大学mooc大学英语词汇解析答案(华中科技大学)

Week 2 Unit 1 Part 2 Unit 1 单元测试
1、To spell the past form of the following words when used as verbs, to which one should we first add –K- then -ED?
A:lock
B:panic
C:pick
D:arch
正确答案: 【panic】
2、Guests ______ and screamed when the bomb exploded.
A:panicked
B:mimicked
C:picnicked
D:trafficked
正确答案: 【panicked】
3、Of the following words, the underlined part of which one is pronounced differently in American English and in British English?
A: scheme
B:school
C:schedule
D:scholar
正确答案: 【schedule】
4、How is the word schedule pronounced in American English?
A:[ˈʃedju:l]
B:[ˈʃedʒu:l]
C:[ˈskedʒu:l]
D:[ˈskidʒu:l]
正确答案: 【[ˈskedʒu:l]】
5、The discovery of Penicillin, famously, was a happy ______.
A:ending
B:medium
C:hour
D:accident
正确答案: 【accident】
6、They are looking for a happy ______: a house that is not too big but that has lots of storage space.
A:ending
B:medium
C:hour
D:accident
正确答案: 【medium】
7、I wish you many happy ______ of the day.
A:endings
B:hours
C:returns
D:accidents
正确答案: 【returns】
8、Until his appointment becomes official, Ted is keeping a low ______.
A:voice
B:spirit
C:profit
D:profile
正确答案: 【profile】
9、 A horse __ but a cow ____.
A:neighs, lows
B:lows, neighs
C:barks, roars
D:roars, barks
正确答案: 【neighs, lows】
10、A tiger __ but a wolf ____.
A:howls, roars
B:roars, howls
C:grunts, croaks
D:croaks, grunts
正确答案: 【roars, howls】
11、To clean the water bottle which has been used for a long time, white vinegar can be used to remove ______ from the inner surface of the bottle.
A:rubbish
B:scale
C:dust
D:mud
正确答案: 【scale】
12、The map is drawn to the standard ______ of 1/100,000 so there is not much detail.
A:line
B:scale
C:level
D:scope
正确答案: 【scale】
13、Nuclear weapons cause destruction on a massive ______.
A:size
B:rate
C:scale
D:range
正确答案: 【scale】
14、The sails ______ themselves with wind.
A:were filled
B:had been filled
C:filled
D:would be filled
正确答案: 【filled】
15、The book is ______. You should have returned it to the library last week.
A:due
B:overdue
C:expired
D:exceeded
正确答案: 【overdue】
16、He had lived illegally in the United States for five years after his visitor’s visa ______.
A:was due
B:was overdue
C:exceeded
D:expired
正确答案: 【expired】
17、He tried to keep a(n) ______ between work and relaxation.
A:equality
B:eye
C:balance
D:distance
正确答案: 【balance】
18、She ______ her balance and fell.
A:kept
B:lost
C:maintained
D:reached
正确答案: 【lost】
19、The cost needs to be balanced ______ its benefits.
A:against
B:to
C:at
D:for
正确答案: 【against】
20、The garden is overgrown with __, so I have to ____ it now.
A:weed, weed
B:weeds, weed
C:grass, grass
D:grasses, grass
正确答案: 【weeds, weed】
21、Both parents and children should try to______ the generation gap between them.
A:water
B:house
C:bridge
D:cup
正确答案: 【bridge】
22、Monkey King ______ his eyes and looked afar.
A:capped
B:hatted
C:handed
D:palmed
正确答案: 【capped】
23、What is the meaning of the word sharp in the sentence “There is a sharp contrast between the lives of the poorest and the richest members of society”?
A:clear
B:pointed
C:sudden
D:fashionable
正确答案: 【clear】
24、What is the meaning of the word sharp in the sentence “There is a sharp turn on the road ahead”?
A:clear
B:pointed
C:sudden
D:fashionable
正确答案: 【sudden】
25、What is the meaning of the word sharp in the sentence “She is a very sharp dresser”?
A:clear
B:pointed
C:sudden
D:fashionable
正确答案: 【fashionable】
26、To spell the past form of the following words when used as verbs, to which one should we first add –K- then -ED?
A:lock
B:panic
C:pick
D:arch
正确答案: 【panic】
27、Guests ______ and screamed when the bomb exploded.
A:panicked
B:mimicked
C:picnicked
D:trafficked
正确答案: 【panicked】
28、Of the following words, the underlined part of which one is pronounced differently in American English and in British English?
A: scheme
B:school
C:schedule
D:scholar
正确答案: 【schedule】
29、How is the word schedule pronounced in American English?
A:[ˈʃedju:l]
B:[ˈʃedʒu:l]
C:[ˈskedʒu:l]
D:[ˈskidʒu:l]
正确答案: 【[ˈskedʒu:l]】
30、The discovery of Penicillin, famously, was a happy ______.
A:ending
B:medium
C:hour
D:accident
正确答案: 【accident】
31、They are looking for a happy ______: a house that is not too big but that has lots of storage space.
A:ending
B:medium
C:hour
D:accident
正确答案: 【medium】
32、I wish you many happy ______ of the day.
A:endings
B:hours
C:returns
D:accidents
正确答案: 【returns】
33、Until his appointment becomes official, Ted is keeping a low ______.
A:voice
B:spirit
C:profit
D:profile
正确答案: 【profile】
34、 A horse __ but a cow ____.
A:neighs, lows
B:lows, neighs
C:barks, roars
D:roars, barks
正确答案: 【neighs, lows】
35、A tiger __ but a wolf ____.
A:howls, roars
B:roars, howls
C:grunts, croaks
D:croaks, grunts
正确答案: 【roars, howls】
36、To clean the water bottle which has been used for a long time, white vinegar can be used to remove ______ from the inner surface of the bottle.
A:rubbish
B:scale
C:dust
D:mud
正确答案: 【scale】
37、The map is drawn to the standard ______ of 1/100,000 so there is not much detail.
A:line
B:scale
C:level
D:scope
正确答案: 【scale】
38、Nuclear weapons cause destruction on a massive ______.
A:size
B:rate
C:scale
D:range
正确答案: 【scale】
39、The sails ______ themselves with wind.
A:were filled
B:had been filled
C:filled
D:would be filled
正确答案: 【filled】
40、She ______ her balance and fell.
A:kept
B:lost
C:maintained
D:reached
正确答案: 【lost】
41、The cost needs to be balanced ______ its benefits.
A:against
B:to
C:at
D:for
正确答案: 【against】
42、The garden is overgrown with __, so I have to ____ it now.
A:weed, weed
B:weeds, weed
C:grass, grass
D:grasses, grass
正确答案: 【weeds, weed】
43、Both parents and children should try to______ the generation gap between them.
A:water
B:house
C:bridge
D:cup
正确答案: 【bridge】
44、Monkey King ______ his eyes and looked afar.
A:capped
B:hatted
C:handed
D:palmed
正确答案: 【capped】
45、What is the meaning of the word sharp in the sentence “There is a sharp contrast between the lives of the poorest and the richest members of society”?
A:clear
B:pointed
C:sudden
D:fashionable
正确答案: 【clear】
46、What is the meaning of the word sharp in the sentence “There is a sharp turn on the road ahead”?
A:clear
B:pointed
C:sudden
D:fashionable
正确答案: 【sudden】
47、What is the meaning of the word sharp in the sentence “She is a very sharp dresser”?
A:clear
B:pointed
C:sudden
D:fashionable
正确答案: 【fashionable】
Week 4 Unit 2 Part 2 Unit 2 单元测试
1、______ and simple clothes are appropriate for school wear.
A:Fancy
B:Plain
C:Clear
D:Elaborate
正确答案: 【Plain】
2、Surely you can see what’s wrong; it’s as plain as the ______ on your face.
A:eye
B:mouth
C:nose
D:ear
正确答案: 【nose】
3、Every girl in town admires her for her ______ figure.
A:slender
B:skinny
C:lean
D:bony
正确答案: 【slender】
4、Look at the lovely ______ cheeks of the baby!
A:fat
B:stout
C:chubby
D:stocky
正确答案: 【chubby】
5、Works of art and priceless ______ records were ruthlessly destroyed in the war.
A:historic
B:historical
C:history
D:historian
正确答案: 【historical】
6、Their inventions have contributed to the development of ______ engineering.
A:electric
B:electrical
C:electricity
D:electrician
正确答案: 【electrical】
7、We bought a small car for ______ reason.
A:economic
B:economical
C:economy
D:economics
正确答案: 【economical】
8、There is nothing in the world ______ teaches us some lessons.
A:and
B:so
C:but
D:yet
正确答案: 【but】
9、He is nothing ______ a singer.
A:execept
B:yet
C:however
D:but
正确答案: 【but】
10、I’m not going to _ his signature for you! What do you take me for?
A:coin
B:cast
C:mold
D:forge
正确答案: 【forge】
11、The term ‘cardboard city’ was ______ to describe communities of homeless people living in cardboard boxes.
A:coined
B:forged
C:cast
D:molded
正确答案: 【coined 】
12、Determined to live ______ someday, he managed to get trained in iron molding.
A:free
B:freely
C:restrictive
D:restricted
正确答案: 【free】
13、The reality star and her boy-friend have officially ended their five month romance. She claimed yesterday that they parted ______.
A:friends
B:friendly
C:kind
D:kindly
正确答案: 【friends】
14、13. The boxer beat his wife _ at home and was then caged for life.
A:bad
B:dead
C:tough
D:great
正确答案: 【dead】
15、Every morning she ______ her husband’s shirt before he goes to work.
A:metals
B:steels
C:irons
D:tins
正确答案: 【irons】
16、Sure, you convinced Mom to stop those boring violin lessons! But that makes it easier for her to send us to Sunday school. Don’t you realize we’ve jumped out of the frying ______ into the fire?
A:wok
B:pot
C:pan
D:cooker
正确答案: 【pan】
17、______ is a unit for measuring length which equals to 10 meters.
A:Millimeter
B:Centimeter
C:Kilometer
D:Decameter
正确答案: 【Decameter】
18、A _ is a flat shape with five straight sides and five angles.
A:heptagon
B:pentagon
C:hexagon
D:octagon
正确答案: 【pentagon】
19、A _ is a cycle with three wheels, two at the back and one at the front or sometimes otherwise. A. monocycleB. bicycle C. tricycle D. car
A:monocycle
B:bicycle
C:tricycle
D:car
正确答案: 【tricycle】
20、20. ______ is the state or custom of being married to only one person at a particular time.
A:Monogamy
B:Polygamy
C:Polyandry
D:Monotony
正确答案: 【Monogamy】
21、The two sides of a coin are known as ‘______’ and ‘tail’.
A:eye
B:face
C:head
D:nose
正确答案: 【head】
22、I’ve always been good at math—I guess I just have a ______ for numbers.
A:mind
B:brain
C:wit
D:head
正确答案: 【head】
23、When the boss learned Tom had been lying, he fired him _ the spot.
A:in
B:at
C:on
D:to
正确答案: 【on】
24、I have to set numerous alarms for the morning because I sleep like a _ every night!
A:lot
B:log
C:horse
D:pig
正确答案: 【log】
25、Kim is staying for dinner, and he eats like a _, so you’d better make some extra food.
A:goat
B:tiger
C:horse
D:wolf
正确答案: 【horse】
Week 6 Unit 3 Part 2 Unit 3 单元测试
1、Vast sums of money were ______ up in the stock market.
A:looked
B:locked
C:fastened
D:shut
正确答案: 【locked】
2、Those books were normally kept under______ and key in the library.
A:door
B:window
C:lock
D:bolt
正确答案: 【lock】
3、A ______ is a type of ship that can travel both above and below the surface of the sea.
A:subway
B:submarine
C:subtitle
D:subordinate
正确答案: 【submarine】
4、It’s not a(n) ______ that none of the directors are women.
A:accident
B:accidence
C:incidence
D:coincidence
正确答案: 【coincidence】
5、______ is used as a default form of address for women regardless of marital status.
A:Miss
B:Mrs.
C:Mr.
D:Ms.
正确答案: 【Ms.】
6、It is not a good idea to miss meals and ______ them with snacks.
A:relocate
B:replace
C:return
D:remove
正确答案: 【replace】
7、In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own ______ in the lake.
A:reflection
B:flection
C:inflection
D:projection
正确答案: 【reflection】
8、Darwin’s theories about evolution were ______ by many people who believe in God.
A:renounced
B:pronounced
C:denounced
D:announced
正确答案: 【denounced】
9、Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement, ______ the use of violence.
A:renounced
B:pronounced
C:denounced
D:announced
正确答案: 【renounced】
10、Human beings have ______ noses and ears.
A:projecting
B:rejecting
C:injecting
D:ejecting
正确答案: 【projecting】
11、Good __ make good neighbors.
A:fences
B:walls
C:gardens
D:lawns
正确答案: 【fences】
12、He has hired one of the UK’s top lawyers to ______ him against the allegations.
A:offend
B:defend
C:defeat
D:deflect
正确答案: 【defend】
13、He should think before he speaks, or else he will ______ others.
A:offend
B:defend
C:defeat
D:deflect
正确答案: 【offend】
14、Our boss is not willing to pay the standard wage for the help in our office. So we have to scrape the bottom of the ______ and end up hiring secretaries who can’t type or spell.
A:bowl
B:bucket
C:barrel
D:bottle
正确答案: 【barrel】
15、A ______ of tiny fish swam about in the water.
A:herd
B:flock
C:pack
D:school
正确答案: 【school】
16、A ______ of birds flew towards us slowly from far away.
A:herd
B:flock
C:pack
D:school
正确答案: 【flock】
17、She does the ______ teaching jobs but nothing permanent.
A:even
B:odd
C:strange
D:weird
正确答案: 【odd】
18、He’s always at ______ with his father over politics.
A:odds
B:ends
C:evens
D:conflicts
正确答案: 【odds】
19、We have an edge over the other team in height, so I’d say the ______ are in our favor.
A:ends
B:evens
C:odds
D:constants
正确答案: 【odds】
20、The police are keeping the suspects under ______.
A:disturbance
B:resemblance
C:surveillance
D:performance
正确答案: 【surveillance】
21、The word “babysit” comes from its noun form “babysitter” via ______.
A:derivation
B:compounding
C:blending
D:back-formation
正确答案: 【back-formation】
22、The term “MOOC” is a(n) ______ for “Massive Open Online Course”.
A:antonym
B:acronym
C:synonym
D:homonym
正确答案: 【acronym】
23、Dad still has a bit of his cold, but ______ all are well.
A:clockwise
B:likewise
C:otherwise
D:coastwise
正确答案: 【otherwise】
24、I have no ______ for Jane. It’s all her own fault.
A:sympathy
B:synonym
C:symphony
D:symmetry
正确答案: 【sympathy】
25、Mr. Smith died of cancer in 1996. His wife ______ him by 10 years and passed away in 2006.
A:surprised
B:survived
C:surrendered
D:surveyed
正确答案: 【survived】
Week 8 Unit 4 Part 2 Unit 4 单元测试
1、We chose him from so many architects because he wasbeyond all others.
A:imaginative
B:imagined
C:imaginable
D:imaginary
正确答案: 【imaginative】
2、Jia Baoyu, main hero of the Dream of the Red Mansion, is actually an _ character.
A:imaginative
B:imagining
C:imaginable
D:imaginary
正确答案: 【imaginary】
3、Wow, our team has won! It is so ______!
A:gelivable
B:gelitive
C:believable
D:imaginable
正确答案: 【gelivable】
4、The balance is very ______ to any tiny change of weight.
A:sensual
B:sensitive
C:sensible
D:senseless
正确答案: 【sensitive】
5、He who tells a lie is not ______ of how great a task he undertakes; for he must invent twenty more to maintain that one.
A:sensual
B:sensitive
C:sensible
D:senseless
正确答案: 【sensible】
6、When he first came to China, he was __. But later, he made a lot of friends because he is ____.
A:friendly, friendless
B:friendly, friendly
C:friendless, friendly
D:friendless, friendless
正确答案: 【friendless, friendly】
7、He is always very much contented; he is a ______ youth.
A:careful
B:casual
C:careless
D:cautious
正确答案: 【careless】
8、His comments were so general as to be nearly ______.
A:valuable
B:invaluable
C:valueless
D:precious
正确答案: 【valueless】
9、Many people are struggling to make ______ meet because wages are failing to keep pace with rising prices.
A:end
B:ends
C:ending
D:endings
正确答案: 【ends】
10、I don’t make a lot of money, just enough to keep the ______ from the door.
A:tiger
B:lion
C:bear
D:wolf
正确答案: 【wolf】
11、Mike asked me how things were going at work, but I ______ he was just fishing for information that might be helpful to his own company.
A:suspect
B:doubt
C:inspect
D:respect
正确答案: 【suspect】
12、Some people ______ my ability but I will prove them wrong.
A:suspect
B:doubt
C:inspect
D:respect
正确答案: 【doubt】
13、The garden ______ much beauty to the house.
A:borrows
B:takes
C:lends
D:loans
正确答案: 【lends】
14、Beneath her charming ______ lies a very determined woman.
A:exterior
B:outside
C:extrovert
D:external
正确答案: 【exterior】
15、Tom is very ______ and confident while Katy’s shy and quiet.
A:exterior
B:outside
C:extrovert
D:external
正确答案: 【extrovert】
16、In ______ , childhood was the happiest time in my life.
A:prospect
B:retrospect
C:respect
D:expect
正确答案: 【retrospect】
17、Frank’s novels are full of ______ characters: clowns, dwarfs, scarecrows.
A:lightish
B:blueish
C:outlandish
D:sweetish
正确答案: 【outlandish】
18、If you describe someone as ______ , you disapprove of them because they are too proud of their social status, intelligence, or taste.
A:selfish
B:bookish
C:snobbish
D:sickish
正确答案: 【snobbish】
19、He rarely, ______ , is late for work.
A:if any
B:if little
C:if ever
D:if never
正确答案: 【if ever】
20、There is little, ______ , water in the desert.
A:if any
B:if not
C:if ever
D:if never
正确答案: 【if any】
21、The brilliant student is a ______ to his teacher.
A:credit
B:credibility
C:credence
D:credential
正确答案: 【credit 】
22、It is dishonest of you to take ______ for work that was done by others.
A:credibility
B:credence
C:credit
D:credential
正确答案: 【credit】
23、Mary is so______ that she may readily accept any excuse you make.
A:incredulous
B:credulous
C:credible
D:incredible
正确答案: 【credulous】
24、Einstein did not give a(n) ______ for authority.
A:plum
B:fig
C:apple
D:peach
正确答案: 【fig】
25、When we married we didn’t have a ______ , so we bought all our furniture second-hand.
A:pea
B:carrot
C:bean
D:tomato
正确答案: 【bean】
Week 10 Unit 5 Part 2 Unit 5 单元测试
1、The music of the Beatles has been a (n) ______ to generations of young people.
A:perspiration
B:aspiration
C:inspiration
D:respiration
正确答案: 【inspiration】
2、Since you just want to get some working experience, your summer job does not have to be directly related to your career ______.
A:respiration
B:perspiration
C:aspiration
D:inspiration
正确答案: 【aspiration】
3、You need to be a bit of a ______ to succeed in this company.
A:politician
B:statesman
C:sportsman
D:guardsman
正确答案: 【politician】
4、My ship had been under way for several days. Most of _ holds contained canned or dried foods.
A:/
B:his
C:her
D:the
正确答案: 【her】
5、A traditional Thanksgiving dinner usually ______ roast turkey.
A:characterizes
B:characters
C:features
D:attributes
正确答案: 【features】
6、We ought to serve ______ the people heart and soul.
A:for
B:/
C:with
D:after
正确答案: 【/】
7、I have been trying to contact ______ you all day.
A:to
B:/
C:with
D:on
正确答案: 【/】
8、How to dispose ______ the nuclear waste is a pressing problem for scientists and politicians.
A:of
B:/
C:with
D:on
正确答案: 【of】
9、He is always taken ______ his twin brother since they look so alike.
A:with
B:as
C:for
D:after
正确答案: 【for】
10、Air is to human _ water is to fish.
A:as
B:like
C:while
D:what
正确答案: 【what】
11、It is a risk, I ______ you, but it’s worth it.
A:admit
B:grant
C:acknowledge
D:confess
正确答案: 【grant】
12、Ken is not present, so I shall accept the prize ______ his behalf.
A:in
B:on
C:of
D:at
正确答案: 【on】
13、Children usually get naughtier when they are ___ of their grandparents.
A:in charge
B:in the charge
C:out of charge
D:off the charge
正确答案: 【in the charge】
14、Children go to the kindergarten, then ______ to pre-school, and then school.
A:graduate
B:degrade
C:retrograde
D:downgrade
正确答案: 【graduate】
15、This reading activity was carried out every week during the whole semester and it has ______ into a habit of the whole class.
A:degraded
B:retrograded
C:graduated
D:downgraded
正确答案: 【graduated】
16、You have the alternative of getting married or remaining a ______.
A:master
B:bachelor
C:doctor
D:graduate
正确答案: 【bachelor】
17、This pair of shoes are made of artificial materials, not _ leather.
A:authentic
B:actual
C:genuine
D:true
正确答案: 【genuine】
18、In Jane Austin’s world, ______ love and wisdom always triumph.
A:actual
B:real
C:genuine
D:true
正确答案: 【true】
19、The eye is one of the most ______ organs of the body.
A:diligent
B:delicious
C:delicate
D:exquisite
正确答案: 【delicate】
20、She was physically ______ and psychologically unstable.
A:subtle
B:delicate
C:mild
D:breakable
正确答案: 【delicate】
21、One ______ does not make a summer.
A:willow
B:swallow
C:flower
D:leaf
正确答案: 【swallow】
22、Two words are ______ if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning.
A:homographs
B:homophones
C:antonyms
D:synonyms
正确答案: 【homographs】
23、A ______ is a clever and amusing use of a word or phrase with two meanings, or of words with the same sound but different meanings.
A:pan
B:pun
C:pen
D:pin
正确答案: 【pun】
24、Which of the following is the correct translation of the sentence: Tom is as clever as Jim is stupid ？
A:汤姆很愚蠢，吉姆很聪明。
B:汤姆和吉姆一样聪明。
C:汤姆和吉姆一样愚蠢。
D:汤姆有多聪明，吉姆就有多愚蠢。
正确答案: 【汤姆有多聪明，吉姆就有多愚蠢。】
25、Which of the following is the correct translation of the sentence: The teacher speaks faster than the students can take notes ？
A:老师说话速度快一点，学生可以做笔记。
B:老师说话的速度比学生快，学生可以做笔记。
C:学生做笔记的速度比老师说话的速度快。
D:老师讲课太快，学生跟不上做笔记。
正确答案: 【老师讲课太快，学生跟不上做笔记。】
Week 12 Unit 6 Part 2 单元检测