泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. The soldier was of running away when the enemy ______.
A.scolded
B.charged
C.accused
D.punished
正确答案：C
[解析] be accused of为一固定搭配，意为“被指控”，scold和punish通常和for搭配。charge的搭配词为with．
2. 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。
3. The statesman was evidently ______ the journalist’s questions and glared at him for a few seconds.
A.put down
B.put out
C.put across
D.put away
正确答案：B
[解析] 本句意为“政治家显然被记者问烦了，带着怒意盯着记者过了好几秒钟”。“put out打扰，麻烦”符合句意。其他三项“put down放下，拒绝，镇压；put across圆满完成，使被接受；put away放好，处理掉，放弃”都不正确。
4. 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。
5. More and more people these days are clamoring for full-body plastic surgery popularity in the world.
A.to attain
B.to sustain
C.gaining
D.obtaining
正确答案：C
[解析] 形近识别
A．to attain达到，获得；B．to sustain支撑，维持，持续；C．gaining得到，增进，赚到，增加；D．obtaining获得，得到；此句意为：如今世上有越来越多的人叫嚷着要做全身整形来提高自己的知名度。因此C为答案。
6. If a needle is thrown ______ on a sheet of paper ruled with lines, how often can it be expected to fall on a line?
A.on purpose
B.with accuracy
C.at random
D.according to one’s own will
正确答案：C
[解析] 习语搭配
A．on purpose故意；B．with accuracy正确地；C．at random随意地；D．according tO one’s own will按照某人自己的意愿；而本句意为：如果把一个针 ______ 扔在一张用尺子画上许多条线的纸上，那么这个针正落在一条线上的机率是多大?既然是问概率，那么应是随机地去做某事；因此答案应为C。
7. Being both spoiled and lazy, he ______ everyone else for his lack of success.
A.accused
B.charged
C.criticized
D.blamed
正确答案：D
[解析] 近义辨析。
blame责备，谴责，归咎：They blamed the rise in oil prices for the big increase in inflation．他们把通货膨胀大幅度增长归咎于石油价格的上涨。accuse控告，谴责，非难：The police accused him of murder．警方指控他谋杀。charge控诉，告诫，指示：He was charged with stealing a car．他被指控偷了一辆汽车。 criticize批评，责备：His policies were severely criticized．他的政策受到了严厉批评。
8. I only know the man by ______ but I have never spoken to him.
A.chance
B.heart
C.sight
D.experience
正确答案：C
[解析] 四个词均可与by连用。其中，by chance表示“偶然地，意外地”；by heart指“熟记”；know sb．by sight．意为“见过面，面熟，仅熟悉”；by/from experience是指“凭经验，从经验中”。从后半句看，显然C项符合要求。
9. Now a single cell phone is able to store a large______of information about an individual life.
A.deal
B.number
C.amount
D.account
正确答案：C
[解析] 习语搭配。
an amount of大量；一些(后跟不可数名词)：Her case has attracted an enormous amount of public sympathy．她的案件博得了无数公众的同情。give an account of描述：She gave a thrilling account of her life in the jungle．她绘声绘色地描述了自己在丛林中的生活。a number of大量；若干(后跟可数名词)：A number of well．qualified people have recently left the company．一些非常称职的人已在最近离开了这家公司。
10. The patient says he dreads ______ neighbors to carry him and his wheelchair up the stairs to his tenth-floor apartment when the elevator goes out.
A.asking
B.to ask
C.being asked
D.to be asked
正确答案：A
[解析] 结构识别
dread在此表示：惧怕，担心；因表示这个病人时常担心的事，又根据主句时态，应用一般现在时；此外在dread的后面既可带现在分词形式，也可带不定式形式作宾语；现在分词表示已经发生的动作，不定式表示要发生的动作；本句表达的是已发生的事，因此应用现在分词；所以选项A为答案。
11. 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
A．oblivious遗忘的，健忘的；B．observant深切注意的；C．obsequious谄媚的，奉承的，逢迎的，卑躬的；D．obsolescent荒废的；因此C为答案。
12. He was fined $5,000 by city regulators for giving money to an inspector, an incident he later described as ______ .
A.extent
B.extinction
C.extortion
D.extravagance
正确答案：C
[解析] 形近识别
A．extent广度，范围；B．extinction消失，灭绝；C．extortion勒索，敲诈，强取；D．extravagance奢侈，铺张，过度，放纵的言行；因表示：
