57. I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion when I _______ the journey in exactly two days.
A. must make B. must have made C. was able to make D. could make
58. I know he failed his last test, but really he's _______ stupid.
A. something but B. anything but C. nothing but D. not but
67. There are still many problems ahead of us, but by this time next year we can e light at the end of the_______.
A. battle B. day C. road D. tunnel
70. His ideas are invariably condemned as _______ by his colleagues.
A. imaginative B. ingenious C. impractical D. theoretical
72. The majority of nurs are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a_______.
A. minority B. scarcity C. rarity D. minimum
74. The president explained that the purpo of taxation was to _______ government spending.
A. finance B. expand C. enlarge D. budget
75. The heat in summer is no less _______ here in this mountain region.
A. concentrated B. extensive C. inten D. intensive
78. Since the early nineties, the trend in most business has been toward on-demand, always- available products and rvices that suit the customer's _______ rather than the company's.
A. benefit B. availability C. suitability D. covenience
79. The priest made the _______ of the cross when he entered the church.
A. mark B. signal C. sign D. gesture
80. This spacious room is _______ furnished with just a few articles in it.
A. lightly B. sparly C. hardly D. rarely
57.[译文]我1984年去了那里,那也是我惟一一次有机会能够刚好在两天内完成旅行。
[考点]情态动词的含义和用法。本句是陈述过去事实,而A.must多指现在或将来的情况,一般不用来表示过去必须做某事,据此排除。B.must have done sth.表示对过去行为的推测、猜想,不一定是事实,与句意不符。D.could指“一般的能力”,通常不表示某人在某一场合设法做了某事,故不正确。C. was able to专用于过去的具体场合,尤其指“具有能力完成某件有难度的事情”,因此C是正确答案。
58.[译文]我知道他最近一次考试没通过,但他真的绝对不笨。
[考点]固定短语的含义。正确答案B.anything but表达“决不”的意思,例如:I will do anything but go there.(我决不到那里去。)That's anything but true.(那决不是真的。)C.nothing but表达“只有,只是”的意思,例如:He eats nothing but hamburgers.(他只吃汉堡包。)因此he's nothing but stupid的意思是“他就是太蠢了”,与转折的语气不符
合。A. something but和D.not but都不是固定短语。
67.[译文]我们面前仍然有很多问题,不过到明年这个时候,我们就能看到曙光了。
[考点]固定短语用法。虽然四个选项都可以搭配词组at the end of,但light at the end of the tunnel是英语中的俗语,表示“曙光在前,胜利在望”的意思。其他选项都不能表达这个特定含义,所以选项D正确。
70.[译文]他的想法总是被同事们指为不切实际。
[考点]形容词的含义及用法。本句中的condemn“谴责,反对”表明其后的形容词一定是带贬义的词。四个选项中只有C.impractical“不切实际的,不实用的”带贬义,因此是正确答案。B.ingenious“聪明的,精巧的”是褒义;A.imaginative“想像的,虚构的”和D.theoretical“理论上的”都是中性词。
72.[译文]大多数护士都是女性,但在医学界拥有较高职务的人中,女性却占少数。
[考点]名词的含义。本题意在对比,和majority相对的是minority,专指“人数上占少数的情
况”,故选A。B. scarcity多指“数量或供应上短缺、不足”;C.rarity侧重“稀有罕见的品质或状态”;D.minimum“最小值,最小量”。
74.[译文]总统解释说,征税的目的是为政府开支提供资金。
[考点]动词的含义及用法。常识告诉我们,政府的开销靠的是税收,因此人finance"为……提供资金”是正确答案。又如:They work hard to finance their daughter through law school.(他们辛苦工作,供女儿读完法律学校。)D.budget是“编预算;规划安排”的意思,例如:The government has budgeted$10,000,000 for education spending.(政府将1000万美元编入教育预算。)You have to budget your time carefully.(你得认真安排自己的时间。)因此,budget government spending 是“计划安排政府开销”的意思,与税收的目的不符合,故不选。B.expand和C.enlarge明显与句意不合。
75.[译文]夏天这个山区里一样的炎热。
[考点]形容词的含义及用法。A.concentrated“集中的,浓缩的”,从动词concentrate转化而来,侧重“集中、专注”,例如:We should make a concentrated effort to study well.(
我们应该专心搞好研究。)B.extensive“广阔的,广泛的”。D.intensive“密集的,加强的”,常用于指在短期内为达到某个目的而高强度地做某事,行为的强度和程度是由外部强加的,例如:The workers received s two-week intensive training.(工人们接受了为期两周的强化训练。)C.inten“强烈的,剧烈的”,常用来表达感情或感受的强度,例如:inten love/hate/loyalty/pain(极度的爱/恨/忠诚/疼痛),inten heat(酷暑),因此正确选项为C。
78.[译文]从90年代早期开始,大多数商业的产品和服务已经开始朝着按需供应、随时有货的趋势发展了,为顾客而不是商家提供方便。
[考点]名词的含义及用法。从句意可知,按需供应、随时有货的产品和服务方便了顾客,因此D.convenience是最恰当的选择。A.benefit“利益,好处”用在这里意思太笼统宽泛,不如convenience确切;B.availability“可用性,有效性”和C.suitability“合适,适宜”完全不合句意。
79.[译文]牧师进入教堂的时候在胸前画了个十字。
[考点]名词的含义及用法。C.sign的意思最广泛,可以指“符号,记号”,以及“用来传达信息的任何示意动作”,例如:He made s sign for me to follow him.(他示意我跟着他走。)句中make the sign of the cross是固定说法,意为“用手画十字”,因此C为正确答案。B.signal 是“人人皆知的、有约定俗成意义的符号,信号”,例如:A red 1ightis usually a signal of danger.(红灯通常是危险的信号。)A. mark “可见的印记、特别的特征或留下的痕迹”,例如:Good manners are the mark of a civilized person.(彬彬有礼是文明人的特征。)D.gesture“姿势,手势”,强调肢体动作,例如:He gestured angrily at me.(他气愤地对我做手势。)
80.[译文]这间宽敞的房间里只是零零落落地摆了几件家具。
[考点]副词的含义及用法。A.lightly和B.sparly语法上符合题意,但sparly“稀疏的,零落的”更能对应句中“specious”,表示“宽敞的房间里只是零星地摆了几件家具”,能生动地形成对比,故选B。C. hardly“几乎不”,表示否定含义,与句中肯定的a few articles矛盾;D.rarely“难得,很少”,表示少见、不经常的情况。