“很生气做某事”，不定式作原因状语。]
5．The local government was determined to develop education energetically at the end of last century and now it is________with an economic boom.
A．provided
B．offered
C．rewarded
D．returned
答案 C [句意：上世纪末，当地政府大力发展教育事业，换来了经济的迅猛发展。reward sb with sth为习惯搭配，意为“用某物来报答某人”。]
6．It's difficult to________what effect all these changes will have on the company.
A．accumulate
B．advocate
C．calculate
D．allocate
答案 C [考查动词词义辨析。句意；很难估计这些变化将会给公司带来什么样的影响。calculate“估计，估算”，符合句意。accumulate“积累”；advocate“主张，提倡”；allocate“分配……(给)”。]
7．Thank you for the book.I'll________it this evening.
A．dip into
B．come into
C．go into
D．put into
答案 A [考查动词短语辨析。句意：谢谢你给我这本书，今天晚上我要浏览一下。dip into“浏览，翻阅一下”，符合句意。come into“进入”；go into“走进”；put into“放入”。]
8．Though I'm busy，I've committed myself________the task for at least the coming year.
A．with
B．on
C．to
D．about
答案 C [考查介词搭配。句意：尽管我很忙，但我已承诺最晚明年参与这项工作。commit oneself to sth“答应/承诺某事”。]
9．Can you see that this picture and the article are________of the same newspaper?
A．cut up
B．cut out
C．cut down
D．cut off
答案 B [考查动词短语辨析。句意：你能看出这张照片和这篇文章是从同一张报纸上剪下来的吗？cut out“剪出，剪下”，符合句意。cut up“切碎”；cut down“砍倒”；cut off“割断，切断”。]
10．It is________that all the plans must be submitted next week.
A．laid aside
B．laid down
C．laid off
D．laid out
答案 B [句意：根据规定所有这些计划下周必须提交上去。It is laid down that...“根据规定……”。]