詞匯選項(xiàng)
1. This was disaster on cosmic scale.
A. modest B. commercial C. huge D. national
cosmic：極其廣闊的
2. New secretaries came and went with monotonous regularity.
A. amazing B. depressing C. predictable D. dull
monotonous：?jiǎn)握{(diào)的，枯燥乏味的
3. A person’s wealth is often in inverse proportion to their happiness.
A. equal B. certain C. large D. opposite
inverse：相反的
4. His professional career spanned 16 years.
A. started B. changed C. lasted D. moved
spanned：跨越[時(shí)間]
5. The symptoms of the disease manifested themselves ten days later.
A. eased B. improved C. relieved D. appeared
提示：該題出現(xiàn)出題錯(cuò)誤
原題：
The symptoms of the disease manifested themselves ten years later.
A. eased (減輕，緩解) B. improved(提高改進(jìn))
B. relieved(減輕，緩解) D. appeared(出現(xiàn))
解析：答案選項(xiàng)D是不及物動(dòng)詞，后面不能帶賓語(yǔ)。
6. The group does not advocate the use of violence.
A. limit B. support C. regulate D. oppose
advocate：提倡，擁護(hù)
7. She felt that she had done her good deed for the day.
A. act B. homework C. justice D. model
8. Some of the larger birds can remain stationary in the air for several minutes.
A. motionless B. silent C. seated D. true
stationary：靜止的，固定的
9. There was an inclination to treat geography as a less important subject.
A. point B. result C. finding D. tendency
inclination：傾向
10. His stomach felt hollow with fear.
A. sincere B. respectful C. empty D. terrible
hollow：空的
11. The committee was asked to render a report on the housing situation.
A. copy B. publish C. summarize D. furnish
render：提供
12. That uniform makes the guards look absurd.
A. serious B. beautiful C. impressive D. ridiculous
absurd：荒謬的，荒唐的
13. The department deferred the decision for six months.
A. put off B. arrived at C. abided by D. protested against
deferred：推遲
14. The original experiment cannot be exactly duplicated .
A. invented B. reproduced C. designed D. reported
duplicated：復(fù)制
15. The country was torn apart by strife.
A. conflict B. poverty C. war D. economy
strife：沖突