泽熙美文Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar
This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
In this part, there are 20 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. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. The explanation given by the manager yesterday was not at all ______ to us.
A.satisfy
B.satisfied
C.satisfactory
D.satisfying
正确答案：C
[解析] 同义辨析。
satisfactory令人满意的：The result of the match was highly sarisfactory．比赛结果非常令人满意。satisfy使满足：I offered him $1,000 to keep quiet, but that did not satisfy him and he wanted even more．我给了他一千美元让他保持沉默，但他并不满足，他还要更多的钱。satisfied满意的，满足的：I’m not fully satisfied with the standard of your work．我对你的工作水准不太满意。satisfying令人满意的，使人满意的：It’s an immensely satisfying job．这是一个非常令人满意的工作。
2. Part of the funds will be used to ______ that old library to its original splendor.
A.rest
B.recover
C.replace
D.restore
正确答案：D
[解析] 形近识别。
restore修复(建筑物、家具、艺术品等)：The oil painting was damaged in the flood and had to be painstakingly restored．这张油画在洪水中损坏了，得费很大力气修复。recover恢复到正常状态(如健康、神智、繁荣)：Trade soon recovered from the effects of the war．贸易摆脱了战争的影响而很快复苏了。replace将(某物)放回原处：Replace the book on the shelf after reading．读后把书放回原处。
3. This silk has gone right ______ and we have not sold a single piece of it for weeks.
A.out of fad
B.out of pattern
C.out of custom
D.out of fashion
正确答案：D
[解析] 习语辨析。
out of fashion过时的：Long hair is out of fashion now．留长发已不时兴。
4. The new Personal Digital Assistance contained a large ______ of information about an individual life.
A.deal
B.amount
C.number
D.account
正确答案：B
[解析] 习语搭配。
a large amount of大量(后跟不可数名词)：Her case has attracted an enormous amount of public sympathy．她的案件博得了无数公众的同情。give an account of描述：She gave a thrilling account of her life in the jungle．她绘声绘色地描述了自己在丛林中的生活。a number of大量；若干(后跟可数名词)：A number of well-qualified people have recently left the company．一些非常称职的人已在最近离开了这家公司。
5. Primitive superstitions that feed racism should be ______ through education.
A.ignored
B.exalted
C.eradicated
D.canceled
正确答案：C
[解析] 词义辨析。
eradicate根除，消灭：Smallpox has almost been eradicated．天花几乎已消灭。 ignore故意不理睬：I said hello to her, but she ignored me completely．我向她打招呼，可她根本不理我。exalt颂扬。
6. ______ pollution control measures are expensive, many local governments hesitate to adopt them.
A.Although
B.However
C.Because
D.Moreover
正确答案：C
[解析] 连词辨析。
这两个句子是因果关系。
7. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, ______ to the body.
A.the stress it is greater
B.greater is the stress
C.greater stress is
D.the greater the stress
正确答案：D
[解析] 固定用法。
the+比较级，the+比较级。
8. Annie Jump Cannon, ______ discovered so many stars that she was called “the census taker of the sky”.
A.a leading astronomer,
B.who, as a leading astronomer,
C.was a leading astronomer,
D.a leading astronomer who
正确答案：A
[解析] 结构识别。
a leading astronomer是Annie Jump Cannon的同位语。
9. Kingdom of Wonders, ______ in 1995 in Fremont, Calif., became an industry legend for two toys: a talking bear and a ray-gun game.
A.find
B.found
C.founded
D.founding
正确答案：C
[解析] 语法题。
found创建，建立：The rich man founded a hospital and a school in the town where he was born．这个富翁在他出生的镇上创办了一所医院和一所学校。
10. Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event ______ is equal to the probability that it will not occur.
A.occurring
B.to occur
C.occurs
D.occur
正确答案：A
[解析] 语法题。
这里是现在分词作为定语修饰event，相当于occurring前省掉which is。
11. Only one-fifth of Americans saw oil as the chief mason that the U.S. made a war on Iraq, but 75 percent of the French and of the Russians believed ______.
A.to
B.so
C.go
D.do
正确答案：B
[解析] 习语辨析。
believe想，认为：“Has he arrived yet?”“I believe so.”“他到了吗?”“我想是到了。”
12. Sadly, while the academic industry thrives, the practice of translation continues to ______.
A.stack
B.stage
C.stagnate
D.stamp
正确答案：C
