1、【
单选题
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They must have been enjoying themselves there,or they _____ so long.
[1分]
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can't have stayed
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wouldn't have stayed
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needn't have stayed
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couldn't stay
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2、【
单选题
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No two people can be half an hour together _____ one shall gain an evident superiority over the other.
[1分]
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but
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when
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if
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because
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3、【
单选题
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By the time you arrive home,I _____ for several hours,so please don't make a noise when you come in.
[1分]
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shall be sleeping
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shall have slept
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shall sleep
、
shall have been sleeping
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4、【
单选题
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Just as no two words are truly synonoyms, _____ no two different expressions,or ways of expressions,can mean exactly the same thing.
[1分]
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so
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as
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that
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therefore
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5、【
单选题
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One should never lose one's heart when _____ with temporary difficulties.
[1分]
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being confronted
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confronted
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having been confronted
、
confronting
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6、【
单选题
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Rather than _____ everything to the last minute,he always prefers to start early.
[1分]
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leave
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to leave
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leaving
、
leaves
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7、【
单选题
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_____ about one million years ago,the fossil record shows an accelerating growth of human brain.
[1分]
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Starting
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Having started
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Having been started
、
Being started
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8、【
单选题
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Public goods are those commodities _____ enjoyment nobody can be effectively excluded.
[1分]
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in which
、
whose
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from whose
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in whose
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9、【
单选题
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Only when the process of meeting the basic need for food reached a certain level of sophistication _____ to follow other pursuits.
[1分]
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it was possible for humans
、
was it possible for humans
、
were humans possible
、
possible for humans it was
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10、【
单选题
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Very few will doubt that it is science that has at once quickened the demand for general education in modern times _____ made the education itself effective.
[1分]
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as well as
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but also
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and also
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and
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11、【
单选题
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You can't avoid stress in modern life. Attempting (A) to do it (B) would (C) create stress by yourself (D) .But you can find better ways to cope with it.
[1分]
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12、【
单选题
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Neither the President nor (A) the members of the Cabinet wishes (B) to comment (C) on the matter at this moment (D) .
[1分]
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13、【
单选题
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Opposed to (A) the idea that we use (B) gasoline for rapid transit development gives (C) me a springboard for (D) my candidacy.
[1分]
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14、【
单选题
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He visited (A) the British Museum, where (B) he spent half his time not attracted (C) by the museum itself,but by its extensive library facilities for (D) scientific research.
[1分]
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15、【
单选题
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I couldn't live (A) till today without my grandmother and she would not (B) survive in her later days (C) without me.Both my grandmother and I rely on each other so as to (D) exist in this world.
[1分]
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16、【
单选题
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Proof-reading is uninteresting (A) , still less (B) so (C) when it is one's (D) own work.
[1分]
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17、【
单选题
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One third (A) of cancers are (B) preventable,while a further third can be routinely (C) cured if it is detected (D) early,according to a recent WHO report.
[1分]
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18、【
单选题
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To quote from (A) Albert Einstein,science is the attempt (B) to make the chaotic diversity (C) of our sense experience correspond to a logical uniform (D) system of thought.
[1分]
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19、【
单选题
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Iron (A) is not the most abundant metal on earth (B) nor is one (C) with (D) the oldest tradition.
[1分]
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20、【
单选题
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Teachers themselves (A) are often judged by examination results and,instead of teaching their subjects,they are reduced (B) to train (C) their students in (D) exam techniques.
[1分]
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21、【
单选题
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The father was thoroughly dishonest and the son _____ him.He has already been in the courts for stealing.
[1分]
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seeks after
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takes after
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gets the best of
、
counts on
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22、【
单选题
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I took the children to the Zoo today to _____ the party they missed the other day.
[1分]
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provide for
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look for
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take delight in
、
make up for
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23、【
单选题
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They were having a violent quarrel but _____ when I came in.
[1分]
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broke up
、
cut off
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broke off
、
hung up
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24、【
单选题
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Children used to _____ their parents;now they are inclined to regard them as equals.
[1分]
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turn on
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look up to
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stand up for
、
hang on to
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25、【
单选题
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In some child-centered families,the children and their possessions take over most of the house,and the younger ones often make _____ demands upon their parents' money and time.
[1分]
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exceeding
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extensive
、
exclusive
、
excessive
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26、【
单选题
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You may as well visit Japan in April,when cherry flowers are _____ .
[1分]
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in good season
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in full bloom
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in nature
、
in great demand
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27、【
单选题
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The secret of remaining young in spite of old age and white hair is to _____ enthusiasm.
[1分]
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reserve
、
persist
、
preserve
、
retail
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28、【
单选题
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It was because the ten major building projects were designed,built and fully completed _____ ten months that it was considered to be a miracle.
[1分]
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in a matter of
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ahead of time
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at most
、
in advance
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29、【
单选题
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Whatever the reason,once you find yourself in a bookstore,the desire to pick up a book with an attractive cover is _____ ,although you may end up with a rather dull book.
[1分]
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indispensible
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inevitable
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irresistible
、
unavoidable
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30、【
单选题
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Convinced of the importance of education,modern states“invest” in institutions of learning to get back“interest”in the form of a large group of _____ young men who are potential leaders.
[1分]
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enlightened
、
cultivated
、
qualified
、
nourished
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31、【
单选题
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Newspapers must not only provide for the reader the facts,pure, _____ objectively selected facts but also supply interpretation,the meaning of the facts.
[1分]
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unrevised
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balanced
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unprejudiced
、
valid
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32、【
单选题
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The period of adolescence may be long or short,depending on social _____ and on society's definition as to what constitutes maturity and adulthood.
[1分]
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anticipation
、
perspective
、
proposition
、
expectation
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33、【
单选题
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I come from a country where for virtually two centuries the people of color have,as a deliberate policy,been _____ the freedom of association,assemble,thought,inquiry and selfexpression.
[1分]
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deprived
、
denied
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rejected
、
refused
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34、【
单选题
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All we know about the origin of language is that men,unlike animals, _____ invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings,actions and things,so that they could communicate with each other.
[1分]
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somehow
、
somewhat
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anyhow
、
anyway
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35、【
单选题
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Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and _____ .
[1分]
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sensations
、
passions
、
emotions
、
moods
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36、【
单选题
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The real poet is a master of words.He can _____ his meaning in words which sing like music,and which by their position and association can move men to tears.
[1分]
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transform
、
transmit
、
manifest
、
convey
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37、【
单选题
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The ordinary family in colonial North America was primarily concerned with _____ physical survival and beyond that,its own economic prosperity.
[1分]
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sheer
、
thoroughly
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utterly
、
simply
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38、【
单选题
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If no importance is attached to collecting information,we cannot survive in such a(n) _____ competitive society,because it is the basis on which we make our decisions.
[1分]
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powerfully
、
forcefully
、
intensely
、
intensively
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39、【
单选题
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Crosscountry bicycle racing, _____ early in the 20th century in France,was current in the 1920s and became prominent in the 1950s.
[1分]
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generated
、
originated
、
sponsored
、
proclaimed
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40、【
单选题
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The old woman was suffering from a very serious illness and required special attention _____ the nurses.
[1分]
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from
、
about
、
of
、
for
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