1. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. In addition, some shops offered ______. These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops.
2. Measurements are taken of the amount of work done, and the buildup of heat in the body. ______ joints and stretched muscles cannot perform as well, it has been found, as joints and muscles in their normal positions. The same person is then tested again, using a tool designed according to the suggestions made by Dr. Tichauer.
3. First of all, there is a commission charge (usually a fixed amount); secondly, the price at which the traveler purchases foreign currency for domestic currency differs from the price of exchanging back surplus foreign currency. The removal of these ______ costs constitutes a gain from monetary union.
4. Proper street behavior in the United States requires a nice balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed to look at a ______ just enough to show that you are aware of his presence. If you look too little, you appear haughty or furtive, too much and you are inquisitive.
5. You interpret this as a sign—a polite one—that he is interested in you as a person rather than just in the topic of conversation. Probably you also feel that he is both self-confident and sincere. All this has been demonstrated in elaborate ______. Subjects sit and talk in the psychologists' laboratory, innocent of the fact that their eye behavior is being observed from a one way vision screen.
6. To outsiders, Americans seem tied to the clock. People in other cultures value relationships more than schedules. In these societies, people don't try to ______ time, but to experience it. Many Eastern cultures, for example, view time as a cycle. The rhythm of nature—from the passing of the seasons to the monthly cycle of the moon—shapes their view of events. People learn to respond to their environment. As a result, they find it easier to "go with the flow" than Americans, who like plans to be fixed and unchangeable. Even Americans would admit that no one can master time. Time—like money—slips all too easily through our fingers. And time—like the weather—is very hard to predict.
A.catch
B.contain
C.control
D.cherish
A B C D
C
[解析] 词汇同现。根据同义同现原则，从上文语境来看，可知其他文化背景的人不受制于时钟，那么他们不会设法去______时间；下一段首句中的no one can master time甚至也是美国人的看法，其中master为本题的解答提供了暗示，control与该词意思相近，故答案为C。干扰项为选项A，该项中的catch表示某一事件的具体行为，不符合题意。
7. In one fairly typical experiment, subjects were induced to cheat while performing a task, then were ______ and observed. It was found that those who had cheated met the interviewer's eyes less often than was normal, an indication that "shifty eyes" —to use the mystery writers stock phrase—can actually be a tip off to an attempt to deceive or to feelings of guilt.
8. This means that our noses are limited to perceiving those smells which float through the air, ______ the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact, though, we are extremely sensitive to smells, even if we do not generally realize it.
A.catching
B.ignoring
C.missing
D.tracking
A B C D
C
[解析] 词汇同现。根据结构同现原则，此处空格与上文中的perceiving构成对应关系，空格的意思应为“没有感觉到”。catching, tracking均不合题意。ignoring意为“忽略，忽视”，含一种主观上的因素。missing表达failing to detect(未察觉)的含义。故答案为C。
9. Teachers need to be aware of the emotional, intellectual, and physical changes that young adults experience. And they also need to give serious thought to how they can best ______ such changes.
A.strengthen
B.accommodate
C.stimulate
D.enhance
A B C D
B
[解析] 词汇同现。根据同义同现原则，从上文的be aware of...changes可以推断，本句的逻辑语义应与change相近，选项中只有accommodate(此处意为adapt to, adjust to)符合题意。故答案为B。
10. Desert animals can drink prodigious' volumes in a short time, and camels have been known to ______ over 100 liters in a few minutes. A very dehydrated person, on the other hand, cannot drink enough water to rehydrate at one session, because the human stomach is not sufficiently big and because a too rapid dilution of the body fluids causes death from water intoxication.
11. Another benefit is that the removal of exchange rate ______ between the countries of the EU would provide much more assurance to corporate location decisions. At present, a company takes account of the risk of exchange rate variation in its location decision, and this may lead it to scatter its plants across the various economies, to hedge against the risk of exchange rate variation.
12. As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I ______ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its handle and a basket of rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He moved from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already finished washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
14. Of wealth, power and prestige, power is the hardest to measure. Most studies are nothing more than an average of guesses about where power is found. Many forms of power are so well hidden that only its holders know the source. Because it's so hard to ______, and tied to ideology, the subject of power is a source of much debate in sociology.
15. Addresses of webpages also appear in other more conventional media, such as magazines, newspapers and television programs, and on posters. Webpages, in their turn, facilitate access to information made available by other ______ of media, for example, collections held in libraries or programs broadcast on television.
A.modes
B.forums
C.shapes
D.forms
A B C D
D
[解析] 上、下义词复现。由上文提到的magazines, newspapers, television programs, posters等多种conventional media，可推断出这里指的是其他媒体形式。form表示“形式”，故答案为D。mode强调模式；forum“论坛，讨论会，会议场所”；shape“外形，形状”。
16. The term "quality of life" is difficult to define. It ______ a very wide scope such as living environment, health, employment, food, family life, friends, education, material possessions, leisure and recreation, and so on.
17. Education is too important to take ______, when people take anything for seriously, they put on blinders which cause them to miss the important aspects of what is going on around them...I believe the accountability movement has encouraged many educators to take education too seriously. When we take education too seriously, we put standardized tests scores above children, we put lesson plans above teachers, and we put on our blinders, only to see a rather small segment of the child—that segment that can be got easily rather than looking at the child as a whole.
18. Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. At the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent ______ of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was invented or by whom.
19. But it began to be heard in the early 1900s. Jazz is America's contribution to ______ music. In contrast to classical music, which follows formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, expressing the moods, interests, and emotions of the people.
20. The purpose of non-REM sleep is even more ______, The new experiments, such as those described for the first time at a recent meeting of the Society for Sleep Research in Minneapolis, suggest fascinating explanations for the purpose of non-REM sleep.
A.subtle
B.obvious
C.mysterious
D.doubtful
A B C D
C
[解析] 同义复现。开头说的the purpose of non-REM sleep和结尾的the purpose of non-REM sleep遥相呼应，而在后文的fascinating就提示空格应填与其同义的词，故答案为mysterious(神秘的，为之着迷的)。
21. One third thought Columbus reached the New World after 1750. Two thirds cannot correctly lock the Civil War between 1850 and 1900. ______ when they get the answers right, some are just guessing. Unlike math or science, ignorance of history cannot be directly connected to loss of international community. But it does affect our future as a democratic nation and as individuals.
22. For many of us the "cashless society" is not on the horizon—it's already here. ______ computers offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales. They can keep a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom.
A.While
B.When
C.If
D.Though
A B C D
A
[解析] 语义连接。两句之间有并列对比关系，因此选while，意为“在……的同时”。其他不合逻辑。
23. Finger-prints can be made very easily with a printer's ink. They can be recorded easily. With special method, identification can be achieved successfully within a short time. ______ the simplicity and economy of this system, finger-prints have often been used as a method of solving criminal cases.
A.In spite of
B.Irrespective of
C.Because of
D.In case of
A B C D
C
[解析] 语义连接。in spite of“尽管”；irrespective of“不顾的，不考虑的”；because of“由于”；in case of“万一”。根据上下文判断此处表示因果关系，故应选C。
24. This vital change of physical position brought about considerable disadvantages. It was extremely unstable and it meant that the already slow ape-men became slower still. ______. they persevered and their bone structure gradually became accustomed to the new, unstable position that earned them the name Homo erectus, upright man.
25. However, the typical teenage lifestyle is already filled with so much competition that it would be wise to plan activities in which there are more winners than losers, ______, publishing newsletters with many student-written book reviews, displaying student artwork, and sponsoring book discussion clubs.
26. In these activities, it is important to remember that the young teens have different attention spans. A variety of activities should be organized ______ participants can remain active as long as they want and then go on to something else without feeling guilty and without letting the other participants down.
A.if only
B.now that
C.so that
D.even if
A B C D
C
[解析] 语义连接。经分析句子结构可知，前后两个分句之间存在着因果关系，故so that为答案。
27. Some economists distinguish between the international firm and the multinational company in the following way. The "international firm" is a term that consists of enterprises with various degrees of world orientation in their business; ______ the "multinational company" is one type of international firm. The international firm engages in any activity or combination of activities from exporting, importing and licensing to full scale manufacturing in a number of countries.
A.as a matter of fact
B.for one thing
C.on the other hand
D.as a result
A B C D
C
[解析] 语义连接。本句中前一部分是对国际化公司下定义，后半部分是对跨国公司进行定义。两部分应该是对比、对照关系。on the other hand意为“另一方面”，正是表示两部分之间的对照关系。故答案为C。as a matter of fact“事实上，实际上”；for one thing“首先，一则”；as a result“结果”。
28. Significant differences exist among multinational companies. First, such a company may not necessarily do business in every region and country in the world, ______ it considers opportunities throughout the world. Second, it has a considerable portion of its assets invested in international business; as a result it makes a substantial part of its sales and earns a considerable part of its profits overseas.
A.however
B.but
C.so
D.therefore
A B C D
B
[解析] 语义连接。空格前后中的not...in every region与considers...throughout the world这两部分之间显然为转折对比关系，因此but正确。however也表示转折关系，但为转折副词，不能连接句子的两部分，之间需要并列连词and或逗号；so和therefore都表示因果关系，两部分之间没有因果关系。
29. An overwhelming desire to drink alcohol, ______ it is causing harm, is a disease called alcoholism. Alcohol is a drag. In the United States alcoholism is the most widespread form of drug abuse, affecting at least 5 million persons.
30. With the repeated use of the same tool all day long on production lines and in other jobs, even light manual work can put a heavy stress on one small area of the body. In time, such stress can cause a disabling disease. ______, muscle fatigue is a serious safety hazard.
31. Again, the customer sends a check and the item is delivered to his or her home. Online shopping is the latest development, where the "catalogue" is available on the Internet, combining the advantages of both the book catalogue and the television and indeed adding more ______. The customer makes his choice but rather than sending an order and a check through the post, he places the order and pays for it using his credit card, all using the Internet.
32. Together with other activities that may have been ritualistic in origin but have come to be designated as artistic (such as music or dance), painting was one of the earliest ways in which man sought to express his own personality and his emerging understanding of an existence beyond the material world. ______ music and dance, however, examples of early forms of painting have survived to the present day.
33. The researchers did not find significant differences along gender lines, but Lieberman said prior studies had hinted at some differences in the benefits men and women derived from talking about their feelings. "Women may do more of this ______, but when men are instructed to do it, they may get more benefit from it," he said.
A.unconsciously
B.spontaneously
C.willingly
D.reluctantly
A B C D
B
[解析] 副词词义辨析和逻辑衔接。空格后的but表明，空格前Women的表现和空格后men的表现是相反的，空格后的men是are instructed to do it，即必须有人引导，由此可推出Women是自发地谈心，spontaneously意为“自发地”，符合语义，故答案为B。unconsciously“无意识地，不觉察地”；willingly“情愿地，乐意地”；reluctantly“不情愿地，勉强地”。
34. In the past, our concept of intelligence was mainly limited to the kinds of skills that enable one to do well in school. But Emotional Intelligence ______ what it means to be smart by focusing on how the mind processes feelings rather than ideas. There are many ways in which an understanding of Emotional Intelligence can be every handy.
A.rectifies
B.redefines
C.endures
D.enables
A B C D
B
[解析] 动词词义辨析和逻辑衔接。本段首句讨论了以前对Emotional Intelligence (EQ)的定义，第二句是上一句的转折，根据后面的意思，应该选“重新定义”。选项中，redefine(重新定义)符合要求。rectify“整顿，调整”；endure“承担，承受”；enable sb. to do sth. “使某人能够做某事”。
35. Over the 'next six days, the volunteers reported on any aches, pains, sneezing or congestion they had, while the researchers collected ______ data, like daily mucus production. Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective measures of nasal woes, happy people were less likely to develop a cold.
36. Now things are changing. The children of the people who left the cities in the 1950s are now adults. They, unlike their parents, want to live in the cities. Some continue to move to cities in the Sun Belt. Cities are expanding and the population is increasing in such states as Texas, Florida, and California. Others are moving to more ______ cities of the Northeast and Midwest, such as Boston, Baltimore and Chicago.
37. One of the patients is a woman with epilepsy. Doctors are monitoring Denise Harris to see if she is a good candidate for an operation that could stop her seizures. They are monitoring her through wire electrodes implanted in her brain. But ______ she is in the hospital, she is also helping scientists understand how the brain works with language. The study centers on a part of the frontal lobe called Broca's area.
38. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a "white-collar" job is no good reason for choosing it as a life's work. Moreover, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the majority of young people should give serious ______ to these fields.
39. Chief executive Richard Brook said, "Most people already know that it's good to talk, but when you're in mental distress it isn't always that ______. If the crucial links are missing, things can go downhill rapidly." He urged the government to take the lead in providing better social support for those at risk.
40. The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot maintain its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law when justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that the court, s reputation for being independent and impartial.
41. Her activism and writing proved inspirational. She wrote, "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and ______ can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."
42. Growing bodies need movement and ______, but not just in ways that emphasize competition. Because they are adjusting to their new bodies and a whole host of new intellectual and emotional challenges, teenagers are especially self-conscious and need the confidence that comes from achieving success and knowing that their accomplishments are admired by others.
43. It is generally recognized, however, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, ______ by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, although its impact on the media was not immediately apparent.
A.brought
B.followed
C.stimulated
D.characterized
A B C D
B
[解析] 时间关联对应。根据时间线索in the early 20th century, during the 1960s判定，只有followed(伴随，随后)符合上下文逻辑。brought, stimulated和characterized均不符合句子意思。故答案为B。
44. As they travel aimlessly over water warmed by the summer sun, they are carried westward by the trade winds. When conditions are just right, warm, moist air flows in at the bottom of such a disturbance, ______ upward through it and comes out at the top. In the process, the moisture in this warm air produces rain, and with it the heat is converted to energy in the form of strong winds.
45. Elderly people who do not work face serious problems in stretching their incomes to meet their needs in time of inflation. Retirement income ______ any fixed income usually does not rise as fast as prices. Many retired people must cut their spending to keep up with rising prices. In many cases they must stop buying some necessary items, such as food and clothing.
A.or
B.and
C.excluding
D.including
A B C D
A
[解析] 逻辑关系关联对应。Retirement income属于fixed income的一种，再根据句中的any, does not提示句子为否定句，所以不用and，而是用or连接两个前后表达属于同类范畴的名词。故答案为A。
46. First, the teacher's personality should be pleasantly ______ and attractive. This does not rule out people who are physically plain, or even ugly, because many such have great personal charm. But it does rule out such types as the over-excitable, melancholy, frigid, sarcastic, frustrated, and over bearing: I would say too, that it excludes all of dull or purely negative personality.
47. By the end I was in the middle of a faceless crowd who clapped and ______ and jumped around like monkeys. It was the most degrading human spectacle I have ever had the misfortune to witness, and I seriously believe that in time to come our present younger generation would thank us if we managed to put a stop to it now.
48. As was discussed before, it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic medium, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the ______ of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution speeded up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading on through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures into the 20th-century world of the motor car and the airplane.
A.process
B.company
C.light
D.form
A B C D
B
[解析] 短语关联对应。本题关键在于弄清in the wake of(继……之后)与in the company of(伴随着)这两个短语是平行关系。故答案为B。
49. If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. Success or ______ in your work would depend, to a great extent, on your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. Of the utmost importance is your attitude.
50. Those who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, he says, would be adversely affected by the decrease. "At the global level, with the decline in agricultural productivity, in the largest countries of the world or the most ______ countries of the world, we will find that food stocks will diminish," Pachauri said. "And, as a matter of fact, that has already started happening."
A.poor
B.remote
C.populous
D.underdeveloped
A B C D
C
[解析] 形容词关联对应。并列连词or连接的in the largest countries of the world(世界上最大的国家)和the most ______ countries of the world两个短语的意思应该相近，因此空格应填入与largest意思对应的形容词。选项中，只有populous(人口多的)符合题意，意为“世界上人口最多的国家”。故答案为C。poor“贫穷的”，不用the most表示最高级；remote“偏远的”和underdeveloped“欠发达的”，文中并没涉及这两方面的含义，不符合题意。
51. The question is no cycle academic one. The ease with mere people can change from working in the day to working at night is a which of growing importance in industry where automation ______ round-the-clock working of machines.
52. I climbed the stairs slowly, carrying a big suitcase, my father following with two more. By the time I got to the third floor, I was helpless and at the same time feeling lonely. Worse still, Dad minded a step and fell, sending my new suitcases rolling down the stairs. "Damn!" he screamed, his face turning red. I knew ______ was ahead. Whenever Dad's face turns red, look out.
53. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very existence. Newspapers are sold at a price that ______ even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main source of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising.
54. Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories centering on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior because they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through ______ with others.
55. But it also gives you a chance to individualize a school assignment, to suit a piece of work to your own interests and abilities, to show others what you can do. Writing a research paper is more than just a classroom exercise. It's an experience in ______ out, understanding and synthesizing, which forms the basis of many skills applicable to both academic and nonacademic tasks,
A.searching
B.scouting
C.plundering
D.stretching
A B C D
A
[解析] 动词词义辨析。分析上下文，空格应填入与understanding and synthesizing同类的动词。选项中search和out搭配，表示“搜寻，找到”，合乎题意。scout“物色，侦查”，语气过重；plunder“抢劫，掠夺”，感情色彩不对；stretch out“伸展，延展”，不符合语义。
56. About 15 percent of heavy drinkers develop cirrhosis, which can be fatal. Changes in the brain and nervous system result in hostile behavior, loss of mental ______, and poor judgment. One third of the babies born to mothers who drink heavily, especially during the first trimester, have birth defects or retardation.
57. The United States is well-known for its network of major higher highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time. Although these wide modern roads are generally smooth and well maintained, with much sharp curves and many straight sections, a direct route is not always the most ______ one. Large highways often pass by scenic areas and interesting small towns.
58. This book has been designed to help you capitalize on the strength and overcome the ______ that you bring to the job of learning. But in order to measure your development, you must first take stock of where you stand now.
A.idea
B.weakness
C.strength
D.advantage
A B C D
B
[解析] 名词词义辨析。根据动词overcome(克服)以及前面提到的capitalize on the strength，可知所选名词应与前面的strength意思相反，表示负向的词。选项中，weakness意为“弱点”符合要求。故答案为B。
59. Many critics consider that far more stress is placed on achievements in athletics than in the academic sphere. We're told that it's ______ to compel boys with no athletic bent to spend hours of misery on the playground, when, if left to themselves, they would occupy their time far more usefully in some profitable hobby.
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