1.in the ruins of the castle a book ____ the 14th century royal family life was founded.
a. prescribing b. ascribing c. depicting d. illustrating
2.i felt sorry that he had the ____ that i was cheating him.
a. motive b. notification c. notion d. nightmare
3.madame curie ____ all her life to scientific research.
a. engaged b. attributed c. dedicated d. addicted
4.on behalf of world peace, any international dispute should be settled by ____ or political means instead of by forces.
a. diplomatic b. dramatic c. fantastic d. automatic
5.parents should be cautious about their words and actions, for their children may ____their behaviours.
a. react b. resist c. interpret d. duplicate
6.we can make full use of waste oil by ____ essences from it.
a. purifying b. refraining c. distilling d. transmitting
7.all the world was ____ about the motive of the country to interfere in the dispute.
a. discrete b. subtle c. confidential d. dubious
8.the republicans ____ the congress at present time.
a. major b. transfer c. dominate d. overtake
9.according to the doctor’s ____, he had got a light flu epidemic.
a. diagnosis b. synopsis c. synthesis d. thesis
10.the little boy was ____ at her mother’s words because she for the first time in her life lost her temper.
a. encouraged b. consolidated c. dismayed d. disapproved
答案与解析：
1.c。
在古堡的废墟中发现了一本描述14世纪皇室生活的书。此题既为近义词辨析题。c也可换成describing。depict描写：a booklet depicting rural landscape一本描写田园风
光的小册子。a. prescribe开药。b. ascribe常用于被动，见于be ascribed to，归功(咎) 于。d. illustrate图解：explain by illustration借图解说明；illustrate the book给书配插图。句中的life和book之间的纽带关系是书描述生活。故选c。
2.答案c。
我心里很难受，他竟然有这种认为我在骗他的想法。此题为形近词辨析题，根据句意比较容易找出答案。notion想法，概念：have no notion of对……一无所知。have the notion that…相当于have the idea that…认为……：she has a notion that men should not wear perfume.她认为男人不该搽香水。a. motive动机。b. notification通知，notify的名词形式。d. nightmare恶梦。
3.答案c。
居里夫人将毕生精力都献给了科学研究。
此题考搭配辨析。在此题中四个选项均能与介词“to”搭配使用，但具体搭配情况各异，其含义也不相同。dedicate贡献，常用于dedicate oneself to一心扑在。a. engage常用于 be engaged in忙于；be engaged to sb.与……订婚。b. attribute常接介词to，表示归因于。d. addict常见于词组be addicted to沉溺于。
4.答案a。
为了世界和平，任何国际争端应当通过政治或外交途径来解决，而不是诉诸武力。此题为形容词辨析题，根据句意来判断。diplomatic外交的。b. dramatic戏剧的，夸张的：dramatic criticism戏剧评论；dramatic gestures夸张的手势。c. fantastic离奇的，出色的：fantastic dreams怪异的梦；a fantastic fall一条壮观的瀑布。d. automatic自动的。故选diplomatic才跟political最接近，也符合题意。
5.答案d。
父母得小心自己的言行，因为小孩会模仿。此题为动词辨析题，根据题干中“cautious”和常理来判断。duplicate模仿，复制：duplicate tapes复制磁带。a. react (to)对…作出反应：i reacted to his anger with silence.我对他的气愤沉默以对。b. resist抵制：resist one’s actions抵制(怨恨)某人的举动。c. interpret口译，理解：interpret a as b 把a解释为b。
6.答案c。
我们可以通过从废油中提取精华来充分利用它。此题为近义词辨析，a、c易混淆，题干中“waste oil”为关键词。distill提取，蒸馏：distilled water蒸馏水。distill sth. from…从……中提取……。a. purify净化：purify polluted water净化污水；purify water of harmful chemicals消除水中有害的化学物质。b. refrain限制，阻止：refrain from spitting约束(自己)不吐痰。d. transmit传送：transmit disease传染疾病。
7.答案d。
全世界对该国干预这场争端的动机持怀疑态度。此题为形容词辨析题，根据句意来判断。dubious怀疑的：be dubious about怀疑。a. discrete彼此不相干的：two discrete banks无往来的银行。b. subtle隐约的；清淡的：a subtle flavour淡雅的芬芳。c. confidential保密的：confidential files机密文件。本句中对动机(motive)所持的态度——怀疑(dubious)。全世界都对该国干预这场争端的动机持怀疑态度。
8.答案c。
共和党人现在在国会中占主导地位。此题为动词辨析题，注意overtake与take over不一样dominate主导：the father dominates the family.父亲当家作主。a. major (in)主修。b. transfer转移：transfer from one club to another从一个俱乐部转至另一俱乐部。d. overtake赶超：overtake sb.追上某人。故选c。
9.答案a。
根据医生的诊断，他患轻度流感。
此题为形近词辨析，题干中“doctor”已揭示了答案为哪一选项。diagnosis诊断。b. synopsis概要：synopsis of act one(戏剧)第一幕之简介。c. synthesis合成：make plastics by synthesis用合成的方法制造塑料。d. thesis主题，论文。跟医生和疾病相联系的当然是diagnosis。
10.答案c。
小男孩对母亲的话大吃一惊，因为她生平头一遭发了脾气。此题为动词词义辨析题，根据题干中“lost her temper”来判断。
dismay使吃惊，一般表示使担忧，失望或心烦：be dismayed at/by对…惊奇不已；对…沮丧。a. encourage鼓舞：be greatly encouraged by倍受鼓舞。b. consolidate联合：a consolidated government联合政府。d. disapprove (of)不赞成：i disapproved of his plan.我不赞成他的计划。可以排除b、d两个相差甚远的选项，再则，对他人发脾气当然是吃惊或心中不快(dismayed)，少有幸灾乐祸或倍受鼓舞的。故选c.dismayed。