17．When travelling, you are advised to take travelers ’ checks, which provide a secure _____ to carrying your money in cash.
A. substitute
B. selection
C. preference
D. alternative【答案】D【解析】句意：旅行时建议你携带旅行支票，这为携带现金提供了一种安全的变通
办法。alternative可供选择的事物，与to连用。substitute替代品，与介词for连用，不能与to连用。 selection选择，挑选。preference偏爱。
18．I didn’t say anything like that at all. You are purposely _____ my ideas to prove your point.
A. revising
B. contradicting
C. distorting
D. distracting【答案】C【解析】句意：我根本没那样说，你是故意曲解我的意思来证明自己的观点。 distort
扭曲；曲解。revise修订；改正。contradict反驳，驳斥。distract分散注意力。
19．Dozens of scientific groups all over the world have been _____ the goal of a practical and economic way to use sunlight to split water molecules.
A. pursuing
B. chasing
C. reaching
D. winning【答案】A【解析】句意：世界上的许多科学小组在寻找经济实用的方法来利用阳光来分解水
分子。have been+动词现在分词形式，表示从过去到现在一直在进行的动作，并且有可能持续下去。因此此处应选用延续性动词，故reach、win排除。chase表示追赶。pursue表示追求。故应选择pursue。
20．Given the current _____ real estate market, the Central Government has recently issued stimulus policies, in hopes of boosting the market demand.
A. agitating
B. booming
C. chaotic
D. recessive【答案】D【解析】句意：由于房地产市场目前愈发不景气，中央政府最近出台刺激政策，希
望拉动市场需求。recessive有倒退倾向的。agitate煽动；鼓动。boom景气，繁荣。chaotic混乱的。
21．David Talbot earned the honor for his bestseller Brothers, which was published in 2006 and 2007 in two _____.
A. columns
B. episodes
C. installments
D. versions【答案】C【解析】句意：大卫 ·塔波特的作品《兄弟》是他最畅销的作品，两部分别于2006、
2007年先后出版。installment一部，一期。column专栏。episode剧集。version版本。
22．The defendant is facing severe verdict despite the appeal for _____ by his lawyer.
A. clemency
B. forgiving
C. impartiality
D. release
【答案】A
【解析】句意：尽管被告的律师请求宽大处理，但被告还是面临严重的裁决。

clemency轻判，宽大处理。forgive宽恕。impartiality中立，不偏不倚。release释放；发行。
23． The Geneva _____ of 1925 prohibits the use in war of “asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and ... all analogous liquids, materials or devices”.
A. Aerobics B. Duet
C. Gist
D. Protocol【答案】D【解析】句意：1925年的《日内瓦公约》禁止在战争中使用窒息性气体、毒性气体
或是其他气体……以及所有类似的液体、材料或装置。protocol国家间签订的议定书，协议。Aerobics有氧运动。Duet二重奏。Gist（发言、谈话或文章的）主旨，要点。
24．Indigenous Australians believe that _____ is necessary but the government should, most importantly, make a formal apology for what they did in the past.
A. conflict
B. confrontation
C. rapprochement
D. reconnaissance【答案】C【解析】句意：澳大利亚本土人相信和解是必要的，但是，最重要的是，政府应该
对他们过去的所作所为做出正式的道歉。rapprochement重归于好，和解。conflict斗争，冲突。confrontation面对；对抗。reconnaissance侦查，搜索。
25．The wealth of a country should be measured _____ the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
A. in line with
B. in terms of
C. in regard with
D. by means of【答案】B【解析】句意：一个国家的财富应该依据其人民的健康和幸福以及它所生产的物质
商品来衡量。in terms of依据，从 ……角度。in line with与 ……一致，符合。in regard with这个短语是不正确的，应该是with/in regard to，表示关于，至于。 by meansof通过 ……方式。
26．No bread eaten by man is so sweet as _____ earned by his own labor.
A. one
B. such
C. that
D. what【答案】C【解析】句意：没有直接吃到的面包能比通过个人劳动赚钱买到的面包味道更甜。
句子的主要结构为notso...as...平级比较。在这种比较结构下，从句中和主句相
同的名词，如果是可数名词单数或不可数名词，用代词that，如果是复数，用those指代。that为代词,指代前面的bread。one也可以指代前面的名词，但只能指代可数名词,而bread不可数。
27． Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often _____, or better than an actual performance.
A. as good as
B. as good
C. good
D. good as【答案】A【解析】句意：你喜欢听唱片吗？我发现唱片通常和现场演出一样好或者可以说比
现场演出还要精彩。as goodas和 ……一样好。
28．The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, _____ could go penniless by next year.
A. the larger one
B. the larger of which
C. the largest one
D. the largest of which【答案】B【解析】句意：社会退休保障项目由两个信托基金组成，其中比较大的一个到明年
资金将被耗尽。the larger of which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰two trust funds。因为主句中提到两项two trust funds，两者的比较，用比较级。D项是最高级，只能用于三者或三者以上。
29．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.
A. and
B. as
C. but
D. or【答案】B【解析】句意：人口增长的主因是医疗水平的改善导致了死亡率的降低，而非出生
率的增长。not somuch...as与其说 ……不如说……。
30．Observations were made _____ the children at the beginning and at the end of pre-school and first grade.
A. towards
B. of
C. on
D. with【答案】B【解析】句意：人们对孩子们在学前班和小学一年级开始时和结束时的情况进行过
观察。observation一般与of连用，表示对 ……的观察。
31．Steven hardly ever washes the dishes and he rarely, _____, does any cleaning.
A. as ever
B. as never
C. if ever
D. never ever【答案】C【解析】句意：约翰很少洗碗，也很少打扫卫生。这里的ifever做插入语，意思
为“如果有的话”。
32．_____ I would like to help you, I’m afraid I’m simply too busy at the moment.
A. As much
B. Much as
C. Much thought
D. Though much
【答案】B
【解析】句意：尽管我想帮你，但我现在太忙了没有时间。muchas尽管。

33．In the Cliffside you can see the layers of geological deposits dating from when the earth as _____ today was still being created.
A. we know
B. to be known
C. being known
D. we know it【答案】A【解析】句意：在悬崖边上你可以看到地质沉积层，这些沉积层可以追溯到地球的
形成时期，正如我们今天所知道的那样。as weknow today是插入语，其中as充当这个插入语weknow的宾语。
34．Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true _____ it comes to classroom tests.
A. before
B. as
C. since
D. when【答案】D【解析】句意：做作业是提高考试成绩的一个可靠方法，这在涉及到课堂测验时尤
其正确。When it comesto...是一固定句型，意为 “当谈到……时，涉及”。
35． The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each _____ one major point in contrast with the other.
A. makes
B. made
C. is to make
D. making【答案】D【解析】句意：这篇文章开头和结尾各有一篇新闻报道，两篇的观点形成强烈的对
比。因本句的两部分由逗号分开，且无任何连接词，所以可知逗号后面的部分不能是一个完整的句子，应排除A和C项。本句非谓语动词的逻辑主语是each，与make是主动关系，因此用现在分词形式。
36．For there _____ successful communication, there must be attentiveness and involvement in the discussion itself by all present.
A. is
B. to be
C. will be
D. being【答案】B【解析】为了达成成功交流的目的，在场的所有人都必须专心并积极地参与到讨论
中。这里动词不定式表目的。
37．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.
A. What little
B. So much
C. How much
D. So little【答案】A【解析】句意：他老是吹嘘自己是个天文学专家，但是实际上他对天文学几乎一无
所知，他所了解的那点皮毛也都是陈旧过时且不准确的知识。somuch，so little不可以引导主语从句how much多少，什么价钱，到什么程度，与句子表语 “过时和不准确的”不符合。
38．_____ for the timely investment from the general public, our company would not be so thriving as it is.
A. Had it not been
B. Were it not
C. Be it not
D. Should it not be【答案】A【解析】句意：如果不是因为公众及时的投资，我们的公司不会像现在这么兴隆。
从句意可知，投资早已发生，这里是对过去的虚拟，因此用had+动词过去分词形式，if it had not been...部分倒装时，if去掉，将助动词had提前。
39．A safety analysis _____ the target as a potential danger. Unfortunately, it was never done.
A. would identify
B. will identify
C. would have identified
D. will have identified【答案】C【解析】句意：如果进行了安全分析的话，本来会发现该事物的潜在危险，遗憾的
是，并没有对其进行安全分析。这里表示对过去的虚拟，主句用would/should/could/might have+动词过去分词。
40．The number of registered participants in this year ’s marathon was half _____.
A. of last year’s
B. those of last year’s
C. of those of last year
D. that of last year’s【答案】D【解析】句意：今年马拉松比赛注册的参赛者的数量是去年的一半。这里that指代
的就是前面the number of registered participants。those只能指代可数名词复数，而the number是单数，因此不用those。
Part II. Cloze [30 minutes, 20 points]