泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. It is known to all that children in this region have strong ______ to swimming in summer because of the hot weather.
A.inclination
B.exposure
C.flux
D.correlation
正确答案：A
[解析] inclination倾向，爱好；exposure曝光，揭发；flux涨潮，变迁；correlation相关性。答案是A。
2. Certainly man must ______ the future, and find ways of providing for his use.
A.look to
B.look up
C.look for
D.look on
正确答案：A
[解析] look to指望；look up查找(词语)；look for寻找；look on旁观，看待。
3. According to the weather forecast, which is usually ______ , it will rain this afternoon.
A.exact
B.accurate
C.perfect
D.precise
正确答案：B
[解析] 近义辨析
A．exact精确的，准确的(指在各个细节都完全准确)；B．accurate正确的，精确的(尤指信息、度量等)；C．perfect完美无缺的，极好的，技艺精湛的，理想的(着重指质量)；D．precise信息、资料精确、清楚(常用在名词之前)；因此B为答案。
4. If it goes on to ______ its responsibilities, then the British government must act immediately in its place.
A.discipline
B.abdicate
C.bash
D.challenge
正确答案：B
[解析] 动词辨析
A．discipline训练；B．abdicate退位，放弃(职位，权力等)；C．bash猛击，打坏； D．chailenge向…．—挑战；此句意为：如果它继续这样放弃自己的权力(不承担责任)，那么英国政府就必须立即接手。因此B为答案。
5. 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。
6. His ideas are invariably condemned as ______ by his colleagues.
A.imaginative
B.ingenious
C.impractical
D.theoretical
正确答案：C
[解析] 从空前的“condemn”(谴责)可知此处应为impractical(不切实际的)，如：Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense．打捞沉船由于费用巨大而显得不切实际。
7. If we can ______ any kind of killing in the name of religion, the door is opened for all kinds of other justifications.
A.purify
B.satisfy
C.justify
D.verify
正确答案：C
8. Thousands of people turned out into the streets to ______ against the local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field.
A.contradict
B.reform
C.counter
D.protest
正确答案：D
[解析] protest against为固定搭配，表示“抗议，反对，对……表示不满”，用在此处符合要求。因此，正确答案为D。
9. As technological advances put more and more time between early school life and the young person’s final access to specialized work, the stage of______becomes an even more markedand conscious period.
A.adolescence
B.adjacency
C.advantage
D.adventure
正确答案：A
[解析] 形近识别。
adolescence青春期；adjacency邻近，毗邻；advantage优势；adventure冒险。
10. In most countries, the metric system has been ______ for all measurement.
A.admitted
B.adapted
C.applied
D.adopted
正确答案：D
[解析] A项的admit意为“接受”；B项的adapt意为“适应，适合，改编”；C项的apply表示“实施，应用”；D项的adopt表示“采用，采纳”。比较词义，D项符合句子含义。为正确答案。
11. 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。
12. We will not be held responsible for any damage which results ______ rough handling.
A.from
B.off
C.in
D.to
正确答案：A
[解析] 习语辨析。
result from由于……而发生，是……的结果：Any damage to a book resulting from negligence must be paid for by the borrower．由于疏忽而对书籍所造成的损坏应由借阅者赔偿。result in结果是，导致：These safety measures will result in the reduction of work accident．这些安全措施将减少工伤事故。
13. The man went to prison, but the two boys ______ with a warning.
A.took off
B.got off
C.kept off
D.set off
正确答案：B
[解析] 本题意为“那个男子坐牢去了，可是那两个男孩只受到警告而没有受到处罚”。B项的“get off逃脱惩罚”符合题意。其他三项“take off脱下(衣服)，飞机(起飞)；keep off让开，不接近；set off=start off=set out=start out出发”都不正确。
14. The American basketball team announced that they would not ______ first place to any team.
A.yoke
