词汇和语法
11.Professor Black and professor Smith will _____ in giving the class lectures.
A. alter
B. change
C. alternate
D. differ
BestAnswer:C
详解:答案为C。alternate指“交替”;alter指“改变”。
12.We drive our car fast and soon _____ other cars on the road.
A. oversee
B. overtake
C. overrun
D. override
答案:B
详解:
【译文】我们开得很快,一会儿就超越了公路上的其他汽车。
【注释】overtake“追上,赶上,超过”。oversee“俯瞰;监督,监视”。overrun“溢出;(侵略军.横行于”。override“奔越过,践踏过;制 服,压倒”。
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
答案:A
详解:应选A项。
apart from除……之外,away from远离,far from 远非,but for要不是。
14.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
答案:A
详解:应选A项。
此句为虚拟语气,如果条件从句中包含有一个助动词,可把if省略,这时助动词应放在主语前面。
句意为:要是我知道这件事情对你如此之难,我就不会鼓励你进入这个领域。
15.Reading is to the mind _____ food is to the body.
A. what
B. that
C. similar
D. which
答案:A
详解:应选A项。
what是关系代词,A is to B what C is to D,A对于B之间的关系犹如C对于D。
句意为:读书对于大脑来说就像食物对于身体一样。
16.Jane's _____ for gardening is evident by all of these beautiful flowers.
A. acquaintance
B. familiarity
C. achievement
D. enthusiasm
答案:D
详解:应选D项。
enthusiasm热衷,狂热,acquaintance相识,familiarity熟悉,achievement成就,功绩。
句意为:从这些漂亮的花可以明显看出简对园艺的热衷。
17.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
答案:A
详解:应选A项。分词短语做状语。句意为:19世纪50年代,斯托的《汤姆叔叔的小屋》成为30年来的畅销书,因而激起了一大群伪造者。
18.They have made a _____ plan to build a suspension bridge over the river.
A. bald
B. bound
C. bold
D. bare
答案:C
详解:应选C项。
bold大胆的,bald光秃的,bound被束缚了的,bare赤 *的;无遮盖的。
句意为:他们已做出了一个大胆的计划要在这条河上建一所吊桥。
19.Her humorous remarks seemed _____, but were in fact carefully prepared beforehand.
A. precise
B. blank
C. spontaneous
D. bold
答案:C
详解:应选C项。
spontaneous自发的;自然产生的,precise精确的;准确的,blank空白的;空着的,bold大胆的。
句意为:她的幽默的评论看起来好像很自然,但是实际上是事先认真准备好的。
20.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
答案:A
详解:应选A项。
apart from 除……之外,away from 远离,far from 远非,but for 要不是。
句意为:除了教育和先天的不足,还有什么其他因素会影响一个孩子的发展?