[1]
Why should anyone want to read _______ of books by great authors when the real pleasure comes from reading the originals?
A) digests
B) insights
C) themes
D) leaflets
注:1. digest 摘要
ingest 摄入
congest 堵塞,拥挤
2. theme 主题
3. insight 洞察力,理解力,观察事物的角度
4. leaflet 小散页
booklet 小册子
lakelet 小湖
[2]
Parents have a legal _______ to ensure that their children are provided with efficient education suitable to their age.
A) impulse
B) obligation
C) influence
D) sympathy
注:1. obligation 责任,义务
2. impulse 冲动
pulse 脉搏
repulse 憎恶,排斥
repulsive 令人厌恶的
instinct 本能
extinct 灭绝的
distinct 区别的,截然不同的
distinction (特征上的)区别
separation (具体形态上的)分离
break off 部分从整体上剥离下来
break up 捏碎,打碎
shatter 粉碎
[3]
Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a _______.
A) scarcity
B) shortage
C) minimum
D) minority
注:1. minority 少数,少数民族
2. scarcity 物质方面的缺乏
3. shortage 短缺
4. minimum 最小的,最低的
minimize 将……降到最小
miniature 缩微模型
minister 大臣
administer 管理
maximum 最大的,最高的,最多的
[4]
David likes country life and has decided to _______ farming.
A) go back on
B) go in for
C) go through with
D) go along with
注:1. go in for 从事,追求,参加,赞成
2. go back on 违背,背弃
3. go through with 经历了困难而完成……
4. go along with 陪伴
[5]
Jack was about to announce our plan but I _______ .
A) cut him short
B) turned him out
C) gave him up
D) put him through
注:1. cut him short 打断讲话
cut my hair short 剪断头发
cut my hair 剃光头
2. turn him out 驱逐出去
3. give him up 放弃,甩掉,断绝关系
4. put him through 让某人经历考验
[6]
I am sure I can _______ him into letting us stay in the hotel for the night.
A) speak
B) talk
C) say
D) tell
注:talk sb. into doing sth. 劝说某人做某事
[7]
The joys of travel, having long _______ the disabled, are opening up to virtually anyone who has the means.
A) omitted
B) neglected
C) missed
D) discarded
注:1. neglect 忽视
elect 选举
negative 否定的
relieve 缓解
2. omit 省略;删除
emit 放射
submit 提交
3. miss 错过;省略 miss out
4. discard 扔,抛
revenue 收入,税收
avenue 林荫路
[8]
Fewer and fewer of today's workers expect to spend their working lives in the same field, _______ the same company.
A) all else
B) much worse
C) let alone
D) less likely
注:1. let alone 更不要说
2. all else 其他一切
3. much worse 更糟糕的是
4. less likely 最不可能的是
[9]
When he finally emerged from the cave after thirty days, John was _______ pale.
A) startlingly
B) enormously
C) uniquely
D) dramatically
注:1. startlingly 惊人地
2. enormously (具体形态)巨大地;(变化)巨大地
3. uniquely 独特地,唯一地
[10]
Thank you for applying for a position with our firm. We do not have any openings at this time, but we shall keep your application on _______ for two months.
A) pile
B) segment
C) file
D) sequence
注:1. application package 申请包裹
2. pile 堆
3. segment 部分;切片;章节
4. sequence 次序,顺序
【答案】1-10 ABDBA BBCAC