1.5 Quiz

1、判断题：
‌It is very difficult, or even impossible, for a man to give a right answer when a woman asks him how she looks, because men cannot have an honest yet sensitive response to the question.​
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

2、判断题：
‏According to the text, men and women evaluate their appearance differently in a way that men are satisfied with being average-looking, paying little attention to their looks, while women pay great attention to their body and image, considering their appearance as not good enough even if they are in fact attractive.‏
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

3、判断题：
​Women are not confident with their appearance because they are put in an inferior social status.‏
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

4、判断题：
‍Girls’ toys are proportioned to have extreme measures of the body (e.g. in terms of height, weight, and waist size), whereas most of boys’ toys look weird rather than handsome. ‎
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】

5、判断题：
​The author points out that women care much about their appearance due to pressure from men. ​
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】

2.6 Quiz

1、单选题：
​She decided to buy that car because it used less gasoline and had the two ________ she couldn’t live without: a GPS and a CD player.‍​             ‍​‍
选项：
A: alternatives
B: accessories
C: artifacts
D: attributes
答案: 【 accessories】

2、单选题：
‍The two teams each have their strengths and their weaknesses, and thus they can ________ each other when working on the project together.‍‍       ‍
选项：
A: conceive
B: confront
C: complement
D: compliment
答案: 【 complement】

3、单选题：
‏Mrs. McBride, my neighbor, was a fanatic (狂热的) gardener, planting lots of flowers and vegetables on the ________ at the back of her house.  ‎‏‎‏‎
选项：
A: installment
B: segment
C: allotment
D: fragment
答案: 【 allotment】

4、单选题：
‍At the end of his term in office, the governor was criticized for failure to _________ his campaign promise.‏
选项：
A: live down to
B: live to
C: live up to
D: live it up to
答案: 【 live up to】

5、单选题：
‎No amount of money with her life will ________ her desire for comfort.‍
选项：
A: appreciate
B: appeal
C: appease
D: applause
答案: 【 appease】

6、单选题：
‎Her good looks, _____________ her elegance, is devoted to her popularity among the boys.‏‎‏
选项：
A: complete with
B: compare with
C: complement with
D: compliment with
答案: 【 complete with】

7、单选题：
 ________ your heart ______ love and you will have a broad mind.‎‎
选项：
A: Shower … with
B: Come up … with
C: Excuse … with
D: Conform … with
答案: 【 Shower … with】

8、单选题：
‌Morgan was so excited about the concert that she ________ three outfits that morning before settling on a miniskirt and leggings with boots.    ​‌​
选项：
A: went over
B: went through
C: went on
D: went off
答案: 【 went through】

9、单选题：
‎As the financial crisis got worse, people throughout the country went out onto the street to express their _____ over Wall Street’s greed. ‎‎‎
选项：
A: curiosity
B: jealousy
C: outrage
D: disagreement
答案: 【 outrage】

10、单选题：
As a top industrial designer in the world today, he thinks design is ____ just making attractive products.  It can also help change the way people live.​​​
选项：
A: more than
B: less than
C: fewer than
D: better than
答案: 【 more than】

11、填空题：
‍Vocabulary words are the building blocks of your language ability, but don’t be            with just memorizing vocabulary. It’s more useful to know how to use 50 words than to memorize 100.   (obsess; 请用所给单词的合适形式填空。 )‎‍‎
答案: 【 obsessed】

12、填空题：
‏Girls grow up playing with dolls                    so that if they were human they would be seven feet tall and weigh 61 pounds, with tiny thigh and a large upper body. (proportion;  请用所给单词的合适形式填空。)​
答案: 【 proportioned】

13、填空题：
It is important for every man to understand how to treat women with respect and ___________. (admire;  请用所给单词的合适形式填空。)‌‌‌‌‌
答案: 【 admiration】

14、填空题：
​The school choir does not have enough                     time to prepare for public performances.  (rehearse; 请用所给单词的合适形式填空。 )‎​‎
答案: 【 rehearsal】

15、填空题：
The cheese cake Jenny made for the dinner was so delicious that it was simply                 .  (resist; 请用所给单词的合适形式填空。 )‌‏‌‏‌
答案: 【 irresistible】

16、填空题：
‌The approaches adopted to affix value ____ land vary from state to state, and the values of commercial land are assessed each year. (请填入正确的介词或副词。)‎‌‎
答案: 【 to】

17、填空题：
‌At the press conference two days ago, the spokesman for the Defense Ministry refused to voice an opinion ____ the war.   （请填入正确的介词或副词。）‏‌‏
答案: 【 on】

18、填空题：
‎The bridge is structurally _____________ and has some section loss, cracking, holes, tears and failed deck joints, according to a state inspection report from January.   (deficiency; 请用所给单词的合适形式填空。)‎‎‌‎
答案: 【 deficient】

19、填空题：
The exhibits in the museum are structured like the many little threads of a spider web, with each str______ adding to the larger picture.    (请根据字母提示填入正确的单词；填写答案时需填入完整的单词。)‌‎‌
答案: 【 strand】

20、填空题：
​Scholars are exceedingly proud of their intellects and never pass up a chance to tell the world how smart they are; this is typical ______ academics.  (请填入正确的介词或副词。)​
答案: 【 of】

3.5 Quiz

1、多选题：
​What stereotypes of Chinese Americans are depicted in the media?‍​‍
选项：
A: Chinese Americans are “foreign” and “unassimila