泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions.
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
Below each sentence, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. The residents complained bitterly that they suffered from emotional ______ caused by the destruction of their intimacy to nature and residences.
A.fertility
B.abundance
C.barrenness
D.prolificacy
正确答案：C
[解析] 句子译文：居民们痛苦地抱怨说，由于他们与自然和居所的亲密关系遭到破坏，他们的情感变得荒芜空乏。
试题参考解析：A. fertility n. 多产；肥沃
B．abundance n. 充裕，丰富
C．barrenness n. 荒芜，荒凉
D．prolificacy n. 多产，多产性
根据句中的caused by the destruction of their intimacy to nature and residences(与自然和居所的亲密关系遭到破坏)可知，空格处的词肯定是一个带有负面意思的词，所以选项C的barrenness为最佳搭配，emotional barrenness意为“情感的荒芜，情感的空虚”。故C为正确选项。
2. Tropical ocean temperatures and land vegetation have an important effect on African monsoon systems, which are ______ to sustaining agriculture in equatorial Africa.
A.crude
B.cryptic
C.cumulative
D.critical
正确答案：D
[解析] 句子译文：热带海洋温度和陆地植被对非洲季风系统有重要影响，而这些系统对维持赤道非洲的农业至关重要。
试题参考解析：A．crude adj. 粗糙的；天然的
B．cryptic adj. 神秘的，含义模糊的
C．cumulative adj. 累积的
D．critical adj. 决定性的，关键的
D选项critical意为“关键的”，根据上下文只有critical符合句意，故D为正确选项。
3. The president invited business leaders to a frugal dinner and asked them to buy tickets for a “lottery” whose ______ would be used for medical equipment.
A.propensity
B.properties
C.proceeds
D.provision
正确答案：C
[解析] 句子译文：总统邀请商界领袖参加一场节俭的晚宴，并请他们购买“彩票”，其收益将用于医疗设备。
试题参考解析：A．propensities n. 倾向，习性
B．properties n. 财产；所有权
C．proceeds n. 收入，收益
D．provisions n. 规定，条款
根据句意可知，购买“彩票”的收益将用于医疗设备，A、B、D选项都不符合句意，故C为正确选项。
4. The hospital ______ formaldehyde and ether, and stretchers and wheelchairs lined the walls of endless corridors with nurses walking by carrying nickel-plated instruments.
A.admitted of
B.smelled of
C.gave of
D.became of
正确答案：B
[解析] 句子译文：医院里弥漫着甲醛和乙醚的气味，长长的走廊里排列着担架和轮椅，护士们拿着镀镍的医用器械在走动。
试题参考解析：A．admitted of 容许，有……的可能
B．smelled of 有……的气味
C．gave of 献出，付出
D．became of 发生，降临
B选项smelled of与formaldehyde and ether搭配合理，意为“有甲醛和乙醚的气味”，其他三个选项均不符合句意，故B为正确选项。
5. Professor Zhang told us that viruses would quickly ______ even when they were infecting us, and new strains emerged so frequently that by the time drug-makers created a vaccine against one variation, the serum was already out of date.
A.multiply
B.mutate
C.mutilate
D.motivate
正确答案：B
[解析] 句子译文：张教授告诉我们，病毒即使在感染我们的时候也会迅速变异，新的毒株出现得如此频繁，以至于当制药商研制出针对一种变异病毒的疫苗时，血清就已经过时了。
试题参考解析：A．multiply v. 使相乘；使增加；使繁殖
B．mutate v. 突变，变异，变种
C．mutilate v. 切断，毁坏；(使)残缺不全
D．motivate v. 激励，激发
该句前面讲了病毒即使在感染我们的时候也会迅速“变异”，后面讲到新的毒株频繁出现，要不断研制新疫苗，故选项B的mutate符合句意。选项A强调的是大幅度增加，其他两个选项C和D均不符合句意，故B为正确选项。
Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement
In each of them one word is underlined, and below each sentence, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. Choose the word that can replace the underlined part without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic meaning of the sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. The very act of stepping on this soil, in breathing this air of Hiroshima, was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial assignment I’d previously taken.
A.jingoistic
B.jubilant
C.justifiable
D.journalistic
正确答案：D
[解析] 句子译文：踏上这片土地，呼吸着广岛的空气，对我来说这是一次比以往任何旅行或任何新闻报道任务都更大的探险。
试题参考解析：A．jingoistic adj. 极端爱国主义的，沙文主义的
B．jubilant adj. 欢呼的；喜气洋洋的
C．justifiable adj. 情有可原的，有理由的
D．journalistic adj. 新闻工作的，新闻业的
画线形容词reportorial意为“记者的，新闻报道的”，reportorial assignment意思是“新闻报道任务”。与reportorial意思相近的词是journalistic，其他选项均不符合句意，故D为正确选项。
2. It is not reasonable for companies to try to prevent their employees from expressing displeasure at gay marriage, no matter how strongly others disagree.
A.empathy
B.antipathy
C.neuropathy
D.hydropathy
正确答案：B
[解析] 句子译文：公司试图阻止员工表达对同性婚娴的不满，无论其他人多么强烈地反对，这都是不合理的。
试题参考解析：A．empathy n．移情，共情，同理心
B．antipathy n．反感，厌恶，不喜欢
C．neuropathy n．神经病
D．hydropathy n．水疗法
画线词displeasure意为“不愉快；不满意”，与之意思相近的词是选项B的antipathy，其他选项均不符合句意，不能替代句中的画线词，故B为正确选项。
3. He seized the occasion to propose an initiative to deepen the relations and created the impetus for holding a foreign ministerial meeting in Malta.
