1. The newspaper reported on the initiative of the organization to establish a private company to professionally ______ prisoners due to be released from prison.
2. First launched in April this year, Net My Singapore also includes efforts that ______ training, development, and the exploration of new technologies based on.
6. You are exposed to obtrusive ads that ______ seemingly from nowhere even when you are disconnected from the Net，and your personal information gathered and sent off without you being aware of it．
8. We need one hundred more signatures before we take the ______ to the governor．
A.plea
B.petition
C.patent
D.claim
A B C D
B
[解析] plea请求；petition情愿(书)；patent专利，执照；claim要求，主张。
9. The United Nations Security Council established the ICTR in 1995 to try the alleged perpetrators of the 1994 ______ in Rwanda that claimed the lives of more than 800,000 people．
10. If you work for a major corporation，or are contracted at one, sooner or later, you may be called upon to create or maintain an internal website．Here are the ______ of intranets．
A.ins and outs
B.in a pinch
C.in a cleft stick
D.in a breeze
A B C D
A
[解析] ins and outs细节；in a pinch在紧要关头；in a cleft stick进退两难；in a breeze不费力的。
二、词汇选择
1. Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so ______ at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France.
A.adroit
B.shrewd
C.considerate
D.foxy
A B C D
A
[解析] 从整句话看，全句对Benjamin Franklin持褒奖态度，空白处的词应当和前面的diplomatic构成同义词，起到进一步说明的作用，即在处理人际关系方面“富有策略”。这样，我们就不可能选foxy(“像狐狸似的，狡猾的”)和shrewd(“奸诈的，狡猾的”)这两个带有贬义色彩的词。C项considerate为“体贴的，考虑周到的”与题意不符。只有A项adroit可入选答案，意思为“having or showing ability to use the skills of mind”，即“巧妙的，机巧的”。
2. Only a ______ person would believe such an unlikely story about ghosts in the old house．
3. Beneath its myriad rules, the fundamental purpose of ______ is to make the world a pleasanter place to live in, and you a more pleasant person to live with.
5. Brunner's ______ to become the second woman ever to hold Cabinet rank was scuttled by the overwhelmingly male parliament, apparently because of sexual politics.
6. Biological wizardry of a different sort is responsible for the ruggedness of sea-ear shells, which under high-powered microscopes resemble ______ constructed stone walls.
11. An education should enable a student to get a better job than he would ______ be able to find or fill．
A.consequently
B.nevertheless
C.otherwise
D.anyhow
A B C D
C
[解析] 做这个题目时，一定要注意原句中存在的比较关系，由句子意思看，a better job应当是讲“如果受教育，会找到更好的工作”。因此，后面应当是和受教育相反的情况。前后直译为“教育应当使学生找到一份比在______情况下能够找到的或胜任的更好的工作”，故用otherwise。otherwise为副词，意为“不(是)这样”，即对前面提到的情况的否定。如：She is quite well in health though she looks very much otherwise．(她身体很好，虽然看上去不是这样。)再如：I do not see how I could have done otherwise．(除了这样做，我不知道我还能怎么做。)其他三项：consequently意为“结果”；nevertheless意为“然而”；anyhow意为“无论如何”；放到原句中，都无法构成比较关系。
12. In addition to being physically sick, my dad was in the midst of a nervous ______, though none of us knew to call it that at the time．
A.breakup
B.breakdown
C.breakthrough
D.breakout
A B C D
B
[解析] Nervous breakdown为习惯搭配，意思为“精神崩溃”，视为可数名词。再看搭配关系，这个词应当能与values搭配使用。符合这两个要求的只有share，意思为to be among those who have(esp．an opinion or idea，即“分享”，如：share somebody's views。regard的意思为“当作，看作”，常用在regard something/someone as...这样的结构里；attach意为“附加，附属”，常与to连用构成词组attach something to something，意为“使属于……”，如：a small battery attached to a little loudspeaker(一个小喇叭附带的小电池)；dominate(something/someone)意为“支配，统治”，不能与values搭配使用。
13. A hefty 50% of those from ages 18 to 34 told the pollsters in the TIME/CNN survey that they ______ "feminist" values.
A.share
B.regard
C.attach
D.dominate
A B C D
A
[解析] 从上下文看，空白处的词应当是很多人共同具有同一种观点，即“feminist”values，也就是“女权主义”的观点。再看搭配关系，这个词应当能与values搭配使用。符合这两个要求的只有share，意思为to be among those who have(esp．an opinion or idea，即“分享”，如：share somebody's views。regard的意思为“当作，看作”，常用在regard something/someone as...这样的结构里；attach意为“附加，附属”，常与to连用构成词组attach something to something，意为“使属于……”，如：a small battery attached to a little loudspeaker(一个小喇叭附带的小电池)；dominate(something/someone)意为“支配，统治”，不能与values搭配使用。
14. There is a general ______ that pouring old wine into the same bottles is the wrong way to go.
15. Much ______ I have traveled, I have never seen anyone to equal her for thoroughness, whatever the job.
A.when
B.more
C.farther
D.as
A B C D
D
[解析] 原句中有两个主语，均为I，同时又有两个动词have traveled和have never seen，中间没有and连接，所以在结构上来说应当是一个复合句。由此，空白处的词应当是一个连词。这样，more(作副词或形容词)和farther(作副词或形容词)就可排除。再看句子意思，”______我去过很多地方旅行，我没有见过像她这样，不管是什么工作都这么精益求精。“由此，可以看出前后句子是转折关系，前句表示”让步“，因此选as。As常用于”主语补语或状语+as+主语+谓语“结构中，表示”让步“。如：Clever as the boy was，he found not a little difficulty in solving the problem．(这孩子虽聪明，但他还是感到解这道题有相当的难度。)Hard as he studied，He did not pass the examination．(他虽然学习很刻苦，但考试还是没及格。)由于as的这种用法，much as已经成了习惯用法，相当于although。如：I cannot visit him，much as I would like to．(即使我非常想去看他，但我不能。)Much as she hated eruelty, she couldn't help watching the fight．(虽然她不愿意看残酷的场面，但还是忍不住观看那场战斗。)
16. ______ the writer's craft through a consideration of rhetorical patterns is a useful way to study writing．
A.Exploring
B.Exploiting
C.Employing
D.Embodying
A B C D
A
[解析] 空白处的词应当和craft构成搭配关系，与后面的through...patterns结合构成主语，谓语由连系动词be和a useful way...共同组成。也就是说，要填入的词应当是指一种“有用的学习写作的方法”。再看四个词的词义：explore意为“探索，考察”；exploit意为“开发，利用”，一般指“开发自然资源”；employ意为“雇用，使用”；embody意为“体现，使具体化”。相比之下，只有explore符合题意，其意思为to examine carefully in order to learn more。如：to explore all the possibilities(寻找所有的可能性)，to explore the surface of the moon(探索月球的表面)o再如：The historian explored the causes of the revolution．(那位历史学家考察了导致那场革命的所有原因。)
17. I was not alone in my knowledge; the woman had also seen my father's eyes gleaming with ______ pride.
19. In the case of Finney. where an attendant at a mental hospital caused the death of a patient by releasing a flow of boiling water into a bath, the test was whether he was grossly ______.
1. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young one has a glorious future before him and the old one has a ______ future behind him．
A.splendid
B.conspicuous
C.uproarious
D.imminent
A B C D
A
[解析] 句子冒号后是个排比句，说明“老人和年轻人只有一点不同”，一个是future before him，一个是future behind him。因此，空白处的形容词的意义应该与glorious(光明的)相近，即splendid，意为“辉煌的”。句中have a future是习惯用法，指“成功的机会”。另外，此处的before和behind若译成汉语，意义与英语的恰好相反。此句的译文是“老年人和年轻人只有一点不同：年轻人的成功机会在今后，而老年人的成功经历在过去”。imminent意为“将要发生的”；uproarious意为“喧嚣的，令人捧腹大笑的”；conspicuous意为“显著的，令人注目的”。
2. According to BBC boxing reporter Mike Costello, just as there is worldwide ______ with boxing, so there is worldwide opposition.
A.passion
B.attraction
C.emotion
D.fascination
A B C D
D
[解析] as...so的意思是“就像……一样，……也……”。如：As you sow, so will you reap．(种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。)根据上下文，又根据四个选项都具有与opposition(反对)的相反意义，我们可知，句子的大意是“……正像对拳击的热爱是世界性的，对拳击的反对也是世界性的”。虽然四个选项意义接近，但只有fascination与with形成习惯搭配。passion一般与for搭配；attraction一般与to搭配；emotion的意义与其他三词相差稍远，意为“情感”，其中不仅包括“热爱”，还包括“反对”。
3. That MGM Grand Youth Center is open to children 3-12 years old ______ what hotel they are staying in.
A.regardless in
B.regardless of
C.regardless on
D.regardless from
A B C D
B
[解析] 本题考查对惯用法的掌握。四个选项中只有regardless of是固定用法，意为“不管，不顾”。再例如：The law requires equal treatment for all，regardless of race，religion，or sex．(法律要求对一切人平等，无论其种族、性别及宗教信仰)。
4. Although there are several variations on the exact format that worksheets can take, they are all similar in their ______ aspects.
A.potential
B.social
C.essential
D.partial
A B C D
C
[解析] 句子中的although告诉我们，句子的大意是“虽然工作单的具体形式会有些差异，但他们在基本方面还是相似的”，因此选essential，意思是the most basic part，quality，or feature of something，即“最基本的部分、特征或特点”。potential表示“潜在的”；social表示“社会的，社交的”；这两词均与题意无关。partial意为“部分的”，放在原句中不符合常见表达习惯，而若表达此意义，一般用they are all similar in some aspects。
5. They are always ready to ______ heavy responsibilities.
A.take in
B.take on
C.put on
D.put in
A B C D
B
[解析] 四个选项的意思分别是take in接受，吸收，理解，呈现；take on承担，接纳；put on穿上，添上；put in放入，提交，进入。句意是，他们随时准备担起重任。所以正确答案是B选项，如He is unwilling to take on heavy responsibilities．(他不愿承担重任。)
6. There is a loss of self-confidence, a sense of personal failure, great anger and a feeling of being utterly ______.
A.let alone
B.let out
C.let down
D.let on
A B C D
C
[解析] 句子中的and说明，a loss of self-confidence，a sense of personal failure，great anger和a feeling of being utterly——在意义上是并列关系，都是表示“失意、愤怒”等不好的感觉，因此选项中只有let down符合题意，意思为be made disappointed，即“失望”。再例如：The worst feeling is having let our fans down．(最坏的感觉是我们让崇拜者们失望了。)let alone意为“不打扰，更别提”；let out意为“放走，释放，泄漏，解雇”；let on意为“泄漏秘密，假装”；这三项均不合题意。
7. The child should always ______ the same basic procedure: seeing the whole word-hearing and pronouncing-writing from memory.
A.go through
B.take over
C.respond to
D.carry off
A B C D
A
[解析] procedure后面的seeing the whole word-hearing and pronouncing-writing from memory都是用来解释整个procedure是什么，包含哪几个部分。由上下文，另据常见搭配，应该选go through，意思是to experience a particular process，即“经历”，如：Candidates must go through a process of selection．(候选人必须经过一个选拔的过程。)Caterpillars go through several stages of growth．(毛虫的生长经过几个阶段。)take over意为“接管”；respond to意为“反应”；carry off意为“夺去，带走”。
8. the heat to a simmer and continue to cook for another 8-10 minutes or until most of the water has evaporated．
A.Turn off
B.Turn over
C.Turn down
D.Turn up
A B C D
C
[解析] 从所给信息可知，有空白处的前半句意思是“把火拧小到煨炖饭菜的那个点(to a simmer)”。因此，应该turn down，意为“关小”。turn off意为“关掉”；turn over意为“翻转”；turn up意为“开大”。
9. Behind his large smiles and large cigars, his eyes often seemed to ______ regret.
A.teem with
B.brim with
C.come with
D.look with
A B C D
B
[解析] 从所给信息看，句子的大意是“在他绽开的笑容和嘴中含着的巨大的雪茄背后，眼睛里似乎常常带着忧郁”。brim的本意是指“容器的内边缘”，如：fill the pot to the brim(把锅盛满)。动词短语brim with something意为“充满……”、“……满得快要溢出”，此处符合题意。再如：His eyes brimmed with tears。(她双眼都是泪。)teem with的意思也是“充满”，但一般与数量有关，不与抽象名词连用。如：His report teem with figures．(他的报告充满了大量数据。)come with意为“以……出现”；look with意为“以……方式去看”。
10. With most online recruitment services, jobseekers must choose their words carefully; ______ the search engine will never make the correct match.
A.therefore
B.whereas
C.provided
D.otherwise
A B C D
D
[解析] 句子前面提到“通过网上招聘找工作的人必须小心用词”，空白处后面提到“搜寻器不会做出正确的配对”，那么根据上下文，应该选择otherwise，意思是“否则就……”。类似例句还有：We were delayed at the airport．Otherwise we would have been here by lunch time．(我们在机场耽搁了，不然的话，我们在午饭前就到这里了。)They got two free tickets to Canada, otherwise they'd never have been able to afford to go．(他们得到了两张免费去加拿大的机票，否则他们永远支付不起去那里的费用。)therefore表示结果；whereas表示转折，意为“而……却……”；provided意为“假如……”或“以……为条件”。此三项均与题意不符。
11. It seems a reasonable rule of thumb that any genuine offer of help and support from people or organizations will be accompanied by a name and address, and a willingness to be ______ as to their motive in making contact.
A.seen through
B.checked out
C.touched on
D.accounted to
A B C D
B
[解析] check out是固定词组，在这里的意思是to make sure that something is actually true，correct，or acceptable，与investigate同义，即“调查，证实”。再例如：I made a phone call to check out his address．(我打电话查询了一下他的地址。)Check it out with your boss before you do anything．(做任何事之前，先与老板证实一下。)see through意为“看穿，识破”，一般指看穿某人的把戏，如：I could never lie to her because I know she'd see through me straight away．(我根本不能对她撒谎，我知道，她一下子就能识破我。)touch on意为“提及，涉及”；account to非固定词组，而account与for可构成词组，表示“分析，对……做出解释”。
12. Japan remains tied to the Western camp partly because the relationship has become ______ to her economy and politics over forty years' association.
A.integral
B.unilateral
C.rational
D.hierarchical
A B C D
A
[解析] 句子前面提到“日本和西方阵营保持很密切的关系”，后面提到了原因“因为这种关系在过去四十年中对于其经济和政治______”。根据上下文，integral恰好符合题意，因为它的意思是forming a necessary part of something，即“构成整体所必需的或不可或缺的部分”。再例如：Vegetables are an integral part of our diet．(蔬菜是饮食中不可缺少的部分。)unilateral意为“单边的，单方面的”；rational意为“理性的”；hierarchical意为“有统治权的，等级制度的”。
13. That tragedy distressed me so much that I used to keep indoors and go out only ______ necessity．
A.within reach of
B.for fear of
C.by means of
D.in case of
A B C D
D
[解析] 原句意思是“那场悲剧使我情绪很低落，我那时候经常把自己关在房间里，只有______时候才出去一下”。根据上下文，应该是在“需要的时候或万不得已的时候”，所以用in case of，表示“假如，万一”。如：In case of fire, ring the alarm bell．(如遇火警，即按警铃。)for fear of意为“生怕，以免”，如：He got to the station early, for fear of missing her．(他到车站很早，生怕见不着她。)within reach of意为“在可及范围之内”；by means of意为“用，依靠”。
14. ______ any advice which you can get from the interviewer and follow up suggestions for improving your presentation and qualifications.
A.Take the most of
B.Keep the most of
C.Have the most of
D.Make the most of
A B C D
D
[解析] 本题考查对惯用法的掌握。四个选项中都有the most of，习惯上只用动词make与其搭配使用，意为“最大限度地利用”，此处的意思是“最大限度地吸取面试考官给你的建议”。再例如：Charming and friendly she will help you make the most of your visit．(她很有魅力，也很友好，她会协助你，使你的访问非常完满。)
15. Banks shall be unable to ______, or claim relief against the first 15% of any loan or bankrupted debt left with them．
A.write off
B.put aside
C.shrink from
D.come over
A B C D
A
[解析] write off为固定词组，可以表示“(把欠债、账)取消或一笔勾销”，在此句中，意思是“把任何借款或者由于破产而引起的欠债一笔勾销”。再如：He generously agreed to write off the debt in return for certain services．(他很慷慨地同意如果对方提供某些服务，可以把其欠债一笔勾销。)put aside意为“存蓄，留下”；shrink from意为“萎缩”；come over意为“(从远处)来到”，都不符合句意。本句可以译为“决不允许银行勾销其借款或不归还其借款的15%利率，或者勾销其由于破产而引起的债务”。
16. In fact the purchasing power of a single person's pension in Hong Kong was only 70 per cent of the value of the ______ Singapore pension．
A.equivalent
B.similar
C.consistent
D.identical
A B C D
A
[解析] 句子意思是“实际上，香港个人养老金的购买能力只相当于新加坡人的70%”。equivalent的意思是having the same value，purpose，job，etc．as a person or thing of a different kind，即“相等的，等价的”。如：a qualification which is equivalent to a degree(等于学历的一种资格)；I had 阶段 no dollars，but offered him an equivalent amount of sterling．(我当时没美元，但给了他同价的英镑。)similar意为“相近的，类似的”，从数学角度说，不如equivalent精确；consistent意为“一致的，不变的”，如：She's one of the team's most consistent players．(她是队里最常打比赛的队员之一。)identical意为“一模一样的”，常常指性状、外观的等同，如：four identical houses(四座同样的房子)。
17. A young man sees a sunset and．unable to understand or express the emotion that it ______ in him，concludes that it must be the gateway to a world that lies beyond．
A.reffects
B.retains
C.rouses
D.radiates
A B C D
C
[解析] 原句意思是“年轻人看到日落的时候，对日落在自己心中所引起的情感难以理解，也不好表达，便说那一定是通向太阳后面的那个世界的人口”。rouse的意思为to make someone more active，interested or excited，即“引起，唤起”，恰好符合题意。再例如：We don't want to rouse any suspicions．(我们并不想引起任何疑虑。)reflect意为“反射，考虑”；retain意为“保留，维持”；radiate意为“发光，射出”。
18. Knowing that the cruel criminal has done a lot of unlawful things, I feel sure that I have no ______ but to report him to the local police.
A.time
B.chance
C.authority
D.alternative
A B C D
D
[解析] 句子的意思是，“得知这个残忍的罪犯做了很多犯法的事情，我认为自己必须向当地警察报告。除此之外，我别无______。”句子中的have no...but to do something是个固定用法，no的后面一定是choice一类的词，意为“只能……，没有其他选择”。四个选项中，alternative的意思相当于choice，因此是正确答案。authority意为“权威性，决定权”。time(时间)和chance(机会)显然也与题意不符。
19. The recovery and ______ of the country's economy has also been accompanied by increasing demands for high quality industrial sites in attractive locations．
A.renewal
B.revival
C.recession
D.relief
A B C D
B
[解析] 由句子结构看，and连接的两个名词应当是并列关系，在意思上应该很接近。recovery指“恢复”，因此，应当选revival，意思是a process in which something becomes active or strong again，即“苏醒，复活，复兴”。例如：The US and the UK have expectations of economic revival(美国和英国都期望经济复苏)；There has been a revival of interest in Picasso's works．(对毕加索的作品的兴趣有所复苏。)renewal意为“更新，恢复”；recession意为“后退，(经济)衰退”；relief一般用于relief somebody from something，表示“缓和，减轻(痛苦或负担)”或“解救”的意思。
20. Ever since Geoffrey sent a sizeable cheque to a well-known charity he's been ______ with requests for money from all sides.
A.devastated
B.smashed
C.bombarded
D.cracked
A B C D
C
[解析] 句子大意为“自从Geoffrey给一个著名的慈善机构寄去了一张数额较大的支票后，四面八方都向他索要金钱”。四个选项都多少带有“被打倒、击溃”的意思，但是只有bombarded用在这里，含有一种比喻，即“被索要金钱的要求所包围”。bombard经常用于bombard someone with something，表示“对某人询问或给予信息过多”的意思。如：The speaker was bombarded with questions after the speech(演讲之后，听众给演讲人提了很多问题)；Today we are bombarded with advice on what to eat and what to avoid(今天我们被该吃什么和不该吃什么这样的建议所包围)。
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