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Part I: Grammar and Vocabulary
1. The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that ____ the speakers stopped for deferments.
A. | at large | B. | at intervals | C. | at ease | D. | at random |
2. When traveling, you are advised to take travelers’ checks, which provide a secure ____ to carrying your money in cash.
A. | substitute | B. | selection | C. | inference | D. | alternative |
3. I never trusted him because I always thought of him as such a ____ character.
A. | gracious | B. | suspicious | C. | unique | D. | particular |
4. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it, and this ____ produces artificial cold surrounding it.
A. | absorption | B. | transition | C. | consumption | D. | interaction |
5. Language, culture, and personality may be considered ____ of each other in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.
A. | indistinctly | B. | separately | C. | irrelevantly | D. | independently |
6. Christmas is a Christian holy day usually celebrated on December 25th ____ the birth of Jesus Christ.
A. | in accordance with | B. | in terms of | C. | in favor of | D. | in honor of |
7. To survive in the intense trade competition between countries, we must ____ the qualities and varieties of products we make to the world market demand.
A. | improve | B. | enhance | C. | guarantee | D. | gear |
8. To give you a general idea of our products, we enclose the catalogues showing various products handled by us with detailed ____ and means of packing.
A. | specimens | B. | inspections | C. | samples | D. | specifications |
9. Many of the conditions that ____ population pressures — overcrowding, unemployment, poverty, hunger and illness — lead to dissatisfaction.
A. | bring forward | B. | give rise to | C. | feed up with | D. | result from |
10. Arriving anywhere with these possessions, he might just as easily ____ for a month or a year as for a single day.
A. | put up | B. | stay up | C. | speed up | D. | make up |
11. The fact that the earth’s surface heats ____ provides a convenient way to divide it into temperature region.
A. | infrequently | B. | irregularly | C. | unsteadily | D. | unevenly |
12. If a cat comes too close to its nest, the mockingbird ____ a set of actions to protect its offspring.
A. | hastens | B. | releases | C. | devises | D. | initiates |
13. How large a proportion of the sales of stores in or near resort areas can be ____ to tourist spending?
A. | attributed | B. | applied | C. | contributed | D. | attached |
14. Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and ____ for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.
A. | ingredient | B. | reliance | C. | shelter | D. | inclination |
15. Some people would like to do shopping on Sundays since they expect to ____ wonderful bargains in the market.
A. | pick up | B. | bump into | C. | pile up | D. | bring back |
16. Scientists are searching for the oldest tree ____ because it can teach them a great deal about many issues related with climate change.
A. | lively | B. | alive | C. | living | D. | live |
17. The destruction of the Twin Towers in New York City ____ shock and anger throughout the world.
A. | tempted | B. | provoked | C. | summoned | D. | enveloped |
18. A 1994 World Bank report concluded that ____ girls in school was probably the single most effective anti-poverty policy in the developing world today.
A. | enrolling | B. | assigning | C. | involving | D. | consenting |
19. The UN official said aid programs will be ____ until there is adequate protection for relief personnel.
A. | multiplied | B. | arrested | C. | spanned | D. | suspended |
20. Despite almost universal ____ of the vital importance of women’s literacy, education remains a dream for many women in far too many countries of the world.
A. | confession | B. | identification | C. | acknowledgement | D. | compliment |
21. Since the island soil has been barren for so many years, the natives must now ____ much of their food.
A. | deliver | B. | import | C. | produce | D. | develop |
22. Because Jenkins neither ____ nor defends either management or the striking workers, both sides admire his journalistic ____.
A. | criticizes, acumen | B. | attacks, neutrality | C. | confronts, aptitude | D. | dismisses, flair |
23. Some anthropologists claim that a few apes have been taught a rudimentary sign languages, but skeptics argue that the apes are only ____ their trainers.
A. | imitating | B. | condoning | C. | instructing | D. | acknowledging |
24. It is ironic that the ____ insights of the great thinkers are voiced so often that they have become mere ____.
A. | original, clichés | B. | banal, beliefs |
C. | dubious, habits | D. | philosophical, questions |
25. The most frustrating periods of any diet are the inevitable ____, when____ weight loss if not stops.
A. | moods, accelerates | B. | feasts, halts | C. | holidays, contracts | D. | plateaus, slows |
26. Since the author’s unflattering references to her friends were so ____, she was surprised that her ____were recognized.
A. | laudatory, styles | B. | obvious, anecdotes | C. | oblique, allusions | D. | critical, eulogies |
27. If it is true that morality cannot exist without religion, then does not the erosion of religion herald the ____ of morality?
A. | regulation | B. | basis | C. | belief | D. | collapse |
28. Certain animal behaviors, such as mating rituals, seem to be ____, and therefore external factors such as climate changes, food supply, or the presence of other animals of the same species.
A. | learned, immune to | B. | innate, unaffected by |
C. | intricate, belong to | D. | specific, confused with |
29. Shaken by two decades of virtual anarchy, the majority of people were ready to buy ____ at any price.
A. | order | B. | emancipation | C. | hope | D. | liberty |
30. As a person who combines care with ____, Marisa completed her duties with ____ as well as zeal.
A. | levity, resignation | B. | enthusiasm, meticulousness |
C. | vitality, willingness | D. | empathy, rigor |
参考答案
1. 选B。句义:这场讨论时间太长,讨论人员感到太疲劳,以致于讲话者不时地停下来拖时间。at intervals 指不停地、不断地;at large指逃遁的、大面积的;at ease指安逸地、自由自在的;at random指任意地。
2. 选D。句义:旅行时需要带上旅行支票,确保能够提供一种安全的方法替代现金。且alternative之后一般用介词to+名词,指……的替代品。substitute也有“替代品”之意但一般用介词for;B项selection 选择,选拔;C项inference 推断、推论。
3. 选B。句义:我从不信任他,因为我总觉得他是个可疑的人。suspicious可疑的;A项gracious好心、善良的;C项unique独一无二的;D项particular特定的。
4. 选A。句义:水由固态变为液态,是通过吸收周边物质的热量,这个吸收过程对周边物质产生了人为的制冷效果。本题考查意义的前后一致。B项transition转换;C项consumption消耗、消费;D项interation互动。
5. 选D。语言、文化、个性被认为是彼此独立的,但实际上是不可分离的,一般independently之后接介词of。A项Indistinctly不清楚地,相当于unclear;B项指分开、单独的,一般接介词from;C项irrelevantly不相关地。
6. 选D。句义:圣诞节是基督教圣日,通常在12月25日用于纪念耶稣基督诞生。in honor of纪念。A项in accordance with根据;B项in terms of从……角度;C项in favor of喜欢、倾向于。
7. 选D。句义:为在激烈的国际贸易竞争中生存,我们必须要使我们的产品质量、种类适应全球市场需求。gear sth to do/doing sth使……适应。A项improve提高,但一般没有improve sth. to sth的用法。B项enhance增加和C项guarantee保证与A项道理类似。
8. 选D。句义:为让您大致了解我们的产品,我们附件中的目录对商品规格和包装方式做了详细介绍。specifications产品规格介绍。A项specimens标本;B项inspections检查;C项samples样本。
9. 选D。句义:许多由人口压力——人口过度拥挤、失业、贫穷、饥饿、疾病——导致的问题,造成许多人不满。A项bring forward带来,导致;B项give rise to导致;C项feed up with用……把(人或动物)养肥。
10. 选D。句义:带着这么多财产,不管到什么地方待一个月或者一年,对他来说都像一天那么容易。stay up指熬夜,speed up指加速,make up指组成、捏造等,均不合题意,遂选A。