1、【
单选题
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Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills ________ people each year than automobile accidents.
[0.5分]
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seven more times
、
seven times more
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over seven times
、
seven times
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2、【
单选题
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It’s easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes ________ place in our ever-changing world.
[0.5分]
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taking
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to take
、
take
、
taken
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3、【
单选题
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This is an exciting area of study, and one ________ which new applications are being discovered almost daily.
[0.5分]
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from
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by
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in
、
through
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4、【
单选题
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________ can be seen from the comparison of these figures, the principle involves the active participation of the patient in the modification of his condition.
[0.5分]
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5、【
单选题
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Although I had been invited to the opening ceremony, I was unable to attend ________ such short notice.
[0.5分]
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6、【
单选题
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California has more light than it knows ________ to do with but everything else is expensive.
[0.5分]
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how
、
what
、
which
、
where
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7、【
单选题
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The solution works only for couples who are self-employed, don’t have small children and get along ________ to spend most of their time together.
[0.5分]
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so well
、
too well
、
well as
、
well enough
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8、【
单选题
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Marlin is a young man of independent thinking who is not about ________ compliments to his political leaders.
[0.5分]
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paying
、
having paid
、
to pay
、
to have paid
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9、【
单选题
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These proposals sought to place greater restrictions on the use and copying of digital information than ________ in traditional media.
[0.5分]
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exist
、
exists
、
existing
、
to exist
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10、【
单选题
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Your math instructor [would have beenA] happy to give you a makeup examination [had you goneB] and [explainedC] that your parents [had beenD] ill at the time.
[0.5分]
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11、【
单选题
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As the children become [financiallyA] independent [ofB] the family, the emphasis [onC] family financial security will shift from protection [to saveD] for the retirement years.
[0.5分]
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12、【
单选题
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Symposium talks will cover [a wide rangeA] of subjects [fromB] over-fishing to physical and [environmentC] factors that affect the [populationsD] of different species.
[0.5分]
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13、【
单选题
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Conversation calls for [aA] willingness to alternate the role of speaker with [oneB] of [listenerC], and it calls for occasional ‘digestive pauses’ [byD] both.
[0.5分]
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14、【
单选题
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If two theories are equal [toA] their ability to account [forB] a body of data, the theory that [does soC] with the smaller number of assumptions is [to be preferredD.]
[0.5分]
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15、【
单选题
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The Committee adopted a resolution [requiringA] the seven automakers [sellingB] the most cars in the state [makingC] 2 percent of those vehicles [emissions-freeD] by 1998.
[0.5分]
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16、【
单选题
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[Even ifA] automakers modify commercially produced cars to run [onB] alternative [fuelsC], the cars won’t catch on in a big way [whenD] drivers can fill them up at the gas station.
[0.5分]
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17、【
单选题
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An important property of a scientific theory is its ability to ________ further research and further thinking about a particular topic.
[0.5分]
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stimulate
、
renovate
、
arouse
、
advocate
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18、【
单选题
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Although architecture has artistic qualities, it must also satisfy a number of important practical ________.
[0.5分]
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obligations
、
regulations
、
observations
、
considerations
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19、【
单选题
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Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss ________ the bread-winner’s death.
[0.5分]
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at the cost of
、
on the verge of
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as a result of
、
for the sake of
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20、【
单选题
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In education there should be a good ________ among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment.
[0.5分]
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distribution
、
balance
、
combination
、
assignment
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21、【
单选题
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The American dream is most ________ during the periods of productivity and wealth generated by American capitalism.
[0.5分]
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plausible
、
patriotic
、
primitive
、
partial
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22、【
单选题
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Poverty is not ________ in most cities although, perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas, it is more visible there.
[0.5分]
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rare
、
temporary
、
prevalent
、
segmental
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23、【
单选题
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People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in ________ populated areas.
[0.5分]
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densely
、
intensely
、
abundantly
、
highly
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24、【
单选题
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As a way of ________ the mails while they were away, the Johnsons asked the cleaning lady to send little printed slips asking the senders to write again later.
[0.5分]
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picking up
、
coping with
、
passing out
、
getting across
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25、【
单选题
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Tom’s mother tried hard to persuade him to ________ from his intention to invest his savings in stock market.
[0.5分]
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pull out
、
give up
、
draw in
、
back down
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26、【
单选题
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An increasing proportion of our population, unable to live without advanced medical ________, will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology.
[0.5分]
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interference
、
interruption
、
intervention
、
interaction
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27、【
单选题
】
These causes produced the great change in the country that modernized the ________ of higher education from the mid-1860’s to the mid-1880’s.
[0.5分]
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branch
、
category
、
domain
、
scope
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28、【
单选题
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Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the ________ in the financial system will drag down the economy.
[0.5分]
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shallowness
、
shakiness
、
scantiness
、
stiffness
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29、【
单选题
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Crisis would be the right term to describe the ________ in many animal species.
[0.5分]
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minimization
、
restriction
、
descent
、
decline
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30、【
单选题
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The city is an important railroad ________ and industrial and convention center.
[0.5分]
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conjunction
、
network
、
junction
、
link
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31、【
单选题
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Prof. White, my respected tutor, frequently reminds me to ________ myself of every chance to improve my English.
[0.5分]
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assure
、
inform
、
avail
、
notify
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32、【
单选题
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Corporations and labor unions have ________ great benefits upon their employees and members as well as upon the general public.
[0.5分]
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conferred
、
granted
、
flung
、
submitted
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33、【
单选题
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The movement of the moon conveniently provided the unit of month, which was ________ from one new moon to the next.
[0.5分]
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measured
、
reckoned
、
judged
、
assessed
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34、【
单选题
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The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was ________ to the issue at hand.
[0.5分]
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irrational
、
unreasonable
、
invalid
、
irrelevant
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35、【
单选题
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Fuel scarcities and price increases ________ automobile designers to scale down the largest models and to develop completely new lines of small cars and trucks.
[0.5分]
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persuaded
、
prompted
、
imposed
、
enlightened
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37、【
单选题
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[1分]
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alive
、
vivid
、
mobile
、
diverse
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38、【
单选题
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[1分]
、
regulation
、
climate
、
circumstance
、
requirement
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39、【
单选题
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[1分]
、
where
、
how
、
what
、
unless
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40、【
单选题
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[1分]
、
alter
、
differ
、
shift
、
distinguish
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