新概念第三册自学导读 Lesson54

Structure 结构

5  By reading about them, we may increase our understanding but ______ dispel our fears. (11. 7-8)

a．we will not

b．it does not

c．this will not

d．not

6  Most of our fears are unreasonable, but we find ______ _(1. 12)

a．it impossible to erase them

b．that they cannot erase

c．them to erase impossible

d．erasing them impossible

7  ---- an experiment which, ______ failure to get rid of the ants, kept me fascinated. (11. 22-23)

a．even though it was

b．in spite of the

c．despite its

d．was a

8  ______ long to find an answer to…(11. 30-31)

a．The ants had not been

b．The ants had not been

c．The ants had not spent

d．It had not taken the ants

Vocabulary 词汇

9  Even when we know that the ant is an industrious creature which leads a highly organized life, we cannot ______ being filled with… (11. 8-10)

a．refuse

b．help

c．prevent

d．lose

10  ---- we have read about the ______ sense of direction which bee possess … (1. 11)

a．unknown

b．mysterious

c．infinite

d．disabled

11  The tree occasionally produces ______ _fruit. (11. 19-20)

a．deliciously fresh

b．sweet and juicy

c．tender

d．exotic

12  I had been completely defeated by the ______ _(11. 29-30)

a．speedy swarms

b．hungry hordes

c．inventive creatures

d．ingenuous insects