1. The theory was attacked ten years ago when it was first , but gradually it was accepted______.

A) promoted B) enhanced C) advanced D) conceived

2. preparations made for the President’s official_____ visit to three foreign countries.

A) Elaborate B) Graceful C) Royal D) Tedious

3. The bus is so crowded that there is sufficient room for you_____.

A) rarely B) seldom C) scarcely D) some

4. Poor health and lack of money may both be to educational progress____.

A) restraints B) stains C) scarcities D) barriers

5. As for the Flat Earth theory, I believe I can it with my own experiences of navigation.

A. deny B) reject C) object D) refute

6. In the past decades, the farms of the world have succeeded in producing enough food to feed all of the planet’s people.

A) relevantly B) externally C) utterly D) virtually

7. The poor girl couldn’t from her tears any more when her mother showed up.

A) withdraw B) hold C) withhold D) refrain

8. We would contact your nearest relative _____any .

A) in the event of B) in the course of

C) in the place of D) in the light of

9. The doctors drew the conclusion that the young man’s blindness was ______

A) consistent B) partial C) internal D) temporary

10. The Second World War, the earlier one of 1914, prompted public concern about the physical and intellectual well-being of the country’s human resources.

A) so as B) as were C) as did D) same as

11.Their marriage is declared ____.

A) ineffective B) invalid C) in vain D) empty

12.The recent airplane crash ____ my belief that stronger safety regulations are needed.

A) infirm B) affirms C) firms D) confirms

13.The salesgirl had ____ the mistakes in my bill as soon as possible.

A) rectified B) verified C) underlined D) certified

14.He doesn’t want to get married because he is afraid of any____.

A) committee B) contamination C) commemoration D) commitments

15.I am____ of that woman; I think she may have stolen something from our shop.

A) skeptical B) specific C) suspicious D) spacious

16.The republication of the writer’s works will surely ____ his reputation. 

A) enhance B) strengthen C) enlarge D) magnify

17.In fairy tales, ____ beings will never die.

A) immoral B) immortal C) fatal D) immobile

18.Working consistently without rest, a lot of doctors and nurses ____ SARS. 

A) go down with B) go into C) go for D) go away

19.Evening was____as I took the road over Mountain Top

A) setting out B) setting in C) setting down D) setting off

20.It’s interesting that Mary____her aunt in everyway

A) takes on B) takes after C) takes down D) takes to

答案與解析：

1.動詞辨析C) advance“推進;提出”的advance a theory提出一種理論;A) promote“提升;增進”;B) enhance“提高，增強”，enhance one’s confidence增強信心; D) conceive“構想;懷胎”，conceive an idea想出一個主意。

該理論十年前剛提出時受到抨擊，但漸漸地被人們接受了。

2.形容詞辨析A) Elaborate“詳盡的;精心計劃的” an elaborate design精心的設計;B) Graceful“優美的;得體的” seek a graceful exit尋求體面的退出;C) royal“皇家的，王室的”;D) tedious“冗長乏味的”正在為總統對三個國家的正式訪問作精心準備。

3.副詞辨析rarely 和seldom表示“很少”，都是頻度副詞，不能用于本句，再說兩詞意義、的用法相同，也不能成為答案。scarcely為程度副詞，意為“幾乎不”，為正確答案。公共汽車很擠，幾乎沒有足夠的地方讓你立足。

4.名詞辨析四選項的意思分別為：A)restraints“束縛，約束”;B)stains“污點”;C)scarcity“稀少”;D)barriers“障礙”;根據句子的前因后果，只能填入barriers一詞。衛生差和缺錢都會阻礙教育的進程。

5.動詞辨析D) refute“駁斥;否認…的正確性”，refute an argument駁斥一種論點;A) deny“否認;拒絕某人要求”deny sb. admission拒絕某人入場;B) reject“拒絕;拒絕考慮”He was rejected for the navy because he is sea sick.由于暈船他未被海軍錄取。C) object“反對，不贊成”，后接介詞to或賓語從句。至于地平說，我想我能用我的親身航海經歷駁斥它。

6.副詞辨析D) virtually“幾乎，差不多;實際上”;A) relevantly“有關地;適宜地”;B) externally“外部地，外表地”;C) utterly“完全地，徹底地”utterly ignorant of sth.對…全然不知。在過去幾十年中，世界上的農場已成功地為這個星球上差不多所有的人生產出了足夠的食品。

7.動詞辨析A、的C項屬形近動詞。四選詞的意思分別是：A)withdraw“抑制，制止”;B)hold“拿，堅持，抱”;它不能和from搭配;C)withhold“抑制，制止”;D)refrain“抑制，忍住”。 當她媽媽出現時，這位可憐的小女孩再也抑制不住自己的眼淚。

8.介詞短語辨析in the event of 表示“萬一，如果，一旦”;in the course of 表示“在…過程中，在…期間”;in the place of中，冠詞多余，也不符合本句意義;in the light of表示“根據，按照”，如：in the light of customers根據顧客的要求。一旦發生意外，我們會與你最近的親屬聯系。

9.形容詞辨析D) temporary“暫時的，臨時的”;A) consistent“一貫的，一致的”;B) partial“部分的;偏心的”;C) internal“內部的;固有的”。醫生得出結論：這位青年的失明是暫時的。

10.as用法as可連接表示方式，再根據主句中動詞“prompted”一詞，所以答案為as did。第二次世界大戰，就如同第一次世界大戰一樣，都促使人們關注這個國家人力資源的身體和智力健康。

11.B。他們的婚姻被宣布無效。詞語辨析題，要求考生能分辨幾個“無效的”的細微差別。ineffective指無效果的，不起作用的;invalid指無效的法律上或事實上是無效的; in vain指徒然的;empty 指空的。

12.D。最近的墜機事件使我更堅信我們需要更健全的安全法規。

詞語辨析題，要求考生能分辨幾個形似的詞語之間意義的差別。

infirm是形容詞，指不堅固的;affirm是動詞，指確認，斷言;firm指堅固;confirm證實或確認…的肯定性，確認。

13.A。女店員將帳單上的錯誤很快地改正過來了。

詞語辨析題，要求考生能分辨幾個形似的詞語之間意義的差別。

rectify指改正，糾正;verify指核對;underline指在…下劃線;certify指證明，證實。

14.D。他不想結婚,因為他害怕承擔任何責任。

詞語辨析題，要求考生能分辨幾個形似的詞語之間意義的差別。

committee指委員會;contamination指玷污，污染; commemoration指紀念，紀念會;commitments指責任，義務。

15.A。我懷疑是那個女人偷了我們店里的東西。

詞語辨析題，要求考生能分辨幾個形似的詞語之間意義的差別。

skeptical指懷疑的;specific指明確的;suspicious指可疑的;spacious指廣大的，大規模的。

16.A。作家作品的再版肯定會提高他的聲譽。

詞語辨析題，要求考生能分辨幾個“加強，擴大”的差別。

enhance指提高，增強;strengthen指增加力量，使變強壯;enlarge指擴大，放大;magnify指夸大，放大。

17.B。在神仙故事中，神仙是永遠不死的。

詞語辨析題，要求考生能分辨幾個形似的詞語之間意義的差別。

immoral 指不道德的;immortal指不朽的，不死的;fatal指致命的;immobile指穩定的。

18.A。連續不斷的工作是很多醫生和護士都染上了非典。

詞組辨析題，要求考生能分辨幾個詞組的意義差別。

go down with指染上疾病;go into指進入，探究; go for指努力獲取;go away指走開。

19.B。當我行于山頂公路時夜幕降臨。

詞組辨析題，要求考生能分辨幾個詞組的意義差別。

set in指開始發生或出現; set off指導致發生, 開始旅程; set down指記錄寫下; set out指著手, 開始旅程。

20.B。有趣的是瑪麗很像她的姑媽。

詞組辨析題，要求考生能分辨幾個詞組的意義差別。

take on指開始具備…特征，開始雇傭; take to指對…產生好感;take after指長相或舉止像某個長輩;take down指拆成零部件。

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