Vocabulary Selection
1. It was really ______ of you to remember my birthday.
A.grateful
B.thoughtful
C.considerable
D.generous
正确答案:B
[解析] 你记得我的生日,真是很贴心。
A.grateful“感激的” B.thoughtful“体贴的,关切的”
C.considerable“相当大的,相当可观的” D.generous“慷慨大方的”
2. When no one answered the door, the next-door neighbor ______ through the window to see if the old lady was OK.
A.picked
B.peeled
C.paired
D.peered
正确答案:D
[解析] 由于没人过来开门,隔壁邻居就透过窗户看老太太是不是安然无恙?
A.picked“挑选” B.peeled“剥,剥落”
C.paired“配对” D.peered“(仔细)看”
3. The struggle between liberty and authority is the most ______ feature in the portions of history with which we are familiar, particularly in that of Greece, Italy and England.
A.great
B.incomprehensible
C.conspicuous
D.excellent
正确答案:C
[解析] 自由与权威的斗争是我们所熟知的历史最显著的特征,尤其是希腊史、意大利史和英国史。
A.great“大的,极大的;伟大的;美妙的;身体健康的;擅长的”
B.incomprehensible“晦涩难懂的,费解的”
C.conspicuous“显眼的,明显的”
D.excellent“优秀的,杰出的”
4. 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] 这会使学校可以更直接、有效地对家长负责,并对他们的批评和期望作出更积极的回应。
A.accountable“应负责的” B.submitted“服从的,提交的”
C.subjected“屈服的,被征服的” D.available“可利用的”
5. Acute hearing helps most animals sense the approach of thunderstorms long before people ______.
A.do
B.hear
C.do them
D.hearing it
正确答案:A
[解析] 敏锐的听觉帮助大多数动物比人更早地感觉到雷雨的到来。
本题由before引导的从句中,people的谓语与主句中宾语animals的补语动词(sense)相同,因此为避免重复由助动词do替代。
6. It is not uncommon for there ______ problems of communication between the old and the young.
A.being
B.would be
C.be
D.to be
正确答案:D
[解析] 老年人和年轻人普遍存在沟通上的问题。
如果there be结构中的动词be要用不定式,则其逻辑主语there要用for引导,形成for thereto be sth. 结构,表示“有”或“存在”某种情况。此外,there be还可以作介词of,about的宾语,用there being的形式,因此D项正确。
7. As the core of the management board, he can always come up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation’s marketing strategies.
A.integral
B.instinctive
C.intangible
D.ingenious
正确答案:D
[解析] 作为管理委员会的核心力量,他总能想出一些巧妙的点子来推进公司的营销策略。
A.integral“完整的,完全的” B.instinctive“本能的,天生的”
C.intangible“无形的” D.ingeinous“灵巧的,巧妙的”
8. Your ideas, ______, seem unusual to me.
A.like her
B.like hers
C.similar to her
D.similar to herself
正确答案:B
[解析] 你的观点和她的一样,在我看来都不一般。
句中与your ideas相比较的比较项是her ideas,而不是her,由于her ideas可以由名同性物主代词hers代替,因此B项为正确选项。
9. Although they are very succinct—that is why they caught on—cliches are wasted words because they are ______ expressions rather than fresh ones.
A.stale
B.stainless
C.stable
D.spotted
正确答案:A
[解析] 尽管陈词滥调非常简洁,这也是它们流行起来的原因,但陈词滥调是些废话,因为它们是陈腐的而非新鲜的表达。
A.stale“陈腐的,旧的” B.stainless“无瑕疵的”
C.stable“稳定的” D.spotted“有斑点的”
10. Martin has created enough memorable ______ to make it easy to forgive his lows.
A.youngsters
B.nobles
C.highs
D.miserable
正确答案:C
[解析] 马丁已经创造了足够多的高光时刻,令人难忘,也让他的低谷时期更容易得到谅解。
由句意以及句子结构可推断出来,空缺处应填入一个与lows相对的词语,也就是C项highs。A项youngsters“年轻人”和B项nobles“贵族”明显不符合题意;D项miserable“痛苦的,可怜的”是形容词,无法作created的宾语。
11. It is going to be fine tomorrow. ______
A.So is it.
B.So it is.
C.So it does.
D.So does it.
正确答案:B
[解析] 明天将是个大晴天。是的。
本题中,前一句的谓语动词是is,故此处的助动词只能用is,可以先排除C和D。“so+助动词+主语”表示“……也是这样”,该结构中的主语与前一句的主语指代不同的对象,本句不是这个意思,故不选A。“so+主语+助动词”意为“可不是嘛,是真的”,表示说话人认同对方的看法。该结构中的主语指的就是前一句话中的主语。选项B正确。
12. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain climbing than ______ in the public mind today.
A.exists
B.exist
C.existing
D.to exist
正确答案:A
[解析] 对于登山中可察觉到的危险,目前公众心中所存疑虑过多。
此句中的than是准关系代词,相当于引导了一个定语从句,由于前部分主语是anxiety,从句主语也应是anxiety,因此从句谓语动词应使用第三人称单数,故选项A正确。
13. There are as good fish in the sea ______ ever came out of it.
A.than
B.like
C.as

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