Section 1 Vocabulary and Grammar
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
In this part, there are 12 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer.
1. It is known that a person who is too ______ could never be a great actor.
A.serf-contained
B.serf-conscious
C.self-confident
D.self-controlled
正确答案:C
2. In writing, ______ can be used to enclose explanatory or additional material, without which the passage can also be complete.
A.paraphrases
B.parentheses
C.parallels
D.paragraphs
正确答案:A
3. Rowdy ______ gathered in the leading thoroughfare, and everything was in such a chao that the mayor had no idea of what to do.
A.mobs
B.mocks
C.modes
D.models
正确答案:C
4. Listening to a radio broadcast is one of the best ways to ______ the times.
A.keep away from
B.keep abreast of
C.keep with
D.keep up of
正确答案:C
5. Feelings of infinite ______ seized him as he racalled the days when he met with misfortune.
A.melancholy
B.memorial
C.megaphone
D.memory
正确答案:A
6. 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
7. We must ______ the train being late for the reason that it always is.
A.allow for
B.allow of
C.allow on
D.allow about
正确答案:C
8. In a negotiation, if neither side is ready to ______ what is necessary for peace, hostility will be resumed.
A.precede
B.intercede
C.precede
D.concede
正确答案:D
9. 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
10. No bread eaten by man is so sweet as ______ earned by his own labor.
A.what
B.such
C.one
D.that
正确答案:D
11. When it comes to Chinese, Jane already knew some of the characters, but John had to start from ______.
A.screw
B.scrap
C.scratch
D.scrape
正确答案:C
12. The children made so much ______ that Mrs. Green had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards.
A.mess
B.trouble
C.damage
D.nuisance
正确答案:A
Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement
This part consists of 15 sentences. In each sentence, one word or phrase is underlined. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic meaning of the sentence. Their is only ONE right answer.
1. The first watermill was horizontal and resembled a rudimentary turbine.
A.flat
B.rusty
C.unconventional
D.unsophisticated
正确答案:D
2. The eardrum, a taut membrane, located at the end of the eat canal, separates the outer sea from the inner ear.
A.lightly tinted
B.somewhat opaque
C.tightly stretched
D.delicately made
正确答案:C
3. In old China, the working condition of coal mine workers was quite severe, besides the grueling job, they were treated inhumanly by the coal mine owners.
A.exhilarating
B.gruesome
C.exhausting
D.creative
正确答案:C
4. The new born leopard has to become strong enough as soon as possible, for dangers and hungers are ubiquitous in this rain forest.
A.nocturnal
B.endangered
C.widespread
D.omniscient
正确答案:C
5. 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

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