超星 - 词汇：Unit 8 - 查题吧

单选题

After reading Philip Morrison’s paper on gamma-ray astronomy in 1959, a fellow physicist was_____ to ask. “Wouldn’t using gamma-rays be a good way to communicate across the galaxy?”

A. cautioned
B. requested
C. prompted
D. astonished

单选题

Those who succeed use the _____ of others to drive them to further heights.

A. bias
B. secrets
C. rejections
D. gambling

单选题

She says computers and cell phones are already very common_____ items.

A. incoming
B. permanent
C. delicate
D. household

单选题

In the past, I would have refused to fail, because I once thought that doing so would affirm that I was, indeed, _____.

A. undoubted
B. unworthy
C. unpopular
D. unnoticed

单选题

Advice should be presented in just the right way, so that it is relevant to the situation_____ and easy to understand.

A. by hand
B. at hand
C. on hand
D. out of hand

单选题

Looking back, I’m ______ that, while it seemed everything in our lives was changing, nothing had changed whatsoever.

A. content
B. astonished
C. disappointed
D. doomed

单选题

This summer brought_____, and I was able to make sense of some of the things in my life after having grieved over the memory of my mother.

A. capability
B. contact
C. clarity
D. construction

单选题

_____, the credits earned from open online courses have been officially accepted by many universities.

A. Luckily
B. Notably
C. Importantly
D. Officially

单选题

At first, they wanted to keep their platform simple, and then_____ add more features.

A. delicately
B. temporarily
C. progressively
D. hesitantly

单选题

When he starts going on about his emotional problems I just switch_____.

A. on
B. over
C. off
D. around

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