泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. We met Mary and her husband at a party two months ago. ______ we’ve had no further communication.
A.Thereof
B.Thereby
C.Thereafter
D.Thereabouts
正确答案：C
[解析] 从空前表时间的状语“two months ago”及整句话的意思可判断出答案为C。thereafter表示“其后，此后，后来”，如：Thereafter we heard no more of this suggestion．此后这个建议不再有人提起了。
2. Nobody in the company pays attention to his opinion, because what he has said is always mere ______ .
A.commonplace
B.common
C.ordinary
D.homely
正确答案：A
[解析] 近义词辨析
A．commonplace平凡的，陈腐的；B．common共同的，公有的，普通的，伪劣的；C．ordinary平常的，普通的，平凡的；D．homely家常的；而本句意为：在公司里没有人关注他的想法，因为他总是老生常谈。在此应是指他老生常谈，令人厌倦，而不是说他的想法普通，或总说家常话；因此A为答案。
3. There was nothing we could do ______ wait.
A.or rather
B.but rather
C.rather than
D.other than
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题意为“我们除了等待别无他法”。other than的意思是“除了”，相当于but或except；or other的意思是“更准确地”；but rather的意思是“相反地”；rather than的意思是“而不”。只有D项与题意相符。
4. It is easy to see why many little girls prefer to ______ with the male role, but the girl who does find the male role more attractive is faced with a dilemma.
A.beautify
B.modify
C.identify
D.justify
正确答案：C
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. “They’re the best team I’ve seen thus far,” says ______ men’s basketball coach Larry Brown.
A.American’s
B.US
C.the USA
D.United State of America
正确答案：B
[解析] 形近识别。
A项的正确表达应为America’s ；C项应为USA；D项应为United States of America。
7. The party’s reduced vote was ______ of lack of support for its policies.
A.indicative
B.positive
C.revealing
D.evident
正确答案：A
[解析] indicative“表明的，表示的”，常与of连用，符合题意。如：His presence is indicative of his interest in our plan．他的到来表示他对我们的计划发生兴趣；be positive about /of表示“确信，确知”；revealing、evident不与介词of搭配。
8. 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。
9. Many Americans do not understand why there is so much international criticism of the US policy on ______ change.
A.atmosphere
B.sky
C.weather
D.climate
正确答案：D
[解析] 同义辨析。
climate气候；态度：风气；思潮；倾向：They know nothing about the present political climate．他们对当前的政治气候一无所知。atmosphere气氛；情绪：An atmosphere of tension filled the room．屋子里笼罩着紧张的气氛。sky天气；气候：I like the sunny skies of Italy．我喜欢意人利的晴朗天气。weather天气；气象：The weather is very changeable．天气变化无常。
10. She refused to ______ the door key to the landlady until she got back her deposit.
A.hand in
B.hand out
C.hand down
D.hand over
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题考查动词hand与介词的搭配。hand in指“交出，交上”；hand out“把……拿出来，分发，施舍”；hand down“传下来，宣布”；hand over“移交，让与”。如：The pickpocket was handed over to the police．扒手被送交警方。显然，D项正确。
11. 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。
12. I could easily perceive that his heart burnt to relieve his starving kids, but he seemed ashamed to ______ his inability to me.
A.discover
B.recover
C.demonstrate
D.impress
正确答案：A
13. 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 uponthe 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
