泽熙美文Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. Despite assorted effusions to the contrary, there is no necessary link between scientific skill and humanism, and, quite possibly, there may be something of a ______ between them.
A.generality
B.fusion
C.congruity
D.dichotomy
正确答案：D
2. The manager just ______ his resignation to the board meeting yesterday and today another one took his place.
A.sent up
B.sent off
C.sent out
D.sent in
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题的四个选项是由send为中心词构成的动词短语。A项的意思是“上升”，B项意为“邮寄；送别”，C项为“送货；发函”，D项为“呈送，提交”。
3. The warm-hearted lady attempted to create a romantic atmosphere that would bring the two young people together in ______.
A.matrimony
B.cacophony
C.fealty
D.collusion
正确答案：A
4. The little girl is ignorant ______ the basic rules of English grammar.
A.for
B.of
C.with
D.against
正确答案：B
[解析] 只有B为正确答案，“ignorant of”表示“不知道，不了解”。
5. Some researchers feel that certain people have nervous systems particular ______ to hot, dry winds. They are what we call weather-sensitive people.
A.subjective
B.subordinate
C.liable
D.vulnerable
正确答案：D
6. Edison tested more than one thousand materials to see if they could ______ electric current and glow.
A.bring
B.make
C.carry
D.produce
正确答案：C
[解析] A项的bring意为“带来”，具有方向性；B项的make意为“制造”；C项的carry表示“传送，传播”；D项的produce表示“产生”。
7. No bread eaten by man is so sweet as ______ earned by his own labor.
A.what
B.such
C.one
D.that
正确答案：D
8. During the opera’s most famous aria the tempo chosen by the orchestra’s conductor seemed ______, without necessary relation to what had gone before.
A.tedious
B.melodious
C.capricious
D.compelling
正确答案：C
9. It is known that a person who is too ______ could never be a great actor.
A.serf-contained
B.serf-conscious
C.self-confident
D.self-controlled
正确答案：C
10. Today, largely on the ______ of evidence, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes that shape the Earth.
A.strength
B.purpose
C.theory
D.endurance
正确答案：A
11. These people are already over the hill, but they are still as fresh as a ______, who are even much more energetic than most of the young people.
A.daisy
B.rose
C.due
D.sunflower
正确答案：A
12. When the post fell ______, Dennis Bass was appointed to fill it.
A.empty
B.vacant
C.hollow
D.bare
正确答案：B
13. His wife has been ______ a lot of pressure on him to change his job.
A.taking
B.exerting
C.giving
D.pushing
正确答案：B
14. The use of exposed iron occurred mainly in the new building types ______ by the Industrial Revolution: in factories, warehouses, commercial offices, exhibition halls, and railroad stations, where its practical advantages far outweighed its lack of status.
A.spotted
B.spattered
C.spoke
D.spawned
正确答案：D
15. Modern technology in the guise of the tape recorder has come to the rescue, and many workers in the field of unwritten languages are recording specimens of oral literatures with transcriptions and translations while speakers having the requisite knowledge and skills are still available a great amount of such material, however, must have been ______ lost from illiterate cultures before the 20th century.
A.irretrievably
B.irrelievavably
C.irrefutably
D.irreconcilably
正确答案：A
[解析] A项的irretrievably意指“不能恢复的”，B项的irrelievavably意为“不能减轻的”，C项的irrefutably指“无可辩驳的”，D项的irreconcilably指“不能和解的”。根据空后lost一词来判断，A项无疑是唯一的选择。
Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement
1. Tim is dubious about diet pills which advertise quick weight loss.
A.anxious
B.pessimistic
C.doubtful
D.ignorant
正确答案：C
