泽熙美文Vocabulary Selection
1. Chairs and desks not conforming ______ official health standards for pupils have all been removed from the classrooms.
A.at
B.for
C.over
D.to
正确答案：D
[解析] 教室里有些桌椅不符合官方为学生规定的健康标准，都被搬走了。
conform to是固定搭配，表示“符合，与……一致”，如Students can be expelled for refusing to conform to school rules.(学生不遵守校规可能会被开除。)故选D项。
2. Grover Cleveland was the first president ______ in the White House.
A.got married
B.to get married
C.has got married
D.was married
正确答案：B
[解析] 格罗弗·克利夫兰是第一位在白宫结婚的总统。
本句已经有谓语动词was，因此不能再出现谓语动词(除非有从句)，A、C、D三项均有谓语动词，填入后句子有两个谓语动词且又没有从句，因此均排除，故选B项。
3. Both longitude and latitude ______ in degrees，minutes and seconds.
A.measuring
B.measured
C.are measured
D.being measured
正确答案：C
[解析] 经度和纬度郝是以度、分、秒来衡量的。
本句是阐述一个客观事实，需用一般现在时，且主语为复数，因此C项符合要求。
4. How can I ever concentrate if you ______ constantly ______ me with silly questions.
A.have；interrupted
B.had；interrupted
C.are；interrupting
D.were；interrupting
正确答案：C
[解析] 你总是用那些愚蠢的问题干扰我，叫我怎么集中注意力?
constantly表明动作经常发生，现在进行时可表示经常发生的事情，表示不满或抱怨情绪，故C项正确。
5. Bottles from this region sell ______ at about $50 a case.
A.wholesale
B.totally
C.entirely
D.together
正确答案：A
[解析] 这一地区的瓶子以一箱大约50美元的价格批发出售。
A．wholesale“批发地” B．totally“总共；完全地”
C．entirely“完全地” D．together“一起，共同”
6. I’m so tired that I can’t take ______ what you’re saying.
A.up
B.out
C.in
D.on
正确答案：C
[考点] 本题考查take的不同介词搭配。
[解析] 我太累了，完全听不进去你说的话。
take up意为“占用”，take out为“拿出，取出”，take in为“吸收，领会”，take on为“呈现出，承担起”。结合句意，C项最为符合。
7. In his plays Shakespeare ______ his characters live through their language.
A.would make
B.had made
C.made
D.makes
正确答案：D
[解析] 在戏剧中，莎士比亚通过语言使人物变得栩栩如生。
本句描述的是莎翁的戏剧，虽然“使人物生动”的行为动作发生在过去，但说的是莎翁的写作风格、特点，表示不受时间限制的客观存在，因此用一般现在时。故选D项。
8. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success.
A.provisional
B.sensational
C.sentimental
D.potential
正确答案：B
[解析] 短短两周内，这本书就卖出了100万册，真是轰动一时的成功。
A．provisional“暂时的，临时的” B．sensational“使人感动的，引起轰动的”
C．sentimental“感情用事的，多愁善感的” D．potential“潜在的，可能的”
9. With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very ______ for the students.
A.hostile
B.anxious
C.tedious
D.obscure
正确答案：C
[解析] 这周每天上课八小时，几乎没什么娱乐活动，对学生们来说肯定非常单调无趣。
A．hostile“敌对的” B．anxious“焦虑的，焦急的”
C．tedious“单调的，无趣的” D．obscure“隐晦的，令人费解的”
10. He painted his bedroom black. It looks dark and dreary. He ______ a different color.
A.had to choose
B.should have chosen
C.must have chosen
D.could have been choosing
正确答案：B
[考点] 本题考查虚拟语气的情态动词。
[解析] 他把房间漆成了黑色，看起来又暗又沉闷，他本应该选个其他颜色的。
根据句意，此处应选用should have done，B项符合要求。A项had to choose“不得不选择”、C项must have chosen“肯定是选择了”和D项could have been choosing“可能会正在选择”均不符合句意。
11. That trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn’t bothered by his loudness ______ by his lack of talent.
A.so much as
B.rather than
C.as
D.than
正确答案：A
[解析] 那个喇叭手演奏的声音的确很大，但是让我感到烦躁的与其说是他的吵闹，还不如说是他的演奏毫无才华。
not so much A as B结构可以替换成：less A than B、not A but rather B、more B than A等结构，均相当于“与其说是A还不如说是B”。如果选择B项，那么原句应改为I was bothered by his lack of talent rather than by his loudness。
12. Much as ______, I couldn’t lend him the money because I simply didn’t have that much spare cash.
A.I would have liked to
B.I would like to have
C.I should have to like
D.I should have liked to
正确答案：A
[解析] 尽管我很想借钱给他，但是没法借，因为我没有那么多的闲钱。
much as引导让步状语从句，表示“尽管”，该从句为与过去相反的虚拟语气，谓语使用would have done，故答案为A项，其中to后省略了lend him the money，以避免重复。D项表示“应该”，而不表意愿。
13. Although buses in this district are ______ to depart at a certain hour, they are often late.
A.believed
B.required
C.managed
D.scheduled
