大学生英语竞赛A类词汇语法专项强化真题试卷8
词汇和语法结构
1.He took away ten papers, but only seven were in his pocket. What had become ______ three ?(D)
A. of another
B. with others
C. with the other
D. of the other
解析：句意：他拿了10份文件，但是在他的口袋里只有7份，其余三份呢?本题旨在考another与the other的区别。Another表示三者以上当中的另外一个，the other表示两部分当中剩下的另外一部分。become of发生…情况。
2.He can’t ______ ignorance as his excuse; he should have known what was happening in his own department.(C)
A. insist
B. refer
C. plead
D. defend
解析：plead… as为…辩护，以…为借口。句意：他无法再以不知情为借口，对于自己部门内发生的事情他本应该熟知的。
3.When he heard how well the new company was doing, he took a calculated ______ and invested all his money in it.(A)
A. risk
B. opportunity
C. danger
D. venture
解析：risk投资风险。句意：他听说了这家新公司运营得多么好之后，接受了其预期风险并 把钱全投了进去。
4.Mary: Are there any more points? Have we covered everything?
Peter:______
Andy: Neither have I.
John: Just one thing. I’d like to remind everyone that the next meeting will be on Monday afternoon.
Mary: Thanks. I’d forgotten that. So, if everyone agrees, I’d like to leave it there.(D)
A. I have one thing to add.
B. Can I make an announcement?
C. That’ s a good point.
D. I have nothing to add.
解析：由上下文可知，此段对话发生在某会议即将结束之时，Mary问到谈话内容是否涉及了各个方面，询问他人是否还有所补充。根据回答“neither have I”可知上一个说话者给出了否定回答“have nothing to add”。
5.If the whole project______beforehand, a great deal of time and money would have been lost.(C)
A. was not planned
B. has not been planned
C. had not been planned
D. were not planned
解析：如果整个项目没有事先规划好，我们就会损失很多的时间和财力。此题涉及虚拟语气，表示与过去事实相反的情况，从句：主语+had done，主句：主语+should／would／could／might+have done。由题目后面“Would have been lost．”推出前面应套用“主语+had done”格式。
6.It could take fourteen weeks to complete the ______journey on foot from London to Rome in the Middle Ages.(A)
A. grueling
B. sluggish
C. lax
D. tottering
解析：句意：在中世纪，人们需要步行14周的时间才能完成从伦敦到罗马这一繁重而累人的旅程。从句意可知，此处应突出长途跋涉的辛苦。grueling累垮人的，折磨人的。sluggish萧条的；迟钝的。lax松懈的；腹泻的。tottering蹒跚的；动摇的。
7.The news broadcast reported on the______danger to coastal cities due to the approaching hurricane.(C)
A. burst
B. thrilled
C. impending
D. migrating
解析：句意：新闻报道称，飓风正在逼近，沿海城市面临着紧迫危险。impending即将发生的，迫在眉睫的。burst爆炸；爆裂；爆发。thrilled非常兴奋的；极为激动的。mi—grate迁移，移往。
8.The life expectancies of even the very old have increased significantly in recent years, but at the same time, this group faces the highest risk of______disease requiring long-term care.(A)
A. chronic
B. acute
C. major
D. fatal
解析：句意：最近几年，即便老年人的寿命也有了显著增长，但与此同时，该人群得慢性病的风险也最高，并且该种疾病通常需要长期的照料。chronic慢性的；长期的。acute急性的；(情况)严重的。fatal致命的；毁灭性的。
9.The first thirteen states of the US are mainly located on the______seaboard.(A)
A. eastern
B. western
C. northeastern
D. southeastern
解析：从1607年到1733年，英国殖民者先后在北美洲东岸(大西洋沿岸)建立了十三个殖民地。后来，这些殖民地便成为美国独立最初的十三个州。
10.Gulliver’s Travels written by______is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects of the English and European life of the time.(B)
A. Daniel Defoe
B. Jonathan Swift
C. Alexander Pope
D. John Bunyan
解析：《格列佛游记》(Gulliver’s Travels)是乔纳森·斯威夫特(Jonathan swift)的一部杰出的游记体讽刺小说，以格列佛船长的
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