泽熙美文1. The 12-year-old civil war had ______ 1.5 million lives.
A.declared
B.proclaimed
C.claimed
D.asserted
正确答案：C
[解析] declared“断言”；proclaimed“宣布”；claimed“主张，夺走”；asserted“断言，声称”。答案是C。
2. I must leave now. ______, if you want that book I’ll bring it next time.
A.Accidentally
B.Incidentally
C.Eventually
D.Naturally
正确答案：B
[解析] 这句话的意思是：我必须得走了，顺便说一下，如果你还用那本书的话我下次会带过来。选项中，accidentally“偶然地，意外地”；incidentally“偶然，顺便提一句”；eventually“终于，最后”；naturally“自然而然地”。根据题意可知，正确答案是B。
3. Helen was so persistent that her husband ______ at last.
A.conceded
B.converged
C.conceived
D.conferred
正确答案：A
[解析] concede“让步”；converge“会聚”；conceive“怀孕”；confer“协商”。答案为A。
4. Trade relationships between the two countries will improve if their ______ leaders could agree on the proposed quotas.
A.respectable
B.respective
C.respectful
D.respecting
正确答案：B
[解析] respective“各自的”；respectable“可敬的”；respectful“充满敬意的”；respecting“关于”。
5. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering.
A.confide
B.ponder
C.dwell
D.reflect
正确答案：A
[解析] confide“倾诉，委托，信赖”；confide in“信任”；ponder“沉思，考虑”；dwell“居住，踌躇”，dwell on“细想，详述”；reflect“反射，反映”。答案是A。
6. The old musician decided to move to her country home ______ her advanced age and poor health.
A.with regard to
B.by virtue of
C.on account of
D.on the verge of
正确答案：C
[解析] with regard to“关于”；by virtue of“依靠，由于”；on account of“由于，因为”；on/to the verge of“接近于，濒临于”。答案是C。
7. The government decided to take a ______ action to strengthen the market management.
A.diverse
B.durable
C.epidemic
D.drastic
正确答案：D
[解析] diverse“不同的，别的”；durable“持久的，坚牢的”；epidemic“流行的，传染的”；drastic“严厉的，强硬的”。答案是D。
8. Our new firm ______ for a credible, aggressive individual with great skills to fill this position.
A.have looked
B.are looking
C.is looking
D.look
正确答案：C
[解析] “firm”是单数形式，后面的谓语动词相应地使用单数形式，答案是C。
9. Plastic bags are useful for holding many kinds of food, ______ their cleanness, toughness and low cost.
A.by virtue of
B.in addition to
C.for the sake of
D.as opposed to
正确答案：A
[解析] by virtue of“依靠，由于”；in addition to“除……之外”；for the sake of“为了”；as opposed to“与……相反，与……相对比”。答案是A。
10. The ______ of the spring water attracts a lot of visitors from all over the country.
A.clash
B.clarify
C.clarity
D.clatter
正确答案：C
[解析] clash“冲突，撞击声”；clarify“说明，讲清楚”；clarity“清澈；明了；明确”；clatter“喧嚷，骚动”。答案是C。
11. Awards provide a (n) ______ for young people to improve their skills.
A.incentive
B.initiative
C.fugitive
D.captive
正确答案：A
[解析] incentive“动机，刺激”；initiative“主动，创始”；fugitive“逃亡者，流浪的”；captive“俘虏，被监禁了的”。答案是A。
12. Whatever the questions he really wanted to ask at the reprocessing plant, though, he would never allow his personal feelings to ______ with an assignment.
A.interrupt
B.bother
C.interfere
D.intervene
正确答案：C
[解析] interrupt“中断，妨碍”，interrupt with“打岔，打断”；bother“烦扰，打扰”，bother with“以……而烦扰”；interfere“干涉，干预”；interfere with“妨碍，干涉，干扰”；intervene“干涉，插入”。答案是C。
13. The government can’t expect the taxpayer to ______ this company, out indefinitely.
A.support
B.bail
C.redeem
D.remove
正确答案：B
[解析] 本题考查固定搭配。bail… out“帮助……解决困难”。答案是B。
14. This will make schools more directly and effectively ______ to parents, and more responsive to their criticisms and wishes.
A.accountable
B.submitted
C.subjected
D.available
正确答案：A
[解析] accountable“应负责的”；submitted“服从的”；subjected“屈服于……”：available“可利用的”。答案是A。
15. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world.
A.concern
B.magnitude
C.volume
D.carelessness
正确答案：B
