泽熙美文Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
Directions: Complete each of the following sentences by selecting one word from the four choices marked by letters A, B, C and D that can best complete the statement.
1. With the continued rise in sea level, more ice would ______ into the ocean, causing sea levels to rise even higher, which in turn would release more ice and set in motion a vicious cycle.
A.drop
B.plunge
C.melt
D.drift
正确答案：B
[解析] 答题者可能会选C，认为ice应该是melt，但根据空后的into the ocean的提示，B才是正确选择。
2. ______ their differences, they are united by the common desire to transform their personal commitment into public leadership.
A.But for
B.For all
C.Above all
D.Except for
正确答案：B
[解析] for all their differences是个习惯表示法，意指“尽管……”。
3. The ______ winds in the Great Basin are from the west. Warm, moist air from the Pacific Ocean is forced upward as it crosses the Sierra Nevada.
A.precarious
B.prevailing
C.preceding
D.processional
正确答案：B
[解析] 只有prevailing winds才符合本句的搭配，意指“遍及”。
4. Committee membership ______ every year, so that new voices and opinions are constantly heard.
A.returns
B.replaces
C.rounds
D.rotates
正确答案：D
[解析] 后半句的“新的声音和见解”是最好的参照，所以rotates(轮换)是唯一的选择。
5. Britain might still be part of France if it weren’t ______ a disastrous flood 200,000 years ago, according to scientists from Imperial College in London.
A.upon
B.with
C.in
D.for
正确答案：D
[解析] if it weren’t for只个常见的虚拟句式，意指“若不是……”
6. Computer software ______ some 70 percent of the company’s products
A.applies for
B.allows for
C.accounts for
D.answers for
正确答案：C
[解析] To account for…意指“占有”，是符合该句语境的唯一选择。
7. According to the International Law, the United Nations would impose economic ______ against an invading country.
A.commissions
B.promotions
C.sentences
D.sanctions
正确答案：D
[解析] 此句语境一目了然，除sanctions无它选。
8. The public school system suddenly found itself ______. While the number of schoolchildren rose because of wartime and postwar conditions, these same conditions made the schools even less prepared to cope with the flood.
A.overtaxed
B.oversupplied
C.overactive
D.overcharged
正确答案：A
[解析] 该句后半部分的内容是说“学校无能力对付……”，所以overtaxed当然就是“无能力对付”的原因了。
9. The Earth ______ three principal layers: the dense, iron-rich core, the mantle made of silicate rocks, and the thin, solid-surface crust.
A.comprises
B.composes
C.consists
D.concedes
正确答案：A
[解析] comprise和consist是同义词，但consist之后需跟介词of，而空后没有of，所以只能选A。
10. In order to live the kind of life we want and to be the person we want to be, we have to do more than just ______ with events.
A.put up
B.set up
C.turn up
D.make up
正确答案：A
[解析] to put up with events是唯一符合该句语境的选择，因为B，C和D都不能与该句的语境相吻合。
11. The ______ meter can detect even a very small amount of gas in the room
A.sensible
B.sensitive
C.sensing
D.sensed
正确答案：B
12. The bank manager asked his assistant if it was possible for him to ______ the investment plan within a week.
A.work out
B.put out
C.make out
D.set out
正确答案：A
13. In China, it is a serious crime to ______ ancient paintings out of the country.
A.struggle
B.smuggle
C.sublet
D.withdraw
正确答案：B
14. The rich man was asked to pay a high ______ for his daughter who was taken away by criminals.
A.margin
B.prestige
C.ransom
D.purchase
正确答案：C
15. According to the International Law, the United Nations would impose economic ______ against an invading country.
A.commissions
B.promotions
C.sentences
D.sanctions
正确答案：D
16. His wife has been ______ a lot of pressure on him to change his job.
A.taking
B.exerting
C.giving
