泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. The state of Michigan now requires sports fans to make an annual ______ of $125 to $500 a seat to keep their end zone perches at Michigan Stadium.
A.tributary
B.attribution
C.contribution
D.distribution
正确答案：C
[解析] 形近识别。
contribution捐款，捐助，贡献；tributary(河川或湖泊)支流；attribution归因；distribution分配，分送。
2. Housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full ______.
A.capacity
B.strength
C.length
D.possibility
正确答案：A
[解析] A项“能力，智能”；B项“力量，力气，强度，人数”；C项“长度”；D项“可能性”。
3. 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。
4. The two countries have developed a ______ relation and increased a great deal in foreign trade.
A.managerial
B.lethal
C.metric
D.cordial
正确答案：D
[解析] managerial管理的，经理的；lethal致命的，杀伤性的；metric米制的，公制的；cordial友好的，真诚的。答案是D。
5. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, ______ to the body.
A.the stress it is greater
B.greater is the stress
C.greater stress is
D.the greater the stress
正确答案：D
[解析] 固定用法。
the+比较级，the+比较级。
6. The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to ______ government spending.
A.finance
B.expand
C.enlarge
D.budget
正确答案：A
[解析] 从句意上分析，finance(为……提供资金，如：The government will finance the building of the new roads with the taxes it collects．政府将用它所征得的税收为修建这条新公路提供资金。)符合题意。其他几项的意思分别为：“使膨胀，详述，扩张”；“扩大，放大”；“做预算，编入预算”。
7. You must insist that students give a truthful answer ______ with the reality of their world.
A.relevant
B.simultaneous
C.consistent
D.practical
正确答案：C
[解析] 从句意上分析，consistent with(与……一致的，如：This statement is not consistent with what you said at yesterday’s meeting．这个说法与你昨天会上的发言不相符。)正确。
8. Two trucks were reported to have ______ head-on yesterday.
A.bumped
B.crashed
C.collided
D.struck
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题意为“据报道，昨天两辆卡车迎头相撞”。C项的“collide车、船相撞”符合题意，如：In running round the corner，he collided with another man．(在跑过拐角时，他撞上另一个人)。其他三项“bump碰撞，撞见；crash(飞机)坠毁，撞坏；strike撞，后接against”都不正确。
9. ______ have been made for nearly three decades to increase the amount of precipitation from clouds by seeding them with salt or silver iodide.
A.Devices
B.Hypotheses
C.Attempts
D.Commissions
正确答案：C
[解析] 名词辨析
A．Devices装置，设计，策略，设备；B．Hypotheses臆测，假定；C．Attempts努力，尝试，企图；D．Commissions委任，代办(权)，佣金；本题讲的是：已做了近三十年的尝试，试图在云层中加入盐或碘化银来增加降雨量；因此C为答案。
10. The house was very quiet, ______ as it was on the side of a mountain.
A.isolated
B.isolating
C.being isolated
D.having been isolated
正确答案：A
[解析] 结构识别
逗号后面的部分是原因状语从句as it was isolated on the side of a mountain，本句为了强调“被隔绝”之意，将isolated提前；因此A为答案。
11. Animals that could not ______ themselves to the changed environment perished and those that could survived.
A.change
B.adapt
C.modify
D.conform
正确答案：B
[解析] adapt oneself to是习惯用法，表示“使自己适应或习惯于某事”。其他三个词不用于“v．+反身代词+to…”结构。
12. When you make the sacrifice in marriage, the psychologists say, you’re sacrificing not to each other but to ______ in a relationship.
A.unity
B.utility
C.fraternity
D.reality
正确答案：A
13. A ______ of sympathy swept through Japan yesterday as people heard the shocking news of Obuchi’s (小渊惠三) descent into a coma.
A.wave
B.tide
C.rush
D.shower
正确答案：A
[解析] 习惯用法
wave表：(情绪等的)突发，高涨；例：a wave of anger(disgust，panic，sympathy)一阵愤怒(厌恶，恐慌，同情)；而本句意为：昨天当人们听到小渊惠三陷入昏迷状态的惊人消息时，一阵同情席卷了日本。因此A为答案。
14. Our journey was slow because the train stopped ______ at different villages.
