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一、单项选择题(共20题，合计10分)1The house was very quiet, ______ as it was on the side of a mountain.? ?A. isolated ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. isolating? ?C. being isolated ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. having been isolated[正确答案]A2The expert says ______ in performance can be applied successfully to a political career.? ?A. training ? ? ? ? B. trained ? ? ? ? C. to be trained ? ? ? ? D. being trained[正确答案]A? ?所填之词与后面的in performance构成宾语从句的主语，表示“言语行为的训练”，它的逻辑主语实际表示动作的发出者，因此用主动语态；A为答案。3The last half of the 19th century ______ the steady improvement in the means of travel.? ?A. witnessed ? ? ? B. has witnessed ? C. is witnessed ? ? ? ? ?D. was witnessed[正确答案]A? ?根据主语the last half of the nineteenth century可以判断时间为过去时，主语和谓witness(亲眼目睹)之间是主动关系，因此A为答案。4The American basketball team announced that they would not ______ first place to any team.? ?A. yoke ? ? ? ? ? ?B. yell ? ? ? ? ? ?C. yield ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. yearn[正确答案]C?A．yoke把……套上轭，结合，连接；B．yell大叫，叫着说，忍不住笑；C．yield出产，生长，(…to)屈服，屈从；D．yearn渴望，想念，向往；因表：他们不会将第一的位子让给任何队，因此C为答案。5He said there was a great gap between the views expressed in the media and what ______ people were thinking.? ?A. usual ? ? ? ? ? B. general ? ? ? ? C. normal ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. ordinary[正确答案]D? ?A．usual平常的，通常的，B．general一般的，普通的；C．normal正常的，正规的，标准的；D．ordinary平常的，普通的；例：Tom Sawyer was all ordinary American boy who kept getting into trouble. 汤姆·索耶是个常常惹事生非的普普通通的美国男孩。因此D为答案。6He was fined $ 5,000 by city regulators for giving money to an inspector, an incident he later described as ______.? ?A. extent ? ? ? ? ?B. extinction ? ? ?C. extortion ? ? ? ? ? ?D. extravagance[正确答案]C? ?A．extent广度，范围；B．extinction消失，灭绝；C．extortion勒索，敲诈，强取；? ?D．extravagance奢侈，铺张，过度，放纵的言行；因表示：由于塞钱给一个检察员，他被城管人员罚了5000美金，后来他将之称为敲诈，因此C为答案。+加入错题+收藏该题评论此题7In some countries, ______ is called equality does not really mean equal rights for all people.? ?A. which ? ? ? ? ?B. that ? ? ? ? ? ?C. what ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. one8Problems caused by ______ nationality have to be properly coped with.? ?A. mutual ? ? ? ? B. bilateral ?