l. The older New England villages have changed relatively little ___ a gas station or two in recent decades.

A)except for B)in addition to C)except D)besides

2. The Car Club couldn't ___ to meet the demands of all its members.

A)assume B)ensure C)guarantee D)confirm

3. Extensive reporting on television has helped to ___ interest in a wide variety of sports and activities.

A)assemble B)generate C)yield D)gather

4. The president promised to keep all the board members ___ of how the negotiations were going on.

A)inform B)informing C)be informed D)informed

5. Eating too much fat can ___ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A)attribute to B)attend to C)contribute to D)devote to

6. All the tasks ___ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.

A)been fulfilled B)having been fulfilled C)were fulfilled D)had been fulfilled

7. This article ___ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning.

A)cares for B)applies for C)allows for D)calls for

8. He was punished ___ he should make the same mistake again.

A)unless B)provided C)if D)lest

9. petrol is refined from the ___ oil we take out of the ground.

A)crude B)fresh C)rude D)original

10. ___ in the United States, St. Louis has now become the 24th 1argest city.

A)Being the fourth biggest city B)It was once the fourth biggest city C)once the fourth biggest city D)The fourth biggest city it was

参考答案及解析

1.译文：在更近几十年里，除了增加了一两个加油站之外，新英格兰地区相对没有什么变化。

答案为[A]：本题考点：except与except for的区别。二者的不同在于，前者用来说明前后两个相等的同类的成分，eg.We all went there except him. 而后者连接的两个词并不是相等的关系而是部分与整体的关系。eg. Your composition is fairly good except for some spelling faults.

2. 译文：轿车俱乐部不能保证满足所有会员的要求。

答案为[C]：本题考点：动词近义词辨析。[C]guarantee多指对物的质量和人的行为“提出担保”。而[B] ensure和[A] assure则是“向……保证”的意思。[D] conform证实。

3 译文：电视上的广泛报道有助于人们对各种体育活动产生兴趣。

答案为[B]：本题考点：动词含义辨析。从句意看我们可以排除[A]assemble装配和[D]gather集合，[B] generate可以用来指产生抽象的事物，如兴趣，情感，而[C] yield只指产生具体事物，有“生产”的意思。

4.译文：董事长答应让所有董事了解谈判进展的情况。

答案为[D]：本题考点：非谓语动词。由上下文可知，委员会的成员是被通知的，所以用过去分词。

5.译文：摄入太多脂肪会促发高血压，心脏病。

答案为[C]：本题考点：动词短语辨析。[C] contribute to导致，有助于。[A]attribute把原因归究为…，常与to连用；[B]attend to致力于，专心于；[D]devote to将……奉献给。

6.译文：所有任务都提前完成了，他们决定休假一周。

答案为[B]：本题考点：分词独立主格结构。从逗号判断，应填入短语形式而非句子，所以排除[C]、[D]、[A]的分词结构有误。

7.译文：这篇文章要求更多地注意外语教与学中的文化因素的影响。

答案为[D]：本题考点：动词短语辨析。[A]care for 关心，在乎; [B]apply for 申请;[C] allow for 在计算、估算、考虑时算在内。[D]call for要求，呼吁。

8.译文：他受到了处罚，以防再犯同样的错误。

答案为[D]：本题考点：连词辨析。[A] unless除非;[B]provided假如;[C]if如果，[D]lest 以免，唯恐(从句常用should或动词原形)。

9. 译文：汽油是从地下开采的原油中提炼而来的。

答案为[A]：本题考点：形容词辨析。[A]天然的，未加工的。[B] fresh新鲜的;[C] rude粗鲁的，粗糙的，未加工的;[D] original原来的，原版的，起初的。

10.译文：一度为美国第四大城的圣路易斯，现在是第二十四大城。

答案为[C]：本题考点：句子结构。[A]与主句时态无法搭配。再根据句中逗号可判断出[B][D]作为完整句，句中没有连词使它们和主句并列，所以也排除。只有[C]名词短语做主语同位语才正确。