第一部分:词汇选项(第1~15题,每题1分,共15分)
下面每个句子中均有1个词或者短语有括号,请为每处括号部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。
1、All the flats in the building had the same (layout) arrangement.
A:color
B:arrangement
C:size
D:function
B layout是“布局、安排”的意思,如:layout of the exhibition hall,layout of the shop— ping complex等。本句的意思是:大楼里所有的公寓布局都一样。Arrangement可以指时间、日程的安排,也可以指空间的分割和安排,、function是“功能”。
2、The weather was (crisp) and clear and you could see the mountains fifty miles away.
A:fresh
B:hot
C:heavy
D:windy
A crisp通常用于修饰食品,表示“脆的、新鲜而脆牛的”,如:crisp crackers,crisp lettuce等。但它也可以用来描述天气,表示¨清新、凉爽的”,在本句中它表示就是这个意思,所以可以用fresh代替。
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3、The walls are made of (hollow) concrete blocks.
A:big
B:long
C:new
D:empty
D hollow是“空心的”意思,如:a hollowtree,a hollow pipe。这里可以用empty来替换。
4、Our aim was to (update) the health service, and we succeeded.
A:modernize
B:offer
C:provide
D:fund
A update的意思就是现在常说的“升级、更新”,和modernize‘现代化’意义相近。
5、Her comments about men are (utterly) ridiculous completely.
A:slightly
B:partly
C:completely
D:faintly
C utterly是“完全”的意思,和completely同义。
6、Every week the magazine presents the (profile) of a well-known sports personality.
A:success
B:description
C:evidence
D:plan
B profile这个词原指一个人的面部(尤其是侧面)的轮廓、外形,这里它的词义扩大为指对一个人所作的概括描述c,
7、He has been granted (asylum) in France.
A:power
B:relief
C:protection
D:license
C asylum是“政治避难”,如:seek asylum,政治避难也是一种保护,所以应选protec—tion,relief宽慰、救济,license执照、许可证.
8、When I heard the noise in the next room, I couldn’t resist having a (peep)look.
A:look
B:chance
C:visit
D:try
A peep是“偷看、一瞥”,其词义包含在look之中,是look的一个下义词。
9.She moves from one (exotic) location to another.
A. familiar
B. similar
C. proper
D.unusual
D exotic这个词原来的意思是“外国的、有异域风情的”,在此基础上它的词义又扩展为‘不同一般的、新奇的’,所以在这里可以用unusual来替换它。
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10、We almost (ran into) a Rolls-Royce that pulled out in front of us without signaling.
A:overtook
B:hit
C:passed
D:found
B run into的字面意义就是“跑到……里面去”,如:The kids all ran into the park.此外它常常作为一个固定的短语来用,可以具有“不期而遇、撞一上二、遭遇”等多种意义,如: I ran into an old friend in the street yesterday.He ignored his parents' advice and soon ran into big trouble.它在本句中的意思就是“撞上”,相当于hit。
11、He was (weary) of the constant battle between them.
A:fond
B:proud
C:tired
D:afraid
C wear的意思就是“疲倦、厌倦、厌烦”,和tired词义相近,不同的是tired更常用于表示体力上的疲倦,weary则更常用于表示感情、精神上的厌倦。
12、Nothing would (induce) me to vote for him again.
A:attract
B:teach
C:help
D:discourage
A induce 导致、致使、劝说成功,在四个选项中和attract意义相近,句子的意思是: 没有什么会促使我再次投他的票。
13、He shifted his position a little in order to (alleviate) the pain in his leg.
A:control
B:ease
C:experience
D:suffer
B alleviate减轻、降低、缓和,最常见的搭配就是alleviate pain,减轻痛苦,所以这里可用ease来替换。其他常见的搭配有:alleviate suffering/crisis/tension/traffic congestion/unemployment/inflation等等,表示不同的意义。
14、The photographs (evoked) strong memories of our holiday in France.
A:refreshed
B:stored
C:blocked
D:erased
A evoke memories勾起回忆,evoke这个词具有“引起、唤起”等意义,最常见的搭配 就是evoke memories,相当于refresh memlories"此外它也可以用于表示引起某种感情、 反响,如:The White Paper concerning human rights conditions in the country evoked strong reactions from the general public.
15、Newborn babies can (discriminate) between a man’s and a woman`s voice.
A:treat
B:express
C:analyzes
D:distinguish
D discriminate区分、区别、分得出,和distinguish同义。
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