泽熙美文1. A man who could ______ such treatment was a man of remarkable physical courage and moral strength.
A.bear up on
B.stand up to
C.insist on
D.persist in
正确答案：B
[解析] bear up on“影响到”；stand up to“经得起……”；insist on“坚决要求”；persist in“固执于”。答案为B。
2. Some people want only real flowers on their tables while others like to have ______ ones.
A.fashionable
B.synthetic
C.false
D.artificial
正确答案：D
[解析] fashionable“时髦的；流行的，时新的”；synthetic“综合的；合成的；(橡胶等)人造的”；false“虚伪的，虚假的，捏造的”；artificial“人工的，人造的；人为的”；artificial flowers“假花”。答案是D。
3. The batteries can be recharged when they run ______.
A.over
B.down
C.out
D.along
正确答案：C
[解析] run over“溢出”；run down“撞倒”；run out“用完，耗尽”；run along“走开，离开”。答案是C。
4. The ______ emphasis on examinations is by far the worst form of competition in schools.
A.negligent
B.edible
C.fabulous
D.disproportionate
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题空格处讲的是过多地强调考试。disproportionate的意思是“不成比例的，太多的”；negligent的意思是“疏忽的，粗心大意的”；edible的意思是“可食用的”；fabulous的意思是“惊人的，大量的”。只有D项符合题意。
5. When he lived in that remote place, radio was the only means he had to keep ______ of current events in the country.
A.account
B.trace
C.record
D.track
正确答案：D
[解析] account“计算，账目”；keep accounts“记账”；trace“痕迹，遗迹，踪迹”；record“履历，档案”；keep record of“记录，记载”；track“轨迹，车辙”；keep track of“跟上……的进展，保持与……的联系”。答案是D。
6. “The foreign teachers wondered what we Chinese teachers do in political meetings and I told them that we had to go through the ______ of lengthy formalities. ”
A.rigmarole
B.significance
C.commiseration
D.implication
正确答案：A
[解析] rigmarole“冗长的废话，胡言乱语”；significance“重要性”；commiseration“同情”；implication“牵连”。答案是A。
7. Participants in the Shanghai Co-operation Forum ______ regional teamwork to promote investment and economic development.
A.cursed
B.echoed
C.bounced
D.hailed
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题空格处是说欢迎地区间的协作。hail的意思是“欢呼，欢迎”，如：hail sb. (as) president欢呼拥立某人为总统；其他三项“curse诅咒；echo随声附和；bounce反弹，弹起”都与句意不符，因此正确答案为D。
8. Ten minutes later, the police came and ______ the crowd.
A.dismayed
B.dispersed
C.dismounted
D.distressed
正确答案：B
[解析] dismayed“使惊愕，使气馁”；dispersed“(使)分散，(使)散开，疏散”；dismounted“(使)下马”；distressed“使苦恼”。答案是B。
9. The symphony concerts here are ______ by the municipal government.
A.subdued
B.subscribed
C.subordinated
D.subsidized
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题的四个选项中，A项subdued的意思是“制服，征服，镇压；压抑；减轻；缓和”；B项subscribed的意思是“认捐；捐助；签(名)”；C项subordinated的意思是“使居次要地位；使隶属，使服从”；D项subsidized的意思是“资助，津贴；向……行贿”。根据题意，D项为正确答案。
10. The magician’s talk creates a (n) ______ of attention so that the audience does not see how he does his tricks.
A.diversion
B.derivation
C.disorder
D.interference
正确答案：C
[解析] diversion“转换，转移，转向”；derivation“出处，由来，起源”；disorder“无秩序，混乱，杂乱”；interference“妨碍，打扰，阻碍物”。答案是C。
11. Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. ______, I can’t speak too highly of him.
A.As a result
B.By the way
C.In a word
D.On the contrary
正确答案：C
[解析] as a result“结果”；by the way“顺便”；in a word“总之”；on the contrary“正相反”。答案为C。
12. What things in life aye you most desirous ______ attaining?
A.to
B.for
C.with
D.of
正确答案：D
[解析] desirous of“渴望的”符合题意。
13. Finally, let’s ______ a critical issue in any honest exploration of our attitudes towards old people, namely the value which our society ascribes to them.
A.stick to
B.turn to
C.lead to
D.take to
正确答案：B
[解析] B项turn to“(注意力)转向”，如：Turn to the left and you will find the post. 向左转，你会找到邮局的。根据句意“最后，让我们转向一个很重要的问题……”可知B项为正确答案。A项stick to“坚持”；C项“lead to”导致；D项“take to喜欢，开始从事”，均不符合题意。
14. It is not as difficult to store information as it is to ______ it quickly when it is wanted again.
A.represent
B.retain
C.restore
D.retrieve
正确答案：D
[解析] represent“描述；描画；意指”；retain“保留；保持；保有；维持”；restore“拿回原处，恢复原状；复旧”；retrieve“取回，恢复”；retrieve information“检索储存的信息”。答案是D。
15. I was ______ in my reading, and didn’t at first hear the
