1、We'd better eliminate junk foods from our kitchen and keep a variety of high-quality foods _____ at all times.

A. available

B. desirable

C. enormous

D. numerous

A)?？疾樾稳菰~語義環(huán)境。四個選項的意思分別是：選項A)available現(xiàn)成可使用的，在手邊的，可利用的;選項B)desirable稱心如意的，值得有的，如I envy Jane because her job is so desirable. 我很羨慕簡，因為她有一份很稱心的工作。選項C)enormous巨大的，極大的，龐大的;選項D)numerous許多的，很多的，如：This is a conclusion he has drawn from numerous facts. 這是他從很多事實當中得出的結(jié)論。根據(jù)題干可判斷出選項A)應為正確答案。全句的意思為“我們應清除廚房里的垃圾食品，而使各種高質(zhì)量的食物隨手可及”。

2、Faced with rapid inflation and _____ international and home markets, many firms have declared bankrupt.

A. lessening

B. shortening

C. shrinking

D. withdrawing

C)。考查近義動詞的語義辨析。各選項的意思及用法分別是：選項A) lessening減少，減輕，側(cè)重指程度、重要性等的減輕。如：The defeat lessened our chances of winning the championship. 此次失敗使我們奪冠的希望變得更加渺茫。lessen the burden of減輕負擔;選項B) shortening縮短，變短，如The days are beginning to shorten. 天開始變短了。shorten the gap between縮小……之間的差距;選項C) shrinking使收縮，縮小，減少，側(cè)重指尺寸、大小等的變小。如：The number of students attending the lecture has shrunk. 聽講座的學生人數(shù)減少了。Will this soap shrink woolen clothes? 這種肥皂會使羊毛衣服縮水嗎?選項D) withdrawing收回，撤退，撤銷，如：After awhile, he withdrew his proposal. 過了一會兒，他撤回了他的提議。根據(jù)題意可判斷出選項C)應為正確答案。全句意思是“面對通貨膨脹和日益縮小的國際國內(nèi)市場，許多公司都已宜布破產(chǎn)”。

3、In the New World as in Europe, each region developed its own _____ pattern of culture.

A. distant

B. distinct

C. distinctive

D. dismissed

C.

[知識點]形容詞辨析。distinct“清楚的，清晰的;明顯的，明確的;(～ from)種類不同的，分開的”;distinctive“特別的，有特色的”。

[譯文]在新世界如同在歐洲一樣，每一地區(qū)都形成了其自身的獨具特色的文化模式。

4、A. who

B. whom

C. him

D. that

B。

[知識點]定語從句。本句中的引導詞在從句中充當賓語，故用賓格whom。

[譯文]在村子里有那么一個老頭，我們誰都不喜歡他。

5、You should have put the milk in the ice-box; I expect it _____ undrinkable by now.

A. became

B. had become

C. has become

D. becomes

Best Answer: C

詳解：答案為C。與by now, so far, tip to now這樣的短語連用時，謂語動詞用現(xiàn)在完成時。

6、The tendency to lie is perhaps _____ originally by imitations. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors.

A. taken to

B. taken over

C. taken in

D. taken up

Best Answer: D

詳解：答案為D。

take to表示“喜愛”;take over表示“接管”;take in表示“欺騙”;take up表示“接受，形成”。

7、There were no tickets _____ for Friday's performance.

A. preferable

B. considerable

C. possible

D. available

Best Answer: D

詳解：答案為D。詞形辨析和句意搭配題。以"-able"或"-ible"結(jié)尾的形容詞表示被動，意為“可……”或“值得……”的意思。preferable指“更可取的，更合意的”;considerable指“可觀的，相當多的;值得考慮的”。possible指“可能的”。

8、Don't _____ this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead.

A. release

B. relieve

C. relate

D. retain

Best Answer: A

詳解：答案為A。詞形辨析題。release news指“泄露消息?！逼溆嗖粯?gòu)成搭配。relieve 指“減輕、緩解”。relate指“敘述、連接”;retain指“保留、維持”。

9、The actual _____ by which coal is extracted is well worth watching.

A. process

B. procession

C. pattern

D. conduct

Best Answer: A

詳解：答案為A。process表示“步驟，程度，制作方法”;procession表示“行進的隊伍”;pattern表示“模式，方式”;conduct表示“行為，方式”。

10、As a _____ president, his views are treated with respect when he is interviewed

A. prior

B. previous

C. late

D. former

Best Answer: D

詳解：答案為D。詞義辨析題。former指“前任的，前一個”，表示順序上的前一個;prior指“較早的”，“優(yōu)先的”是比較級形式，常和to連用，previous指“先前的，上文的”，表明時間和方位上的先后。late指“遲的，晚期的”，強調(diào)時間上的先后。

11、The current political _____ of our country is favorable for foreign investments.

A. climate

B. weather

C. temperature

D. state

查看/隱藏答案

Best Answer: A

詳解：應選A項。climate(可數(shù)名詞)意為“(一個地區(qū)或一個時期總的)氣候”;weather意為“(指每日每時的晴陰，溫度)天氣”;state意為“狀況，狀態(tài)”。

12、The angry teacher gave the order that nobody _____ the classroom before twelve.

A. would leave

B. left

C. had left

D. leave

查看/隱藏答案

Best Answer: D

詳解：應選D項。that引導order(命令)的同位語從句，從句用(should)do表示虛擬語氣。

13、Are there any other factors that might affect the development of a child _____ education and innate inability?

A. apart from

B. away from

C. far from

D. but for

Best Answer: A

詳解：應選A項。

apart from 除……之外，away from 遠離，far from 遠非，but for 要不是。

句意為：除了教育和先天的不足，還有什么其他因素會影響一個孩子的發(fā)展?

14、er humorous remarks seemed _____, but were in fact carefully prepared beforehand.

A. precise

B. blank

C. spontaneous

D. bold

Best Answer: C

詳解：應選C項。spontaneous 自發(fā)的;自然產(chǎn)生的，precise 精確的;準確的，blank 空白的;空著的，bold 大膽的。

句意為：她的幽默的評論看起來好像很自然，但是實際上是事先認真準備好的。

15、_____ the financial means to remain independent, Thomas Edison was compelled to seek employment as a night telegraph operator.

A. He was deprived of

B. Deprived of

C. That he was deprived of

D. Although he was deprived of

Best Answer: B

詳解：應選B項。過去分詞表原因作狀語，句意為：失去了保持獨立經(jīng)濟來源，愛迪生不得不當夜間電報員。

16、The firm will have to step _____ production if it is to defeat its competitors.

A. off

B. in

C. out

D. up

Best Answer: D

詳解：應選D項。step up意為“提高，加快”;step off意為“開步走，步量(距離)”;step in意為“介入，干涉;參加進來(幫忙)”;step out意為“走出去”。

17、After writing poetry unsuccessfully for several years, he was not certain whether to quit or _____ with his art.

A. if he should continue

B. he should continue

C. to be continued

D. to continue

Best Answer: D

詳解：應選D項。to continue與to quit并列。

18、They have made a _____ plan to build a suspension bridge over the river.

A. bald

B. bound

C. bold

D. bare

Best Answer: C

詳解：應選C項。

bold大膽的，bald光禿的，bound被束縛了的，bare赤裸的;無遮蓋的。

句意為：他們已做出了一個大膽的計劃要在這條河上建一所吊橋。

19、In the 1850's Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" became the best seller of the generation, _____ a host of imitators.

A. inspiring

B. inspired

C. inspired by

D. to inspire

Best Answer: A

詳解：應選A項。分詞短語做狀語。句意為：19世紀50年代，斯托的《湯姆叔叔的小屋》成為30年來的暢銷書，因而激起了一大群偽造者。

20、Jane's _____ for gardening is evident by all of these beautiful flowers.

A. acquaintance

B. familiarity

C. achievement

D. enthusiasm

Best Answer: D

詳解：應選D項。

enthusiasm熱衷，狂熱，acquaintance相識，familiarity熟悉，achievement成就，功績。

句意為：從這些漂亮的花可以明顯看出簡對園藝的熱衷。

21、Reading is to the mind _____ food is to the body.

A. what

B. that

C. similar

D. which

Best Answer: A

詳解：應選A項。

what是關(guān)系代詞，A is to B what C is to D，A對于B之間的關(guān)系猶如C對于D。

句意為：讀書對于大腦來說就像食物對于身體一樣。

22、I would never have encouraged you to go into this field _____ it would be so hard for you.

A. had I known

B. and I had known

C. should I know

D. but I knew

Best Answer: A

詳解：應選A項。

此句為虛擬語氣，如果條件從句中包含有一個助動詞，可把if省略，這時助動詞應放在主語前面。

句意為：要是我知道這件事情對你如此之難，我就不會鼓勵你進入這個領(lǐng)域。

23、Are there any other factors that might affect the development of a child ______ education and innate inability?

A. apart from

B. away from

C. far from D. but for

Best Answer: A

詳解：應選A項。

apart from除……之外，away from遠離，far from 遠非，but for要不是。

句意為：除了教育和先天的不足，還有什么其他因素會影響一個孩子的發(fā)展?

24、We drive our car fast and soon _____ other cars on the road.

A. oversee

B. overtake

C. overrun

D. override

Best Answer: B

詳解：

【譯文】我們開得很快，一會兒就超越了公路上的其他汽車。

【注釋】overtake“追上，趕上，超過”。oversee“俯瞰;監(jiān)督，監(jiān)視”。overrun“溢出;(侵略軍)橫行于”。override“奔越過，踐踏過;制服，壓倒”。

25、Professor Black and professor Smith will _____ in giving the class lectures.

A. alter

B. change

C. alternate

D. differ

BestAnswer:C

詳解：答案為C。alternate指“交替”;alter指“改變”。

26、The time has come _____ we make extensive use of nuclear energy.

A. When

B. while

C. as

D. since

Best Answer: A

詳解：答案為A。when引導的定語從句修飾time，有時為了使句子平衡，也就是使主語不必過長，而把定語從句或同位語從句后置于謂語之后。如：The news came that our team won the match.

27、Do you know the name of that _____ insect?

A. funny, little, red, mosquito-like

B. little, funny, mosquito-like, red

C. red, little, funny, mosquito-like

D. mosquito-like, red, little, funny

Best Answer: A

詳解：答案為A。本題考核修飾語的排列順序：限定詞—數(shù)詞—一般描繪性形容詞—表示大小、形狀的形容詞—表示年齡、新舊的形容詞—表示色彩的形容詞—表示國籍、地區(qū)、出處的形容詞—表示物質(zhì)、材料的形容詞—表示用途、類別的形容詞—被修飾名詞。了解個大概順序，如果記不得，只有讀幾遍憑語感來選擇。

28、Human beings are superior to animals _____ they can use language as a tool to communicate.

A. for which

B. in which

C. in that

D. for that

Best Answer: C

詳解：答案為C。in that表示“因為，既然”

29、The city government has determined to get _____ with people who try to escape paying taxes.

A. rough

B. tough

C. rigid

D. bold

B)?？疾樾稳菰~語義及搭配。能與介詞with搭配的只有選項B)tough，get tough with/on sb.意為“對……采取堅決態(tài)度;對……采用強硬手段”。其余選項的意思分別是：選項A)rough意為“粗糙的;粗野的，粗暴的;粗略的，大致的”;選項C)rigid(行為觀點等)嚴格的，死板的，不易改變的;選項D)bold意為“勇敢的，無畏的;冒失的，魯莽的”。全句的意思是“政府部門決心采取強硬手段來懲治偷稅人員”。

30、Some concepts may be difficult to grasp chiefly because they may be unfamiliar or _____ ideas, opinions which we already hold.

A. in accordance with

B. in conflict with

C. in favor of

D. in response to

B)?？疾榻樵~短語的語義。四個選項的意思分別是：選項A)in accordance with依照，根據(jù);選項B)in conflict with與……相沖突;選項C)in favor of支持，贊同;選項D)in response to作為對……的反應。根據(jù)題意可判斷出選項B)為正確答案。全句的意思為“一些觀念很難讓人領(lǐng)會主要是因為我們對其不熟悉或者是因為與我們原有的觀點相矛盾”。

31、The purpose of your resume is to _____ enough interest in you to have an employer contact you for an interview.

A. assemble

B. generate

C. yield

D. gather

B)?？疾閯釉~的語義辨析。各選項的意思分別是：選項A)assemble意為“集合，聚集，召集;裝配”，如：The whole school assembled in the main hall.全校學生在大禮堂集合。Before you assemble the model plane, read the instructions.在你組裝模型飛機前，先讀說明書。選項B)generate意為“生成，產(chǎn)生(光、熱、電等);引起(興趣等)”，如：News of the Queen's visit is generating a lot of excitement.女皇來訪的消息使大家感到非常興奮。選項C)yield意為“生產(chǎn)，產(chǎn)生(利潤、回報等);投降，屈服”，如：His business yields big profits.他的生意利潤豐厚。選項D)gather意為“聚集，集合;收集，采集”，如：Many people gathered in the town square.很多人聚集在市政廣場。該題需注意選項B)和選項C)在搭配上的區(qū)別。根據(jù)題意，選項B)應為正確答案。全句意思為是“簡歷就是要充分引起雇主對你的興趣，并達到進一步聯(lián)系面試的目的”。

32、We'd better eliminate junk foods from our kitchen and keep a variety of high-quality foods _____ at all times.

A. available

B. desirable

C. enormous

D. numerous

A)?？疾樾稳菰~語義環(huán)境。四個選項的意思分別是：選項A)available現(xiàn)成可使用的，在手邊的，可利用的;選項B)desirable稱心如意的，值得有的，如I envy Jane because her job is so desirable.我很羨慕簡，因為她有一份很稱心的工作。選項C)enormous巨大的，極大的，龐大的;選項D)numerous許多的，很多的，如：This is a conclusion he has drawn from numerous facts.這是他從很多事實當中得出的結(jié)論。根據(jù)題干可判斷出選項A)應為正確答案。全句的意思為“我們應清除廚房里的垃圾食品，而使各種高質(zhì)量的食物隨手可及”。

33、Faced with rapid inflation and _____ international and home markets, many firms have declared bankrupt.

A. lessening

B. shortening

C. shrinking

D. withdrawing

C)?？疾榻x動詞的語義辨析。各選項的意思及用法分別是：選項A)lessening減少，減輕，側(cè)重指程度、重要性等的減輕。如：The defeat lessened our chances of winning the championship.此次失敗使我們奪冠的希望變得更加渺茫。lessen the burden of減輕負擔;選項B)shortening縮短，變短，如The days are beginning to shorten.天開始變短了。shorten the gap between縮小……之間的差距;選項C)shrinking使收縮，縮小，減少，側(cè)重指尺寸、大小等的變小。如：The number of students attending the lecture has shrunk.聽講座的學生人數(shù)減少了。Will this soap shrink woolen clothes?這種肥皂會使羊毛衣服縮水嗎?選項D) withdrawing收回，撤退，撤銷，如：After awhile, he withdrew his proposal.過了一會兒，他撤回了他的提議。根據(jù)題意可判斷出選項C)應為正確答案。全句意思是“面對通貨膨脹和日益縮小的國際國內(nèi)市場，許多公司都已宜布破產(chǎn)”。

34、Last night he saw two dark _____ enter the building, and then there was the explosion.

A) features

B) figures

C) sketches

D) images

[答案] B

[譯文] 昨天晚上他看見兩個黑影進了大樓，然后就發(fā)生了爆炸。

[解析] Feature 表示“特征，特點”;sketch的意思是“素描，梗概，草圖”;image表示“形象”;而figure表示“外形，輪廓，體型”，符合上下文。

35、It is obvious that this new rule is applicable to everyone without _____.

A) exception

B) exclusion

C) modification

D) substitution

[答案] A

[譯文] 很明顯，這條規(guī)定適用于任何人，沒有例外。

[解析] Without exception為固定搭配，表示“毫無例外，無一例外”。Exclusion表示“排除，排外”;modification的意思是“更改，修正”;substitution表示“替代”。

36、Last night he saw two dark _____ enter the building, and then there was the explosion.

A. features

B. figures

C. sketches

D. images

[答案] B

[譯文] 昨天晚上他看見兩個黑影進了大樓，然后就發(fā)生了爆炸。

[解析] Feature表示“特征，特點”;sketch的意思是“素描，梗概，草圖”;image表示“形象”;而figure表示“外形，輪廓，體型”，符合上下文。

37、Faced with rapid inflation and _____ international and home markets, many firms have declared bankrupt.

A. lessening

B. shortening

C. shrinking

D. withdrawing

[答案] C。

考查近義動詞的語義辨析。各選項的意思及用法分別是：選項Alessening減少，減輕，側(cè)重指程度、重要性等的減輕。如：The defeat lessened our chances of winning the championship. 此次失敗使我們奪冠的希望變得更加渺茫。lessen the burden of減輕負擔;選項Bshortening縮短，變短，如The days are beginning to shorten.天開始變短了。shorten the gap between縮小……之間的差距;選項Cshrinking使收縮，縮小，減少，側(cè)重指尺寸、大小等的變小。如：The number of students attending the lecture has shrunk.聽講座的學生人數(shù)減少了。Will this soap shrink woolen clothes?這種肥皂會使羊毛衣服縮水嗎?選項D withdrawing收回，撤退，撤銷，如：After awhile, he withdrew his proposal.過了一會兒，他撤回了他的提議。根據(jù)題意可判斷出選項C應為正確答案。全句意思是“面對通貨膨脹和日益縮小的國際國內(nèi)市場，許多公司都已宜布破產(chǎn)”。

38、We'd better eliminate junk foods from our kitchen and keep a variety of high-quality foods _____ at all times.

A. available

B. desirable

C. enormous

D. numerous

[答案] A。

考查形容詞語義環(huán)境。四個選項的意思分別是：選項Aavailable現(xiàn)成可使用的，在手邊的，可利用的;選項Bdesirable稱心如意的，值得有的，如I envy Jane because her job is so desirable.我很羨慕簡，因為她有一份很稱心的工作。選項Cenormous巨大的，極大的，龐大的;選項Dnumerous許多的，很多的，如：This is a conclusion he has drawn from numerous facts.這是他從很多事實當中得出的結(jié)論。根據(jù)題干可判斷出選項A應為正確答案。全句的意思為“我們應清除廚房里的垃圾食品，而使各種高質(zhì)量的食物隨手可及”。

39、The purpose of your resume is to _____ enough interest in you to have an employer contact you for an interview.

A. assemble

B. generate

C. yield

D. gather

[答案] B。

考查動詞的語義辨析。各選項的意思分別是：選項Aassemble意為“集合，聚集，召集;裝配”，如：The whole school assembled in the main hall.全校學生在大禮堂集合。Before you assemble the model plane, read the instructions.在你組裝模型飛機前，先讀說明書。選項Bgenerate意為“生成，產(chǎn)生光、熱、電等;引起興趣等”，如：News of the Queen's visit is generating a lot of excitement.女皇來訪的消息使大家感到非常興奮。選項Cyield意為“生產(chǎn)，產(chǎn)生利潤、回報等;投降，屈服”，如：His business yields big profits.他的生意利潤豐厚。選項Dgather意為“聚集，集合;收集，采集”，如：Many people gathered in the town square.很多人聚集在市政廣場。該題需注意選項B和選項C在搭配上的區(qū)別。根據(jù)題意，選項B應為正確答案。全句意思為是“簡歷就是要充分引起雇主對你的興趣，并達到進一步聯(lián)系面試的目的”。

40、They are going to have the serviceman _____ an electric fan in the office tomorrow.

A. install

B. to install

C. to be installed

D. installed

[譯文] 他們準備讓勤雜工明天在辦公室安裝一臺電扇。

答案為A. 本題是一道語法測試題。我們知道使役動詞，have、let、make后面的動詞不定式作賓語時，應省略to，本句由應有have sb. do sth. 故我們選A)項。