泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. Whenever the government increases public services, ______ because more workers are needed to carry out these services.
A.employment to rise
B.employment rises
C.which rising employment
D.the rise of employment
正确答案：B
[解析] 语法应用。
逗号前是一个让步状语从句，because又引导一个原因状语从句，因此所填之处应为一个完整的主谓结构；B为答案。
2. 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。
3. A ______ biologist studies the fish and other living things in the oceans.
A.merry
B.typical
C.professional
D.marine
正确答案：D
[解析] 形容词辨析
A．merry欢乐的，愉快的；B．typical典型的；C．professional专业的，职业的；D．marine 海的，海产的；因此D为答案。
4. Container-grown plants can be planted at any time of the year, but ______ in winter.
A.should be
B.would be
C.preferred
D.preferably
正确答案：D
[解析] 词义辨析。
should be/would be应是；preferred首选的(adj.)；preferably更适宜，最好是 (adv.)；因此应填D。
5. My father has been on the ______ in this factory for nearly 20 years.
A.paypacket
B.payoff
C.payroll
D.payment
正确答案：C
[解析] payroll工资表。A．paypacket工资袋；B．payoff还清债；D．payment支付。
6. 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。
7. The manager of the company firmly believed that one of the important ______ sources of new customers was the children’s market.
A.unfolded
B.unknown
C.unsolved
D.untapped
正确答案：D
[解析] 形近识别
四个选项均有前缀un-，但词义各不相同。A．unfolded展开的，解开的；B．unknown未知的；C．unsolved，未解答的，未解决的；D．untapped未使用的，未开发的。本句要表达的是：未开发的客户资源是儿童市场，所以答案为D。
8. Leading stress management experts say that life with stress would be dull and ______.
A.disorderly
B.time-consuming
C.fruitless
D.unexciting
正确答案：D
[解析] 词义辨析。
A．disorderly混乱地，无秩序地；B，time-consuming花费大量时间的；C．fruitless不结果实的，D．unexciting不令人兴奋的；“充满压力的生活”当然应是“难以令人兴奋及无趣的”了，所以答案为D。
9. The old man was remarkably ______ He was a musician, engineer, writer and philosopher.
A.unilateral
B.universal
C.audacious
D.versatile
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题前半句是说这位老人非常多才多艺。D项的“versatile多才多艺的”符合题意。其他三项“unilateral单边的；universal普遍的；audacious大胆创新的，鲁莽的”都不正确。
10. What I seek to accomplish is simply to serve with my ______ capacity truth and justice at the risk of pleasing no one.
A.formidable
B.exquisite
C.exotic
D.feeble
正确答案：D
[解析] exquisite精致的，精美的；(感觉)敏感的，细致的；(疼痛、愉快等)极度的，用来修饰capacity并不合适。formidable令人害怕的，难以克服的；exotic指外来情调的，异国的；feeble虚弱的，弱小的。此句的意思是“我所追求实现的仅仅是以我的微薄之力，冒着不讨好任何人的危险为真理和正义而服务”，所以选D比较符合题意。
11. We were working ______ time to get everything ready for the exhibition.
A.against
B.in
C.on
D.ahead
正确答案：A
12. Although his people did not ______ his efforts, he kept trying.
A.agree with
B.apply to
C.approve of
D.consent with
正确答案：C
13. With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very______ for the students.
A.hostile
B.anxious
C.tedious
D.obscure
正确答案：C
[解析] 词义辨析。
A．hostile敌对的，敌意的；B．anxious担忧的，渴望的：C．tedious单调乏味的，沉闷的，D．obscure朦胧的，模糊的，晦涩的，此处指：……，学生的生活一定是单调乏味的。因此答案为C。
14. 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。
