泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. The novel, which is a work of art, exists not by its ______ life, but by its immeasurable difference from life.
A.significance in
B.imagination at
C.resemblance to
D.predominance over
正确答案：C
[解析] 这是一个由but连接的转折关系的并列句。后面提到了difference，由句子前后关系看，空白处的词应当是difference的反义词，只有resemblance to符合题意。significance in(life)意为“在(生活方面)的意义”，与题意不符；imagination at(life)不是正确用法；predominance over.的意思是“比……强，在……之上”，放在此句中，毫无意义。
2. Peter will ______ as managing director when Bill retires.
A.take off
B.take over
C.take to
D.take up
正确答案：B
[解析] 本题需要弄清楚以take为中心的四个动词短语的意思。A项的take off意思是“(飞机等)起飞”，B项的take over意思是“接替，接任”，C项的take to意思是“逃去某处；对……产生好感；逐渐习惯于做……”，D项的take up意思是“继续”。根据题意，B为正确答案。
3. In charge of an army of seven thousand men, he ______ the oriental city for nine months and finally defeated it.
A.intruded
B.haunted
C.besieged
D.possessed
正确答案：C
[解析] intrude侵略，侵入；haunt常去；besiege围攻，包围；possess占有。
4. This distinguished director ______ the plot for the prizewinning film while he was still a college student.
A.conceived
B.constituted
C.reflected
D.calculated
正确答案：A
[解析] conceived构思；constituted组成；reflected反应，反省；calculated计算，考虑。
5. The monopoly-capitalist group ______ many smaller enterprises last year.
A.integrated
B.merged
C.combined
D.collected
正确答案：B
[解析] merge兼并。A．integrate联合；C．combine联合；D．collect收款。
6. Customers may also be permitted to ______ their current accounts for a short period in anticipation of a credit item coming in.
A.overextend
B.overdraw
C.overvalue
D.overpay
正确答案：B
[解析] overdraw透支。A．overextend货款过多；C．overvalue估价过高；D．overpay多付款。
7. The Declaration of Independence, ______ the Constitution of the United States, was drawn up with the help of Benjamin Franklin.
A.and
B.also
C.as well as
D.so too
正确答案：C
[解析] 结构辨析。
此句意为：《独立宣言》和美国宪法都是在本杰明•富兰克林的协助下起草的。A. and，(连接并列的名词、代词或数词)同，和，与；B．also也(在句中作状语，只能用于肯定句中，通常放在主要动词之前，助动词之后)； C．as well as除……之外，和(强调的重点在前面)，不但……而且；注意：用and连接一般不需要逗号隔开，且此处后面的系动词是was，不是were；因此答案只能是C。
8. The picnic ______ at last after being twice postponed.
A.came off
B.came up
C.put on
D.went on
正确答案：A
[解析] came off举行，实现；came up发生，出现；put on穿上，增加；went on继续，发生。
9. This teaching method is a ______ of many methods which have been used for decades in the country.
A.symposium
B.symphony
C.spectrogram
D.synthesis
正确答案：D
[解析] symposium讨论会；symphony交响曲；spectrogram光谱图；synthesis综合，合成。
10. The Chairman seldom talked much at these meetings, but his gestures and noises spoke ______.
A.forums
B.values
C.volumes
D.horrors
正确答案：C
[解析] 固定搭配
speak volumes(口语)意义深长；有力地说明。因此答案为C。
11. ______ famous queens in the history of England: Elizabeth I and Victoria.
A.Two
B.There are two
C.Between two are
D.Are two
正确答案：B
[解析] 结构识别
此句意为：在英国历史上有两个著名的女王：伊丽莎白一世和维多利亚女王。选项A， C，D都无法和后续部分构成完整句，因此答案为B。
12. The article gives us a summary of the situation in the first part and then discusses it ______.
A.at issue
B.at length
C.at random
D.at large
正确答案：B
[解析] 固定搭配
四组均作状语：A. at issue 在争论中，不和；B. at length 最后，详细地；C. at random 胡乱地，随便地；D. at large 普遍；本句意为：这篇文章在第一部分给我们将情形做了个概述，然后详尽地做了论述。因此B为答案。
13. The shipping clerks must know which orders ______.
A.take priority
B.for wait
C.are paid for
D.require little attention
正确答案：A
[解析] 固定搭配
A．take priority比……居先；B．wait for等待；C．be paid for被偿还，被赔偿；D．require little attention不需注意；因此答案为A。
14. As a result of their frequent litters, rabbits have the reputation of being ______.
A.ruthless
B.prolific
C.practical
D.rational
正确答案：B
[解析] ruthless无情的；prolific多产的，大量繁殖的；practical实际的；
