泽熙美文Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. Until now the ______ of life is still beyond the knowledge of most common folks: few people know how and in what way the human organs are working and functioning.
A.wheels
B.fate
C.reels
D.parts
正确答案：A
2. This country is ______ deflationary pressure and the country’s policy-makers should create a better policy mix to cope with the new economic environment.
A.shrugging off
B.coping with
C.taking off
D.wearing off
正确答案：A
3. According to the recent research of Northeastern University, our ______ sensitivity decreases with age. By age 60, most people have lost 40 percent of ability to smell and 50 percent of their taste buds.
A.sensory
B.sensitive
C.sensible
D.senseless
正确答案：A
4. James’s independence of mind and his ability to go beyond the ______ once again were in evidence.
A.conventional
B.irrational
C.educational
D.conditional
正确答案：A
5. Fruits are loaded with ______, vitamins and other nutrients, which can help to prevent genetic damage that can lead to the development of cancer.
A.antioxidants
B.antidotes
C.antifeedants
D.antibiotics
正确答案：A
6. Some artists immodestly idealize or exaggerate the significance of their work; yet others, ______ to exalt the role of the artists, reject a transcendent view of art.
A.seeking
B.failing
C.disdaining
D.tending
正确答案：C
7. The Declaration of Independence unequivocally declares that men have ______ rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
A.unalienable
B.unbounded
C.uncultivated
D.uncoupled
正确答案：A
8. Most of the participants believe it truly more democratic to hold a ______ rather than let the government alone makes decisions on all the important issues.
A.referendum
B.refectory
C.reiteration
D.recalcitrance
正确答案：A
9. The public school system suddenly found itself ______. While the number of schoolchildren rose because of wartime and postwar conditions, these same conditions made the schools even less prepared to cope with the flood.
A.overtaxed
B.oversupplied
C.overactive
D.overcharged
正确答案：A
[解析] 该句后半部分的内容是说“学校无能力对付……”，所以overtaxed当然就是“无能力对付”的原因了。
10. ______ their differences, they are united by the common desire to transform their personal commitment into public leadership.
A.But for
B.For all
C.Above all
D.Except for
正确答案：B
[解析] for all their differences是个习惯表示法，意指“尽管……”。
11. Many experiments ______ that the stems of plants in which all the cells are killed can still move water to appreciable heights.
A.demonstrated
B.demoted
C.disguised
D.distinguished
正确答案：A
12. The salt dissolved in the water gradually, finally all that remained was an almost ______ residue on the bottom of the glass.
A.lumpy
B.imperceptible
C.glassy
D.opaque
正确答案：B
13. The establishment of these settlers provided for the protection of ______ adventurers and expeditions.
A.daffy
B.dedicated
C.daring
D.defective
正确答案：C
14. This shampoo is guaranteed to make your hair more ______ than any other brand.
A.lustrous
B.luminous
C.ludicrous
D.lurid
正确答案：A
15. The hurricane ______ havoc throughout the coastal area.
A.wrought
B.damaged
C.wrecked
D.wreaked
正确答案：D
Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement
1. The Japanese soldiers showed their brutality by killing almost all the citizens after they conquered Nanjing.
A.intention
B.ambition
C.ferocity
D.sympathy
正确答案：C
2. The blunder of Argentina’s goalie cost them the game in the match against Brazil.
A.triumph
B.beat
C.mistake
D.straggle
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题中，blunder的意思是“失误”。C项“mistake错误”符合题意，如：There must be some mistake in this bill, please add up the
