泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. 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。
2. Mike and I really did ______ Leigh how to play the lost game.
A.demonstrate
B.show
C.manifest
D.display
正确答案：B
[解析] 近义辨析
A．demonstrate示范，证明；当它表示“显示或描述如何做某事”时，是及物动词，后面常跟how或直接跟something。
B．show显示，说明，引导；当它表示“让某人看，显示”时，是及物动词，常用show somebody something或show something to somebody句型。
C．manifest表明，证明；这个词比较正式，是及物动词，常用来表明或证明一种感觉、情绪或态度。
D．display陈列，展览，是及物动词，表示将某物显示给某人，或将之放在一个人们能很容易看到的地方。
因此B为答案。
3. He tried very hard to ______ the authorities of his capabilities and loyalty, only to find that the more he tried, the less they believed him.
A.tell
B.show
C.convince
D.encourage
正确答案：C
[解析] 近义/同义辨析
A．tell告诉，表明；B．show显示，展出，引导；C．convince使确信，使信服； D．encourage鼓励。此句表示他努力要使有关当局/方面相信他的能力与忠诚，所以仅仅“告知”、“显示”是不够的，选项D不合句意，因此答案为C。
4. The trouble is that not many students really know how to make use of their ______ time to its best
A.benefit
B.advantage
C.value
D.profit
正确答案：B
[解析] 近义辨析。
四词均表“好处”。A．benefit指通过正当的手段获得的好处；B．advantage指胜过对方的有利条件，有占优势、占上风的意思：C．value价值，益处： D．profit主要指金钱上的获利。
5. It demands artistic skill for a manager to ______ disputes among his employees.
A.rectify
B.rebuke
C.negotiate
D.reconcile
正确答案：D
[解析] rectify矫正，调整；rebuke指责，谴责；negotiate商议，谈判；reconcile调解，使和好。
6. One reason for the successes of Asian immigrants in the U.S. is that they have taken great______ to educate their children.
A.efforts
B.pains
C.attempts
D.endeavours
正确答案：B
[解析] pains努力，辛苦，可与take搭配，have taken great pains意思是“煞费苦心”。A．efforts努力；C．attempts试图，尝试；D．endeavours努力，与efforts同义。A、C、D项都不与动词take搭配。
7. 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。
8. Without the friction between their feet and the ground, people would ______ be able to walk.
A.in no time
B.by all means
C.in no way
D.on any account
正确答案：C
[解析] in no way决不，一点也不。A．in no time立刻，马上；B．by all means当然，一定；D．on any account无论如何。
9. As our eyes ranged over the broad shoulders of the mountain, the conception of its ______ grew upon us.
A.multitude
B.gratitude
C.latitude
D.magnitude
正确答案：D
[解析] magnitude巨大，广大；multitude多数；gratitude感激的心情；latitude纬度。
10. 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。
11. The shortage of rainfall this summer in the region is sure to cause ______ of vegetables for the food market.
A.scarcity
B.variety
C.rarity
D.validity
正确答案：A
[解析] 形近识别
A. scarcity 缺乏，不足；B. variety变化，多样性，品种；C. rarity 稀有；D. validity 有效性，合法性，正确性；根据句意：这一地区今年夏季雨水短缺肯定会造成食品市场的蔬菜短缺。因此A为答案。
12. I bought a new sweater in a newly-open clothes-market. But what a pity it was that the sweater ______when I washed it.
A.shrank
B.contracted
C.shortened
D.condensed
正确答案：A
13. Some philosophers insist that one way to ______ knowledge is through an empirical approach.
A.disseminate
B.classify
C.test
D.acquire
正确答案：D
[解析] 词义辨析。
A. disseminate散布；B．classify分类，分等：C．test测试，检验；D．acquire指经过不断努力而逐步获得或得到某种知识、技能、做事的方式等。
14. “Do you want to see my driver’s license or my passport? Oh, ______ . ”
A.either does well
