Vocabulary Selection
1. Her career has ______ a number of activities—composing, playing and acting.
A.held
B.produced
C.embraced
D.insisted
正确答案:C
[解析] 她从事的职业包括很多活动——作曲、演奏和演出。
A.held“举办,支持” B.produced“生产,制作”
C.embraced“包括,包含” D.insisted“坚决要求”
2. I am surprised ______ this city is a dull place to live in.
A.that you should think
B.by what you are thinking
C.that you would think
D.with what you were thinking
正确答案:A
[解析] 你竟会认为住在这个城市里没有什么意思,我很吃惊。
surprise的用法:①be surprised to do…;②be surprised at sth./sb.;③be surprised that…。B、D两项中介词选用不当。A项中用should表示一种惊讶的语气,而C选项中的would没有表达惊讶语气的这个作用,因此应该选择A项。
3. She ______ fifty or so when I first met her at a conference.
A.had been
B.must be
C.has been
D.must have been
正确答案:D
[解析] 我在一次会议中第一次见到她时,她肯定有50岁左右了。
when引导的时间状语从句用了过去时(met),因此本句是对以往年龄或过去事实的推测,要用“must+have+过去分词”形式,故D项正确。
4. The city government is building more roads to ______ the increasing number of cars.
A.accommodate
B.receive
C.accept
D.fold
正确答案:A
[解析] 市政府正在修建更多的道路以容纳不断增加的车辆。
A.accommodate“使适应,调节,容纳” B.receive“收到,得到”
C.accept“接受” D.fold“折叠,对折”
5. When an organism is completely encapsulated and preserved, it becomes a fossil, ______ turning into evidence of things that once lived.
A.thereby
B.as a result of
C.so
D.in the end
正确答案:A
[解析] 当一个有机体被完全密封保存起来,就会变成化石,从而成为某种生物曾经存活过的证据。
B项as a result of后面应接原因,而不是结果,故不符合要求;C项后面应接完整的句子,D项不是连词,均排除。因此确定选A项。
6. Nine is to three ______ three is to one.
A.when
B.that
C.which
D.what
正确答案:D
[解析] 9和3的关系就如同3和1的关系一样。
这是固定句型,用来指what前后两句话有着相类似的内在联系,即“A对B就如A1对B1”,答案为D项。此句型中的what也可以用as。类似的句子还有Water is to fish what air is to men. (水对鱼的作用就和空气对人的作用一样。)
7. The girl’s voice was so low that we could ______ hear her.
A.seldom
B.almost
C.only
D.barely
正确答案:D
[解析] 这个女孩的声音很小。我们几乎不能听见她说的话。
A.seldom“很少” B.almost“几乎”
C.only“仅仅” D.barely“几乎不”
8. Our school library is ______ closed for repairs.
A.shortly
B.quickly
C.temporarily
D.rapidly
正确答案:C
[解析] 我们的学校图书馆因为维修临时关闭。
A.shortly“立刻,不久” B.quickly“很快地”
C.temporarily“临时地” D.rapidly“很快地”
9. ______ of the twins was arrested, because I saw both at a party last night.
A.None
B.Both
C.Neither
D.All
正确答案:C
[解析] 那对双胞胎都没有被捕,因为我昨晚在一个聚会上看到他们俩了。
从本句的意思来看,应该选“两者都不”,所以C项Neither为正确答案。A项None表示三者或三者以上中“一个都不”;B项Both表示“两者都”;D项All表示“所有……都”。
10. The cost of living ______ in the 20th century, and economists expect it to continue rising in the decades ahead.
A.boomed
B.soared
C.soured
D.roused
正确答案:B
[解析] 20世纪生活成本急剧增加,经济学家预测,在接下来几十年里还会继续攀升。
A.boomed“繁荣发展” B.soared“激增”
C.soured“变酸,恶化” D.roused“唤醒,激起”
11. The younger person’s attraction to stereos cannot be explained only ______ familiarity with technology.
A.in quest of
B.by means of
C.by virtue of
D.in terms of
正确答案:D
[解析] 年轻人对立体音响的喜爱不能仅从熟悉技术的角度来解释。
A.in quest of“寻找,寻求” B.by means of“用,依靠”
C.by virtue of“由于,凭借,因为” D.in terms of“根据,从……角度(说)”
12. Traditionally, local midwives would ______ all the babies in the area.
A.deliver
B.produce
C.handle
D.help
正确答案:A
[解析] 传统上,当地产婆会接生本地区所有的婴儿。
A.deliver“接生,助产” B.produce“生产,制造”
C.handle“解决,处理” D.help“帮助”
13. The government has promised to do ______ lies in its power to ease the hardships of the victims in the flood-stricken area.
A.however
B.whichever
C.whatever
D.wherever
正确答案:C
[解析] 政府承诺竭尽所能减轻洪灾地区的灾民所遭受的灾害。
本句需填入的连接词引导动词do的宾语从句,并在从句中充当主语成分。四个选项中只有B项whichever和C项whatever能引导名词性从句,但whichever一词强调“多个选择中的任何一个”,而这句话里并没有选择的含义;而whatever相当于anything that,符合题意,故C项正确。however用于引导方式状语从句,wherever引导地点状语从句,皆不正确。

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