泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. Pet animals live in millions of American homes. People keep cats, dogs, birds, fish, guinea pigs, mice — ______ snakes.
A.and
B.together with
C.even
D.but not
正确答案：C
[解析] 词义辨析
选项A. and 同，和，与；B. together with (副词)和，加之；C. even (副词)[加强语气] 甚至……也，连……都，即使；D. but not 但不是，但不包括；本句意为：数百万美国家庭里都养有宠物。人们养猫，狗，鸟，鱼，葵鼠，白鼠——甚至蛇。因为前面所提宠物都是人们容易理解的，后面用了破折号，在此表示语气要转，然后提到人们还养蛇——这种并不容易被一般人所接纳的宠物。因此C为答案。
2. As the Olympic flame was ______ and the flags lowered, the closing ceremony concluded with a firework display.
A.put out
B.distinguished
C.extinguished
D.removed
正确答案：C
[解析] 近义辨析
A. put out 放出，伸出，生产，消除；B. distinguish 区别，辨别；C. extinguish 熄灭，消灭，压制，使黯然失色；D. remove 移动，开除，移交；本句意为：随着奥运火焰的熄灭和奥运旗帜的落下，奥运会的闭幕式以焰火结束。因此C为答案。
3. Big Ben has been ______ the quarter hours now for more than a century.
A.striking out
B.chiming
C.giving out
D.hitting
正确答案：B
[解析] 习语辨析
A. strike out 打，击，勾销，产生，做成；B. chime 使发钟声，用钟声报时(strike/chime the hour 钟声报时)；C. give out 分发，发出(气味、热等)，精疲力竭；D. hit；打，打击，击中；本句讲得是英国的大本钟(英国议会大厦顶部大钟的名称)用钟声报时已持续了一个多世纪了(此处指每隔一刻钟报一次时)；因此B为答案。
4. One impact that the burning of ______ fuels has had on the Earth’s environment has been the increase of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere.
A.vehicle
B.oil
C.gas
D.fossil
正确答案：D
[解析] 固定搭配
fossil 化石；但fossil fuels 是固定用法，表示：(煤、石油、天然气等)矿物燃料；本句意为：(煤、石油、天然气等)矿物燃料的燃烧对地球环境的一个影响就是加大了地球大气层中二氧化碳的含量。因此D为答案。
5. Fans still remember the superstar they knew during her concert ______ through Guangzhou five years ago.
A.journey
B.tour
C.travel
D.trip
正确答案：B
[解析] 近义辨析
这四个选项都有“旅行”之义；但A. journey 常指一段时间里从一地到另一地的旅行 (特别是指长距离的)，还可指某人或某事的改变和发展所经历的长期和困难的历程； B. tour 常指一段愉快的旅行，其间会访问不同的城镇或地区，如：a walking/cycling/ sightseeing tour (徒步旅行，骑车旅行，观光游)；还可指音乐家们、运动队等为了在几个地点进行演出或比赛进行的一段计划好的旅行；C. travel 泛指旅行；D. trip 常指包含了为了娱乐或特别的目的对某地进行的(短途)旅行；常用在下列词组中：trip to 举例： Did you enjoy your trip to Disneyland?你的迪斯尼乐园之行玩得如何? trip from 举例：The Palace is only a short trip from here. 那个宫殿离这儿很近。business/shopping trip 商务游/购物游；day trip 一日游；a round trip 往返游；由此可见B为答案。
6. 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。
7. Ted has been living in town for only half a year; yet he seems to be ______ with everyone he meets.
A.accustomed
B.conscious
C.acquainted
D.acknowledged
正确答案：C
[解析] 习语搭配
A. accustom (与to 连用)使习惯于……。例如：They had to accustom themselves to the hot weather. 他们不得不使自己习惯于炎热的天气；B. be conscious of知道；be acquainted with 熟悉；D. acknowledge 表示：承认，公认为，认为；例如：I acknowledge the truth of his statement. 我承认他说的是事实。根据句意：Ted在这个城镇只住了半年，然而他似乎已熟悉了他所遇到的每一个人，本句答案应为C。
8. The traffic law requires ______ all taxi drivers and passengers to wear seat belts.
A.to
B./
C.for
D.in
正确答案：B
[解析] 结构识别
require是及物动词，常用require sth. /doing；require sb. to do sth. 例：The floor requires washing. 地板该洗了。I require two children to help me. 我需要两个孩子来帮我的忙。它还常用于：be required to do something，例：All passengers are required to show their tickets.所有乘客都必须出示车票。
9. ______ called just now, but he didn’t mention his full name.
A.Mr. Williams
B.The Mr. Williams
C.A Mr. Williams
D.That Mr. Williams
正确答案：C
[解析] 冠词应用
本句意为：刚才有一个姓威廉姆斯的先生打来电话，但他没提他的全名。因此表示的是“某一个人”，因此应在威廉姆斯先生前加不定冠词a；因此C为答案。
10. ssing the last bus, we had no choice but ______ a taxi home.
A.to take
B.take
C.taking
D.taken
正确答案：A
[解析] 固定用法
have no choice but 后面跟动词不定式，例：We had no choice but to destroy the animal.我们没有别的选择，只能消灭那个动物。类似的句式还有：have no option but to，例： Teenage mothers often have no option but to live with their parents. 十几岁的小妈妈们一般没有别的选择，只能与他们的父母住在一起。因此选项A为答案。
11. As a judge, he is supposed to be fair and tries to make ______
