Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. The streets of the Dual Springs neighborhood, a migrant-worker hub in northern Beijing, are ______ . That’s no surprise; more than 13,000 people have been quarantined in China’s capital to halt the insidious spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
A.deserted
B.vacated
C.unlived in
D.removed
正确答案:A
2. In many ______ a lack of direction prompted the Republican Guard to call it a day.
A.occasions
B.cases
C.events
D.days
正确答案:B
3. They did considerable work to ______ the masses of the United States with the elementary problems of Latin America.
A.allow
B.acquaint
C.notify
D.propagate
正确答案:B
4. My mother says a teaching machine has to be ______ to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.
A.modified
B.considered
C.adjusted
D.remanufactured
正确答案:C
5. The big retailers are starting to think small, too. Sainsbury’s and Tesco have launched convenience-store chains, called Local and Express, respectively—that have fast become ______ in British towns.
A.ubiquitous
B.established
C.frequented
D.known
正确答案:A
6. The solidarity among the young, especially the 386 Generation, is so strong that it’s helping to ______ the country’s deep-rooted regional divide.
A.enhance
B.dissolve
C.weaken
D.move
正确答案:B
7. The Wright brothers continued their flying in France and ______ all who saw them.
A.saddened
B.frightened
C.astonished
D.alarmed
正确答案:C
8. We are well aware of the responsibilities that necessarily ______ to our office.
A.attach
B.confronts
C.given
D.face
正确答案:A
9. People say that what we are all ______ is a meaning for life, but I don’t think that’s what we all look for.
A.seeing
B.seeking
C.watching
D.looking
正确答案:B
10. When Joe was left to live with those people, he found that they were so ______ of life that he couldn’t stay with them.
A.painful
B.disdainful
C.meaningful
D.fruitful
正确答案:B
11. 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
12. The constant changes in fashion, ______ with a view to higher sales, made greater demands on women as a class.
A.predicted
B.dictated
C.stated
D.related
正确答案:B
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. It is a dangerous thing nowadays if you do not ______ others at arm’s length, for they may hit you below the belt any time.
A.bake
B.keep
C.take
D.make
正确答案:B
17. I will never ______ the experiences of the four years at Howard University, though there were unhappy encounters.
A.discharge
B.recharge
C.discard
D.dispose
正确答案:C

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