泽熙美文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 5 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.
1. The Attorney General ordered a federal autopsy of Brown’s body, seeking to ______ the family and community there would be a thorough investigation into his death.
A.ensure
B.assure
C.insure
D.ascertain
正确答案：B
[解析] 检察长下令对布朗进行联邦级别的尸检，试图让死者的家庭和社区确信他们会彻底调查其死因。
空格后的the family and community是宾语，之后的there would be是省略了that的从句，因此该词要能满足“～+宾语+从句”的用法。B项assure“使确信，使放心，向……保证”符合要求，又如His doctor has assured us that he’ll be fine.“他的医生已向我们保证他会没事的”。其他三项用作及物动词时，都只能接一个宾语，不能再接从句。A项ensure意为make certain“确定，确保”；C项insure与A项ensure同义，都表“确保”，另外还有“给……保险”之意；D项ascertain意为“确定”。
2. What you say now is not ______ with what you said last week.
A.consistent
B.persistent
C.permanent
D.insistent
正确答案：A
[解析] 你现在说的话跟上周说的不一致。
A．consistent“a. 一致的，始终如一的”，be consistent with… 为固定搭配，意为“与……相一致、相符”。
B．persistent“a. 持续的；顽强存在的”
C．permanent“a. 长久的，永恒的”
D．insistent“a. 坚持的，坚决要求的”
3. He must use this surplus as an insurance ______ the unpredictable effects of bad weather.
A.for
B.against
C.of
D.to
正确答案：B
[解析] 他必须将这些盈余存作保险，以防恶劣天气产生不可预测的影响。
本题考查介词的区分。A项for常表示“为了”等，表示目的或原因，如a room for rent“出租的房子”。B项against表示“紧靠，反对，以防”等，如I’m not against job training. “我并不反对职业培训。”C项of表示“的”，构成名词的所有格形式，如The door of the room is open. “这个房间的门是开着的。”D项to常表示“向，至，往”等，如Turn to the left. “向左转”。根据语境，这里将盈余存作保险应该是为了防范风险的，故此处介词应该选against，B项正确。
4. A leading ______ intelligence and operations company has released its analysis of worldwide reported incidents of piracy and crime against mariners.
A.oceangoing
B.oceanic
C.marine
D.maritime
正确答案：D
[解析] 一家行内顶尖的海事情报及运营公司发布了一份世界范围内报道的海盗抢劫和针对海员的犯罪事件的分析。
A．oceangoing“a. 远洋的，驶往外洋的”，用于描述船只，如an oceangoing tanker“远洋油轮”。
B．oceanic“仉海洋的，大海的”，只与海洋本身固有属性相关，如oceanic waters“海域”。
C．marine“a. 海产的；船舶的”
D．maritime“a. 海事的”，从这家公司发布的分析内容pitacy and crime against mariners可知，该公司搜集海事方面的情报，D项符合此处语义，故为答案。
5. Finning is a cruel ______ in which the shark’s fins are lopped off, and the live shark is thrown back to sea.
A.reality
B.truth
C.skill
D.practice
正确答案：D
[解析] 割鲨鱼的鱼鳍是一种残忍的做法。鲨鱼的鳍被砍掉，然后活鲨鱼被扔回大海。
“割鲨鱼的鱼鳍”是一种“做法”，practice具有“做法”的意思，故选D项。“割鲨鱼的鱼鳍”并不是一种“真理”或“技能”，据此可排除B、C两项。A项reality表示“现实情况”，但从空格后的定语从句的are lopped off、thrown back to sea的“动作性”描述来看，用practice“做法”更合适。
Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement
This part consists of 5 sentences. In each of them one word is underlined, and below each, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. Choose the word that can replace the underlined part without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic meaning of the sentence. There is only ONE right answer.
1. But still: as rail travel is disrupted, thousands of people will once again seethe with fury at the operating companies’ shortcomings.
A.infuriate
B.solve
C.seek
D.unrest
正确答案：A
[解析] 不过，随着铁路运输的中断，成千上万的人将再次对运营公司的缺点感到愤怒。
A．infuriate“v. 激怒，使大怒” B．solve“v. 解决”
C．seek“v. 寻求，寻找” D．unrest“n. 不安，动荡的局面”
注：题干seethe意为“气得发抖，怒火中烧”，如She grinned while I seethed with rage. “她咧嘴而笑，而此时我已怒火中烧。”A项infuriate“激怒，使大怒”与之同义，故选A项。
2. However, at intervals of 10 to 100 years, these glaciers move forward up to 100 times faster than usual.
A.records
B.speeds
C.distances
D.periods
正确答案：D
[解析] 然而，每隔10到100年，这些冰川的移动速度就会比平常快100倍。
A．records“n. 记录” B．speeds“n. 速度”
C．distances“n. 距离” D．periods“n. 周期，时期”
3. She made up an excuse to explain why she was late.
A.neglected
B.produced
C.complained
D.invented
正确答案：D
[解析] 她编造了一个迟到的理由。
A．neglected“v. 忽视，忽略” B．produced“v. 引起，造成，产生”
C．complained“v. 抱怨，不满，发牢骚” D．invented“v. 发明，创造；捏造，虚构”
4. The general manager demanded the job be accomplished before the National Day.
A.completed
B.halted
C.quitted
D.depleted
正确答案：A
[解析] 总经理要求工作必须在国庆节之前完成。
A．completed“完成，结束” B．halted“暂停，中断”
C．quitted“停止；离开” D．depleted“耗尽，枯竭”
5. In the world of sport, the four-minute mile—the “dream mile” —until recently was the most intriguing goal remaining to the individual athlete.
A.daring
B.demanding
C.thought-provoking
D.fascinating
