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 question. This provision is thought to be helpful for aiding and guiding your practice in answering the rest questions.
1. The meanings of “going to the dogs” and “going bankruptcy” are almost similar, with the former being colloquial and the latter formal.
A.confidential
B.comprehensible
C.identical
D.deviated
正确答案：C
[解析] 被替换词similar和C项的identical是近义词，而其他三个选项词均与similar的意思相距甚远。
2. The two men had both been provincial party chiefs with an eye for reform and the improvement of both education and economy.
A.discerning
B.discreet
C.discharging
D.respecting
正确答案：D
[解析] 被替换词with an eye for…是个习惯搭配，意思和选项词respecting的意思相近。A项的discerning意为“有眼力的”或“有识别能力的”，B项的discreet意为“不相关联的”，C项的discharging意为“释放”。
3. When their horses died, they found themselves a wagon and set off for a better future of their own dreams.
A.hitched themselves to
B.provided themselves with
C.snatched themselves
D.rationalized themselves with
正确答案：A
[解析] 被替换词found themselves和hitched themselves to都是指“给自己找来个……”，而其他三个选项词的意思均不如A项的意思更准确。
4. It is mostly that a respectable family usually produces a respectable person.
A.cherished
B.refutable
C.affluent
D.reputable
正确答案：D
[解析] 被替换词respectable family在此句意为“正经人家”，选项词reputable意为“声誉好的”、“口碑好的”或“受尊敬的”，故无须考虑其他三个选项词。
5. Since last April, the yen has dropped by 22%, interest rate has been slashed to virtually nothing and the government appeared to have pumped almost 86 billion into the economy in two packages, the biggest of which was last September.
A.positions
B.transactions
C.transformation
D.deliveries
正确答案：B
[解析] 只有A项的flood与被替换词deluge的意思更接近，其余三个选项均可忽略。
6. London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, according to newspapers, is getting ready to unveil a big exhibition of Potter drawings.
A.display
B.demonstrate
C.organize
D.authorize
正确答案：A
[解析] 被替换词unveil在此句意指“揭幕”。在四个选项词中，只有D项authorize的意思更接近被替换词的意思。
7. Potter’s licensees aren’t leaving many niches for rivals to fill. Determined not to miss a trend, the company has launched Peter Rabit video games and computer software that teaches kids to read.
A.blanks
B.spaces
C.vacancies
D.possibilities
正确答案：C
[解析] 该句提干的意思很清楚：他们没有给对手留下很多竞争的空间，因此只有B项的spaces与被替换词niches的意思更接近。
8. Whether this means the drug culture is expanding to mall dimensions or beginning its last inhale remains to be seen.
A.income
B.breathing
C.trying
D.effort
正确答案：B
[解析] 看看四个选项词，能替代inhale一词的，除了A项的income已别无选择。即便不晓得inhale的真正意思，其他三项也可排除在外。
9. At the same time, the drug itself is undergoing an image makeover, in step with the health and environmental consciousness of the ’90s.
A.exposing
B.substantiating
C.undermining
D.underlining
正确答案：A
[解析] 被替换词undergoing意为“经历”。在四个选项词中，除了C项的undermining一词已无别选。
10. Though often disputed by those who run the entertainment industry, this contention is broadly supported by scholarly research and, more strikingly, by several recent real-world strategies.
A.debut
B.devalue
C.defraud
D.debate
正确答案：D
[解析] 在此句中，被替换此contention和A项的debut都有“露头”或“露面”之解。其余的三个选项词与被替换词的意思均相距甚远。
11. For thousands of years, tuberculosis ravaged European cities. Today an epidemic is spreading through Russia, engulfing its prisons and posing a threat to the west.
A.defamed
B.devastated
C.defrauded
D.displaced
正确答案：B
12. The problem is so dire that it has captured the attention of international heal and humanitarian organizations.
A.fascinating
B.frighteningly urgent
C.currently prevailing
D.bewildering
正确答案：B
13. Still, I brood about whether I am prepared for the horrors of what will come next, either the carnage of a ground war or the full revelation of civilian casualties within Iraq and Kuwait.
A.thought about
B.considered
C.discussed
D.evaluated
正确答案：A
14. Soracco is one of the 20 faith healers recruited for the study by Dr. Elisabeth Targ, clinical director of psychosocial oncology research at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.
A.remitted
B.collected
