Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. Such benefits are predicted to be greatest for Germany and Austria, ______ retain the closest ties with the candidate countries.
A.which
B.where
C.who
D.that
正确答案:A
[解析] 结构识别
此句所填之词应为一个引导非限定性定语从句的关系代词,因与主句用逗号分开且指代物,因此A为答案。
2. 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 ac count 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。
3. We all knew from the very ______ that the plan would fail. Now you see it becomes true.
A.outbreak
B.outcome
C.outflow
D.outset
正确答案:D
[解析] 形近识别
A.oubreak(战争的)爆发,(疾病的)发作;B.outcome结果,成果;C.outflow流出,流出物;D.outset开端,开始;此句意为:在一开始,我们就都知道这个计划会失败,现在你知道这是真的了吧。因此答案为D。
4. The American basketball team announced that they would not ______ first place to any team.
A.yoke
B.yell
C.yield
D.yearn
正确答案:C
[解析] 词义辨析
A.yoke把……套上轭,结合,连接;B.yell大叫,叫着说,忍不住笑;C.yield出产,生长,(…to)屈服,屈从;D.yearn渴望,想念,向往;因表:他们不会将第一的位子让给任何队,因此C为答案。
5. I’ll just ______ an eye over these figures before you type them.
A.toss
B.cast
C.fling
D.throw
正确答案:B
[解析] 近义辨析。
这四个词都指“投,抛,掷”。cast指转向或引向:All eyes were cast upon the speaker.所有目光皆投注在说话者身上。toss:指以迅猛的速度突然移动或抬起(头):tossing their heads in sprightly dance在轻盈活泼的舞步中抬起他们的头。fling指摆动(身体一部分):She flung back her head proudly.她傲气地把头一扬。throw指发出,投射:She threw me a look of encouragement.她向我投来鼓励的目光。
6. Home to______and gangsters, officials and laborers, refugees and artists, thecity was, in its prime, a metropolis that exhibited all the hues of the human character.
A.magnates
B.magnets
C.machines
D.magnitudes
正确答案:A
[解析] 形近识别。
magnate有财势的地主或工业家;magnet有强大吸引力的人或物;magnitude重要,重要性。
7. Part of the funds will be used to______that old library 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。
8. These samples have to be ______ in certain kind of chemical water in order to protect them.
A.immersed
B.crisped
C.armored
D.arrayed
正确答案:A
[解析] immersed沉浸的,使陷入;crisped起皱的;armored武装,装甲的;arrayed打扮,装饰。答案是A。
9. The car was in good working ______ when I bought it a few months ago.
A.order
B.form
C.state
D.circumstance
正确答案:A
[解析] in order表示“整齐,状况良好,适宜”;be in form指“处于良好的竞技状态”;in a state一般指“处于紊乱/焦虑/兴奋的状态”;in good circumstances意为“生活富裕,安乐的境况,小康的生活”。从词义上可判断出答案为A。
10. Every good story is carefully ______ ; the elements of the story reduced to fit with one another in order to make an effect on the reader.
A.emphasized
B.selected
C.planned
D.examined
正确答案:C
[解析] 动词辨析
A.emphasized强调,着重;B.selected选择,挑选;C.planned计划,设计;D.examined检查,调查,考试;此句意为:每一部好小说都是经过认真设计的;为了使之能打动读者,小说中的一些元素(情节)被缩减以使全文一致。因此答案为C。
11. Annie Jump Cannon,______discovered so many stars that she was called “the census taker of the sky”.
A.a leading astronomer,
B.who, as a leading astronomer,
C.was a leading astronomer,
D.a leading astronomer who
正确答案:A
[解析] 结构识别。
a leading astronomer是Annie Jump Cannon的同位语。
12. The ______ of the word is unknown, but it is certainly not from Greek.
A.origin
B.generation
C.descent
D.cause
正确答案:A
[解析] 表示词语的起源应用origin(事物开始出现的始点或其来源与出处)。
13. Buildings in the southeast of the UK are going to have to be constructed ______ those in Scotland if the report findings are

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