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Part I: Vocabulary and Structure (15%)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET I with a single line through the center.
1. It was very difficult to find the parts needed to do the job because of the ____ way the store was organized.
A. | logical | B. | haphazard | C. | orderly | D. | tidy |
2. Mississippi also upholds the South’s well-deserved reputation for warm, hospitable people; balmy year-round weather; and truly ____cuisine.
A. | destructive | B. | horrible | C. | amiable | D. | delectable |
3. If she is stupid, she’s ____ pleasant to look at.
A. | at any rate | B. | by chance | C. | at a loss | D. | by the way |
4. The mother was ____ with grief when she heard that her child was dead.
A. | fantastic | B. | frank | C. | frantic | D. | frenzy |
5. In your teens, peer-group friendships may ____ from parents as the major influence on you.
A. | take control | B. | take place | C. | take up | D. | take over |
6. Parents often faced the ____ between doing what they felt was good for the development of the child and what they could stand by way of undisciplined noise and destructiveness.
A. | paradox | B. | junction | C. | premise | D. | dilemma |
7. There have been demonstrations on the streets ____ the recent terrorist attack.
A. | in the wake of | B. | in the course of | C. | in the context of | D. | in the light of |
8. Thousands of Medicare patients with chronic medical conditions have been wrongly _____ access to necessary care.
A. | grudged | B. | denied | C. | negated | D. | invalidated |
9. It has been proposed by many linguists that human language _____, our biologically programmed ability to use language, is still not well defined and understood.
A. | potentiality | B. | perception | C. | faculty | D. | acquisition |
10. Western medicine, ____ science and practiced by people with academic internationally accepted medical degrees, is only one of many systems of healing.
A. | rooted in | B. | originated from | C. | trapped in | D. | indulged in |
11. When I asked if a black politician could win in France, however, he responded _____: “No, conditions are different here.”
A. | ambiguously | B. | implicitly | C. | unhesitatingly | D. | optimistically |
12. The development of staff cohesion and a sense of team effort in the workplace can be effectively ____ by the use of humor.
A. | acquainted | B. | installed | C. | regulated | D. | facilitated |
13. In both America and Europe, it is ____ to tip the waiter or waitress anywhere from 10% to 20%.
A. | elementary | B. | temporary | C. | voluntary | D. | customary |
14. Such an approach forces managers to communicate with one another and helps ____ rigid departmental boundaries.
A. | pass over | B. | stand for | C. | break down | D. | set off |
15. As a teenager, I was ____ by a blind passion for a slim star I would never meet in my life.
A. | pursued | B. | seduced | C. | consumed | D. | guaranteed |
16. His originality as a composer is ____ by the following group of songs.
A. | exemplified | B. | created | C. | performed | D. | realized |
17. They are going to London, but their _____ destination is Rome.
A. | ultimate | B. | prime | C. | next | D. | cardinal |
18. The poor old man was _____ with diabetes and without proper treatment he would lose his eyesight and become crippled very soon.
A. | suffered | B. | afflicted | C. | induced | D. | infected |
19. The bribe and the bridegroom were overwhelmed in happiness when their family offered to take them to Rome to _____ the marriage.
A. | terminate | B. | initiate | C. | consummate | D. | separate |
20. Join said that the richer countries of the world should make a _____ effort to help the poorer countries.
A. | futile | B. | glittering | C. | frantic | D. | concentrated |
21. The problem is inherent and _____ in any democracy, but it has been more severe in ours during the past quarter-century because of the near universal denigration of government, politics and politicians.
A. | perishable | B. | periodical | C. | perverse | D. | perennial |
22. As is known to all, _____ commodities will definitely do harm to our life sooner or later.
A. | counterfeit | B. | fake | C. | imitative | D. | fraudulent |
23. It would be _____ to think that this could solve all the area’s problems straight away.
A. | subtle | B. | feeble | C. | nasty | D. | naïve |
24. It is surprising that such an innocent-looking man should have ____ such a crime.
A. | confirmed | B. | clarified | C. | committed | D. | conveyed |
25. Humans are ____, which enables them to make decisions even when they can’t justify why.
A. | rational | B. | reasonable | C. | hesitant | D. | intuitive |
26. More than 100 ____ cats that used to roam the streets in a Chinese province have now been collected and organized into a tram to fight rodents that are destroying crops.
A. | loose | B. | tamed | C. | wild | D. | starry |
27. To say that his resignation was a shock would be an _____ — it caused panic.
A. | excuse | B. | indulgence | C. | exaggeration | D. | understatement |
28. Here the burden of his thought is that the philosopher, aiming at truth, must not ____ the seduction of trying to write beautifully.
A. | subject to | B. | carry on | C. | yield to | D. | aim at |
29. I found the subject very difficult, and at one time thought I should have to give it up, but you directions are so clear and ____ that I have succeeded in getting a picture we all think pretty, though wanting in the tender grace of yours.
A. | on the point | B. | off the point | C. | to the point | D. | up to a point |
30. They both watched as the crime scene technicians took samples of various fibers and bagged them, dusted for fingerprints, took pictures and tried to ____ what could have happened.
A. | rehearse | B. | reiterate | C. | reinforce | D. | reenact |
参考答案
1. 选B。句义:由于仓库里杂乱无章,很难找到完成工作所需的各种零件。A项logical指合逻辑的,合理的;逻辑学的;B项haphazard指偶然的;随便的;无计划的;杂乱无章的。C项orderly指有秩序的;整齐的;值班的;D项tidy指整齐的;相当大的。根据句意选B。
2. 选D。句义:密西西比州同样以它热情友好的人民,全年温和的气候,以及地道的美食享誉南部。A项destructive指破坏的;毁灭性的;有害的,消极的;B项horrible指可怕的;极讨厌的;C项amiable指和蔼可亲的,亲切的;D项delectable指美味的;令人愉快的。根据句意选D。
3. 选A。句义:她是笨了点,可长相还不错。A项at any rate指无论如何,至少;B项by chance指偶然;意外地;C项at a loss指亏本地;困惑不解;D项by the way指顺便说说,顺便问一下;在途中。本题考查if的让步用法,if在此句中引导让步状语从句。此处if指“即使”。根据语法及句意选A。
4. 选C。句义:当那母亲听到她孩子死亡时悲痛得发疯。A项fantastic指奇异的;空想的;异想天开的;B项frank指坦白的,直率的;老实的;C项frantic指狂乱的,疯狂的;D项frenzy指狂暴;狂怒;暴怒。根据句意首先排除A、B项,又因D项frenzy是名词和动词不作形容词。故选C。
5. 选D。句义:在你十几岁的时候,同龄人的友情也许是受父母的主要影响。A项take control指采取控制;B项take place指发生;举行;C项take up指拿起;开始从事;占据(时间,地方);D项take over指接管;根据句意选D。
6. 选D。句义:家长常常在他们认为对孩子成长有利的事情和他们能够忍受的没有管束的噪声和破坏之间面临两难的境地。A项paradox指悖论,反论;似非而是的论点;自相矛盾的人或事;B项junction指连接,接合;交叉点;接合点;C项premise指前提;上述各项;房屋连地基;D项dilemma指困境;进退两难;两刀论法。根据句意选D。
7. 选A。句义:最近的炸弹袭击,激起群众走到街上游行抗议。A项in the wake of指紧紧跟随;随着……而来;作为……的结果;仿效;B项in the course of指在……过程中;在……期间;C项in the context of指在……情况下;在……背景下;D项in the light of指根据,按照;当作。根据句意选A。
8. 选B。句义:数以千计患有长期慢性病的医保病人未得到正确的必要治疗。A项grudge指怀恨;吝惜;妒忌;不情愿做;B项deny指否定,否认;C项negate指否定;取消;使无效;D项invalidate指使无效;使无价值。根据句意选B。
9. 选D。句义:许多语言学家已经提出人类语言的获得,即使用语言的生物学设定的程序能力仍是难以定义,难以理解的。A项potentiality指潜力;可能性;B项perception指感觉;看法;洞察力;C项faculty指科,系;能力;全体教员;D项acquisition指获得物,获得。根据句意选D。
10. 选A。句义:西药从科学发展而来,通过人们实践获得国际认定的学术医学地位,它只是众多治疗系统的一种。A项root in指来源于;起因于;B项originate from指来源于;起因于;C项trap in指使困于;D项indulge in指沉湎于,沉溺于。本题考查词义辨析。意思上看A项root in和B项originate from差不多,但root in强调来源更多一点,强调源头对现在的影响更重一点;originate from则是很一般意义上的起源自某地。根据句意选A。
11. 选C。句义:当我问到一位黑人政治家是否会在法国取得胜利时,他迅速回应说不,情况在这完全不一样。A项ambiguously指含糊不清地;B项implicitly指含蓄地;暗中地;C项unhesitatingly指不踌躇地;迅速地;D项optimistically指乐观地;乐天地。根据句意选C。