1.According to a recent survey, Americans also change their eating patterns to meet the needs of different situations. They have certain ideas about which foods will make them __for business meetings, or put them in the mood for romance. [A] attentive
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[D] alert
) C$ A) N, f* e' F 解析:alert 暗示思维灵敏,思惟高度集中,能谛视四周发生的一切。[A]attentive只是集中精神;[B]shrewd“(生意人)精明的”;[C]acute“尖锐的,尖锐的”。* S% u3 H8 \6 I' V1 m$ m
2. _ some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been isolated from other human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that interaction with other human beings in necessary for proper language development. Y0 z+ o. Y; b7 T- n+ s
[A] Because
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) J. K! c* O5 Y6 t- U 解析:从句“说话的某些方面毫无疑问是先天的”与主句“说话不会… …自行成长”在逻辑 上是 矛盾 的, 故应 选 暗示 转折 关系 的连 词 Although (尽 管, 虽然 )A]Because 表因不美观关系;[B] In case“万 一, 一旦 ”,引 导 前提 从句 ;[D]Whether“无论是否”。/ Q# a( Y& a( M) e5 s: U
3.The antiwar movement in the 1960s, the _ Rights Movement that emerged strongly in the 1950s, and the antiabortion movement of the 1980s are all examples of social movement in America that have involved both legal and illegal activities to achieve their goals.5 j5 ~7 h0 _9 [5 |$ r) ~' j% ]( Y9 n
[A] Civil
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[C] Humanity
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解析:civil 有“平正易近的,国内的”之义,the civil rights movement 即人权行为,合适辞意。[B] liberty“自由”;[C] humanity“人类,人道”;[D] privacy“隐私”。& t1 Y' x* @) h3 |. p
4.Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money to listen to rock music. Forbes magazine claims that at least fifty rock stars have ________of between two million and six million dollars per year.
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[D] incomes
0 _9 {; B6 ?( P2 o+ `7 o, B 解析:income“收入”。[A]revenue 尤指国家的税收;[B]salary 多指固定按月支出的薪水;[C]wage 常指按周计较的工钱,多指体力劳动。
- m0 e! W2 L6 W+ X6 v/ M/ {, |! b 5.For some years now a research team at Vienna Technical University, headed by Drs. Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair, in cooperation with Professor Kurt Burian of the Medical Faculty of Vienna University, have pioneered the development of a hearing aid for the totally deaf in both ears. The device, which is already in production, is capable of enabling the totally deaf to achieve the level of speech understanding of those with moderately severe hearing _________—a breakthrough of considerable social and economic importance.
$ R4 t# X7 ?6 c+ C8 P [A] ability
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解析:defect“缺陷”。句意:“…… 这种助听器能辅佐患者达到理解中度听觉缺陷者的言语水平”。[A] ability“能力”;[B] aid“辅助”;[D] organ“器官”都禁绝确。
2 P4 r/ Y, g$ Z" p( M* \5 @ 6.The latter may commit crimes _lack of adequate parental control. All theories, however, are tentative and are subject to criticism.7 q$ {0 s- v u
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