1.John cannot afford to go to university， ______ going abroad. A. nothing but B. anything but C. not to speak of D. nothing to speak of
正确答案：C
答案解析：约翰根本上不起大学，更不要说是出国留学。nothing but“只不过”，anything but“除…以外的任何事物，不是…而是…”，not to speak of “更不用说”，nothing to speak of“什么都不用说”。
2.Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ______ taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place. A. involve B. compose C. enclose D. attach
正确答案：A
答案解析：大多数有关人类行为的室内实验和户外实地考察中都包括了在规定的时间和地点拍取场景照片。involve “包括”，compose “组成”，enclose“包含，围绕”attach “附加”。
3.If you don‘t like to swim， you ______ as well stay at home. A. should B. may C. can D. would
正确答案：B
答案解析：要是你不喜欢游泳，你不妨呆在家里。考查情态动词搭配。may as well“最好，还是…好了”。
4.Dr. Smith was always ______ the poor and the sick， often providing them with free medical care. A. reminded of B. absorbed in C. tended by D. concerned about
正确答案：D
答案解析：史密斯医生总是很关心穷人和病人，总会给他们提供些免费的治疗。remind of “提醒，令人想起”，be absorbed in“全神贯注于，专心于”，be tended by“被照顾”， be concerned about“关心”。
5.In the Mediterranean seaweed is so abundant and so easily harvested that it is never of great ______. A. fare B. payment C. worth D. expense
正确答案：C
答案解析：参考译文：在地中海，海藻很多并且收成很好，所以不是很值钱。
fare：n.（交通工具的）票价，车（船）费payment：n.支付，付款worth：n. 价值，财产；a. 值，值得expense：n. 花费，（pl.）费用
6.The writer was so ______ in her work that she didn’t notice him enter the room. A. absorbed B. abandoned C. focused D. centered
正确答案：A
答案解析：参考译文：打字员太专注于她的工作以至于都没有注意到他进屋来。
absorb：v. 吸收，并吞，全神贯注abandon：v. 放弃，沉溺focus：v. （使）聚焦，（使）集中；n. 焦点，（注意力、活动、兴趣等的）中心center：n. 中心，中心点a. 中央的v.使集中，集中
7.Actually， information technology can ______ the gap between the poor and the rich. A. link B. break C. ally D. bridge
正确答案：D
答案解析：参考译文：实际上，信息技术弥合了穷富之间的差距。
link：n. 环，节，联系；vi. 连接，联系break：vt. 打破，破碎，中断，中止，违反（法律、规定等）；vi. 破，断裂；n. 中断，间歇ally：n. 盟友，同盟国；v. 联盟，联合，与……有关系bridge：n. 桥 v.架桥于；把……连结（或弥合）起来；使渡过
8.Some research workers completely ______ all those facts as though they never existed. A. ignore B. leave C. refuse D. miss
正确答案：A
答案解析：参考译文：一些研究人员完全忽视了所有那些事实，好像它们从没存在过。
ignore：v. 不理睬，忽视；leave：n. 许可，告别，请假；v. 离开，出发，留下refuse：v. 拒绝，谢绝miss：n. 过错，避免，失败vt. 未得到，未达到，未听到，未觉察，逃脱，遗漏，错过
9.Because of his excellent administration， people lived in peace and ______ and all previously neglected matters were taken care of. A. conviction B. contest C. consent D. content
正确答案：D
答案解析：参考译文：由于他的出色管理，人民生活得和平并且满足，所有之前被忽略的事情都得到了照顾。
conviction：n.定罪；确信，信服，信念contest：n.竞赛，争论vt. 竞赛，争取，争辩vi. 争夺consent：n.同意，赞成vi. 同意，赞成content：n. 内容，满足，意义；a. 满足的，满意的，意义的；v. 使……满足，使……安心
10.The most basic reason why dialects should be preserved is that language helps to ______ a culture. A. retain B. relate C. remark D. review
正确答案：A
答案解析：参考译文：方言之所以应该被保留的最根本原因是语言有助于留住文化。
retain：vt. 保持，保留relate：v. 讲，叙述，有关系remark：n. 评论，意见，注意；vt. 说，评论，注意；vi. 评论，谈论review：n. 检讨，复习，回顾；v. 温习，检讨，评论
11.Companies are struggling to find the right ______ between supply and demand， but it is no easy task. A. equation B. formula C. balance D. pattern
正确答案：C
答案解析：参考译文：公司在努力寻找供给和需求之间正确的平衡，但这并不是一个简单的任务。
equation：n. 相等，等式formula：n. 公式，程式；准则，方案balance：n. 平衡，差额vi. 平衡，相等vt. 称，权衡，比较，使平衡，结算，抵消pattern：n. 图案，模范，榜样；型，式样；样品；图样vt. 摹制，仿造；以图案装饰
12.Mass advertising helped to ______ the emphasis from the production of goods to their consumption. A. vary B. shift C. lay D. moderate
正确答案：B
答案解析：参考译文：大规模广告宣传，使重点从商品的生产转移到商品的消费上。
vary：vt. 改变，使多样化vi. 变化，不同，违反shift：n. 移位，变化，移动，轮班，手段，办法vt. 替换，转移，改变，移转，推卸，变速vi. 转换lay：vt. 放，搁；下；铺设，敷设，砌；把…压平，使倒下；使处于某种状态；铺，涂；布置moderate：a. 适度的，稳健的，中等的，节制的vt. 节制，使稳定，使缓和vi. 变缓和
13.His illness accounts ______ his absence from class. A. to B. for C. with D. about
正确答案：B
答案解析：account for表示：是……的原因/理由。
14.I don‘t feel like ______ anything now. A. to eat B. eating C. eaten D. eat
正确答案：B
答案解析：“feel like+doing sth.”，表示“想做某事”，后面只能跟动名词形式。
15.Man’s life is often compared ______ a candle. A. to B. for C. about D. into
正确答案：A
答案解析：be compared to：…被比喻为…。句意：人生常被喻为蜡烛。
16.To our surprise， the whole story was ______ by a poor old lady. A. discovered B. invented C. found D. searched
正确答案：B
答案解析：本题考查词义的辨析。discovered 发现；invented 创作，虚构，发明。
17.I prefer ______ yesterday， but I had to attend a meeting. A. to come B. to have come C. come D. came
正确答案：B
答案解析：prefer to do sth. 宁愿做某事
18.The ______ he worked， the more progress he made. A. hard B. harder C. harden D. hardly
正确答案：B
答案解析：译文：他工作越努力，进步越大。本题考查“the+比较级……，the +比较级……”结构，表示“越……就越……”前者是状语从句，后者是主句。
19.Jane walked out of the house without ______ a word to her mother. A. as little as B. so much as C. as few as D. so many as
正确答案：B
答案解析：固定搭配。…not so much as…（=not even）甚至于…，连…也不…，根据这个结构应该选B.
20.The leaders of the five countries emphasized that any actions they take concerning the peace of the area should conform ______ their joint statement. A. with B. to C. about D. in
正确答案：B
答案解析：conform to表示“遵照，符合”的意思。