英语阅读答案2023

第五章测试

1.After the ___________ of the affair, Sanford's wife Jenny divorced him and wrote a book.（ ）。
A:revelation
B:salvation
C:execution
D:contemplation

答案:A
2.Michelangelo’s reactions to his rivals—Raphael and Leonardo, two _________ of his time—were impulsive and antagonistic.（ ）。
A:successors
B:predecessors
C:contemporaries
D:cooperators
3.It comes as news to many visitors that these artists do not themselves ______________ their works.（ ）。
A:extirpate
B:extricate
C:exert
D:execute
4.We have found that ___________ and conversation--just thinking and talking--can help people choose right over wrong.（ ）。
A:presumption
B:proposition
C:imagination
D:contemplation
5.The American westerners held the __________ that their society might have privileges but they would be privileges each man had won for himself.（ ）。
A:prescription
B:proportion
C:confirmation
D:conviction
6.

While these uncertainties ________ large, out of crises comes opportunity to realize a new decade of growth.（ ）。

A:doom
B:boom
C:zoom
D:loom
7.The personal letters of Michelangelo and Beethoven reveal a deep sympathy and concern for those close to them, and a profound understanding of humanity ________ their works.（ ）。
A:reforms
B:deforms
C:performs
D:informs
8.Officials said they were working to __________ the remaining survivors and had passed oxygen cylinders and water to those still trapped.（ ）。
A:exert
B:extirpate
C:execute
D:extricate
9.Make a list of your goals and_______________ time to talk with your supervisor.（ ）。
A:set aside
B:set against
C:set about
D:set apart
10.Mr. Dolittle always ________ his good health ________ careful living.（ ）。
A:dedicates…to
B:attributes…to
C:devotes…to
D:contributes…to