泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions.
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. We have had to raise the prices of our products because of the increase in the cost of ______ materials.
A.primitive
B.rough
C.original
D.raw
正确答案：D
[解析] 近义辨析。
A．primitive原始的，粗糙的，简单的，B．rough粗糙的，粗略的，大致的： C．original最初的，原始的，独创的：D．raw 未加工的，生的，处于自然状态的，此处是指原材料，因此答案为D。
2. 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] 词义辨析。
A．hostile敌对的，敌意的；B．anxious担忧的，渴望的：C．tedious单调乏味的，沉闷的，D．obscure朦胧的，模糊的，晦涩的，此处指：……，学生的生活一定是单调乏味的。因此答案为C。
3. Whenever the government increases public services,______ because more workers are needed to carry out these services.
A.employment to rise
B.employment rises
C.which rising employment
D.the rise of employment
正确答案：B
[解析] 语法应用。
逗号前是一个让步状语从句，because又引导一个原因状语从句，因此所填之处应为一个完整的主谓结构；B为答案。
4. Our flight to Guangzhou was ______ by a bad fog and we had to stay much longer in the hotel than we had expected.
A.delayed
B.adjourned
C.cancelled
D.preserved
正确答案：A
[解析] 近义辨析。
A．delayed耽搁，延误，推迟(指由于某种原因推迟，稍后还将继续，但不表明延期的具体时间)；如：The accident delayed the train．火车因事故晚点。 B．adjourned使中止，推迟(一般指会议休会，则其在继续开)；如：The hearing will be adjourned until tomorrow morning．听证会推迟到明天上午举行。C．cancelled取消，D．preserved保存，保藏。
5. Container-grown plants can be planted at any time of the year, but ______ in winter.
A.should be
B.would be
C.preferred
D.preferably
正确答案：D
[解析] 词义辨析。
should be/would be应是；preferred首选的(adj.)；preferably更适宜，最好是 (adv.)；因此应填D。
6. 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] 语法应用。
所填之处前面是主语，后面是状语，此处应是谓语，根据句意，此处又应用被动语态，所以C为答案。
7. Most comets have two kinds of tails, one made up of dust, ______ made up of electrically charged particles called plasma.
A.one another
B.the other
C.other ones
D.each other
正确答案：B
[解析] 形近识别。
one another互相(原则上，两个人/两个时用each other，三个人/三个以上则用one another)；如：They looked at one another．他们彼此看着对方：each other相互；如：They respect each other．他们互相尊重；the other(在两个之中的)另一方(表示两者之中剩下的那一个)；因此应填B。
8. Good pencil erasers are soft enough not ______ paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.
A.by damaging
B.so that they damage
C.to damage
D.damaging
正确答案：C
[解析] 语法应用。
“enough+不定式”(足够……能)结构常置于形容词后作状语，表示结果，本句是这一结构的否定式：所以C是答案。
9. The magician picked several persons ______ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.
A.by accident
B.at random
C.on occasion
D.on average
正确答案：B
[解析] 习语辨析。
A．by accident偶然；B．at random随便地，任意地，胡乱地：C．on occasion有时，D．on average平均起来；因此B为答案。
10. On turning the comer, they saw the path ______ steeply.
A.departing
B.descending
C.decreasing
D.degenerating
正确答案：B
[解析] 形近识别。
A．departing出发，背离；B．descending下降；如：The path descends sharply．这条小径向下急降(下斜坡度很陡)。C．decreasing减少，渐减； D．degenerating退化，因此选项B是答案。
11. English language publications in China are growing in volume and ______.
A.circulation
B.rotation
C.circumstance
D.appreciation
正确答案：A
[解析] 词义辨析。
A．circulation流通，传播：B．rotation旋转，C．circumstance条件，细节， D．appreciation欣赏，正确评价，增值，此句意为：在中国，英语出版物在产量与销量(发行量/传递/流通)上日益增加。因此应选A。
12. Hydroponics ______ the cultivation of plants without soil.
A.does
B.is
C.do
D.are
正确答案：B
[解析] 语法应用。
Hydroponics(水耕法，水栽培)虽带有词尾-s，但表示单一概念，应看作是单数名词，故谓语动词要用单数，本句为主系表结构，用be动词，所以选B。
13. To impose computer technology ______ teachers is to create an environment that is not conducive to learning.
