泽熙美文Vocabulary Replacement
Directions: In this test there are 40 sentences, each having an item underlined. Below each sentence, there are four choices respectively marked A, B, C and D. You are to read the whole sentence and decide on the item among the four choices that can best replace the underlined item without changing the meaning of the sentence. Tick the letter that represents the right answer. Please note: Short Answers are provided for 1-10 questions, which you may refer to after completing answering the first 10 questions. This provision is thought to be helpful for aiding and guiding your practice in answering the rest questions.
1. Since she was ten, she has been largely enamoured with poems and literature, which has certainly paved the way for her accomplishments in literature.
A.interested in
B.in love with
C.keen on
D.fascinated by
正确答案：B
[解析] 从语法角度分析，四个选择都符合该句的语境，但根据该句的话语和下划线的enamoured with(迷恋上)，B项无疑是最好的选择。
2. As soon as John’s most recent novel had been out of print, it had been mauled by so many critics in New York.
A.attached
B.attacked
C.stormed
D.apprehended
正确答案：B
[解析] to be mauled by意指“受到某人的抨击”，所以选B项。
3. After many years of accomplishments and glory in the filed of business and finance, his huge business is now on the rocks and his glory begins to fade.
A.going to the dogs
B.on edge
C.in high cotton
D.to the extremes
正确答案：A
[解析] on the rocks是个口语表达法，意指“崩溃”或“玩儿完”，故选A项。
4. It’s a common knowledge that schools should strive to teach the general nature, or the structure, of a subject rather than all the details and facts of a subject.
A.struggle
B.drive
C.encroach
D.endeavour
正确答案：D
[解析] strive意指“尽全力”，D项的endeavour最接近被替换词的意思。
5. Economics also provides some answers. For a start, fishing subsidies should be abolished in an industry characterized by overcapacity and inefficiency. Then governments need to look at ways of giving those who exploit the resources of the sea an interest in their conservation.
A.explore
B.utilize
C.grasp
D.destroy
正确答案：B
[解析] exploit有“开采”、“利用”等意，B项的utilize的意思与exploit的意思贴近。
6. There is a popular notion that a celebrity of any kind must be a person of great resources and blessings. However, I perceive the success of a celebrity more as a chance than anything else.
A.a widely received idea
B.an exoteric notion
C.a well approved concept
D.an exposed concept
正确答案：B
[解析] popular意为“大众的、普遍的”，B项的exoteric最接近被替换词的意思。
7. Joe’s name was finally erased from the name list of applicants for the position advertised, and he was taken aback at the news.
A.eroded
B.evolved
C.expunged
D.plunged
正确答案：C
[解析] erased意为被“取消”或“删除”，C项的expunged意指“删除”或“勾销”，所以是唯一的选择。
8. An editor, especially an editor-in-chief, has the final say about a publication: he is entitled to exscind any objectionable details from a writing to be published.
A.exclude
B.include
C.expose
D.expunge
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题中的exscind和expung是同义词，均意为“删除”。
9. People certainly have dissentious views on a concept, an issue, a subject, and the meaning of a phenomenon. This is what we call “many people, many tastes.”
A.consonant
B.dissonant
C.agreeable
D.resolute
正确答案：B
[解析] dissonant意为“不一致的”，dissentious意为“爱争吵的”，故选B项。
10. I clearly know that his writings have gained some popularity, and I equally know that there are low-taste and dirty jokes that tell the mentality of the writer off.
A.racy
B.mocking
C.precipitant
D.spiffy
正确答案：A
[解析] 四个选择中只有A项的racy(粗鄙的、下流的)与被替换词同义。
11. Concrete factors of age, health condition and physical activity shall be taken into account to calculate the level of intelligence for a person.
A.considered
B.numbered
C.contrasted
D.commented
正确答案：A
12. Some conductors proscribe sound amplification at their concerts.
A.babble
B.ban
C.beam
D.beckon
正确答案：B
13. Isolation and violence are recurring themes in Ernest Hemingway’s novels.
A.repeated
B.refrained
C.permanent
D.redundant
正确答案：A
14. The fusion of executive and legislative powers in one body proves to be a major characteristic of parliamentary government.
A.unilateralism
B.unification
C.uniform
D.union
正确答案：D
15. In the old days, people’s knowledge of evolution was quite rudimentary.
