泽熙美文1. He added a ______ to his letter by saying that he would arrive before 8 pm.
A.presidency
B.prestige
C.postscript
D.preliminary
正确答案：C
[解析] C选项“postscript附言、后记”符合句意；A选项presidency“任期”；B选项prestige“声望、威望”；D选项preliminary“预备的、初步的”，都不正确。本句空格处意为“他在信中又加了附言”，因此C选项为正确答案。
2. He’s watching TV? He’s ______ to be cleaning his room.
A.known
B.supposed
C.regarded
D.considered
正确答案：B
[解析] “be supposed to do sth.”构成一固定用法，意为“should do sth.”，符合题意。
3. The Committee pronounced four members expelled for failure to provide information in the ______ of investigations.
A.case
B.chase
C.cause
D.course
正确答案：D
[解析] in the course of意为“在……的过程中”，如：In the course of that fight we have won victories. 在那场战斗中我们取得了多次胜利。In the course of their investigation they made a discovery that helped to solve a six-year-old mystery. 在调查过程中，他们发现了一样东西，那东西使他们得以揭开了一个长达6年之久的谜团。case通常用在in case of结构中，意为“万一”；cause表示“原因”，也可以表示“事业”；chase意为“追赶”，没有in the chase of结构。
4. At the meeting, Smith argued ______ in favor of the proposal.
A.severely
B.warmly
C.forcefully
D.heavily
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题中四个副词的意思分别是：A项“严厉地”；B项“热情地”；C项“强有力地”；D项“严重地，剧烈地”。根据句子的意思，只有C适合，所以C项为本题正确答案。
5. The new washing machines are being ______ at the rate of 50 a day in this factory.
A.turned off
B.turned down
C.turned out
D.turned in
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题是说这家工厂正以每天50台的速度生产着这种新型洗衣机。C项“turn out(工厂)生产，制造(产品)；(学校)培养(人才)；驱逐，使离开；关掉，旋熄”符合题意。其他三项中，turn off“关，关闭；转到另一条路”；turn down“关小，调低；拒绝”；turn in“上交，交还；上床睡觉”都与题意不符。
6. It was a bold idea to build a power station in the deep valley, but it ______ as well as we had expected.
A.went off
B.worked off
C.broke off
D.came off
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题是说在深谷里建造一所发电站是一个大胆的想法，但它完成的与我们预期的一样好。D项“come off成功；发生，举行；脱落，分开，如：The experiment did not come off. His plans haven’t come off. The picnic came off at last.”与题意相符。其他三项中，go off“(枪、爆竹等)爆炸，响起；停止运行；不再喜欢”；work off“慢慢脱落；慢慢消除掉；完成，干完(工作)”；break off“中止，中断；突然停止”都与题意不符。
7. Largely due to the university tradition and the current academic milieu, every college student here works ______.
A.industrially
B.industriously
C.consciously
D.purposefully
正确答案：B
[解析] B选项“industrious勤勉的，刻苦的”符合题意，如：Chinese people are industrious. 中国人民是勤劳的。其他三项中，A选项industrially“企业[工业]地”；C选项consciously“有意识地，自觉地”；D选项purposefully“有目的地”，都与题意不符。本题是说这里的每位大学生学习都很刻苦，这很大程度上要归因于这所大学的传统和当前的学术环境。因此B选项为正确答案。
8. The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her ______ attitude toward ______ customers.
A.straightforward
B.partial
C.favourable
D.hostile
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题是说经理责备地看了一眼其中一名女售货员，因为她对顾客的态度不友善。D项“hostile (to)敌对的，不友善的”，符合题意。其他三项中，straightforward“坦率的，正直的；明确的，简单的”；partial (to)“偏袒的，偏心的；部分的，不完全的”；favourable (to/for)“有利的，顺利的；赞成的”，都不符合题意。
9. Tibet, the second largest province of China, is ______ in uranium (铀) and underground thermal power (地热) .
A.wealthy
B.abundant
C.adequate
D.sufficient
正确答案：B
[解析] 本题是说中国的第二大省——西藏的铀和地热都很丰富。B项“abundant (in)大量的，充足的，丰富的”符合题意。其他三项中，wealthy“富裕的，富有的，有钱的”；adequate (to/for)“充足的，足够的；适当的，胜任的”；sufficient(for)“充分的，足够的”，都与题意不符。
10. So many children have bought the balloons that the store is now out of ______.
A.stuff
B.material
C.stock
D.staff
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题是说这么多的孩子购买气球，以至于商店没有库存了。C项“stock n.库存，现货，备料，如：have sth. in stock‘有存货’；sth. is out of stock；The store is out of stock of sth.‘没有存货”’与题意相符。其他三项中，stuff“原料，材料，东西”；material“原料，材料；资料，素材”；staff“全体职工，全体人员；参谋部”，都与题意不符。
11. The problem of pollution as well as several other issues is going to be discussed when the Congress is in ______ again next spring.
A.convention
B.conference
C.session
D.assembly
正确答案：C
[解析] C选项“session会议，开庭”符合题意。其他三项中，A选项convention“大会，协定，习俗，惯例”；B选项conference“会议，讨论会，协商会”，D选项assembly“集合，装配，集会，集结，汇编”，都与题意不符。本题是说当明年春天议会再度开始时，污染问题和几个其他的问题将被讨论。因此C选项为正确答案。
12. China started its nuclear power industry only in recent years and should ______ no time in catching up.
A.delay
B.lessen
C.lose
D.slip
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题是说中国仅仅在最近几年才开始她的核动力工业，应立即迎头赶上。lose no time in doing sth. “立即”如：I shall lose no time in beginning work. delay“推迟；耽搁，延误”(句型：delay sb．/sth．anaction/-ing，不说delay time)；lessen“减少，减轻”；slip“滑落；溜走”。根据题意，只有C项为正确答案。
