Vocabulary and Grammar
1. The recent conference on the effective use of the seas and oceans was another attempt resolving major differences among countries with conflicting interests.
A.resolve
B.resolves
C.to resolve
D.being resolved
正确答案:C
[解析] 本题考查习惯搭配。句意为:最近有关合理有效地利用海洋的会议是解决有着利益冲突的各国之间重大差异的另一次尝试。attempt to do sth.为固定用法,意为“努力,尝试”,所以此处应用动词的不定式形式。所以,答案是C。
2. Life insurance, before available only to young, healthy persons, can now be obtained for old people, and even for pets.
A.before young, healthy persons available only,
B.available only to young, healthy persons before,
C.available only to persons young, but more healthy,
D.before young and healthy persons only available to,
正确答案:B
[解析] 本题考查结构应用。句意为:人身保险以前只针对健康的年轻人,现在可以面向老人甚至是宠物。此处before是副词,作时间状语,应放在句末。所以,答案是B。
3. Following a year of fast development, by the first quarter of this year, China has had about 1,100 e-commerce websites.
A.China had about 1,100 e-commerce websites by the end of last March
B.by the end of the first quarter of this year, China has had about 1,100 e-commerce websites
C.by the end of this recent past March, China has about 1,100 e-commerce websites
D.by the end of this first quarter, China had about 1,100 or so e-commerce websites
正确答案:A
[解析] 本题考查时态应用。句意为:通过一年的快速发展,到第一季度末,中国已有1100个电子商务网站。根据句意,句子时态应该是一般过去时,排除掉B和C。而且第一季度已经过去了,D中的this表示将要到来的,也应排除。故答案是A。
4. Sino-foreign educational program on business is popular in China now, and the demand for high level interpretation is great.
A.programs in enterprises/high level interpreters
B.programs in international business/senior interpreters
C.program in international biz/senior interpretations
D.programs of business/high-level interpretations
正确答案:B
[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。句意为:中外教育性贸易课程在中国很流行,高水平的口译人员的需求量肯定很大。high-level“高级别的、高层次的”,senior“资深的”,demand for后面的宾语多用表示人的具体名词,所以,这里应把interpretation改成interpreter。A、C、D三项也不正确,故排除。所以,答案是B。
5. Many students agreed to come, but some students against because they said they don’t have time.
A.were against because they said they did not
B.were against because they say they don’t
C.were against it because they said they did not
D.were against coming because they said they don’t
正确答案:C
[解析] 本题考查动词的时态。在所给出的四个选项中,A、B、D三项中,动词前后的时态都不一致,只有C项中所有的动词都使用的一般过去时态,和前半句的时态一致。所以,答案应是C。
6. While it is essential that the text covers the subject adequately, it is also important that it is neither too detailed or too complex for the intended reader.
A.or
B.nor
C.no
D.not
正确答案:B
[解析] 本题考查固定搭配。neither…nor为固定搭配,意为“既不……也不”。所以,答案为B。
7. Consumer porcelains in Jingdezhen are not selling well in export market as compared with those made in Liling, Hunan Province and Zibo, Shandong Province.
A.on export market
B.in exporting market
C.in exported market
D.in the export market
正确答案:D
[解析] 本题考查固定用法。in export market意为“出口市场”,in the market“在市场上”,在所给的四个选项中,in the export market也表示出口市场,其他三项均没有此意。所以,答案是D。
8. It is a market which sales value might be more than 10 billion yuan.
A.a market with a sales value that might be
B.a market which might be sales value
C.a market with sale value might be
D.market with sales might be a value
正确答案:A
[解析] 本题考查定语从句。句意为:这是一个销售额可能会超过10亿元的市场。分析句子结构可知,介词短语with a sales value作状语修饰a market, that引导定语从句修饰先行词sales value。所以,答案是A。
9. As an English major student, I think business English is more practical than other fields.
A.a English student/field
B.a English major student/regions
C.an English major/courses
D.an English student major/sciences
正确答案:C
[解析] 本题考查名词应用。句意为:作为一个英语专业的学生,我认为商务英语比其他课程更实用。因为English前要用不定冠词an,故排除A、B两项。“英语专业的学生”应为English major;因为商务英语为一门课程,所以,course“课程”符合句意。故答案是C。
10. We should let more young parents and their children can enjoy scientific early education.
A.provide more young parents and their children to enjoy early education
B.provide more young parents and their children to enjoy early education and scientific
C.provide young parents and their children enjoy more scientific early education
D.provide young parents and their children with more early education services
正确答案:D
[解析] 本题考查固定搭配。句意为:我们应该让更多年轻的父母和他们的孩子享有早期教育。let sb. do结构后面不能加can。provide sb. with sth.表示“向某人提供”。所以,答案是D。
11. The general manager demanded the job will be completed before the Spring Festival holidays.
A.would be completed
B.must be completed
C.had to be completed
D.be completed
正确答案:D
[解析] 本题考查结构应用。demand后面接宾语从句时,宾语从句的谓语应用“should+动词原形”,should可以省略。所以,答案是D。
12. The government has hardly taken measures to crack down on these crimes when new ones occurred.
A.Hardly had the government taken
B.The government had hardly taken
C.Hardly the government had taken
D.The government is hardly taking
正确答案:A
[解析] 本题考查结构应用。句意为:警察还没采取措施制裁这些犯罪时,新的犯罪又发生了。本句考查的是倒装结构,当否定副词hardly放在句首时,句子要部分倒装。因此,答案是A。
13. I knew nothing of the motives behind his recent move, and I don’t know either the person to put him up to the action.
A.nor did I know the person who
B.not did I know the person that
C.nor do I know the person that

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