Unit 16 The United States of America
一. 单项选择
1. I had to _____ the temptation to laugh at his foolish mistake.
A. conquer B. overtake C. overcome D. overdo
2. If I were you, I should leave that question _____.
A. alone B. about C. out D. off
3. He insisted that he _____ the best, so he insisted that he _____ the work all by himself.
A. be; do B. was; do C. be; did D. had been; had done
4. People lined up and entered the hall _____.
A. in turn B. by turns C. turning D. with turn
5. Over 200 people died _____ the air crash.
A. with regard to B. as a result of C. in the course of D. on the grounds of
6. They are _____ to prefer the better when the best in unattainable.
A. like B. will C. anxious D. willing
7. The police _____ the stolen jewellery and returned it to the owner.
A. searched B. hunted C. invented D. recovered
8. Let me know the time of your _____.
A. reach B. arrival C. come D. got
9. We tried _____ to persuade him to stay home, but at last he went to the construction site in spite of his bad illness.
A. vain B. in vain C. in fact D. in vanity
10. Even before quite a few people, she can’t _____ the courage to speak aloud.
A. gather B. collect C. assemble D. raise
11. He came to the meeting _____ his serous illness.
A. despite B. through
C. past D. despise
12. Nothing came out _____ all this talk.
A. against B. for
C. of D. with
13. I am not used _____ to like that.
A. to being spoken B. to speak
C. being spoken D. to speaking
14. To fetch water before breakfast seemed to me a rule _____.
A. to never break B. never to be broken
C. never to have broken D. never to be breaking
15. We shall have a whole holiday _____ my birthday.
A. in honor of B. in face of
C. in spite of D. in store for

二. 完形填空
Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as "Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers"（垃圾回收处理官员）. You may think that this is rather 16 , and it is better to call a spade a spade. But dustmen can be as 17 as people of any other occupation（职业）, though we must 18 that their job is not a 19 one in the world. We often take dustmen for granted. Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are 20 . We are likely to forget their 21 . Our dustbins are 22 regularly, but we 23 stop to think about the men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to 24 the rubbish, the general 25 soon becomes aware that something is wrong.
Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher wages. During the first few days it was regarded as a 26 . But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so 27 any more. 28 the strike continued, people could not 29 the hills of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to 30 it. Even Leicester Square, in the heart of West End of London, was 31 high with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish. This was a(n) 32 attraction that the people of London were not at all 33 to see. Even when the strike was over, it took several weeks for the country to get cleaned up completely. Perhaps now the English people 34 the work of their dustmen rather more 35 and won't take them for granted any more.
16. A. clever B. silly C. interesting D. reasonable
17. A. sensitive B. careless C. hopeful D. shy
18. A. realize B. believe C. know D. admit
19. A. necessary B. difficult C. romantic D. heavy
20. A. away B. up C. down D. in
21. A. existence B. presence C. absence D. performance
22. A. cleaned B. filled C. emptied
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