泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. Because of the bombing that killed six people, Washington has been urging the spokesman to ______ terrorism more severely.
A.charge
B.censor
C.blame
D.denounce
正确答案：D
[解析] charge指控，控告；censor检查；blame责怪，埋怨；denounce抨击，谴责。
2. It was from the Lowell Laboratory that the ninth ______ Pluto, was sighted in 1930.
A.planet
B.constellation
C.stardom
D.satellite
正确答案：A
[解析] 近义辨析。
A．planet行星(尤指太阳系)；B．constellation恒星群，星座；C．stardom明星的身份，演员们；D．satellite人造卫星，又知Pluto是冥王星；答案应为A。
3. They will fight against______in order to create a fairer society.
A.privacy
B.privilege
C.rights
D.power
正确答案：B
4. He ______ the job because it involved too much traveling.
A.took up
B.applied for
C.turned down
D.switched to
正确答案：C
[解析] took up开始从事；applied for申请；turned down拒绝；switched to转到。
5. The policeman tried to ______ the teenage driver to obey the traffic laws rather than fine him directly.
A.induce
B.abduct
C.indulge
D.lure
正确答案：A
[解析] induce劝导，促使；abduct诱拐，绑架；indulge纵容；lure引诱。
6. There were also other forms, of entertainment. The opera and the operetta remained popular, and music and theater ______ a renaissance.
A.underwent
B.experimented
C.discovered
D.resisted
正确答案：A
[解析] 词义辨析
A．undergo遭受，历经，接受；B．experiment作动词时，常与on/upon，with连用，表示：用……做试验，尝试；C．discover发现，察觉；D．resist抵抗、忍耐。因此此句应选A．意思是：而音乐和戏剧正经历着一场文艺复兴。
7. ______ Roman mythology, god Jupiter was accepted as the most powerful one.
A.Like
B.For
C.With
D.In
正确答案：D
[解析] 介词辨析
本句意为：在罗马神话中，Jupiter(朱庇特)被认作是最强大的(相当于希腊神话中的 Zeus宙斯)；因此应用介词in，D为答案。
8. The traffic was entirely, ______ because of a series of traffic accidents on the road.
A.crippled
B.overthrown
C.disabled
D.insulated
正确答案：C
[解析] disable使瘫痪；crippled残废的；overthrown推翻，颠覆；insulate使绝缘。
9. Even at an early stage the school felt that she ______ a good chance of passing her exams.
A.stood
B.gained
C.possessed
D.took
正确答案：A
[解析] 固定搭配。
stand a (good/fair) chance of doing sth．或stand a (good/fair) chance to do sth．大有希望，有相当把握；take a chance 或 take chances冒险一试，碰运气，投机；因此选项A为答案。
10. The gas ______ from the tank is dangerous.
A.given off
B.giving out
C.giving away
D.given up
正确答案：A
[解析] 习语辨析。
A．given off发出(蒸汽、光等)，长出(枝、杈等)；B．giving out分发，发出(气味，热等)，精疲力竭，C．giving away赠送，泄漏，告发；D．given up停止，放弃。此处应填过去分词短语(因表被动)，所以选项B，C不对，而选项A、D中只有A符合题意。
11. Because of the strong sun the new sitting-room curtains have______from dark blue to grey.
A.fainted
B.bleached
C.paled
D.faded
正确答案：D
12. When it started to snow, we turned round and ______ the hotel.
A.got by
B.searched for
C.made for
D.cleared up
正确答案：C
[解析] 习语辨析。
此句意为“天开始下雪，我们转身……旅馆”；get by通过，过得去，(勉强)过活，search for搜寻，探求：make for(匆匆)走向，有助于，clear up清理，收拾，消除，(天气)放晴，因此应选C．转身向旅馆走去。
13. The students are attracted by the ______ of the snow-covered mountains when they look out of the train.
A.notability
B.nobility
C.majesty
D.visibility
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题中，D项的“visibility可见度，引人注目，易被观察到”符合题意。如：an executive with high visibility.(有很大吸引力的总经理)。其他三项“notability著名，值得注意或显赫的状态或性质，显要人物；nobility高贵，崇高；majesty最高权威，王权，雄伟”都不正确。
14. She ______ some salt on her food to make it taste better.
A.sprinkled
B.sprayed
C.scattered
D.dispersed
正确答案：A
[解析] 本题是说她在食物上面撒了些盐，使它的味道更好些。A项的“sprinkle撒……于(某物表面)”符合题意。如：She sprinkled sugar on the cakes.(她把糖撒在蛋糕上。)其他三项“spray喷射，喷溅；scatter分散，散开；disperse分散，疏散”都不正确。
15. ssing the last bus, we had no choice but ______ a taxi home.
