对外经贸大学远程教育学院2007-2008学年度第一学期大学英语(5)期末复习题请同学们首先尽可能参考教科书和工具书独立完成，然后核对答案。I. 单选题Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. 1. Intellectual property rights and the respect of international patents are not without controversy. The underlined word means _. A. contradiction B. dispute C. paradox D. ambiguity 2. Historians arrive _ different conclusions because they have different notions about human motivation. A. in B. to C. at D. on 3. The company centered its research _ lymphokines and the immune system, an area of rapidly emerging interest _ would ultimately have clinical implications far beyond traditional immunology. A. atwhich B. onthat C. forthat D. to.which 4. Getting together _ colleagues after work over a glass of beer or a cup of tea _ long been a salarymans daily routine. A. withhas B. tohave C. withhave D. tohas 5. The U.N. Secretary General recently said that African countries can get more investments from multinational corporations in the world, only after they adopt democratic _. A. institutions B. institutes C. investments D. investigations 6. Napoleon got down from his horse and walked in the mud with the soldiers together, which _ the high spirit of the army. A. experienced B. raised C. aroused D. accumulated 7. “This law is putting an end to the colonialist mentality.” The underlined part means _. A. those who support colonialism or having colonies abroad B. those who are highly talented in the colonies C. those who feel mentally superior to others D. those who support the development of the colonies 8. The escaped criminal is said _ last year. A. to be arrested B. to arrest C. to have been arrested D. arresting 9. _ by their companies to work fewer hours, they are taking more time _ and spending it with spouses or at home with the kids. A. To presson B. Pressed.off C. Pressingon D. Pressoff 10. Many of his peers were glued _ the TV set this summer watching the worlds top athletes perform feats of endurance and skills. A. for B. to C. after D. at 11. Tens of thousands of Japanese, of course, are hurting deeply as they are _off by companies or forced to do worthless jobs. A. lain B. laid C. lying D. laying 12. No one agrees more than a young man from another company, _ likes to spend his after-work hours _ out with his friends. A. whichdining B. what.dine C. who.to dine D. whodining 13. Nowadays, almost every household has different kinds of electrical _ to relieve manual labor. A. apparatus B. facilities C. appliances D. equipment 14. Only a few years ago, seniority was still virtually the only measure of pay scales, _ well one performed. A. no matter when B. however C. no matter who D. whatever 15. The danger for the counterfeiters is that countries such as the United States, which take a less Latin attitude towards intellectual property, will push the government to take a stick to the whole industry. The underlined part means _. A. a less serious attitude B. a more severe attitude C. not serious attitude D. a more light-hearted attitude 16. No one doubts the _ of modern ways of traveling over those of olden times. A. superior B. superiority C. inferior D. nferiorly 17. _ by their companies to work fewer hours, they are taking more time _ and spending it with spouses or at home with the kids. A. To presson B. Pressedoff C. Pressingon D. Pressoff 18. The TV series is certainly long. But I wasnt bothered _ much by its length _ by its dullness. A. that.as B. so.as C. such.as D. too.than 19. Interestingly enough, it is women _ men who get divorces. A. other than B. rather than C. except D. apart from 20. The weather being unfavorable, they had to _ the sports meet. A. put out B. put off C. put up D. put on 21. There are two rooms on the first floor, _ is used as a kitchen. A. a smaller of which B. the smaller of which C. the smaller of them D. the smaller of that 22. _ his carelessness, h