泽熙美文1. The discrepancy in the company accounts is so ______ that no auditor could have failed to notice it.
A.spontaneous
B.conspicuous
C.notorious
D.superfluous
正确答案：B
[解析] 本题意为“该公司的账目差异如此明显，没有哪个审计员会看不出这一点的”。conspicuous的意思是“显著的”，如：She’s always conspicuous because of her bright clothes and queer hair style. 因为她衣着鲜艳，发型古怪，所以总是惹人注目。其他三项“spontaneous自发的，自然产生的；notorious声名狼藉的；superfluous过剩的”都与句意不符，因此正确答案为B。
2. Her taste runs also to arrangements of Chopin and Joplin, as well as to Japanese and Brazilian music, part of ______ approach that is winning her fans around the world.
A.a heterogeneous
B.an eclectic
C.a homogeneous
D.a monotonous
正确答案：B
[解析] heterogeneous“不同种类的”；eclectic“折衷的”；homogeneous“同类的，相似的”；monotonous“单调的，无变化的”。答案是B。
3. It all started in 1950, when people began to build their houses on the ______ of their cities.
A.paradises
B.omissions
C.orchards
D.outskirts
正确答案：D
[解析] D选项outskirts边界、(尤指)市郊，如：Presently she recognized that she was already in the outskirts of the city. 不久她看出，她已经到达这座城市的郊区。根据空格处的意思“在城市的郊区处建房子”，可知答案为D。其他三项中，A选项paradise“天堂”；B选项omission“省略、遗漏的东西”；C选项orchard“果园”，都不正确。
4. Some scientists have suggested that Earth is a kind of zoo or wildlife ______ for intelligent space beings, like the wilderness areas we have set up on earth to allow animals to develop naturally while we observe them.
A.conservation
B.maintenance
C.storage
D.reserve
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题空格处讲的是野生动植物保护区，应用“wildlife reserve野生动植物保护区(具体概念)”；而wildlife conservation是对野生动植物的保护(抽象概念)；maintenance的意思是“维护，保持”；storage的意思是“贮藏(量)”。可见D项为正确答案。
5. Horseback riding ______ both the skill of handling a horse and the mastery of diverse riding styles.
A.embraces
B.encourages
C.exaggerates
D.elaborate
正确答案：A
[解析] A项“embrace包括，包含”，如：The article embraces many important points of the government reconstruction plan. 文章中包括着政府重建计划的许多要点。根据句意“骑马既包含驾驭马匹的技巧又包含对不同马术的掌握”，故选A。B项encourage“鼓励”；C项exaggerate“夸张，夸大”；D项elaborate“详细阐述”，均不符合题意。
6. Turning cultivated land back into forests or pasture is a fundamental way to stem soil ______ and desertification in the long run.
A.erosion
B.depletion
C.violation
D.delusion
正确答案：A
[解析] 本题意为“从长远来看，退耕还林或退耕还牧是阻止沙漠侵害和沙漠化的基本途径”。erosion的意思是“侵害，侵蚀”；depletion的意思是“损耗”；violation的意思是“违背，妨碍”；delusion的意思是“错觉”。四个选项中只有A项符合题意。
7. Please do not be ______ by his bad manners since he is merely trying to attract attention.
A.disgusted
B.embarrassed
C.irritated
D.shocked
正确答案：C
[解析] C项“irritated愤怒”，如：His peremptory tone irritated everybody. 他那专横的口气激怒了大家。根据句意“既然他只是为了吸引注意力，所以请不要被他的无礼举止激怒”，故选C。A项disgusted“厌恶”；B项embarrassed“尴尬，难为情”；D项shocked“震惊”，均不符合题意。
8. Nobody knew how he came up with this ______ idea about the trip.
A.weary
B.twilight
C.unanimous
D.weird
正确答案：D
[解析] D选项weird的意思是“怪异的”，如：I heard weird shrieks in the darkness. 我在黑暗中听到奇怪的尖叫声。根据空格处的意思“提出这个怪主意”，可知故选D。其他三项中，A选项weary“疲倦的”；B选项twilight“模糊的”；C选项unanimous“意见一致的”，都不正确。
9. Russian women had to wear protective masks as they walked in Moscow, which was ______ by a heavy smog yesterday.
A.shrouded
B.unveiled
C.decayed
D.deprived
正确答案：A
[解析] 本题空格处是说覆盖着一层浓雾。shroud的意思是“覆盖，遮蔽”；unveil的意思是“显露，除去面纱”；decay的意思是“腐烂”；deprive的意思是“剥夺，使丧失”。只有A项符合题意。
10. The ______ has left for the Antarctic and it will come back in six months.
A.expedition
B.execution
C.exploration
D.delegation
正确答案：A
[解析] expedition“远征队，探险队”；execution“强制执行；执行命令”；exploration“勘探，探测”；delegation“委派，派遣，代表团”。答案是A。
11. All of us were impressed by her ______ complexion.
A.fluffy
B.floral
C.florid
D.fluid
正确答案：C
[解析] fluffy“柔软的；蓬松的”；floral“用花做的，植物区系的”；florid“红润的”；florid complexion“红润的面色”；fluid“流动的”。答案是C。
12. The boy seemed more ______ to their poverty after seeing how his grandparents lived.
A.reconciled
B.consolidated
C.deteriorated
D.attributed
正确答案：A
[解析] 本题空格处讲的是更加甘于贫困。be reconciled to something的意思是“甘于……”，如：Must they reconcile themselves to their fate? 难道他们甘心忍受这种命运吗? consolidate的意思是“巩固”；deteriorate的意思是“恶化”；attribute something to something的意思是“将……归结于……”。正确答案为A项。
13. At throe thousand feet, wide plains begin to appear, and there is never a moment when some distant mountain is not ______.
A.on view
B.at a glance
C.on the scene
