泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
1. It is understandable that though adolescent maturational and developmental states occur in an orderly sequence, their timing ______ with regard to onset and duration.
A.falters
B.varies
C.accelerates
D.dwindles
正确答案：B
2. During the ______ of the rain, she returned home immediately.
A.spin
B.flick
C.lull
D.notch
正确答案：C
3. In the dim light, I managed to ______ the shadowy figure of a big lion among the trees.
A.make off
B.make up
C.make out
D.make over
正确答案：C
[解析] 习语搭配
A．make off离开，(尤指做了错事后)匆忙离开，逃走；B．make叩弥补，虚构，和解； C．make out辨认出，拼凑；D．make over(尤指依法律形式)转让，移交；而本句意为：在昏暗的光线下，我努力辨认树丛中一只大狮子的阴影。因此C为答案。
4. Sometimes, it is difficult for John to get his Brithsh jokes ______ to American audiences.
A.down
B.over
C.across
D.up
正确答案：B
5. When one is unfamiliar with the customs, it is easy to make a ______.
A.blunder
B.blend
C.brawl
D.bland
正确答案：A
6. The president says that it was high time they showed their ______ on those political issues.
A.head
B.teeth
C.hand
D.arm
正确答案：B
[解析] to show one’s teeth是个习惯说法，意指“强硬”。
7. 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
8. Due to the fact that universities can not enroll all the candidates, ______ to university is competitive.
A.admission
B.affidavit
C.admiration
D.allegiance
正确答案：A
[解析] 形近识别
A．admission允许进入；B．affidavit宣誓书，书面陈述；C．admiration钦佩，赞美； D．allegiance忠贞，效忠；admission to university准许入大学，因此A为答案。
9. A writer who wants to convince his readers of a point of view must marshall his arguments, assert the virtues of his aponions, and ______ the possible protests of the opposition.
A.diminish
B.demonstrate
C.declaim
D.demolish
正确答案：D
[解析] demolish有“废除”和“驳倒”等意，与之后的宾语相吻合。
10. Scientists have claims that there is a ______ of wildlife in the Amazon Rain Forest, and that species which have not lived in the area for most centuries are once again being sighted.
A.resurgence
B.rectification
C.recreation
D.recover
正确答案：A
Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement
1. Giving the child problems he cannot solve will only frustrate him.
A.baffle
B.worry
C.alarm
D.cultivate
正确答案：A
[解析] 本题中，frustrate的意思是“挫败，阻挠”。四个选项中，baffle的意思是“困惑，阻碍”，如：This puzzle baffles me．(这个谜使我困惑不解)。worry的意思是“烦恼，担忧”；alarm的意思是“恐吓，警告”；cultivate的意思是“培养，耕作”。只有A项符合题意。
2. The relation between Mary and John has never been more cordial.
A.competitive
B.strained
C.pleasant
D.unsympathetic
正确答案：C
3. John is reluctant to take the final step to solve this problem, because he knows clearly that it means the irrevocable breaking with best friend.
A.irrational
B.irreversible
C.irresponsible
D.irresistible
正确答案：B
4. She was trying to collect public support for her proposal of new terms for a peace treaty.
A.lust
B.bulge
C.muster
D.attach
正确答案：C
5. As we know, before scientists come up with an effective treatment, cancer is still threatening people’s lives.
A.killing
B.risking
C.adventuring
D.jeopardizing
正确答案：D
Part 3 Correcting Grammatical Errors
1. If people cannot afford to buy their own house, they can rent property from a private landlord, as 10% of the population does, or from their local council.
A.as do 10% of the population
B.just as 10% of the population will do
C.the same as 10% of the people do
D.as will do 10% of the population
正确答案：A
[解析] 这里的population是个集体名词，是个复数概念，其动词不应使用第三人称单数。另外，特别应该注意在此状语片语中动词的倒装使用法。
