泽熙美文一、词汇选择
1. The newspaper reported on the initiative of the organization to establish a private company to professionally ______ prisoners due to be released from prison.
A.habilitate
B.rehabilitate
C.preclude
D.prelude
正确答案：A
[解析] habilitate提高周转资金，予以穿着；rehabilitate使复原；preclude排除；prelude为……做序，以……开头。
2. First launched in April this year, Net My Singapore also includes efforts that ______ training, development, and the exploration of new technologies based on.
A.obliterate
B.sequester
C.encompass
D.terminate
正确答案：C
[解析] obliterate删除；sequester扣压，没收，使隐退；encompass包围；terminate终结，结束。
3. Anxiety is believed to ______ diabetes by raising levels of the stress hormone cortisol which regulates insulin and blood-sugar levels.
A.impede
B.exacerbate
C.inherit
D.facilitate
正确答案：B
[解析] impede阻止；exacerbate恶化；inherit继承；facilitate帮助，推动。
4. It is the first of several agreements United States hopes to reach as it attempts to reduce．labor costs by $5.8 billion and ______ bankruptcy．
A.dispel
B.revert
C.transfer
D.avert
正确答案：D
[解析] dispel驱逐，驱散；revert恢复；transfer转移；avert避免。
5. Last week, the US bishops adopted rules to take priests who ______ minors out of any ministerial activities.
A.administer
B.generate
C.implicate
D.molest
正确答案：A
[解析] administer管理；generate产生；implicate暗示；molest骚扰，困扰。
6. You are exposed to obtrusive ads that ______ seemingly from nowhere even when you are disconnected from the Net，and your personal information gathered and sent off without you being aware of it．
A.size up
B.dwindle away
C.conjure up
D.pop up
正确答案：D
[解析] size up评估……的大小；dwindle away减少，缩小；conjure up用魔法召；pop up突然出现。
7. Strict sanitary procedures formulated by our municipal government help to ______ out-breaks of diseases．
A.preview
B.forestall
C.ignite
D.fluctuate
正确答案：B
[解析] preview事先查看，预演；forestall预防，阻止；ignite点燃；fluctuate波动。
8. We need one hundred more signatures before we take the ______ to the governor．
A.plea
B.petition
C.patent
D.claim
正确答案：B
[解析] plea请求；petition情愿(书)；patent专利，执照；claim要求，主张。
9. The United Nations Security Council established the ICTR in 1995 to try the alleged perpetrators of the 1994 ______ in Rwanda that claimed the lives of more than 800,000 people．
A.genocide
B.immigration
C.discrimination
D.election
正确答案：A
[解析] genocide种族灭绝，灭绝种族的大屠杀；immigration移民；discrimination歧视；election选举。
10. If you work for a major corporation，or are contracted at one, sooner or later, you may be called upon to create or maintain an internal website．Here are the ______ of intranets．
A.ins and outs
B.in a pinch
C.in a cleft stick
D.in a breeze
正确答案：A
[解析] ins and outs细节；in a pinch在紧要关头；in a cleft stick进退两难；in a breeze不费力的。
二、词汇选择
1. Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so ______ at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France.
A.adroit
B.shrewd
C.considerate
D.foxy
正确答案：A
[解析] 从整句话看，全句对Benjamin Franklin持褒奖态度，空白处的词应当和前面的diplomatic构成同义词，起到进一步说明的作用，即在处理人际关系方面“富有策略”。这样，我们就不可能选foxy(“像狐狸似的，狡猾的”)和shrewd(“奸诈的，狡猾的”)这两个带有贬义色彩的词。C项considerate为“体贴的，考虑周到的”与题意不符。只有A项adroit可入选答案，意思为“having or showing ability to use the skills of mind”，即“巧妙的，机巧的”。
2. Only a ______ person would believe such an unlikely story about ghosts in the old house．
A.fabulous
B.credible
C.credulous
D.believable
正确答案：C
[解析] credulous轻信的；fabulous寓言般的，难以置信的；credible可靠的，可信的；believable可相信的。
3. Beneath its myriad rules, the fundamental purpose of ______ is to make the world a pleasanter place to live in, and you a more pleasant person to live with.
A.elitism
B.eloquence
C.eminence
D.etiquette
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题的4个选项的词在拼写上很接近。从所给信息看，句子的意思是，“______，尽管有许多规则，但其根本目的是使世界成为一个更令人愉快的居住地，使人更乐于与别人相处。”A项elitism意为“精英意识论，精英管理”；B项eloquence指“雄辩，口才”；C项eminence意为“显赫，卓越”；显然三者都不符合上述句子的意思。D项etiquette的意思是“一个社会或群体遵守的礼貌行为总则”，在此，恰好符合句意。
4. The “Echo House” will demonstrate how we can live with highly
