泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. We should always bear in mind that ______ decisions often result in serious consequences.
A.urgent
B.instant
C.prompt
D.hasty
正确答案：D
[解析] 由后半句中的“常常会产生严重的后果”可推知决定应为hasty(仓促的，草率的，急躁的)。如：They shouldn’t have made such a hasty decision．他们本不该作出这样草率的决定。
2. In many countries tobacco and medicine are government ______.
A.control
B.monopoly
C.business
D.belongings
正确答案：B
[解析] 这道题的四个选项都是名词，其词义分别为：A．控制；B．垄断，专卖；C．事务，生意；D．财物，行李。根据上下文，B最适合，是本题的正确答案。
3. Only after food has been dried, salted or canned ______ for later consumption.
A.that is should be stored
B.should be stored
C.should it be stored
D.it should be stored
正确答案：C
[解析] 结构识别
本句是倒装句结构：“only+状语”或“only+状语从句”放在句首或主句前时，主句的主语、谓语要部分倒装，因此C为答案。
4. The annual ______ of the department store starts tomorrow.
A.stocking
B.stocktaking
C.stockpiling
D.stockholding
正确答案：B
[解析] 这道题是测试考生对词形相近而词义不同的四个单词的理解能力。A项的词义是“备货”，B项的意思是“盘点存货”，C项意为“储备”，D项意为“持有股票或证券”。根据这句话上下文的意思，只有B项适合，所以B为本题的正确答案。
5. We listened dumb-struck, full of ______, to the shocking details of the corruption of the president of the company.
A.incredulity
B.ingenuity
C.ingenuousness
D.incredibility
正确答案：D
[解析] 本句空格处意为“充满怀疑地”。incredibility意为“不能相信(事实)”，与句意相符。其他三项“incredulity怀疑(不确知的事情)；ingenuity独创性；ingenuousness坦白，直率”都不正确。
6. An overwhelming richness of vegetation may have caused the level of oxygen, to rise above today’s ______ , with a corresponding depletion of carbon dioxide.
A.concentration
B.saturation
C.satiation
D.plenitude
正确答案：A
[解析] 名词辨析
A．concentration集中，浓缩，浓度；B．saturation饱和，饱和度；C．satiation饱食，饱满，厌腻；D．plenitude充分；因此A为答案。
7. An overwhelming richness of vegetation may have caused the level of oxygen, to rise above today’s ______ , with a corresponding depletion of carbon dioxide.
A.concentration
B.saturation
C.satiation
D.plenitude
正确答案：A
[解析] 名词辨析
A．concentration集中，浓缩，浓度；B．saturation饱和，饱和度；C．satiation饱食，饱满，厌腻；D．plenitude充分；因此A为答案。
8. They are at the moment working ______ time to get everything ready for the conference.
A.against
B.in
C.on
D.ahead
正确答案：A
[解析] 副词辨析
against time与时间竞争，赶时间，特别花时间；in time及时，适时；on time准时，按时；ahead应是ahead of time提前，提早；此处表：他们此刻正争分夺秒为会议作准备。因此A为答案。
9. Despite repeated ______ by educational authorities for concrete measures to reduce students’ burdens, little has changed.
A.directions
B.recommendations
C.advice
D.calls
正确答案：D
[解析] 名词辨析
A．directions指示，用法，说明；B．recommendations推荐，介绍，劝告；C．advice忠告，建议；D．calls召唤，呼吁，号召，拜访；而本句意为：尽管教育界的权威人士一再号召采取具体措施来减轻学生负担，一切还是老样子。因此D为答案。
10. Some corrupted officials the world over, whatever crimes they have committed, can always get away with ______.
A.murmur
B.murder
C.mercy
D.motive
正确答案：B
11. The five ______ nations—Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland—called on the European Union Monday to impose a tighter limit on the intensity of sunbathing.
A.Normandy
B.Nordic
C.North
D.Norman
正确答案：B
[解析] 形近识别
A．Normandy诺曼底(法国西北一地区)；B．Nordic北欧(人)(的)；C．North北方(的)；D．Norman诺曼第的，诺曼第人[语]的；因此B为答案。
12. Due to the fact that universities can not enroll all the candidates, ______ to university is competitive.
A.admission
B.affidavit
C.admiration
D.allegiance
正确答案：A
[解析] 形近识别
A．admission允许进入；B．affidavit宣誓书，书面陈述；C．admiration钦佩，赞美； D．allegiance忠贞，效忠；admission to university准许入大学，因此A为答案。
13. Part of the investment is to be used to ______ that old temple to its original splendor.
A.rest
B.recover
C.replace
D.restore
正确答案：D
[解析] 形近识别。
restore修复(建筑物、家具、艺术品等)：The oil painting was damaged in the flood and had to be painstakingly restored．这张油画在洪水中损坏了，得费很大力气修复。recover恢复到正常状态(如健康、神智、繁荣)：Trade soon recovered from the effects of the war．贸易摆脱了战争的影响而很快复苏了。 replace将(某物)放回原处：Replace the book on the shelf after reading．读后把书放回原处。
