1. in order to keep the line moving, cunstoms with lengthy ______ are required to do their banking inside.
a transit
b transactions
c turnover
d tempos
2. president wilson attempted to______between the powers to end the war,but neither side was prepared to give in.
a segregate
b whirl
c compromise
d mediate
3. the police has installed camears at dangerous road______ to film those who drive through red lights.
a trenches
b utilities
c pavements
d junctions
4. it is reported that thirty people were killed in a______ on the railway yesterday.
a collision
b collaboration
c corrosion
d confrontation
5.since a circle has no beginning or end,the wedding ring is accepted as a symbol of ______love.
a successive
b consecutive
c eternal
d insistent
6. executives of the company enjoyed an________lifestyle of free gifts ,fine wines and high salaries.
a exquisite
b estravagant
c exotic
d eccentric
7. if you want to get into that tunnel,you first have to ______away all the rocks.
a haul
b repel
c dispose
d snatch
8. some crops are relatively high yielders and couble be planted in preference to others to ______the food supply.
a enhanse
b curb
c disrupt
d heighten
9. astronomers at the universities of california discovered on of the most distant_______ .
a paradoxes
b paradises
c galaxies
d shuttles
10. many great scientists______their success to hard work.
a portray
b ascribe
c impart
d acknowledge
答案与解析:
1.b 为了是排队的人流轮转快一些,要办理烦冗业务的顾客被要求到里面办理。形容词辩义:transit运输运载 transactions交易业务 ,与句意相符 turnover营业额 成交量;人员调整 人员更替率 tempos(音乐的)速度节奏,行进速度。
2.d 威尔逊总统试图在两个交战国之间调停,但双方都不肯让步。segregate使隔离使分开 whirl 旋转 急转发晕 感觉等变混乱 compromise 妥协 mediate 斡旋 调停 与in between 连用;经调解解决 符合句意。
3.d 警方已在危险路段交叉口处安装了探头以拍路闯红灯的车辆。trenches 沟渠战壕 utilities设备 公用效用 复数为公共事业 pavements 人行道 junctions节点枢纽 符合提议。
4.a 据报道 30人死于昨天的火车相撞事件。
5.c 由于圆没有起点和中点,因此结婚戒指就被当做永恒爱情的象征。successive 连接的连续的 consecutive连续的连贯的; eternal永恒的、永久的、永世的,与句意相符 insistent坚持的。 6.b.公司主管过着奢侈的生活:收着礼物,喝着美酒,领着高薪。exquisite 精美的精致的;敏锐的;剧烈的感觉强烈的;estravagant 奢侈的 过度的 言行放肆的;exotic 奇异的 异国情调的;eccentric 古怪的。
7.a.如果你想进入那个地道,首先要拖走所有的岩石。haul 拖,拉;用车等托运;repel 击退,逐回,驱除;使厌恶;排斥;dispose 解决,除掉;snatch 夺走。
8.a.有些庄稼相对高产,可以优先耕种,以提高粮食供给。enhanse 提高( 可与表示具体事物的名词具体搭配);curb 控制约束;disrupt 使中断 扰乱;heighten 提高 (与表示抽象的事物搭配)。
9.c.加利福尼亚大学的航天员发现了最遥远的星系之一。paradoxes 似是而非的隽语; 自相矛盾的人或事物;paradises 天堂、乐园;galaxies 星系; 一群(杰出的或著名的人物);shuttles 航天飞机。
10.b.许多伟大的科学家将他们的成功归因为勤奋。portray 描写描绘;ascribe ascribe a to b 把a归因于b 把a归属于b,与句意相符;impart 告知透漏 ;赋予给与;acknowledge 确认 ; 承认 告知收到。