Vocabulary
1. The discovery of new facts ___ the rational thinker to reexamine the adequacy of his previous generalization.
A compels
B repels
C obliges
D constrains
翻译:新的事实发现迫使理性的思想家去重新检验他先前的归纳的充分性。
解析:compel迫使，repel击退，oblige责成，constrain约束
2.The change in government is a(n) ________ event of our time.
A. historic
B. historical
C. permanent
D. eternal
翻译:政府的变革是我们时代的一次具有历史意义的大事件。
解析:historic有历史意义的，historical有关历史的，permanent永久的，eternal永恒的
3.It is against the law to_____ you against your will for any length of time.
A. protein
B. detain
C. maintain
D. retain
翻译:违背你的意志拘留你任意时间都是违法的。
解析:protein蛋白质，detain拘留，maintain保留，retain保持。
4.Only when capitalism has been ________will it be possible to ________poverty unemployment and war.
A. abolished… abolish
B. abandoned …abate
C. annihilated … ban
D. extinguished … extinguish翻译:只有当资本主义被彻底废除，才有可能减少贫困，失业的人口以及战争。
解析:abolish彻底废除，abandon废弃，abate减少，annihilate消灭，ban禁止。
5.To call the music of another music-culture “primitive” is ____ one’s own standards on a group that does not recognize them.
A. putting
B. emphasizing
C. forcing
3d综合版D. imposing
翻译:把音乐称为另一种原始音乐文化，这种行为是把自己的标准强加于并不赞同这些观点的众上。
解析:impose把...强加于，force强迫emphasize强调。
6.I could see that my life was________ having that fur coat whether I approved of it or not.
A. adequate for
B. intent on
C. short of
D. deficient in翻译:我能看出我的生活需要一件毛绒外套，不管我是否喜欢。
解析:adequate for充足..，short of ，deficient in缺乏..
7.The government is trying to do something to ______ better understanding between the two countries.
A. raise
B. promote
C. heighten
D. increase
翻译:政府人员正试图采取行动来促进两个国家更好的理解彼此。
解析:promote促进
8.A desire to go to medical school ______ her to study hard everyday.
A. motivates
B. inspires
C. stimulates
D. encourages翻译:药学梦激励着她每天努力学习。
解析:motivate激励，使有动力(强调某物激发某人的动力)，inspire启示，stimulate刺激引起。
9.Being somewhat short-sighted she has the habit of _____ at people.
A. staring
B. glancing
C. peering
D. peeping
翻译:近视眼的她有费力看他人的习惯。
解析 start at凝视，glance at浏览，扫一眼，peer at努力看，费力看，peep at偷看。
10.If the fire alarm is sounded all residents are requested to______ in the courtyard.
A. assemble
B. converge
C. accumulate
D. crowd
翻译:如果火警铃响了，那么所有居民必须在院子集合。
解析:assemble集合召集，converge(向某一点)相交，accumulate积累，crowd聚集(指人很多)
11.Before the school ______ what students must wear they just wore anything.
A. managed
B. authorized
C. regulated
D. standardized
翻译:在学校规定学生该穿什么前，他们可以随便穿。
解析:manage管理控制，authorized批准授权，regulate管制调整，standardize立下标准，指定标准。
12.He speaks French well enough to pass ____ a French man.
A. into
B. over
C. through
D. for
翻译:他法语说得很好，足以去冒充一个法国人。
解析:pass into变成，称为，pass over忽略不注意，pass through穿过，pass for冒充。
13.His job at the hospital did not pay much so he found another___.
A. on the rise
B. on the decline
C. on the spot
D. on the side
翻译:他在医院的工作工资不高，所以他了另一个工作作为兼职。
解析:on the rise在增长，on the decline在衰退中，on the spot在现场，on the side作为兼职。
14.Astronauts are ___ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft.
A. inclined to
B. subjected to
C. prone to
D. bound to
翻译:宇航员们在被派到太空舱之前都要经受一系列的测试。
解析:incline to想要，subject to受到，prone to 有..倾向，bound to一定会。
15.It was felt that he lacked the ____ to pursue a difficult task to the very end.
A. persuasion
B. commitment
C. engagement
D. obligation
翻译:他好像缺少对完成一项有难度的工作的坚持。
解析:persuasion信念，commitment坚持(be ccommitted to do坚定于)，engagement交战，约定，obligation义务，责任。
Grammar
1. It's easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the changes（）place in our ever-changing world
A) taking
B)to take
C)take
D) taken
翻译：人们很容易将谈话的减少归咎于现代生活的节奏，以及我们这个不断变化的世界正在发生的模糊变化
解析：现在分词作定语修饰vague changes，表主动，是进行的状态。
2（）can be seen from the comparison of these figures the principle involves theactive participation of the patient in the modification of his condition.
A) As
B) What
C)That
D)It
翻译：从这些数字的比较可以看出，这一原则包括病人积极参与改变他的状况。
解析：As can be seen from是定语从句as做关系代词代指整个主句。
3. California has more light than it knows () to do with but everything else isexpensive
A) how
B) what
C)which
D)where
翻译：加利福尼亚阳光多到连它自己都不知道怎么用了但是其他的东西就很贵了!
解析：California has (more light) (than it knows what to do with) 主语 谓语 宾语 定语
but everything else is expensive.(这又是一个完整的句子了)这是一个定语后置句but连接并列成分!
答案根据翻译得出。
4. Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion abouteconomic recovery () just around the corner was untrue