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 question. This provision is thought to be helpful for aiding and guiding your practice in answering the rest questions.
1. Without ever having made any effort, some people become rich overnight, making bundles and living like fighting cocks.
A.endeavour
B.sweat
C.struggle
D.weight
正确答案：A
[解析] endeavour与effort同意，但重于effort。
2. His complaint about our management was not without reasons.
A.could be rectified
B.could be justified
C.was modified
D.could be enforced
正确答案：B
[解析] can be justified等同于not without reasons的说法。
3. Because of the limited time, he swallowed the food and hurried to the work place.
A.fastened
B.engulfed
C.hurried
D.quickened
正确答案：B
[解析] to engulf和to swallow都有“狼吞虎咽”之意。
4. You are not to interrupt the general manager right now. He is at the moment busy with some urgent business.
A.enforced in
B.tangled with
B.fumbled at
D.occupied with
正确答案：D
[解析] be occupied with属正式用语，其意与be busy with相同。
5. People who are unable to recognize their own weak points are nine out of ten good at finding fault with the weak points of others.
A.identify
B.modify
C.rectify
D.justify
正确答案：A
[解析] to identify与recognize的意思相同。
6. The newly elected president seems to be a resolute man, a man of sound judgement and quick decision.
A.resolvent
B.resonant
C.manly
D.manful
正确答案：D
[解析] resolute和manful都有“果断”之意。
7. The president of the corporation demanded that all important business documents be photocopied in case of a computer disaster.
A.rewritten
B.manifolded
C.folded
D.manifested
正确答案：B
[解析] manifold意为“复制”，与photocopy的意思接近。
8. The speaker made some critical remarks on the management of the local government. As a result, he brought himself some very bad trouble.
A.poignant
B.poisonous
C.critic
D.resonant
正确答案：A
[解析] poignant与critical同意，但比后者更强烈。
9. People living in big modern cities are scarcely aware of the fact that there are still many people who are living in poor and filthy environments.
A.poverty-stricken
B.sloppy
C.sordid
D.solid
正确答案：C
[解析] sordid有“肮脏、破烂”等意。
10. Although there is a great number of new books launched onto the market, most of them are merely for the birds.
A.a spate
B.a variety
C.a pile
D.spit
正确答案：A
[解析] a spate of意指in great quantity或in great number。
11. Most readers are drawn to the facetious stories of his recent novel.
A.factual
B.humourous
C.sarcastic
D.ridiculous
正确答案：B
12. To most scientists, sciences never generate arts directly out of themselves.
A.give clue to
B.pave the way for
C.let out
D.give birth to
正确答案：D
13. An educational theorist, Paul Woodring probably summed up James’s significance to education most succinctly.
A.concisely
B.broadly
B.precisely
D.conclusively
正确答案：A
14. The handwriting of the President was successfully duplicated by the novelist.
A.reprinted
B.imitated
C.assimilated
D.facsimiled
正确答案：D
15. The author of the book On the Human Animal was not at all dubious of the disastrous future of human’s life in that respect.
A.ambiguous
B.doubtful
C.assured
D.confident
正确答案：B
16. All these sinful acts must be cracked down on by all countries and societies.
A.felonious
B.fractious
C.frightful
D.frivolous
正确答案：A
17. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing
