泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. The long service of decades of the to-be-retired with the company was______a present each from the President.
A.confirmed by
B.recorded in
C.acknowledged with
D.appreciated for
正确答案：C
[解析] 习语搭配。
acknowledge with(用馈赠或言辞)表示感谢，作出反应：The producer wishes to acknowledge the assistance of the Los Angeles Police Department in the making of the film．制片人希望对洛杉矶警察局在本片拍摄过程中所给予的协助表示感谢。
2. Thousands of ______ at the stadium came to their feet to pay tribute to an outstanding performance.
A.audience
B.participants
C.spectators
D.observers
正确答案：C
[解析] audience和spectator均指观众，但有区别。前者多用于对演讲类表演的观看；后者则多用于表示观看节目和运动类事件。根据句子中的地点状语“at the stadium”可知，正确答案是C。
3. We cannot be ______ the choices that our children are going to make. even though we have contributed to those choices.
A.subject to
B.susceptible to
C.accountable for
D.crazy about
正确答案：C
[解析] be subject to使服从，使遭受。be susceptible to对…敏感。be accountable for负责。crazy about狂热，热衷。答案是C。
4. In the dim light, I managed to ______ the shadowy figure of a big lion among the trees.
A.make off
B.make up
C.make out
D.make over
正确答案：C
[解析] 习语搭配
A．make off离开，(尤指做了错事后)匆忙离开，逃走；B．make叩弥补，虚构，和解； C．make out辨认出，拼凑；D．make over(尤指依法律形式)转让，移交；而本句意为：在昏暗的光线下，我努力辨认树丛中一只大狮子的阴影。因此C为答案。
5. Although I spoke to her about the matter several times, she took little ______ of what I said.
A.remark
B.warning
C.notice
D.attention
正确答案：C
[解析] take notice of为固定搭配，表示“注意，留心”。此外，pay attention to也可表示“注意”的意思。
6. I will never ______ the experiences of the four years at Howard University, though there were unhappy encounters.
A.discharge
B.recharge
C.discard
D.dispose
正确答案：C
7. Things went well for her during her early life but in her middle age her ______ seemed to change.
A.affair
B.luck
C.event
D.chance
正确答案：B
[解析] luck除表示“运气，好运”外，还含有“命运”的意思，如：It’s just my luck．我命该如此。其余均不符合题意。
8. Only hotel guests have the______of using the private beach.
A.occasion
B.possibility
C.privilege
D.allowance
正确答案：C
[解析] 近义辨析。
privilege特权，特别待遇：I had the privilege of meeting the queen．我有会见王后的特权。occasion时机，机会：A birthday is no occasion for tears．生日可不是哭鼻子的时候。possibility可能性：There is no possibility of his coming．他不可能来。allowance宽容，允许，被允许的东西(如限额、限期等)：ask for an allowance of three days要求给三天时间。
9. His ______ behavior made everyone nervous. He was always rushing to open doors and perform other small tasks, apologizing unnecessarily for any inconvenience that he might have caused.
A.oblivious
B.observant
C.obsequious
D.obsolescent
正确答案：C
[解析] 形近识别。
obsequious卑躬的；巴结的：He is an obsequious owner．他是个善于讨好的店主。oblivious未察觉；不注意：The government seems oblivious of the likely effects of the new legislation．政府似乎并没有注意到新法可能带来的后果。ob servant善于观察的’寂静的：An observant shop assistant had remembered ex actly what the man was wearing．有个机警的店员准确记得那个男子的穿着。 obsolescent即将过时的，逐步淘汰的：Electronic equipment quickly becomes obsolescent．电子设备淘汰得快。
10. George Ernest Morrison, an Australian, traveled the “five-foot roads,” or foot paths, from Shanghai to Rangoon in 1894, ______ China before it was engulfed in a century of revolution, war and political tumult.
A.witness
B.witnessed
C.witnessing
D.to witness
正确答案：C
[解析] 结构识别
本句考察的是用动词不定式、现在分词短语还是过去分词短语作状语：动词不定式表示还没有做的事，现在分词表做过的事，现在分词含有主动的意思，而过去分词形式含有被动的含义；此句要表达的是George Ernest Morrison已做过的事，且表主动，因此C为答案。
11. Uncle Vernon, quite unlike Harry Potter who looked nothing like the rest of the family, was large, very fat, and______, with an enormous black mustache.
A.neckless
B.necklace
C.reckless
D.rackless
正确答案：A
[解析] 形近识别。
neckless胖的没脖子的；necklace项链；reckless鲁莽的；rackless没支架的。
12. Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to, ______ the color of his skin.
A.with the exception of
B.in the light of
C.by virtue of
D.regardless of
正确答案：D
[解析] 四个选项的意思分别为：A项“除……以外”；B项“根据，依据”；C项“依靠，凭借，由于”；D项“不顾，不管”。
13. Arrogance and pride are similar in meaning, but there is a (n) ______ difference between them.
A.submerged
B.indecisive
C.indistinct
D.subtle
