泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. I should like to rent a house, that is modern, cozy and, ______, in a convenient place.
A.before all
B.above all
C.over all
D.first of all
正确答案：B
[解析] 习语辨析。
B．above all首先，首要(一般是指几种并列成分中最重要的或最受关注的)；
C．over all遍及；D．first of all首先(一般放在要依次罗列的事情的开头)；所以B是答案。
2. Modem man is careless when disposing ______ his garbage.
A.of
B.to
C.at
D.about
正确答案：A
[解析] dispose of是固定词组，意思为“处理掉，打发掉”。如：He had disposed of all his books when he left school.(他离校前处理掉了所有的书。)其他三个介词都不能与dispose形成习惯搭配。
3. Good pencil erasers are soft enough not ______ paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.
A.by damaging
B.so that they damage
C.to damage
D.damaging
正确答案：C
[解析] 语法应用。
“enough+不定式”(足够……能)结构常置于形容词后作状语，表示结果，本句是这一结构的否定式：所以C是答案。
4. ______, I picked up the phone and rang my sister in AustraliA．
A.Off impulse
B.On guard
C.Off guard
D.On impulse
正确答案：D
5. We were working ______ time to get everything ready for the exhibition.
A.against
B.in
C.on
D.ahead
正确答案：A
6. Professor White, my respected tutor, frequently reminds me to______myself of every chance to improve my English.
A.assure
B.inform
C.avail
D.notify
正确答案：C
7. Some people believe that” King John” was written by Shakespeare, but some people think it might be written by an ______ author.
A.delivered
B.anonymous
C.antique
D.ambiguous
正确答案：B
[解析] delivered在……交货的，包括运费在内的；anonymous不知名的；antique古代的；ambiguous模棱两可的。
8. 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。
9. The explorer told the boys about his ______ in the African forests.
A.stories
B.voyage
C.adventures
D.trips
正确答案：C
[解析] 近义辨析。
A．stories 故事：B．voyage 航海，航程，旅行记，专指横跨海洋的水上远程旅行，C. adventures奇遇，冒险，冒险的经历，其复数的含义是故事中人物的生活和活动情况，D．trips(短途)旅行，旅程，是旅行和访问的总称。
10. Jupiter ______ perhaps the most important planet of the solar system.
A.was
B.were
C.is
D.will be
正确答案：C
[解析] 结构识别
这是最基本的S+V+P(主系表结构)，此处缺少系动词，因主语是第三人称单数，所以答案为C。
11. 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。
12. I was told ______ e-mail the hotel for reservations.
A.either to call or to
B.that I should call or to
C.to either call or to
D.I ought either to call or
正确答案：A
[解析] 结构识别
本句意为：我被告知可以给旅馆打电话或发电子邮件来预订房间；“打电话”和“发电子邮件”在句中是平行结构，所用形式应一致，且放在either… or… 之间；因此A为答案。
13. 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。
14. The argument about the interpretation of the sentence______on the meaning of one word．
A.hinged
B.hindered
C.headed
D.hunted
正确答案：A
15. Marketing is ______ just distributing goods from the manufacturer to the final customer.
A.rather than
B.other than
C.bigger than
D.more than
正确答案：D
