Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
This section consists of three parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions.
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are four words or phrases respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only one right answer. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. In Hong Kong, doctors reported that, for unclear reasons, 12 recovered $ARS patients had ______ weeks after they had been discharged-spurring fears that people might be infectious even after they’d left isolation.
A.recovered
B.relapsed
C.reexamined
D.re-diagnosed
正确答案:B
2. Current demographic trends, such as the fall in the birth rate, should favor ______ economic growth in the long run.
A.slow
B.quickened
C.speeded
D.accelerated
正确答案:D
3. All students have free ______ to the library.
A.passageway
B.entrance
C.permission
D.access
正确答案:D
4. Columbus had accomplished one of the most amazing and courageous ______ in history.
A.performance
B.feats
C.events
D.acts
正确答案:B
5. According to the weather forecast, which is usually ______, it will snow this afternoon.
A.exact
B.precise
C.perfect
D.accurate
正确答案:D
6. The janitor’s long service with the company was ______ a present.
A.confirmed by
B.recorded with
C.appreciated by
D.acknowledged with
正确答案:D
7. What they never take into account is the frazzled woman who is leading a ______ life-trying to be a good mother while having to pretend at work that she doesn’t have kids at all.
A.double
B.hard
C.two-way
D.miserable
正确答案:A
8. Until the final votes are cast, though, assurances ______ for nothing.
A.count
B.meant
C.give
D.account
正确答案:A
9. 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
10. If you think her experience is ______, we will employ her.
A.sustainable
B.adequate
C.strong
D.positive
正确答案:B
11. 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
12. Readers ______ happy endings may find the unvarnished view of modem mother-hood a bit unsettling.
A.fond
B.preferred
C.adapted to
D.accustomed to
正确答案:D
13. The explorer told the boys about his ______ in the African forests.
A.stories
B.voyage
C.adventures
D.trips
正确答案:C
14. We were working ______ time to get everything ready for the exhibition.
A.against
B.in
C.on
D.ahead
正确答案:A
15. He drove fast and arrived an hour ______ schedule.
A.in advance
B.before
C.by
D.ahead of
正确答案:D
16. If you hear the fire ______, leave the building quickly.
A.warning
B.alarm
C.signal
D.bell
正确答案:B
17. The troops have been on the ______ for a possible enemy at tack.
A.alarm
B.alert
C.warning
D.notice
正确答案:B
18. 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
19. Picasso’s ______ ability was apparent in his early youth when

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