Unit1

1. Greed made the people _______ their resources despite the apparent danger.

A. exhaust B. exhale C. exercise D. exclaim

【参考答案】：A

2. If one thing happens and then another thing happens in ________, the second thing happens as

a result of the first.

A. result B. consequence C. effect D. sequence

【参考答案】：B

3. We made progress on key ecological forestry projects, and ________ a total of 25.29 million

hectares.

A. deforested B. afforested C. exploited D. polluted

【参考答案】：B

4. You must understand the________ of mathematics before we can proceed further.

A. elements B. components C. ingredients D. compositions

【参考答案】：A

5. It was very ________ of you to bring the umbrella.

A. sensitive B. sensitivity C. sensible D. sensibility

【参考答案】：C

6. In spite of Spanish origin, Brazil also has certain things which make her __________.

A. specific B. species C. specialized D. distinctive

【参考答案】：D

7. The power to change the general manager __________ in the board of directors.

A. lives B. resides C. exists D. inhabits

【参考答案】：B

8. The two words are similar in meaning, but there is __________ difference between them.

A. subtle B. precise C. attentive D. strict

【参考答案】：A

9. The house itself is not particularly to my mind, but I like its _________.

A. setting B. environment C. circumstance D. surrounding

【参考答案】：B

10. The rainwater in the street soon ________ in the warm sunshine.

A. disappeared B. vanished C. faded D. evaporated

【参考答案】：D

11. It is said in some parts of the world, goats, rather than cows, served as a vital _____ of

milk.

A. origin B. reserve C. resource D. source

【参考答案】：D

12. You will not be _____ about your food in time of great hunger.

A. special B. particular C. peculiar D. specific

【参考答案】：B

13. Can we just _______ and do nothing when there are so many homeless people on the streets?

A. sit though B. sit back C. sit around D. sit for

【参考答案】：B

14. The experts have decided that this was a(n)_______ of an extinct animal.