Unit 2 Poems Warming Up, Pre-reading, Reading & Comprehending 1. You should have _____ Miss Vine’s name on the list, for she has been away from our company for several months. A. ticked away B. ticked by C. ticked over D. ticked off

2. Let’s discuss this problem in all its ____. A. aspects B. suspects C. inspects D. respects

3. Planning so far ahead ____ no sense---so many things will have changed by next year. A. made B. is making C. makes D. has made

4. I have read the material several times but it doesn’t make any ______ to me. A. meaning B. importance C. sense D. significance

5. I was so excited at the news that I could hardly ____ my feelings in words. A. carry B. convey C. transmit D. communicate

6. His proposal is very ____. We do not need any explanation. A. abstract B. faithful C. loyal D. concrete

7. His practice is in ____ with his stated principles. A. contribution B. conversion C. convention 大会，习俗 D. contradiction

8. Mothers holding jobs outside the home should have ____ schedules to make it easier to care for their children. A. heavy B. smooth C. flexible 灵活的 D. complex

I feel nervous before the exam. ---_____. It won’t be too difficult for you to pass. A. Take it easily B. Take things easy C. Take your time D. Take things easily 10. Food supplies in the flood-stricken area _____. We must act immediately before there’s none left. A. have run out B. are running out C. have been run out D. are being run out

11. Along the way, I realized that I had ____ resumes. A. made use of B. taken care of C. run out of D. become tired of

12. The audience was _____ very young children. A. made of B. made from C. made in D. made up of 13. American Indians _____ about five percent of the U. S. population. A. fill up B. bring up C. make up D. set up

14. Nobody likes ____ in public. A. to be teased at B. being laughed for C. to be teased D. being made fun

15. In the first several years of our economic reform, many military factories have been ____ into civil ones in order to meet the needs of the national conditions. A. altered B. varied C. shifted D. transformed 16. The coming of the railways in the 1830s __ our society and economic life. A. transformed B. transported C. transferred D. transmitted

17. ____ into English, the sentence was found to have an entirely different word order. A. Translating B. Translated B. To translate D. Having translated

18. I went along thinking of nothing ____, only looking at things around me. A. in particular B. in harmony C in doubt D. in brief

19. She got a job at an insurance firm and ____ started her own company. A. gradually B. actually C. eventually D. naturally

20. What he told us about the affair simply doesn’t make any ____. A. sense B. idea C. meaning D. significance I am afraid I can’t return the book to you before Friday. ---____. A. Don’t be afraid B. Be careful C. Not at all D. Take your time

22. Have you found a family ____ ten people? A. made of B. made from C. made up of D. making up 23. In only 20 years, the country has been ____ into an advanced industrial power. A. translated B. degraded C. declined D. transformed

24. I used to hate being ____ about my red hair when I was at school. A. imitated B. mocked C. ridiculed D. teased 25. Chinese government has decided to ____ the water in the south to the north where it is dry in most of the year. A. carry B. communicate C. bring D. convey

26. This train ___ over three hundred passengers every day. A. transmits B. ships C. conveys D. ferries 来回渡运 27. He didn’t know much English, so he had to read Shakespeare’s play in ____. A. translation B. original C. earnest D. name

28. Wood can ____ many products. Look, the house ____ wood. A. be made of; is made from B. be made from; is made into C. be made into; is made of D. be made up of; is made into Excuse me, will you change this one-hundred dollar note for me? ---Sorry, my changes ____. A. are running of B. are lack of C. are running out of D. ran out

30. You will not be ___ about your food in time of great hunger. A. special B. particular C. peculiar D. specific 31. There are many ____ of the problem, but you have only considered one of them. A. respects B. aspects C. sides D. points