1、【
单选题
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[1分]
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It will reduce government revenues.
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It will stimulate business activities.
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It will mainly benefit the wealthy.
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It will cut the stockholders’ dividends.
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2、【
单选题
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[1分]
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She will do her best if the job is worth doing.
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She prefers a life of continued exploration.
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She will stick to the job if the pay is good.
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She doesn’t think much of job-hopping.
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3、【
单选题
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[1分]
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Stop thinking about the matter.
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Talk the drug user out of the habit.
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Be more friendly to his schoolmate.
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Keep his distance from drug addicts.
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4、【
单选题
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[1分]
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The son.
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The father.
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The mother.
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Aunt Louise.
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5、【
单选题
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[1分]
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Stay away for a couple of weeks.
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Check the locks every two weeks.
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Look after the Johnsons’ house.
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Move to another place.
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6、【
单选题
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[1分]
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He would like to warm up for the game.
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He didn’t want to be held up in traffic.
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He didn’t want to miss the game.
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He wanted to catch as many game birds as possible.
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7、【
单选题
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[1分]
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It was burned down.
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It was robbed.
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It was blown up.
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It was closed down.
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8、【
单选题
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[1分]
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She isn’t going to change her major.
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She plans to major in tax law.
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She studies in the same school as her brother.
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She isn’t going to work in her brother’s firm.
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9、【
单选题
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[1分]
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The man should phone the hotel for directions.
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The man can ask the department store for help.
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She doesn’t have the hotel’s phone number.
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The hotel is just around the corner.
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10、【
单选题
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[1分]
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She doesn’t expect to finish all her work in thirty minutes.
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She has to do a lot of things within a short time.
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She has been overworking for a long time.
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She doesn’t know why there are so many things to do.
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11、【
单选题
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We learn from the passage that the traditional view of slash-and-burn farming is that ________.
[1分]
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it does no harm to the topsoil of the rainforest
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it destroys rainforest soils
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it helps improve rainforest soils
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it diminishes the organic matter in rainforest soils
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12、【
单选题
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Most rainforest soils are thin and poor because ________.
[1分]
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the composition of the topsoil is rather unstable
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black carbon is washed away by heavy rains
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organic matter is quickly lost due to heat and rain
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long-term farming has exhausted the ingredients essential to plant growth
答案:
13、【
单选题
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Glaser made his discovery by ________.
[1分]
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studying patches of fertile soils in the central Amazon
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examining pottery left over by ancient civilizations
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test-burning patches of trees in the central Amazon
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radiocarbon-dating ingredients contained in forest soils
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14、【
单选题
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What does Glaser say about the regrowth of rainforests?
[1分]
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They take centuries to regrow after being burnt.
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They cannot recover unless the vegetation is burnt completely.
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Their regrowth will be hampered by human habitation.
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They can recover easily after slash-and-burn farming.
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15、【
单选题
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From the passage it can be inferred that ________.
[1分]
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human activities will do grave damage to rainforests
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Amazon rainforest soils used to be the richest in the world
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farming is responsible for the destruction of the Amazon rainforests
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there once existed an urban civilization in the Amazon rainforests
答案:
16、【
单选题
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More and more young Europeans remain single because ________.
[1分]
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they are driven by an overwhelming sense of individualism
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they have entered the workforce at a much earlier age
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they have embraced a business culture of stability
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they are pessimistic about their economic future
答案:
17、【
单选题
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What is said about European society in the passage?
[1分]
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It has fostered the trend towards small families.
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It is getting closer to American-style capitalism.
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It has limited consumer choice despite a free market.
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It is being threatened by irresistible privatization.
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18、【
单选题
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According to Paragraph 3, the newest group of singles are ________.
[1分]
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warm and lighthearted
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on either side of marriage
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negative and gloomy
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healthy and wealthy
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19、【
单选题
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The author quotes Eppendorf to show that ________.
[1分]
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some modern women prefer a life of individual freedom
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the family is no longer the basic unit of society in present-day Europe
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some professional people have too much work to do to feel lonely
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most Europeans conceive living a single life as unacceptable
答案:
20、【
单选题
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What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
[1分]
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To review the impact of women becoming high earners.
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To contemplate the philosophy underlying individualism.
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To examine the trend of young people living alone.
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To stress the rebuilding of personal relationships.
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21、【
单选题
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The passage centers on the controversy ________.
[1分]
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between American and New Zealand biologists over genetic modification
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as to whether the study of genetic modification should be continued
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over the possible adverse effect of a GM bacterium on plants
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about whether Elaine Ingham should be fired by her university
答案:
22、【
单选题
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Ingham insists that her testimony is based on ________.
[1分]
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evidence provided by the EPA of the United States
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the results of an experiment she conducted herself
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evidence from her collaborative research with German biologists
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the results of extensive field tests in Corvallis, Oregon
答案:
23、【
单选题
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According to Janet Anderson, the EPA ________.
[1分]
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has cancelled its approval for field tests of the GM organism
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hasn’t reviewed the findings of Ingham’s research
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has approved field tests using the GM organism
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hasn’t given permission to field test the GM organism
答案:
24、【
单选题
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According to Ann Clarke, the New Zealand Life Sciences Network ________.
[1分]
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should gather evidence to discredit Ingham’s claims
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should require that the research by their biologists be regulated
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shouldn’t demand that Ingham be disciplined for voicing her views
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shouldn’t appease the opposition in such a quiet way
答案:
25、【
单选题
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Which of the following statements about Ingham is TRUE?
[1分]
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Her testimony hasn’t been supported by the EPA.
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Her credibility as a scientist hasn’t been undermined.
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She is firmly supported by her university.
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She has made great contributions to the study of GM bacteria.
答案:
26、【
单选题
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What is the probable cause of Krentz’s problem?
[1分]
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An unexpected gain in body weight.
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Unexplained impairment of her nervous system.
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Weakening of her eyesight with the setting in of winter.
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Poor adjustment of her body clock to seasonal changes.
答案:
27、【
单选题
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By saying that Linda Krentz saw the light” (Line 4, Para. 1), the author means that she ________.
[1分]
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learned how to lose weight
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realized what her problem was
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came to see the importance of light
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became light-hearted and cheerful
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28、【
单选题
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What is the CURRENT view concerning the treatment of seasonal depression with bright lights?
[1分]
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Its effect remains to be seen.
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It serves as a kind of placebo.
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It proves to be an effective therapy.
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It hardly produces any effects.
答案:
29、【
单选题
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What is psychologist Michael Terman’s major concern?
[1分]
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Winter depressives will be addicted to using light boxes.
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No mental patients would bother to consult psychiatrists.
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Inferior light boxes will emit harmful ultraviolet lights.
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Light therapy could be misused by certain mental patients.
答案:
30、【
单选题
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Which of the following statements is TRUE?
[1分]
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Winter depressives prefer light therapy in spite of its inconvenience.
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Light therapy increases the patient’s photosensitivity.
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Eye damage is a side effect of light therapy.
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Light boxes can be programmed to correspond to shifts in the body clock.
答案:
31、【
单选题
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Susan has ________ the elbows of her son’s jacket with leather patches to make it more durable.
[1分]
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reinforced
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sustained
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steadied
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confirmed
答案:
32、【
单选题
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Although we tried to concentrate on the lecture, we were ________ by the noise form the next room.
[1分]
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distracted
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displaced
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dispersed
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discarded
答案:
33、【
单选题
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The reason why so many children like to eat this new brand of biscuit is that it is particularly sweet and ________.
[1分]
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fragile
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feeble
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brisk
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crisp
答案:
34、【
单选题
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Don’t trust the speaker any more, since the remarks he made in his lectures are never ________ with the facts.
[1分]
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symmetrical
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comparative
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compatible
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harmonious
答案:
35、【
单选题
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They had to eat a(n) ________ meal, or they would be too late for the concert.
[1分]
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temporary
、
hasty
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immediate
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urgent
答案:
36、【
单选题
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Having a(n) ________ attitude towards people with different ideas is an indication that one has been well educated.
[1分]
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analytical
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bearable
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elastic
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tolerant
答案:
37、【
单选题
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No form of government in the world is ________; each system reflects the history and present needs of the region or the nation.
[1分]
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dominant
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influential
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integral
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drastic
答案:
38、【
单选题
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In spite of the economic ________ forecast, manufacturing output has risen slightly.
[1分]
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faint
、
dizzy
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gloomy
、
opaque
答案:
39、【
单选题
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Too often Dr. Johnson’s lectures ________ how to protect the doctor rather than how to cure the patient.
[1分]
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look to
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dwell on
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permeate into
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shrug off
答案:
40、【
单选题
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Located in Washington D. C., the Library of Congress contains an impressive ________ of books on every conceivable subject.
[1分]
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flock
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configuration
、
pile
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array
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