1、【
单选题
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The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, ________ could go penniless by next year.
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the larger one
、
the larger of which
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the largest one
、
the largest of which
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2、【
单选题
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Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always ________ with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.
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combined
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having combined
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combine
、
being combined
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3、【
单选题
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Andrew, my father’s younger brother, will not be at the picnic, ________ to the family’s disappointment.
[0.5分]
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much
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more
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too much
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much more
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4、【
单选题
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I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all possible, but I ________ fully occupied the whole of last week.
[0.5分]
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were
、
had been
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have been
、
was
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5、【
单选题
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Help will come from the UN, but the aid will be ________ near what’s needed.
[0.5分]
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everywhere
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somewhere
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nowhere
、
anywhere
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6、【
单选题
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The chief reason for the population growth isn’t so much a rise in birth rates ________ a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.
[0.5分]
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7、【
单选题
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He claims to be an expert in astronomy, but in actual fact he is quite ignorant on the subject. ________ he knows about it is out of date and inaccurate.
[0.5分]
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What little
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So much
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How much
、
So little
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8、【
单选题
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Although we feel dissatisfied with the election results, we have to become reconciled ________ the decision made by our fellow countrymen.
[0.5分]
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9、【
单选题
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Just as the value of a telephone network increases with each new phone ________ to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase with each program that turns out.
[0.5分]
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adding
、
to have added
、
to add
、
added
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10、【
单选题
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The vocabulary and grammatical differences between British and American English are so trivial and few as hardly ________.
[0.5分]
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noticed
、
to be noticed
、
being noticed
、
to notice
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11、【
单选题
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Although Professor Green’s lectures usually ran [overA] the [fifty-minuteB] period, [but noneC] of his students [evenD] objected as they found his lectures both informative and interesting.
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12、【
单选题
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[WhenA] Edison died, it was proposed that the American people [turned offB] [all powerC] in their homes, streets, and factories for several minutes [in honor ofD] this great man.
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13、【
单选题
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They [pointed outA] the damage [whichB] they supposed [thatC] had been done by last [night’sD] storm.
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14、【
单选题
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[Because ofA] the recent accidents, our parents forbid my brother and me [from swimmingB] in the river [unlessC] someone agrees [to watchD] over us.
[0.5分]
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15、【
单选题
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A [great manyA] teachers [firmlyB] believe that English is one of the [poorest-taughtC] subjects in high schools [at present.D]
[0.5分]
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16、【
单选题
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In this way these insects show an efficient use of their [sound-producedA] ability, [organizingB] two sounds [deliveredC] at a high rate as one [call.D]
[0.5分]
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17、【
单选题
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I thought the technician was [to blameA] for the [blowingB] of the fuse, but I see now [howC] I [wasD] mistaken.
[0.5分]
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18、【
单选题
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For him [to be re-electedA] what is essential is not that his policy [worksB], [but thatC] the public believe that it [is.D]
[0.5分]
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19、【
单选题
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[As far asA] I am concerned, his politics [areB] rather conservative [comparedC] with other [politicians.D]
[0.5分]
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20、【
单选题
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I’d say whenever you [are goingA] after something that [is belongingB] to you, anyone who [is deprivingC] you of the right to have it is [criminal.D]
[0.5分]
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21、【
单选题
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When workers are organized in trade unions, employers find it hard to lay them ________.
[0.5分]
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off
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aside
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out
、
down
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22、【
单选题
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The wealth of a country should be measured ________ the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
[0.5分]
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in line with
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in terms of
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in regard with
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by means of
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23、【
单选题
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He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any ________ on what he promises.
[0.5分]
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faith
、
belief
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credit
、
reliance
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24、【
单选题
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My students found the book ________: it provided them with an abundance of information on the subject.
[0.5分]
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enlightening
、
confusing
、
distracting
、
amusing
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25、【
单选题
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Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will ________ down the economy.
[0.5分]
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put
、
settle
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drag
、
knock
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26、【
单选题
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In this factory the machines are not regulated ________ but are jointly controlled by a central computer system.
[0.5分]
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independently
、
individually
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irrespectively
、
irregularly
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27、【
单选题
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Every chemical change either results from energy being used to produce the change, or causes energy to be ________ in some form.
[0.5分]
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given off
、
put out
、
set off
、
used up
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28、【
单选题
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If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be motivated to work hard, with the result that incomes from taxation might actually ________.
[0.5分]
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shrink
、
delay
、
disperse
、
sink
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29、【
单选题
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American companies are evolving from mass-production manufacturing to ________ enterprises.
[0.5分]
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moveable
、
changing
、
flexible
、
varying
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30、【
单选题
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If you know what the trouble is, why don’t you help them to ________ the situation?
[0.5分]
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simplify
、
modify
、
verify
、
rectify
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31、【
单选题
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I can’t ________ what has happened to the vegetables, for they were freshly picked this morning.
[0.5分]
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figure out
、
draw out
、
look out
、
work out
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32、【
单选题
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I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat ________.
[0.5分]
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disapproval
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rejection
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refusal
、
decline
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33、【
单选题
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From this material we can ________ hundreds of what you may call direct products.
[0.5分]
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derive
、
discern
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diminish
、
displace
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34、【
单选题
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She had clearly no ________ of doing any work, although she was very well paid.
[0.5分]
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tendency
、
ambition
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intention
、
willingness
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35、【
单选题
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What seems confusing or fragmented at first might well become ________ a third time.
[0.5分]
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clean and measurable
、
notable and systematic
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pure and wholesome
、
clear and organic
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36、【
单选题
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The public opinion was that the time was not ________ for the election of such a radical candidate as Mr. Jones.
[0.5分]
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reasonable
、
ripe
、
ready
、
practical
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37、【
单选题
】
Hudson said he could not kill a living thing except for the ________ of hunger.
[0.5分]
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sensation
、
cause
、
purpose
、
motive
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38、【
单选题
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For the new country to survive, ________ for its people to enjoy prosperity, new economic policies will be required.
[0.5分]
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to name a few
、
let alone
、
not to speak
、
let’s say
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39、【
单选题
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Foreign disinvestment and the ________ of South Africa from world capital markets after 1985 further weakened its economy.
[0.5分]
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displacement
、
elimination
、
exclusion
、
exception
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40、【
单选题
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When a number of people ________ together in a conversational knot, each individual expresses his position in the group by where he stands.
[0.5分]
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pad
、
pack
、
squeeze
、
cluster
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