奥鹏作业网大学英语Ⅲ（19秋）形考作业3
试卷总分:100 得分:100
一、单选题 (共 20 道试题,共 100 分)
1.They actually have ______ their rivals in many aspects and won the competition as people expected.
A.surprised
B.surpassed
C.supplemented
D.sufficed
2.I decided to join my friends there when I heard of the huge losses ______ upon cities with no military targets and people with no defence abilities.
A.initiated
B.inflicted
C.induced
D.imparted
3.You should be aware that someone is trying to ______ the relationship between you and me.
A.undermine
B.paralyze
C.intimidate
D.denounce
4.There is no ______ about what education should be, what it is for, either in schools or in other place.
A.sensation
B.ethics
C.consensus
D.clarity
5.I’ve been ______ the job of looking after the new students.
A.signed
B.resigned
C.designed
D.assigned
6.The woman was worried about the side effects of taking aspirins, but her doctor ______ her that it is absolutely harmless.
A.revived
B.retrieved
C.released
D.reassured
7.Physically he is unusually ______ and has not fallen prey to illness during his long confinement.
A.weak
B.tough
C.sturdy
D.stalwart
8.Although he was on a diet, the delicious food ______ him enormously.
A.tempted
B.stimulated
C.inspired
D.distracted
9.Understanding in this sense means being able to perceive structure amongst a set of observations that were at first sight ______ and confusing.
A.shocking
B.perplexing
C.frightening
D.annoying
10.Industry would be unwilling to invest further in ________ until it became profitable.
A.underlining
B.recycling
C.overwhelming
D.dominating
11.Faced with a persistent excess of ______ over income, the school has decided to cut down the student number.
A.expense
B.expenditure
C.compensation
D.commodity
12.When the storm came, the ____ passengers had to seek shelter in a cabin near the sea.
A.strayed
B.stranded
C.smashed
D.secured
13.Although he has lived there for years he has not yet ________ to the hot climate since he is from the northern part of the country.
A.adopted
B.admitted
C.adapted
D.acquired
14.Any salesperson who sells more than the weekly ______ will receive a bonus.
A.ratio
B.quota
C.portion
D.allocation
15.They decided to place a cluster of flashers around a large tree adjacent ______ the trail that the American would pass during an exercise.
A.with
B.to
C.from
D.at
16.The airport which was built in 1960s has been too ______ with aircraft for years to expand its business.
A.living
B.lively
C.live
D.alive
17.The old church is ______ by the skyscrapers that surround it.
A.teased
B.dwarfed
C.compressed
D.bullied
18.Many of the scientists and engineers are judged ______ how great their achievements are.
A.in ways of
B.in terms of
C.in spite of
D.in favor of
19.She wants to be more than just a singer and is planning to ________ a company of her own.
A.perform
B.launch
C.confer
D.conduct
20.Scientists are now ______ for safe nuclear power to save human beings from the energy crisis
A.prospecting
B.propositioning
C.proposing
D.perpetuating
