Ⅰ. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.
1. Ace eased into the living room and got hit with, "What are you ______ about?"
A.laugh
B.smirking
C.smile
D.sob
A B C D
B
[解析] 本题考查what are you doing结构用法。句意为:Ace一脸轻松地走进房间,当头挨了一连串的问题:“你在那儿傻笑什么?”答案为B。
2. But I have not yet given up all hope of finding some way of ______ the approach of sleep.
A.hasten
B.hastened
C.haste
D.hastening
A B C D
D
[解析] of为介词,后面跟动词ing形式。
3. History does not relate whether the priest gave him ______
A.absolve
B.absolved
C.absolved
D.absolution
A B C D
D
[解析] 此空需要一个名词,“赦免,宽容”。答案为D。
4. Her education made it likely that she would be an engineer more ______ than the average.
17. One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it ______ on.
A.feels
B.feeds
C.fed
D.felt
A B C D
B
[解析] 此空需要一个动词,“赖以生存,以……为食”。答案为B。
18. In ______ damp brown circles of soft earth the roses bloomed serenely against the pink Mexican wall.
A.sullied
B.unsullied
C.sully
D.unsully
A B C D
B
[解析] 介词in引导的短语in-damp brown circles of soft earth是作句子的状语。句子的主语是the roses,谓语动词是bloomed。在in短语中,of前的词都是名词earth的定语,应用形容词作定语。又根据后半句的语境知应选unsullied(洁白的,无污点的)。句意是指在粉色的墨西哥墙的映衬下,玫瑰花在四周潮湿而柔软的褐色土地上静静绽放着。答案为B。
19. The first goal we set was to quadruple the GNP and achieve ______ prosperity by the end of the century.
33. They are ______ giving the customer more than he or she expects.
A.adopt
B.adepted at
C.adept at
D.adopted
A B C D
C
[解析] be adept at doing sth. 为固定词组,指擅长于干某事。句意指:他们擅长给客户提供高于他或她的期望的东西。答案为C。
34. I have yet to taste a deep-frozen victual that ______ up, in flavor, to the fresh, unfrosted original.
A.measurement
B.count
C.measures
D.account
A B C D
C
[解析] 此空需要一个动词,表示衡量,以……为标准。答案为C。
35. The thought of going into the dark house alone gave me the ______.
A.tremble
B.shivers
C.fright
D.shake
A B C D
B
[解析] tremble指由恐惧、悲愤、兴奋等情绪或寒冷、疲劳等引起的无意识的发抖、战栗;shiver指由寒冷、恐惧或生病引起的短时间的、轻微的、快速的颤抖、哆嗦,give sb. the shivers=to make sb. feel鱼afraid(固定搭配);fright常指一阵突然的、令人震惊的短暂的恐惧、惊骇或吃惊,有时含夸张意味;shake指上下来回短促而急速地摇动、颤动或摇摆,侧重剧烈和无规律。此题旨在考查 give sb. the shivers这一固定搭配,因此应选B。
36. People are always ______ by advertisements to buy things they don't really need.
A.produced
B.induced
C.introduced
D.tempted
A B C D
B
[解析] produce:生产,制造;induce:引诱,说服;introduce:介绍,引进;tempt:诱惑。注意区分近义词induce和tempt。两者都指诱惑,但是搭配不同,常见搭配为:beinduced to do sth和be tempted into doing sth。因此选B。
37. By ordinary standards these are ______ enough to qualify one as coming from Watts.