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

參考答案及解析

1.譯文：在更近幾十年里，除了增加了一兩個加油站之外，新英格蘭地區相對沒有什么變化。

答案為[A]：本題考點：except與except for的區別。二者的不同在于，前者用來說明前后兩個相等的同類的成分，eg.We all went there except him. 而后者連接的兩個詞并不是相等的關系而是部分與整體的關系。eg. Your composition is fairly good except for some spelling faults.

2. 譯文：轎車俱樂部不能保證滿足所有會員的要求。

答案為[C]：本題考點：動詞近義詞辨析。[C]guarantee多指對物的質量和人的行為“提出擔保”。而[B] ensure和[A] assure則是“向……保證”的意思。[D] conform證實。

3 譯文：電視上的廣泛報道有助于人們對各種體育活動產生興趣。

答案為[B]：本題考點：動詞含義辨析。從句意看我們可以排除[A]assemble裝配和[D]gather集合，[B] generate可以用來指產生抽象的事物，如興趣，情感，而[C] yield只指產生具體事物，有“生產”的意思。

4.譯文：董事長答應讓所有董事了解談判進展的情況。

答案為[D]：本題考點：非謂語動詞。由上下文可知，委員會的成員是被通知的，所以用過去分詞。

5.譯文：攝入太多脂肪會促發高血壓，心臟病。

答案為[C]：本題考點：動詞短語辨析。[C] contribute to導致，有助于。[A]attribute把原因歸究為…，常與to連用；[B]attend to致力于，專心于；[D]devote to將……奉獻給。

6.譯文：所有任務都提前完成了，他們決定休假一周。

答案為[B]：本題考點：分詞獨立主格結構。從逗號判斷，應填入短語形式而非句子，所以排除[C]、[D]、[A]的分詞結構有誤。

7.譯文：這篇文章要求更多地注意外語教與學中的文化因素的影響。

答案為[D]：本題考點：動詞短語辨析。[A]care for 關心，在乎; [B]apply for 申請;[C] allow for 在計算、估算、考慮時算在內。[D]call for要求，呼吁。

8.譯文：他受到了處罰，以防再犯同樣的錯誤。

答案為[D]：本題考點：連詞辨析。[A] unless除非;[B]provided假如;[C]if如果，[D]lest 以免，唯恐(從句常用should或動詞原形)。

9. 譯文：汽油是從地下開采的原油中提煉而來的。

答案為[A]：本題考點：形容詞辨析。[A]天然的，未加工的。[B] fresh新鮮的;[C] rude粗魯的，粗糙的，未加工的;[D] original原來的，原版的，起初的。

10.譯文：一度為美國第四大城的圣路易斯，現在是第二十四大城。

答案為[C]：本題考點：句子結構。[A]與主句時態無法搭配。再根據句中逗號可判斷出[B][D]作為完整句，句中沒有連詞使它們和主句并列，所以也排除。只有[C]名詞短語做主語同位語才正確。