1. The theory was attacked ten years ago when it was first , but gradually it was accepted______.

A) promoted B) enhanced C) advanced D) conceived

2. preparations made for the President’s official_____ visit to three foreign countries.

A) Elaborate B) Graceful C) Royal D) Tedious

3. The bus is so crowded that there is sufficient room for you_____.

A) rarely B) seldom C) scarcely D) some

4. Poor health and lack of money may both be to educational progress____.

A) restraints B) stains C) scarcities D) barriers

5. As for the Flat Earth theory, I believe I can it with my own experiences of navigation.

A. deny B) reject C) object D) refute

6. In the past decades, the farms of the world have succeeded in producing enough food to feed all of the planet’s people.

A) relevantly B) externally C) utterly D) virtually

7. The poor girl couldn’t from her tears any more when her mother showed up.

A) withdraw B) hold C) withhold D) refrain

8. We would contact your nearest relative _____any .

A) in the event of B) in the course of

C) in the place of D) in the light of

9. The doctors drew the conclusion that the young man’s blindness was ______

A) consistent B) partial C) internal D) temporary

10. The Second World War, the earlier one of 1914, prompted public concern about the physical and intellectual well-being of the country’s human resources.

A) so as B) as were C) as did D) same as

11.Their marriage is declared ____.

A) ineffective B) invalid C) in vain D) empty

12.The recent airplane crash ____ my belief that stronger safety regulations are needed.

A) infirm B) affirms C) firms D) confirms

13.The salesgirl had ____ the mistakes in my bill as soon as possible.

A) rectified B) verified C) underlined D) certified

14.He doesn’t want to get married because he is afraid of any____.

A) committee B) contamination C) commemoration D) commitments

15.I am____ of that woman; I think she may have stolen something from our shop.

A) skeptical B) specific C) suspicious D) spacious

16.The republication of the writer’s works will surely ____ his reputation. 

A) enhance B) strengthen C) enlarge D) magnify

17.In fairy tales, ____ beings will never die.

A) immoral B) immortal C) fatal D) immobile

18.Working consistently without rest, a lot of doctors and nurses ____ SARS. 

A) go down with B) go into C) go for D) go away

19.Evening was____as I took the road over Mountain Top

A) setting out B) setting in C) setting down D) setting off

20.It’s interesting that Mary____her aunt in everyway

A) takes on B) takes after C) takes down D) takes to

答案与解析：

1.动词辨析C) advance“推进;提出”的advance a theory提出一种理论;A) promote“提升;增进”;B) enhance“提高，增强”，enhance one’s confidence增强信心; D) conceive“构想;怀胎”，conceive an idea想出一个主意。

该理论十年前刚提出时受到抨击，但渐渐地被人们接受了。

2.形容词辨析A) Elaborate“详尽的;精心计划的” an elaborate design精心的设计;B) Graceful“优美的;得体的” seek a graceful exit寻求体面的退出;C) royal“皇家的，王室的”;D) tedious“冗长乏味的”正在为总统对三个国家的正式访问作精心准备。

3.副词辨析rarely 和seldom表示“很少”，都是频度副词，不能用于本句，再说两词意义、的用法相同，也不能成为答案。scarcely为程度副词，意为“几乎不”，为正确答案。公共汽车很挤，几乎没有足够的地方让你立足。

4.名词辨析四选项的意思分别为：A)restraints“束缚，约束”;B)stains“污点”;C)scarcity“稀少”;D)barriers“障碍”;根据句子的前因后果，只能填入barriers一词。卫生差和缺钱都会阻碍教育的进程。

5.动词辨析D) refute“驳斥;否认…的正确性”，refute an argument驳斥一种论点;A) deny“否认;拒绝某人要求”deny sb. admission拒绝某人入场;B) reject“拒绝;拒绝考虑”He was rejected for the navy because he is sea sick.由于晕船他未被海军录取。C) object“反对，不赞成”，后接介词to或宾语从句。至于地平说，我想我能用我的亲身航海经历驳斥它。

6.副词辨析D) virtually“几乎，差不多;实际上”;A) relevantly“有关地;适宜地”;B) externally“外部地，外表地”;C) utterly“完全地，彻底地”utterly ignorant of sth.对…全然不知。在过去几十年中，世界上的农场已成功地为这个星球上差不多所有的人生产出了足够的食品。

7.动词辨析A、的C项属形近动词。四选词的意思分别是：A)withdraw“抑制，制止”;B)hold“拿，坚持，抱”;它不能和from搭配;C)withhold“抑制，制止”;D)refrain“抑制，忍住”。 当她妈妈出现时，这位可怜的小女孩再也抑制不住自己的眼泪。

8.介词短语辨析in the event of 表示“万一，如果，一旦”;in the course of 表示“在…过程中，在…期间”;in the place of中，冠词多余，也不符合本句意义;in the light of表示“根据，按照”，如：in the light of customers根据顾客的要求。一旦发生意外，我们会与你最近的亲属联系。

9.形容词辨析D) temporary“暂时的，临时的”;A) consistent“一贯的，一致的”;B) partial“部分的;偏心的”;C) internal“内部的;固有的”。医生得出结论：这位青年的失明是暂时的。

10.as用法as可连接表示方式，再根据主句中动词“prompted”一词，所以答案为as did。第二次世界大战，就如同第一次世界大战一样，都促使人们关注这个国家人力资源的身体和智力健康。

11.B。他们的婚姻被宣布无效。词语辨析题，要求考生能分辨几个“无效的”的细微差别。ineffective指无效果的，不起作用的;invalid指无效的法律上或事实上是无效的; in vain指徒然的;empty 指空的。

12.D。最近的坠机事件使我更坚信我们需要更健全的安全法规。

词语辨析题，要求考生能分辨几个形似的词语之间意义的差别。

infirm是形容词，指不坚固的;affirm是动词，指确认，断言;firm指坚固;confirm证实或确认…的肯定性，确认。

13.A。女店员将帐单上的错误很快地改正过来了。

词语辨析题，要求考生能分辨几个形似的词语之间意义的差别。

rectify指改正，纠正;verify指核对;underline指在…下划线;certify指证明，证实。

14.D。他不想结婚,因为他害怕承担任何责任。

词语辨析题，要求考生能分辨几个形似的词语之间意义的差别。

committee指委员会;contamination指玷污，污染; commemoration指纪念，纪念会;commitments指责任，义务。

15.A。我怀疑是那个女人偷了我们店里的东西。

词语辨析题，要求考生能分辨几个形似的词语之间意义的差别。

skeptical指怀疑的;specific指明确的;suspicious指可疑的;spacious指广大的，大规模的。

16.A。作家作品的再版肯定会提高他的声誉。

词语辨析题，要求考生能分辨几个“加强，扩大”的差别。

enhance指提高，增强;strengthen指增加力量，使变强壮;enlarge指扩大，放大;magnify指夸大，放大。

17.B。在神仙故事中，神仙是永远不死的。

词语辨析题，要求考生能分辨几个形似的词语之间意义的差别。

immoral 指不道德的;immortal指不朽的，不死的;fatal指致命的;immobile指稳定的。

18.A。连续不断的工作是很多医生和护士都染上了非典。

词组辨析题，要求考生能分辨几个词组的意义差别。

go down with指染上疾病;go into指进入，探究; go for指努力获取;go away指走开。

19.B。当我行于山顶公路时夜幕降临。

词组辨析题，要求考生能分辨几个词组的意义差别。

set in指开始发生或出现; set off指导致发生, 开始旅程; set down指记录写下; set out指着手, 开始旅程。

20.B。有趣的是玛丽很像她的姑妈。

词组辨析题，要求考生能分辨几个词组的意义差别。

take on指开始具备…特征，开始雇佣; take to指对…产生好感;take after指长相或举止像某个长辈;take down指拆成零部件。

更多精彩资讯请关注查字典资讯网，我们将持续为您更新最新资讯!