泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
This section consists of three 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 four words or phrases 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.
1. In Hong Kong, doctors reported that, for unclear reasons, 12 recovered SARS patients had ______ weeks after they had been discharged — spurring fears that people might be infectious even after they’d left isolation.
A.recovered
B.relapsed
C.reexamined
D.re-diagnosed
正确答案：B
[解析] 形近识别。
四个选项均有前缀re-，但词义各不相同。A. recovered痊愈、复原：B．relapsed (旧病)复发；C. reexamined复试；D．re-diagnosed重新诊断。本句意为：12名痊愈的非典患者在解除隔离后几周____引发恐慌。所以B为答案。
2. Current demographic trends, such as the fall in the birth rate, should favor ______ economic growth in the long run.
A.slow
B.quickened
C.speeded
D.accelerated
正确答案：D
[解析] 近义辨析。
四词均表速度的加快或减慢，但从整句意思来看应是加快速度，所以A不对，B. quicken加快，加速，不仅指动作在更短时间内完成，还表示动作完成得更富有生气：主要指加快步伐，因此它的宾语一般是pace或steps，C． speed急行，疾驶，促进，作“加快”讲时常用“speedup”；D．accelerate加速，促进，强调一件事情的运动、增长及速度加快或是某事发生的比预料的要早。所以D为答案。
3. All students have free ______ to the library.
A.passageway
B.entrance
C.permission
D.access
正确答案：D
[解析] 固定搭配。
have access to得以接近(或进入)，享有机会。而A. passageway过道，出入口；B．entrance入口，进入；如：Police have not yet explained how the men gained entrance to the gallery．警察还没有解释这些人是如何进入画廊的。C． permission许可，允许，后常接动词不定式。
4. Columbus had accomplished one of the most amazing and courageous ______ in history.
A.performance
B.feats
C.events
D.acts
正确答案：B
[解析] 词义辨析。
A. performance行为，成绩，表演，执行；B．feats技艺，功绩，壮举；C. events事件，结局，D. acts行为，表现。accomplished feats完成/实现……的壮举。
5. According to the weather forecast, which is usually ______ , it will snow this afternoon.
A.exact
B.precise
C.perfect
D.accurate
正确答案：D
[解析] 近义辨析。
四词均表“准确”，A．exact强调在一定的数量和质量方面的极度准确，而且强调各细节与事实或范例完全符合，甚至于丝毫不差，语意比accurate还要强。如：I want an exact translation of this sentence．我要这句话的确切翻译。 B．precise主要强调事物在细微细节上的高度准确。如：I can’t give you a precise date．我无法给你精确的日期。C．perfect完美的，完好的，精确的：如： a perfect copy一字不差的副本。D．accurate主要指符合某一客观标准的准确程度，强调准确性，与事实无出入，如：The information on which his report is based is perfectly accurate．他那篇报告所依据的材料准确无误。此句主要是强调准确，与事实无出入，所以选D。
6. The janitor’s long service with the company was ______ a present.
A.confirmed by
B.recorded with
C.appreciated by
D.acknowledged with
正确答案：D
[解析] 词义辨析。
A．confirm证实，批准，确认，B．record记录，标明，C. appreciate欣赏，重视；D．acknowledge承认，答谢，报偿。此句意为：公司为了答谢这位看门人的长久贡献，赠与他一个礼物。
7. What they never take into account is the frazzled woman who is leading a ______ life — trying to be a good mother while having to pretend at work that she doesn’t have kids at all.
A.double
B.hard
C.two-way
D.miserable
正确答案：A
[解析] 词义辨析。
A．double两倍的，双重的：B．hard困难的，艰苦的，C．two-way双向的，两方面的：D．miserable痛苦的，悲惨的。此句还可从while连接的两个意义相反的短语看出这个妇女过的是一种双重生活。
8. Until the final votes are cast, though, assurances ______ for nothing.
A.count
B.meant
C.give
D.account
正确答案：A
[解析] 近义辨析。
A．count有价值，重要，起作用，常与for连用：B．meant意味着，C．give授予，供给：D．account解释或说明……的原因。此句意为：可是不到最终投票，前面的保证(口头担保)是没用的。
9. Some philosophers insist that one way to ______ knowledge is through an empirical approach.
A.disseminate
B.classify
C.test
D.acquire
正确答案：D
[解析] 词义辨析。
A. disseminate散布；B．classify分类，分等：C．test测试，检验；D．acquire指经过不断努力而逐步获得或得到某种知识、技能、做事的方式等。
10. If you think her experience is ______, we will employ her.
A.sustainable
B.adequate
C.strong
D.positive
正确答案：B
[解析] 词义辨析。
A. sustainable可支撑的，可忍受的：B．adequate足够的，充分的，适当的，它既表示数量，又暗示质量：C．strong坚固的，强大的：D．positive积极的，实际的，绝对的。
11. The trouble is that not many students really know how to make use of their ______ time to its best
A.benefit
B.advantage
C.value
D.profit
正确答案：B
[解析] 近义辨析。
四词均表“好处”。A．benefit指通过正当的手段获得的好处；B．advantage指胜过对方的有利条件，有占优势、占上风的意思：C．value价值，益处： D．profit主要指金钱上的获利。
