Section 1 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 marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. Choose the word which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. Before the English test, the ______ training has to be carried out with the respective item of the test combined with the corresponding course in regular teaching.
A.internal
B.external
C.extensive
D.intensive
正确答案:D
[解析] 形近词语义辨析。题干意为“在英语考试前,必须在常规教学中将考试的各个项目与相应的课程相结合进行______训练”,选项中只有intensive(加强的)的语义能构成符合上下文语义逻辑的搭配,故只有D选项符合题意。
2. Banks are ______ to protect their customers’ financial privacy and at the same time notify the related agencies of certain questionable transactions.
A.obstructed
B.obligated
C.obliterated
D.obsoleted
正确答案:B
[解析] 语义辨析。题干意为“银行______保护客户的财务隐私,同时将某些可疑交易通知相关机构”,选项中只有obligated(有义务的)的语义能构成符合上下文语义逻辑的搭配,故只有B选项符合题意。
3. The old man lost his interest in ______ affairs when he is near death.
A.mundane
B.mortal
C.current
D.contemporary
正确答案:A
[解析] 语义辨析。题干意为“这位老人临终前对______事情失去了兴趣”,B选项mortal意为“终有一死的”,C选项current意为“现时的”,D选项contemporary意为“当代的”,只有A选项mundane(世俗的)符合题干语义逻辑和上下文语境,故只有A选项符合题意。
4. Karl Marx’s social historical research deeply reveals the ______ relations between the social development and human’s full development.
A.external
B.internal
C.exterior
D.interior
正确答案:B
[解析] 形近词语义辨析。题干意为“马克思的社会历史研究深刻揭示了社会发展与人的全面发展之间的______联系”,选项中只有internal(内在的)的语义能构成符合上下文语义逻辑的搭配,故只有B选项符合题意。
5. Doctor Gray conceded that for a scholar to question global warming can put his next federal grant in ______ peril.
A.mortal
B.moral
C.mortgage
D.mortuary
正确答案:A
[解析] 形近词语义辨析。题干意为“格雷博士承认,对一个质疑全球变暖的学者来说,他的下一笔拨款资助将面临______”,选项中只有mortal [peril](致命危险)的语义能构成符合语用习惯的搭配,故只有A选项符合题意。
6. Daniel Defoe is one of the most unique and ______ writers of the eighteenth century in English and world literature.
A.conflicted
B.contradictory
C.controversial
D.conventional
正确答案:C
[解析] 形近词语义辨析。题干意为“笛福是十八世纪英国和世界文学史上最独特、最______的作家之一”,选项中只有controversial(有争议的)的语义能构成符合上下文语义逻辑的搭配,故只有C选项符合题意。
7. The principal holds that efforts should be made in the ______ development of both humanities and social sciences along with natural sciences.
A.stimulated
B.simultaneous
C.stimulus
D.simulated
正确答案:B
[解析] 语义辨析。题干意为“校长认为应该努力使人文社会科学与自然科学发展”,选项中只有simultaneous(同时的)的语义能构成符合上下文语义逻辑的搭配,故只有B选项符合题意。
8. It is hoped that relevant parties keep calm, ______ restraint and refrain from any actions that might escalate the situation.
A.exert
B.exercise
C.execute
D.exhibit
正确答案:B
[解析] 语用辨析。题干意为“希望有关各方保持冷静,保持______,避免采取任何可能使局势升级的行动”,选项中只有exercise能与restraint and refrain搭配构成符合语用习惯的组合,故只有B选项符合题意。
9. The minister’s unwise financial strategy ______ a high rate of inflation that severely devalued the currency.
A.brought
B.touched
C.triggered
D.raised
正确答案:C
[解析] 近义词语用辨析。题干意为“财政部长不明智的财政战略,______了严重的通货膨胀以及货币贬值”,选项中只有triggered(引发)的语义能构成符合上下文语义逻辑的搭配,故只有C选项符合题意。
10. The APP will keep ______ of your exercises on its log, and form a personal health and physical documentation.
A.account
B.trace
C.record
D.track
正确答案:D
[解析] 语义辨析,考查形式相近的动词语义搭配。题干意为“这个应用程序会在它的日志上______你的锻炼情况,并形成一份个人健康档案”,选项中只有D选项才能构成keep track of(跟踪)的语用搭配,故只有D选项符合题意。
11. ______ to popular expectation, this work is in fact quite easy.
A.Contrary
B.Contrast
C.Controversial
D.Contradictory
正确答案:A
[解析] 语义辨析。题干意为“与大众的期望______,这项工作实际上很容易”,选项中只有contrary(相反,相对)的语义能构成符合上下文语义逻辑的搭配,故只有A选项符合题意。
12. A ______ tumor, which is usually incurable, usually has a rough edge and its mass density is uneven.
A.malignant
B.benign
C.abominable
D.optimum
正确答案:A
[解析] 语义辨析。题干意为“______肿瘤通常是无法治愈的,通常它的边缘粗糙且质量密度不均匀”,选项中只有malignant(恶性的,有害的)的语义能构成符合上下文语义逻辑的搭配,故只有A选项符合题意。
13. Since the war the theory has gradually ______, primarily due to its lack of a plausible mechanism to support the proposed draft.
A.lashed
B.lavished
C.launched
D.languished
正确答案:D

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