1. There is no ____ to the house from the rnain road.

A)access B)avenue C)exposure D)edge

2. ____ energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for example, an earthquake.

A)Accumulated B)Assembled C)Gathered D)Collected

3. He wasn't appointed chairman of the commitee, ____ not very popular with all its members.

A)to be considered B)considering C)being considered D)having considered

4. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural_____.

A)tradition B)transportation C)transrnission D)transformation

5. The ____ stuck on the envelope says "By Air".

A)diagram B)label C)signal D)mark

6. Mobile telecommunications ____ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a contract signed between the two companies.

A)capacity B)potential C)possession D)impact

7. Reading _____ the lines, I would say that the Government are more worried than they wilI admit.

A)behind B)between C)along D)among

8. My brother's plans are very ____; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.

A)arbitrary B)aggressive C)ambitious D)abundant

9. Things might have been much worse if the mother ____ on her right to keep the baby.

A)has been insisting B)had insisted C)would insist D)insisted

10. The statistical figures in that report are not ____. You should not refer to them.

A)accurate B)fixed C)delicate D)rigid

参考答案及解析

1.译文：从主道上无法到达那所房子。

答案为[A]：本题考点：名词近义词辨析。access to something，意为“可以有权进入或使用”。[B]avenue 林荫大道；[C]exposure暴露；[D]edge边缘。

2.译文：在地下逐渐聚集的能量必须用这样或那样的方式，例如地震，得以释放。

答案为［A］：本题考点：近义词辨析accumulate表示自然地，慢慢地，逐步增加的能量。其它选项皆有人为地收集或组装的意思。

3.译文：他未被任命为委员会主席，因为人们认为他不太受成员欢迎。

答案为［C］：本题考点：非谓语动词。本题选being considered，现在分词被动式做原因状语。[B]，[D]为主动形式，句中缺少对应的宾语。不定式结构表示将来的动作，与原文含义不符。

4.译文：二十世纪见证了世界范围内巨大的政治、经济、文化变革。

答案为［D］：本题考点：形近词辨析。transformation变革，巨变；[B]transportation运输；[C]transmission发送，传送。[A]tradition传统。

5.译文：粘在信封上的标签上写着“航空邮寄”字样。

答案为[B]：本题考点：名词近义词辨析。label（贴上去的）标签。[A]diagram图表。[C]signal信号；[D]mark标记，分数。

6.译文：由于这两家公司签订了合同，今年上海的移动通讯量有望翻番。

答案为［A］：本题考点：名词近义词辨析。capacity容量；[B]potential潜能，能力；[C]possession财产，所有物；[D]impact影响，冲击。

7.译文：若体会这上面的言外之意，我要说政府比它自己所承认的更为担忧。

答案为[B]：本题考点：固定表达。read between the lines读出字里行间的含义，是固定表达。

8.译文：我哥哥的计划雄心勃勃，他想在十六岁之前精通英语、法语和西班牙语。

答案为［C］：本题考点：形容词辨析。ambitious雄心勃勃的，有抱负的；[B]aggressive积极进取的，挑衅的；[A]arbitrary武断的；[D]abundant丰富的，富有的。

9. 答案为［B］：本题考点：虚拟语气。would insist考点为虚拟语气，跟过去事实相反。题干译文：如果母亲当时坚持她监护那个婴儿的权利，情况可能会变得更糟。

10.译文：那个报告中的数据不准确，你不能参考它们。

答案为［A］：本题考点：形容词辨析。[A]accurate精确的；[B]fixed固定不变的；[C]delicate微妙的，精密的；[D]rigid严酷的，陡峭的。