In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. We have had to raise the prices of our products because of the increase in the cost of ______ materials.
A. primitive B. rough
C. original D. raw
2. With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very______ for the students.
A. hostile B. anxious
C. tedious D. obscure
3. Whenever the government increases public services,______ because more workers are needed to carry out these services.
A. employment to rise B. employment rises
C. which rising employment D. the rise of employment
4. Our flight to Guangzhou was ______ by a bad fog and we had to stay much longer in the hotel than we had expected.
A. delayed B. adjourned
C. cancelled D. preserved
5. Container-grown plants can be planted at any time of the year, but ______ in winter.
A. should be B. would be
C. preferred D. preferably
6. Both longitude and latitude ______ in degrees, minutes and seconds.
A. measuring B. measured
C. are measured D. being measured
7. Most comets have two kinds of tails, one made up of dust, ______ made up of electrically charged particles called plasma.
A. one another B. the other
C. other ones D. each other
8. Good pencil erasers are soft enough not ______ paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.
A. by damaging B. so that they damage
C. to damage D. damaging
9. The magician picked several persons ______ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.
A. by accident B. at random
C. on occasion D. on average
10. On turning the comer, they saw the path ______ steeply.
A. departing B. descending
C. decreasing D. degenerating
11. English language publications in China are growing in volume and ______.
A. circulation B. rotation
C. circumstance D. appreciation
121. Hydroponics ______ the cultivation of plants without soil.
A. does B. is
C. do D. are
13. To impose computer technology ______ teachers is to create an environment that is not conducive to learning.
A. with B. to
C. in D. on
14. Marketing is ______ just distributing goods from the manufacturer to the final customer.
A. rather than B. other than
C. bigger than D. more than
15. ______ a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system.
A. What linguists call B. It is called by linguists
C. Linguists call it D. What do linguists call
16. In the eighteenth century, the town of Bennington, Vermont, was famous for ______ pottery.
A. it made B. its
C. the making D. where its
17. ______ get older, the games they play become increasingly complex.
A. Children B. Children, when they
C. As children D. For children to
18. ______ of his childhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, provided Mark Twain with the inspiration for two of his most popular novels.
A. Remembering B. Memories
C. It was the memories D. He remembered
19. Dust storms most often occur in areas where the ground has little vegetation to protect ______ of the wind.
A. from the effects B. it the effects
C. it from the effects D. the effects from it
20. Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are a ______.
A. scarcity B. minority
C. minimum D. Shortage
【參考答案】
1.D [分析] 近義辨析。
itive原始的，粗糙的，簡單的，h粗糙的，粗略的，大致的： inal最初的，原始的，獨創的： 未加工的，生的，處於自然狀態的，此處是指原材料，因此答案為D。
2.C [分析] 詞義辨析。
ile敵對的，敵意的;ous擔憂的，渴望的：ous單調乏味的，沉悶的，ure朦朧的，模糊的，晦澀的，此處指：……，學生的生活一定是單調乏味的。因此答案為C。
3.B [分析] 語法應用。
逗號前是一個讓步狀語從句，because又引導一個原因狀語從句，因此所填之處應為一個完整的主謂結構;B為答案。
4.A [分析] 近義辨析。
yed耽擱，延誤，推遲(指由於某種原因推遲，稍後還將繼續，但不表明延期的具體時間);如：The accident delayed the train.火車因事故晚點。 urned使中止，推遲(一般指會議休會，則其在繼續開);如：The hearing will be adjourned until tomorrow morning.聽證會推遲到明天上午舉行。elled取消，erved儲存，保藏。
5.D [分析] 詞義辨析。
should be/would be應是;preferred首選的(adj.);preferably更適宜，最好是 (adv.);因此應填D。
6.C [分析] 語法應用。
所填之處前面是主語，後面是狀語，此處應是謂語，根據句意，此處又應用被動語態，所以C為答案。
7.B [分析] 形近識別。
one another互相(原則上，兩個人/兩個時用each other，三個人/三個以上則用one another);如：They looked at one another.他們彼此看著對方：each other相互;如：They respect each other.他們互相尊重;the other(在兩個之中的)另一方(表示兩者之中剩下的那一個);因此應填B。
8.C [分析] 語法應用。
“enough+不定式”(足夠……能)結構常置於形容詞後作狀語，表示結果，本句是這一結構的'否定式：所以C是答案。
9.B [分析] 習語辨析。
accident偶然; random隨便地，任意地，胡亂地： occasion有時， average平均起來;因此B為答案。
10.B[分析] 形近識別。
rting出發，背離;ending下降;如：The path descends sharply.這條小徑向下急降(下斜坡度很陡)。easing減少，漸減; nerating退化，因此選項B是答案。
11.A[分析] 詞義辨析。
ulation流通，傳播：tion旋轉，umstance條件，細節， eciation欣賞，正確評價，增值，此句意為：在中國，英語出版物在產量與銷量(發行量/傳遞/流通)上日益增加。因此應選A。
12.B[分析] 語法應用。
Hydroponics(水耕法，水栽培)雖帶有詞尾-s，但表示單一概念，應看作是單數名詞，故謂語動詞要用單數，本句為主系表結構，用be動詞，所以選B。
13.D[分析] 固定搭配。
impose+名詞+on/upon(對……)課稅，使負擔，把(想法等)強加(於某人)，強迫(某人)接受：如：He always tries to impose his opinion on others.他總是想強迫別人接受他的意見。因此選D。
14.D[分析] 習語辨析。
er than勝於，r than不同於，除了;er than大於; than多過……，不止……，……以上;如：The consequence was much more than he imagined.結果遠超過他的想象。本句意為：營銷不僅僅是將貨物從生產者向最終客戶的分配。因此選D。
15.A[分析] 語法應用。
本句是用名詞性從句What do linguists call a language family作主語，意思是語言學家將一組有著共同起源，類似詞彙、語法及音系的語言稱為語系。
16.B[分析] 語法應用。
本句意為：在十八世紀，本寧頓城和佛蒙特城以其製陶業而聞名：因此應填代詞的所有格。如：The small town is famous for its fine park.這座小城以漂亮的公園著稱。
17.C[分析] 語法應用。
本句逗號前是狀語從句，空白處應填連詞;主句主語是the games，因此選項A、B、D均不對：只有as“隨著”符合句意，所以C為答案。
18.B[分析] 語法應用。
此處考強調句型：It is/was+強調成分+that/who;意為：是對童年家鄉(漢尼拔和密蘇里)的回憶使得馬克吐溫產生了靈感，寫出了他最著名兩部小說。因此選項B為答案。
19.C[分析] 固定搭配。
protect ..保護;如：He is wearing sunglasses to protect his eyes from the strong sunlight.他戴著太陽鏡以擋強烈的陽光。因此選項C是答案。
20.B[分析] 詞義辨析。
city 缺乏，不足，罕見;rity 少數，少數民族;mum 最小值;tage 不足，缺乏：因此選項B為答案。
