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阅读理解-推理判断三1、More students than ever before are taking a gap year(间隔年) before going to university. It used to be the “year off” between school and university. The gap-year phenomenon originated(起源) with the months left over to Oxbridge applicants between entrance exams in November and the start of the next academic year.This year, 25,310 students who have accepted places in higher education institutions have put off their entry until next year, according to statistics on university entrance provided by the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS).That is a record 14.7% increase in the number of students taking a gap year. Tony Higgins from UCAS said that the statistics are good news for everyone in higher education. “Students who take a wel l-planned year out are more likely to be satisfied with, and complete, their chosen course. Students who take a gap year are often more mature and responsible,” he said.But not everyone is happy. Owain James, the president of the National Union of Students (NUS), argued that the increase is evidence of student hardship—young people are being forced into earning money before finishing their education. “New students are now aware that they are likely to leave university up to £15,000 in debt. It is not surprising that more and more students are taking a gap year to earn money to support their study for the degree. NUS statistics show that over 40% of students are forced to work during term time and the figure increases to 90% during vacating periods,” he said.1.What do we learn about the gap year from the text?A.It is flexible in length.B.It is a time for relaxation.C.It is increasingly popular.D.It is required by universities.2.According to Tony Higgins. students taking a gap year ____.A.are better prepared for college studiesB.know a lot more about their future jobC.are more likely to leave university in debtD.have a better chance to enter top universities3.How does Owain James feel about the gap-year phenomenon?A.He's puzzled.B.He's worried.C.He's surprised.D.He's annoyed.4.What would most students do on their vacation according to NUS statistics?A.Attend additional courses.B.Make plans for the new term.C.Earn money for their education.D.Prepare for their graduate studies.2、 Teens and younger children are reading a lot less for fun, according toa Common Sense Media report published Monday.While the decline over the past decade is steep for teen readers, some data in the report shows that reading remains a big part of many chi ldren’s lives, and indicates how parents might help encourage more reading.According to the report’s key findings, "the proportion(比例) who say they ‘hardly ever’ read for fun has gone from 8 percent of 13-year-olds and 9 percent of 17-year-olds in 1984 to 22 percent and27 percent respectively today."The report data shows that pleasure reading levels for younger children, ages 2—8,remain largely the same. But the amount of time spent in reading each session has declined, from closer to an hour or more to closer to a half hour per session.When it comes to technology and reading, the report does little to counsel(建议)parents looking for data about the effect of e-readers and tablets on reading. It does point out that many parents still limit electronic reading, mainly due to concerns about increased screen time.The most hopeful data shared in the report shows clear evidence of parents serving as examples and important guides for their kids when it comes to reading. Data shows that kids and teens who do read frequently, compared to infrequent readers, have more books in the home, more books purchased for them, parents who read more often, and parents who set aside time for them to read.As the end of school approaches, and school vacation reading lists loom(逼近)ahead, parents might take this chance to step in and make their own summer reading list and plan a family trip to the library or bookstore.1.What is the Common Sense Media report probably about?A.Children's reading habits.B.Quality of children's books.C.Children's after-class activities.D.Parent-child relationships.2.Where can you find the data that best supports "children are reading a lot less for fun"?A.In paragraph 2.B.In paragraph 3.C.In paragraph 4.D.In paragraph 5.3.Why do many parents limit electronic reading?A.E-books are of poor quality.B.It could be a waste of time.C.It may harm children's health.D.E-readers are expensive.4.How should parents encourage their children to read more?A.Act as role models for them.B.Ask then to write book reports.C.Set up reading groups for them.D.Talk with their reading class teachers.3、How could we possibly think that keeping animals in cages in unnatural environments -mostly for entertainment purposes - is fair and respectful? Zoo officials say they are concerned about animals. However, most zoos remain “collections” of interesting “things” rather than protective habitats.Zoos teach people that it is acceptable to keep animals bored, lonely, and far from their natural homes. Zoos claim to educate people and save endangered species, but visitors leave zoos without having learned anything meaningful about the animals’ natural behavior, intelligence, or beauty. Zoos keep animals in small spaces or cages, and most signs o nly mention the species’ name, diet, and natural range.The animals’ normal behavior is seldom noticed because zoos don’t usually take care of the animals’ natural needs. The animals are kept together in small spaces, with no privacy and little opportunity for mental and physical exercise. This results in unusually and self-destructive behavior called zoochosis. A worldwide study of zoos found that zoochosis is common among animals kept in small spaces or cages. Another study showed that elephants spend 22 percent of their time making repeated head movements or biting cage bars, and bears spend 30 percent of their time walking back and forth, a sign of unhappiness and pain.Furthermore, most animals in zoos are not endangered.Captive breeding(圈养繁殖) of endangered big cats, Asian elephants, and other species has not resulted in their being sent back to the wild.Zoos talk a lot about their captive breeding programs because they do not want people to worry about a species dying out. In fact, baby animals also attract a lot of paying customers. Haven’t we seen enough competitions to name baby animals?Actually, we will save endangered species only if we save their habitats and put an end to the reasons people kill them. Instead of supporting zoos, we should support groups that work to protect animals’ natural habitats.1.How would the author describe the animals’ life in zoos?A.Dangerous.B.Unhappy.C.Natural.D.Easy.2.In the state of zoochosis, animals _________.A.remain in cagesB.behave strangelyC.attack other animalsD.enjoy moving around3.What does the author try to argue in the passage?A.Zoos are not worth the public support.B.Zoos fail in their attempt to save animals.C.Zoos should treat animals as human beings.D.Zoos use animals as a means of entertainment.4.The author tries to persuade readers to accept his argument mainly by _________.A.pointing out the faults in what zoos doing evidence he has collected at zoosC.questioning the way animals are protectedD.discussing the advantages of natural habitats4、As cultural symbols go, the American car is quite young. The Model T Ford was built at the Piquette Plant in Michigan a century ago, with the first rolling off the assembly line(装配线) on September 27, 1908. Only eleven cars were produced the next month. But eventually Henry Ford would build fifteen million of them.Modern America was born on the road, behind a wheel. The car shaped some of the most lasting aspects of American culture: the roadside diner, the billboard, the motel, even the hamburger. For most of the last century, the car represented what it meant to be American—going forward at high speed to find new worlds. The road novel, the road movie, these are the most typical American ideas, born of abundant petrol, cheap cars and a never-ending interstate highway system, the largest public works project in history.In 1928 Herbert Hoover imagined an America with “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” Since then, this society has moved onward, never looking back, as the car transformed America from a farm-based society into an industrial power.The cars that drove the American Dream have helped to create a global ecological disaster. In America the demand for oil has grown by 22 percent since 1990.The problems of excessive(过度的)energy consumption, climate change and population growth have been described in a book by the American writer Thomas L. Friedman. He fears the worst, but hopes for the best.Friedman points out that the green economy(经济)is a chance to keep American strength. “The ability to design, build and export green technologies for producing clean water, clean air and healthy and abundant food is going to be the currency of power in the new century.”1.Why is hamburger mentioned in paragraph 2?A.To explain Americans' love for travelling by car.B.To show the influence of cars on American culture.C.To stress the popularity of fast food with Americans.D.To praise the effectiveness of America's road system.2.What has the use of cars in America led to?A.Decline of economy.B.Environmental problems.C.A shortage of oil supply.D.A farm-based society.3.What is Friedman’s attitude towards America’s future?A.Ambiguous.B.Doubtful.C.Hopeful.D.Tolerant.5、There are thousands of products of all colors and shapes in a supermarket, making you believe that they are worth a try. How? Packaging is the silent but persuading salesman .There on the shelves, each bottle, can, box, and jar has been carefully designed and measured to speak to the inner self of the consumer, so that is buying not only a product but also his belief in life. Scientists have studied consumer behavior recently and found that the look of the package has a great effect on the “quality” of the product and on how well it sells, because “Consumers generally cannot tell between a product and its package. Many products are packages and many packages are products,” as Louis Cheskin, the first social scientist studying consumers’ feeling for packaging, noticed.Colors are one of the best tools in packaging. Studies of eye movement have shown that colors draw human attention quickly. Take V8 for example. For many years, the bright red color of tomatoes and carrots on the thin bottle makes you feel that it is very good for your body. And the word “green” today can keep food prices going up.我Shapes are another attraction. Circles often suggest happiness and peacefulness, because these shapes are pleasing to both the eye and the heart. That’s why the round yellow M signs of McDonald’s a re inviting to both young and old.This new consumer response (反应) to the colors and shapes of packages reminds producers and sellers that people buy to satisfy both body and soul.1.According to the passage, ________ seems to be able to persuade a consumer to buy the product.A.the pleasing color of the packageB.the special taste of the productC.the strange shape of the packageD.the belief in the product2.If a package or a product is round in shape, it can ________.A.bring excitement to the consumersB.attract the consumers’ attentionC.catch the eye movement of the consumersD.produce a happy and peaceful feeling3.“And the word ‘green’ today can keep food prices going up.” This sentence suggests that consumers today are ________.A.starting to notice the importance of new foodB.enjoying the beauty of nature more than beforeC.beginning to like green vegetablesD.paying more attention to their health4.It can be inferred from the passage that V8 is a kind of ________.6、 Many Americans think of driverless cars as a futuristic technology that will revolutionize travel in cities and along state highways. But recent experiments are proving that autonomous vehicles also have the potential to improve the quality of life for millions of Americans underserved by traditional modes of transportation, such as the elderly and disabled, so long as lawmakers make smart policies that pave the way for innovation.A retirement community in San Jose, Calif. , which has been transformed by a small fleet of driverless taxis, shows the potential of self-driving cars to transform people’s lives. Built by a tech start-up called Voyage, the modified Ford Fusions are currently limited to a two-mile road, but residents are already having the benefits of these autonomous vehicles, which allow them to participate in social activities they would otherwise be unable to enjoy simply because they could not get to them.When the trial run finally expands to 15 miles of road, these residents—whose average age is 76—will also have a convenient and reliable new way to appointments. As these cars continue to serve residents there, it is easy to understand why California is moving to simplify regulations for the industry.In Michigan, forward-thinking policies have the potential to unlock other hidden benefits of autonomous vehicles, especially for those with physical disabilities. The Michigan Disability Rights Coalition has strongly advocated forthe development of this technology, saying that it could give people with disabilities greater opportunities in the workforce and enable them to lead more fulfilling, independent lives.Many recognize that autonomous vehicles will be the future of transportation, but it is too often overlooked that this future cannot arrive fast enough for millions of Americans who are forced to depend on others for day-to-day travel. The policymakers should follow the lead of places like California and Michigan, and pass rules and regulations to unlock these hidden benefits of driverless cars.1.What’s the attitude of most American people to the future of autonomous vehicles?A.Curious.B.Doubtful.C.Indifferent.D.Optimistic.2.What is the modified Ford Fusion?A.A kind of autonomous vehicle.B.A fleet of driverless taxis.C.A road for driverless cars.D.A retirement community.3.What are examples in California and Michigan to prove?A.Driverless cars’ disadvantages.ernments’ right decisions.C.Benefits to the aged and the disabled.D.The regulations are forward-thinking.4.What does the author attempt to inform us in the last paragraph?A.The benefits of driverless cars have been fully unlocked.B.Regulations should go hand in hand with driverless technology.C.The concept of autonomous vehicles has been widely recognized.D.The weak groups are often overlooked despite technology advances.A.vegetable dishB.healthy juiceC.iced drinkD.red vegetable答案以及解析1答案及解析：答案： 1.C; 2.A; 3.B; 4.C解析： 1.本文介绍了越来越多的学生在被大学录取后,不直接去上大学,而是在间隔年期间赚取上大学的费用的现象。

考研英语（阅读）-试卷21(总分60,考试时间90分钟)2. Reading ComprehensionSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.The US $ 3 -million Fundamental Physics Prize is indeed an interesting experiment, as Alexander Polyakov said when he accepted this year" s award in March. And it is far from the only one of its type. As a News Feature article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in recent years. Many, like the Fundamental Physics Prize, are funded from the telephone-number -sized bank accounts of Internet entrepreneurs. These benefactors have succeeded in their chosen fields, they say, and they want to use their wealth to draw attention to those who have succeeded in science. What"s not to like? Quite a lot, according to a handful of scientists quoted in the News Feature. You cannot buy class, as the old saying goes, and these upstart entrepreneurs cannot buy their prizes the prestige of the Nobels. The new awards are an exercise in self-promotion for those behind them, say scientists. They could distort the achievement-based system of peer-review-led research. They could cement the status quo of peer-reviewed research. They do not fund peer-reviewed research. They perpetuate the myth of the lone genius. The goals of the prize-givers seem as scattered as the criticism. Some want to shock, others to draw people into science, or to better reward those who have made their careers in research. As Nature has pointed out before, there are some legitimate concerns about how science prizes—both new and old—are distributed. The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, launched this year, takes an unrepresentative view of what the life sciences include. But the Nobel Foundation" s limit of three recipients per prize, each of whom must still be living, has long been outgrown by the collaborative nature of modern research—as will be demonstrated by the inevitable row over who is ignored when it comes to acknowledging the discovery of the Higgs boson. The Nobels were, of course, themselves set up by a very rich individual who had decided what he wanted to do with his own money. Time, rather than intention, has given them legitimacy. As much as some scientists **plain about the new awards, two things seem clear. First, most researchers would accept such a prize if they were offered one. Second, it is surely a good thing that the money and **e to science rather than go elsewhere. It is fair to criticize and question the mechanism—that is the culture of research, after all—but it is the prize-givers" money to do with as they please. It is wise to take such gifts with gratitude and grace.1. The Fundamental Physics Prize is seen asA. a symbol of the entrepreneurs" wealth.B. a possible replacement of the Nobel Prizes.C. an example of bankers" investments.D. a handsome reward for researchers.2. The critics think that the new awards will most benefitA. the profit-oriented scientists.B. the founders of the new awards.C. the achievement-based system.D. peer-review-led research.3. The discovery of the Higgs boson is a typical case which involvesA. controversies over the recipients" status.B. the joint effort of modern researchers.C. legitimate concerns over the new prizes.D. the demonstration of research findings.4. According to Paragraph 4, which of the following is true of the Nobels?A. Their endurance has done justice to them.B. Their legitimacy has long been in dispute.C. They are the most representative honor.D. History has never cast doubt on them.5. The author believes that the new awards areA. acceptable despite the criticism.B. harmful to the culture of research.C. subject to undesirable changes.D. unworthy of public attention.The mythology of a culture can provide some vital insights into the beliefs and values of that culture. By using fantastic and sometimes incredible stories to create an oral tradition by which to explain the wonders of the natural world and teach lessons to younger generations, a society exposes those ideas and concepts held most important. Just as important as the final lesson to be gathered from the stories, however, are the characters and the roles they play in conveying that message. Perhaps the epitome of mythology and its use as a tool to pass on cultural values can be found in Aesop"s Fables, told and retold during the era of the Greek Empire. Aesop, a slave who won the favor of the court through his imaginative and descriptive tales, almost exclusively used animals to fill the roles in his short stories. Humans, when at all present, almost always played the part of bumbling fools struggling to learn the lesson being presented. This choice of characterization allows us to see that the Greeks placed wisdom on a level slightly beyond humans, implying that deep wisdom and understanding is a universal quality sought by, rather than stealing from, human beings. Aesop"s fables illustrated the central themes of humility and self-reliance, reflecting the importance of those traits in early Greek society. The folly of humans was used to contrast against the ultimate goal of attaining a higher level of understanding and awareness of truths about nature and humanity. For example, one notable fable features a fox repeatedly trying to reach a bunch of grapes on a very high vine. After failing at several attempts, the fox gives up, making up its mind that the grapes were probably sour anyway. The fable"s lesson, that we often play down that which we can"t achieve so as to make ourselves feel better, teaches the reader or listener in an entertaining way about one of the weaknesses of the human psyche. The mythology of other cultures and societies reveal the underlying traits of their respective cultures just as Aesop"s fables did. The stories of Roman gods, Aztec ghosts andEuropean elves all served to train ancient generations those lessons considered most important to **munity, and today they offer a powerful looking glass by which to evaluate and consider the contextual environment in which those culture existed.6. The author appears to view fables asA. the most interesting and valuable form of mythology.B. entertaining yet serious subjects of study.C. a remnant tool of past civilizations, but not often used in the modern age.D. the primary method by which ancient values and ideas were transmitted between generations.7. The way that fables were used in the past is most similar to today"sA. fairy tales that entertain children at home.B. stories in children" s school textbooks that reinforce the lesson.C. science documentaries that explain how nature works.D. movies that depict animals as having human characteristics.8. The main purpose of Paragraph 3 is toA. examine how one of Aesop"s fables sheds light on certain facets of Greek belief.B. dissect one of Aesop"s fables in order to study the elements that make up Greek mythology.C. learn from the lesson Presented in one of Aesop"s most well-known fables.D. illustrate a fable typical of Aesop" s style, so as to examine how one goes about studying the meaning behind it.9. The author names the Roman, Aztec and European cultures in order toA. identify other cultures in which fables were the primary method by which to pass on traditions and values.B. explicitly name the various types of characters in those culture"s fables.C. stress that mythology was used by cultures other than the Greeks to convey societal morals.D. establish them, in addition to the Greeks, as the societies most notable for their mythology.10. The main point of this text isA. Aesop" s fables provide a valuable glimpse into early Greek thought and beliefs.B. the most efficient and reliable way to study the values system of an ancient culture is through study of its mythology.C. without a thorough examination of a society"s fables and other mythology, a cultural study on that society would be only partial.D. through the study of a culture"s mythological tradition, one can discern some of the underlying beliefs that shaped those stories."The Heart of the Matter," the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America. Regrettably, however, the report" s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good. In 2010, leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the AAAS asking that it identify actions that could be taken by "federal, state and local governments, universities, foundations, educators, individual benefactors and others" to "maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education." In response, the American Academy formed the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences. Among **mission"s 51 members are top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives, as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, filmmaking, music and journalism.The goals identified in the report are generally admirable. Because representative government presupposes an informed citizenry, the report supports full literacy; stresses the study of history and government, particularly American history and American government; and encourages the use of new digital technologies. To encourage innovation **petition, the report calls for increased investment in research, the crafting of coherent curricula that improve students" ability to solve problems **municate effectively in the 21st century, increased funding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day. The report also advocates greater study of foreign languages, international affairs and the expansion of study abroad programs. Unfortunately, despite 2% years in the making, "The Heart of the Matter" never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities. **mission ignores that for several decades America"s colleges and universities have produced graduates who don"t know the content and character of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits. Sadly, the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for publicizing "progressive," or left-liberal propaganda. Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas—such as free markets, self-reliance—as falling outside the boundaries of routine, and sometimes legitimate, intellectual investigation. The AAAS displays great enthusiasm for liberal education. Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.11. According to Paragraph 1, what is the author"s attitude toward the AAAS" s report?A. Critical.B. Appreciative.C. Contemptuous.D. Tolerant.12. Influential figures in the Congress required that the AAAS report on how toA. retain people" s interest in liberal education.B. define the government"s role in education.C. keep a leading position in liberal education.D. safeguard individuals" rights to education.13. According to Paragraph 3, the report suggestsA. an exclusive study of American history.B. a greater emphasis on theoretical subjects.C. the application of emerging technologies.D. funding for the study of foreign languages.14. The author implies in Paragraph 5 that professors areA. supportive of free markets.B. cautious about intellectual investigation.C. conservative about public policy.D. biased against classical liberal ideas.15. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Ways to Grasp "The Heart of the Matter"B. Illiberal Education and "The Heart of the Matter"C. The AAAS" s Contribution to Liberal EducationD. Progressive Policy vs. Liberal EducationAsk just about any high school senior or junior in America—or their parents—and they"ll tell youthat getting into a selective college is harder than it used to be. They"re right about that. But the reasons for the newfound difficulty are not well understood. Population growth plays a role, but the number of teenagers is not too much higher than it was 30 years ago, when the youngest baby boomers were still applying to college. And while many more Americans attend college than in the past, most of the growth has occurred at colleges with relatively few resources and high dropout rates, which bear little resemblance to the elites.So what else is going on? One overlooked factor is that top colleges are admitting fewer American students than they did a generation ago. Colleges have globalized over that time, deliberately increasing the share of their student bodies **e from overseas and leaving fewerslotsfor applicants from the United States. For American teenagers, it really is harder to get into Harvard—or Yale, Stanford, Brown, Boston College or many other elite colleges—than it was when today"s 40-year-olds or 50-year-olds were applying. The number of spots filled by American students at Harvard, after adjusting for the size of the teenage population nationwide, has dropped 27 percent since 1994. At Yale and Dartmouth, the decline has been 24 percent. At Carleton, it"s 22 percent. At Notre Dame and Princeton, it is 14 percent. This globalization obviously brings some big benefits. It has exposed American students to perspectives that our proudly parochial country often does not provide in childhood. Yet the way in which American colleges have **es with costs, too. For one thing, the rise in foreign students **plicated the colleges" stated efforts to make their classes more economically diverse. Foreign students often receive insufficient financial aid and tend to be from well-off families. For another thing, the country"s most selective colleges have effectively shrunk as far as American students are concerned, during the same span that many students and their parents are spending more time obsessing over getting into one. Either way, the research emphasizes a problem with the way colleges have globalized. With only a handful of exceptions (including Harvard, Amherst, M.I.T. and Yale), colleges have not tried hard to recruit an economically diverse group of foreign students. The students instead have become a revenue source.16. It is suggested in Paragraph 2 that in AmericaA. the first baby boomers make it greatly hard to get into a college.B. it is easy for students to attend selective colleges today.C. more students have access to common colleges than before.D. colleges today suffer from higher dropout rates.17. The word "slots" (Para. 3) is closest in meaning toA. quotas.B. benefits.C. advantages.D. deficiencies.18. The percentages in Paragraph 4 are used to indicate thatA. colleges have different acceptance rates.B. Harvard" s acceptance rate has declined the most.C. famous colleges are offering more chances for overseas students.D. an increasing number of overseas students like to study in America.19. What can be learned from the last paragraph?A. Harvard, Amherst, M.I.T. and Yale attempt to increase their income.B. Colleges in America need financial aid from the federal government.C. American colleges try to make curriculums diversified.D. Many American colleges regard overseas students as a money-earning tool.20. The author"s attitude toward American colleges" increasing overseas share isA. skeptical.B. appreciative.C. pessimistic.D. objective.。

翻译二级笔译综合能力-15(总分100,考试时间90分钟)Section 1 Vocabulary and GrammarThis section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions.Part 1 V ocabulary SelectionIn this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C, D respectively. Choose the word or phrase which **pletes each sentence. There is only one right answer. Then mark the corresponding letter as required on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.1. Doctor often ______ uneasiness in the people they deal with.A. smellB. hareC. senseD. tough2. Many sat at the table, looked at the plate and ______ her lips.A. smackedB. openedC. partedD. separated3. The stream overflowed and the flood ______ all of the farmland in the areA. A. submergedB. sankC. soakedD. stripped 4. —What an outrageous suggestion, young man—I'm a ______ married woman!A. respectingB. respectedC. respectfulD. respective5. Thousands of ______ at the stadium came to their feet to pay tribute to an outstanding performance.A. audienceB. participantsC. spectatorsD. observers6. American women were ______ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.A. ignoredB. deniedC. refusedD. neglected7. We stood still, gazing out over the limitless ______ of the dessert.A. spaceB. expanseC. stretchD. land8. Her ease has attracted an enormous ______ of public sympathy.A. sumB. dealC. amountD. number9. She took a(n) ______ to the house as soon as she saw it.A. preferenceB. affectionC. attentionD. fancy10. We cannot be ______ the choices that our children are going to make. even though we have contributed to those choices.A. subject toB. susceptible toC. accountable forD. crazy about11. The most significant measure we should take to stop terrorists is to ______ them of material and moral support from within the country.A. squeezeB. eliminateC. preventD. deprive12. I cannot thank you ______ much for your kindness, for I owe my success to you.A. soB. veryC. tooD. as13. The poor mother lacked her husband's capacity for discipline, and found herself ______ her headstrong.A. against the will ofB. in the way ofC. at the mercy ofD. in terms of14. He always included something above the understanding of his hearers in order to prevent them from becoming ______ and to stimulate their desire to learn more.A. pessimisticB. complacentC. perplexedD. complicated15. Written primarily for a specialized but diverse body of scholars, this book ______ the attention of those interested in seventeenth-century English literature.A. warrantsB. proposesC. acclaimsD. distills16. The students on the school bus were ______ for half an hour in the traffic so all of them were late for class that morning.A. held upB. kept offC. taken backD. put off17. It's easier to dismiss reports of low employee morale than face the facts and act ______.A. consequentlyB. accordinglyC. successfullyD. excessively18. Powell calls for drawdown from Iraq by mid-2007. **ments break his long public silence on the issue and place him ______ with the administration.A. at willB. at easeC. at timesD. at odds19. ______ couples generally share the same values and have similar lifestyles and goals.A. ConsistentB. AmiableC. SympatheticD. Compatible20. I want to know if I need to complete a FAFSA form in order to be ______ for any type of financial aid.A. eligibleB. competentC. properD. legitimatePart 2 V ocabulary ReplacementThis part consists of 20 sentences. In each of them one word or phrase is underlined. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C, D respectively. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined word without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic meaning of the sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.21. In the early 20th century, at the advent of the telephone, it was considered a superfluous instrument which would never be of practical use in the average household.A. appearanceB. popularityC. dominanceD. consolidation22. It was an allusion to what the scientist thought was an inappropriate distribution of funds for stem cell research.A. referenceB. contradictionC. explanationD. rejection23. A rapid portfolio turnover rate may preclude low long-term capital gains.A. prohibitB. lagC. preventD. reject24. The blunder of Argentina's goalie cost them the game in the match against Brazil.A. triumphB. beatC. mistakeD. straggle25. The most prolific writer is not necessarily the best.A. written-aboutB. productiveC. artfulD. religions26. On Christmas Eve in America the shopping malls are saturated with shoppers in a **petition for last minute gifts.A. bustledB. soaredC. filledD. broadened27. The child was so ingenuous that even when she knocked the television off its stand so that it was irreparably damaged, her parents thought her to be charming.A. intelligentB. ingeniousC. adroitD. naive28. California seems to be the home of the homeless since many are often observed tramping along railroad tracks and through the downtown areas of the cities.A. roamingB. trimmingC. stealingD. stamping29. A pervasive negative attitude of the engineers toward projects funded by **pany is the cause of the delay of signing the contract.A. perpetualB. perniciousC. preventiveD. prevalent30. The government slated new elections in the spring, largely as a result of the public clamor.A. demandB. viewC. requestD. opinion31. Imagine my vexation when they said they **e to dinner and then didn't show.A. enlightenmentB. astonishmentC. annoyanceD. contrariness32. Many people in Wales have an affinity with music.A. reputation forB. solubility inC. tincture inD. attraction to33. Any troop of wild animals should be approached warily.A. fearlesslyB. confidentlyC. silentlyD. prudently34. The low interest rates on banks loans provided an impetus for many to buy homes.A. incentiveB. obstacleC. reasonD. delay35. Helen could not help feeling antipathy toward her father's new wife whom he married just two months after the death of Helen's mother.A. sympathyB. concessionC. compassionD. hostility36. Tim is dubious about diet pills which advertise quick weight loss.A. anxiousB. pessimisticC. doubtfulD. ignorant37. His talent for music remained latent until his wife bought him a guitar.A. hiddenB. sophisticatedC. delicateD. profound38. There is little learning involved when one is reprimanded two or three months after the deed.A. recommendedB. reproachedC. recompensedD. reversed39. The judge remained sober despite the lawyer's ludicrous attempt to prove the defendant's innocence.A. sadB. sorryC. seriousD. surprised40. If the salesmen are not given tangible benefits for a high volume of sales, they will loose their motivation.A. substantialB. psychologicalC. spiritualD. profitablePart 3 Error CorrectionThis part consists of 20 sentences. In each of them there is an underlined part that indicates an error. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C, D respectively. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part so that the error is corrected. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.41. Catching sight of her old friend Brown, Mary moved for him to come over and sit in a seat next to her.A. signedB. swayedC. twistedD. signaled42. An epigram is usually defined being a bright or witty thought that is tersely and ingeniouslyexpressed.A. asB. as beC. as beenD. to being43. By the time Bob arrives in Beijing, we have already arrived here for two days.A. we have been staying here for two daysB. it has been for two days we have stayed hereC. it is already two days before we have arrived hereD. we will have stayed here for two days44. Martha hag made up her mind to buy her favorite furniture, disregard how much money she would pay.A. no matter how much it costsB. no matter how much does it costC. no matter how it costsD. no matter how does it cost45. It was one of those days when it looked at first something interesting could happen, but then later, when you didn't expect anything, almost everything happened.A. nothingB. anythingC. everythingD. all things46. Life insurance, before available only to young, healthy persons, can now he obtained from old people, and even for pets.A. before young, healthy persons available only,B. available only to young, healthy persons before,C. available only to persons young, but more healthy,D. before young and healthy persons only available to,47. Lack government support, they had to approach sponsors, organizers, and musicians on their own—at first, she claims, in her country.A. LacksB. LackedC. LackingD. A lack of48. The house was situated on a hill over the village.A. above the villageB. beyond the villageC. under the villageD. within the village49. The old lady wag suffering from the empty nest syndrome for so long that she felt like to find someone she could talk to her.A. to find someone to talkB. finding someone to talkC. to find someone to talk toD. finding someone to talk to50. Eating too much fat can distribute to heart disease and cause high blood pressure.A. attribute toB. attend toC. devote toD. contribute to51. We actually found it all worth to prepare for the worst condition we might face.A. to be worthB. worth our whileC. worthy ofD. worthwhile52. This was but an additional testimony of the superiority of the socialist economic system over the capitalist economic system.A. proofB. witnessC. evidenceD. validity53. The photoperiodic response of algae actually depends on the duration of darkness, but not on the response of light.A. is not on lightB. but is not on the lightC. and not on lightD. the light is not on54. When she returned back by abroad, she told us all about her experience as an illegal immigrant.A. byB. backC. fromD. back from55. Having the highest marks in her class, a scholarship wag offered her by the Department.A. she wag offered a scholarship by the DepartmentB. a scholarship wag offered to her by the DepartmentC. the Department has a scholarship to offer herD. the Department offered her a scholarship56. The gibbon ranges over an area wider than do the other apes.A. a wider area than other apes doB. an area wider than are other apes doC. wider than other apes do the areaD. than wider other apes do an area57. Many students agreed to come, but some students against because they said they don't have time.A. were against because they said they did notB. were against because they say they don'tC. were against it because they said they did notD. were **ing because they said they don't58. It is a market which sales value might be more than 10 billion yuan.A. a market with a sales value that might beB. a market which might be sales valueC. a market with sale value might beD. market with sales might be a value59. Jackie Robinson, the first Black American who was to play baseball in the major leagues, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.A. the first and a Black American whoB. was the first Black AmericanC. the first Black AmericanD. the Black American who first60. The suggestion that the mayor will present the prizes was accepted by everyone.A. presentB. presentsC. would presentD. ought to presentSection 2 Reading ComprehensionIn this section you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with 4 (A. B. C and D) choices to complete the statement. Youmust choose the one which you think fits best. Then blanken the corresponding letter as required on your Machinescoring ANSWER SHEET.It was two years ago today that the hunting ban came into force, supposedly ending centuries of tradition. However, the law has been an unmitigated failure-not that either side is shouting about it.It was a nightmare vision that struck fear and loathing into the hearts of millions. When the hunting ban became law, it was said, 16, 000 people would lose their jobs, thousands of hounds would be put down, rotting carcasses would litter the countryside, hedgerows would disappear, riders would face on-the-spot fines, law-abiding people from doctors to barristers would be dragged from their horses and carted off to prison, while dog owners would be prosecuted if their mutt caught a rabbit.These were just some of the claims as desperate countryside campaigners battled to save their sport in the lead-up to the hunting ban, which Labour rammed into law using the Parliament Act on November 18, 2004.For many, the fears were real. Others exaggerated as they fought an increasingly aggressive anti-hunting lobby which had rejected acres of independent evidence affirming that hunting is the most humane way of killing foxes. In the battle to"fight prejudice, fight the ban", every emotive argument was deployed.For its part, the anti-hunting brigade extravagantly claimed that the ban would put an end to the rich parading in red jackets. A senior Labour MP, Peter Bradley, admitted in this newspaper that it was, as many suspected, about "class war". He lost his seat shortly afterwards. But people in red coats did not disappear.In fact, none of the forecasts came true. What did happen was something nobody had predicted: the spectacular revival and growth of hunting with hounds. In short, the hunting ban has been a failure.Today, on the second anniversary of the ban's coming into force on February 18, 2005, new figures show that participation in the sport has never been higher. It is so cheerful that two new packs have been formed, something that has not happened for centuries.They include the seductively named Private Pack, set up by the financier Roddy Fleming in Gloucestershire. It operates on an invitation-only basis, a sort of hunting private members' club. This can only mean one thing: like it or not, hunting is cool. Young people are taking it up, enticed by the element of rebellion and the mystique of what actually happens as hunts attempt to keep within the law.61. The phase "came into force" underlined in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.A. take effectB. be popularC. be forcedD. come into existence62. The hunting ban has been a complete failure because ______.A. the hunting has never been stopped but has instead flourishedB. the government has been short of hands to enforce the lawC. the law makers failed to see hunting as a long-time traditionD. the ban aimed to protect the interests of the upper-class only63. The word "loathing" underlined in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.A. disgustB. dislikeC. hatredD. intention64. Those who break the hunting ban would ______.A. lose their jobsB. bring shame to their fellow peopleC. have to kill their horses and dogsD. face either fines or imprisonment65. The word "prosecuted" underlined in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.A. go to courtB. encourageC. publishD. prevent66. The anti-hunting lobby held that ______.A. fox-hunting was an expression of prejudiceB. the countryside campaigners were reasonableC. the theory of humane killing did not hold waterD. the hunters exaggerated the dreadful scene of hunting67. What does the author think of the hunting campaigners' position?A. It was unknowingly biased.B. It was emotionally charged.C. It was increasingly militant.D. It was certainly powerful.68. The word "rebellion" underlined in the last Paragraph refers to ______.A. betrayB. violationC. departmentD. contravention69. By saying "people in red coats did not disappear," the author implied that ______.A. the upper class won the "war"B. Bradley deserved his fateC. the hunting ban did not workD. the hunting ban was untimely70. As a result of the ban, ______.A. hunting activities have become more secretiveB. people have become more curious about huntingC. citizens have become more confused by the lawD. the country tradition has been radically shakenThe fact that most Americans live in urban areas does not mean that they reside in the center of large cities. In fact, more Americans live in the suburbs of large metropolitan areas than in the cities themselves.The Bureau of the Census regards any area with more than 2,500 people as an urban area, and does not consider boundaries of cities and suburbs.According to the Bureau, the political boundaries are less significant than the social and economic relationships and the transportation **munication systems that integrate a locale. The term used by the Bureau for an integrated metropolis is an MSA, which stands for Metropolitan Statistical Area. In general, an MSA is any area that contains a city and its surrounding suburbs and has a total population of 50,000 or more.At the present time, the Bureau reports more than 280 MSAs, which together account for 75 percent of the US population. In addition, the Bureau recognizes 18 megapolises, that is, continuous adjacent metropolitan areas. One of the most obvious megapolises includes a chain of hundreds of cities and suburbs across 10 states on the East Coast from Massachusetts to Virginia, including Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C. In the Eastern Corridor, as it is called, a population of 45 million inhabitants is concentrated. Another megapolis that is growing rapidly is the California coast from San Francisco through Los Angeles to San Diego.71. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Metropolitan Statistical AreasB. Types of Population CentersC. The Bureau of the CensusD. Megapolises72. According to the passage, where do most Americans live?A. In the center of cities.B. In the suburbs surrounding large cities.C. In rural areas.D. In small towns.73. The underlined word "reside" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.A. fillB. decideC. occupyD. live74. According to the Bureau of the Census, what is an urban area?A. A chain of adjacent cities.B. An area with at least 50,000 people.C. The 18 largest cities.D. An area with 2,500 people or mor75. Which of the following are NOT considered important in defining an urban area?A. Political boundaries.B. Transportation networks.C. Social relationships.D. Economic systems.76. The underlined word "integrate" in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.A. benefitB. defineC. uniteD. restrict77. Which of the following is NOT true?A. An integrated metropolis is an MSA.B. MSA stands for Metropolitan Statistical Area.C. A metropolis includes at least a metropolitan.D. An MSA refers to city and its suburbs, with over 50,000 peopl78. The underlined word "adjacent" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.A. beside each otherB. growing very fastC. the same sizeD. densely populated79. According to the passage, what is a megapolis?A. One of the 10 largest cities in the United States.B. One of the 18 largest cities in the United States.C. One of the 100 cities between Boston and Washington.D. Any number of continuous adjacent cities and suburbs.80. Why does the author mention the Eastern Corridor and the California coast in Paragraph 4?A. As examples of megapolises.B. Because 75 percent of the population lives there.C. TO conclude the passage.D. The Bureau of the Census is located therLosing a job or not being able to find one almost always brings **e changes. If you've lost a job, the first feeling is often one of shock. On top of the loss of income, many people find the whole routine of their life is shattered, their contact with other people reduced, their ambitions halted and their identity as a worker removed.There may be good feelings too—it's nice to be able to lie in bed in the morning, to spend more time with children, or to have more time to think—a better job may be just around the corner. But, unless a better job does turn up, chances are the days start getting longer and the time becomes harder to fill. Many people pass through periods of difficulty in sleeping and eating. They feel irritable and depressed, often isolated and lonely.Despite all these problems, unemployment can be a chance for a fresh start. You can discover that it provides an opportunity to sort out or rethink what you want from life and how best you can get it. You can use the time to plan how to find a new job, learn a new skill, develop your hobbies, see if you can run your own business, do some voluntary work in **munity or meet new people. It's up to you.81. Unemployment almost always brings changes that are ______.A. unpleasantB. unsuitableC. untenableD. unworthy82. According to the passage, when a person has first lost a job, more often than not, he feels ______.A. excitedB. isolatedC. shockedD. depressed83. According to the passage, possible good feelings include the following EXCEPT being able to ______.A. have more time to thinkB. have a new and better jobC. have more time to visit friendsD. spend more time with children84. According to this passage, unemployment may ______.A. cause people to lose touch with realityB. completely destroy people's life patternsC. lessen interaction with peopleD. reduce people's chances of promotion85. The unemployed become finally disillusioned when they ______.A. have nothing more to think aboutB. are unable to improve their positionC. get tired of playing with their childrenD. can no longer lie in bed in the morning86. According to the passage, continuing unemployment may cause ______.A. absence of humotB. lack of interestC. waste of timeD. loss of appetite87. By "a chance for a fresh start" the author means ______.A. one should learn to seize chancesB. one should often change his jobsC. unemployment can be of benefitD. unemployment does not last long88. Unemployment provides a chance for you to rethink ______.A. what you find and how to keep itB. what you want and how to get itC. how best you can do the new jobD. how best you can sort out a new job89. The sentence "it's up to you" means "you are the person who ______. "A. makes the decisionB. is responsibleC. has the rightD. is confident90. The author's purpose is to ______.A. give the basic facts of unemploymentB. explain the reasons of unemploymentC. introduce new jobs to the unemployedD. offer encouragement to the unemployedSection 3 Cloze TestIn the following passage, there are 20 blanks representing words that are missing from the context. Below the passage, each blanks has 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.Should we care if over 150 known species of animals have (91) from the earth in the last fifty years? Should we be concerned that there are (92) thousands of species whose very existence is (93) endangered—largely because of our activities? (94) , after all, is the natural end of populations. Species are born, then (95) , and then die. Some live a (96) time, perhaps millions of years; some die more quickly. We have (97) the extinction of many species we know about, and we have undoubtedly sealed the (98) of others. In fact, there are undoubtedly many other species that have lived among us during our time on earth, but that havedisappeared as a (n) (99) of our activities without our ever having known they existed.It is hard to explain the rationale of many of us who are concerned about such matters. I have never seen a sea whale, (100) I don't want them to become extinct. Moreover, I felt this way long before I understood anything about how they might be an important part of an ecosystem. Possibly such feelings merely reflect the cultural attitude that it is "nice" to wish other living things well; thus, the attitude is (101) . I feel nice.There are, of course, more rational reasons for (102) the extermination of any species. For one thing, the kind of attitude that encourages or sanctions the destruction of other species is a threat (103) our own wellbeing. If such an attitude exists, we ourselves might (104) victim to it. living things (including us) might be expected to fare better where there is (105) for life. The extinction of other species could also threaten us (106) by simplifying the system of which we are a part or by destroying parts of the ecosystem (107) which we directly rely. For example, if we continue to poison the oceans (108) we are willing to believe only a few bottom dwellers are affected, we might (109) overstep some critical threshold and trigger the wholesale death of plankton, thus finding ourselves without a major (110) of the world's food and with our oxygen supplies dwindling.91.A. disappearedB. diedC. endangeredD. ceased92.A. namelyB. literallyC. wordlyD. directly93.A. soonB. presentlyC. hopefullyD. rightly94.A. ExtinctionB. DisappearanceC. CeaseD. Death95.A. developB. increaseC. matureD. bloom96.A. longB. shortC. comfortableD. terrible97.A. hurriedB. urgedC. hastenedD. increased98.A. fateB. doomC. luckyD. predetermination99.A. effectB. resultC. issueD. event100.A. stillB. yetC. alsoD. then101.A. rewardedB. returnedC. fulfilledD. affected 102.A. mourningB. cryingC. weepingD. wailing 103.A. forB. toC. atD. with104.A. gainB. enterC. becomeD. fall105.A. reverenceB. reverseC. reverieD. reversal 106.A. seeminglyB. indirectlyC. certainlyD. conveniently 107.A. uponB. toC. withD. from108.A. becauseB. as ifC. andD. even109.A. succeedinglyB. eventuallyC. closelyD. determningly 110.A. sourceB. makerC. creatorD. resources。

Revised GRE三空题目汇总18道题OG 三空题目GRE Verbal Reasoning Practice QuestionsSET 3 Discrete Question: Medium【1】4 Richard M. Russell said 52 percent of the nation’s growth since the Second World War had (i) invention. He said, (ii) research, the government’s greatest role in assuring continuing innovation is promoting a strong, modern patent office. “Unless we can(iii) original ideas, we will not have invention.” Mr. Russell said. Speculating on the state of innovation over the next century, several inventors agreed that the future lay in giving children the tools to think creatively and the motivation to invent.【2】5 Statements presented as fact in a patent application are (i) unless a good reason for doubt is found. The invention has only to be deemed “more likely than not” to work in order to receive initial approval. And, although thousands of patents are challenged in court for other reasons, no incentive exists for anyone to expend effort (ii) the science of an erroneous patent. For this reason the endless stream of (iii) devices will continue to yield occasional patent.SET 5 Discrete Question: Hard【3】4 No other contemporary poet’s work has such a well-earned reputation for (i) , and there are few whose moral vision is so imperiously unsparing. Of late, however, the almost belligerent demands of his severe and densely forbidding poetry have taken an improbable turn. This new collection is the poet’s fourth book in six years—an ample output even for poets of sunny disposition, let alone for one of such (ii) over the previous 50 years. Yet for all his newfound (iii) , his poetry is as thorny as ever.【4】5 Managers who think that strong environmental performance will (i) their company’s financial performance often (ii) claims that systems designed to help them manage environmental concerns are valuable tools. By contrast, managers who perceive environmental performance to be (iii) to financial success may view an environmental management system as extraneous. In either situation, and whatever their perceptions, it is a manager’s commitment to achieving environmental improvement rather than the mere presence of a system that determines environmental performance.【5】6 Philosophy, unlike most other subjects, dose not try to extend our knowledge by discovering new information about the world. Instead it tries to deepen our understanding through (i) what is already closest to us—the experiences, thoughts, concepts, and activities that make up our lives but that ordinarily escape our notice precisely because they are so familiar. Philosophy begins by finding(ii) the things that are (iii) .Practice TestSection 317【6】The most striking thing about the politician is how often his politics have been (i) rather than ideological, as he adapts his political positions at any particular moment to the political realities that constrain him. He does not, however, piously (ii) political principles only to betray them in practice. Rather, he attempts in subtle ways to balance his political self-interest with a (iii) , viewing himself as an instrument of some unchanging higher purpose.Section 411【7】What readers most commonly remember about John Stuart Mill’s classic exploration of the liberty of thought and discussion concerns the danger of (i) : in the absence of challenge, one’s opinions, even when they are correct, grow weak and flabby. Yet Mill had another reason for encouraging the liberty of thought and discussion: the danger of partiality and incompleteness. Since one’s opinions, even under the best circumstances, tend to (ii) , and because opinions opposed to one’s own rarely turn out to be completely (iii), it is crucial to supplement one’s opinions with alternative points of view.20【8】Wills argues that certain malarial parasites are especially (i) because they have more recently entered humans than other species and therefore have had (ii) time to evolve toward (iii) . Yet there is no reliable evidence that the most harmful Plasmodium species has been in humans for a shorter time than less harmful species.PREP 三空题目【9】SECTION1-6 The question of (i) in photography has lately become nontrivial. Prices for vintage prints(those make by a photographer soon after he or she made the negative) sodrastically (ii) in the 1990s that one of these photographs might fetch a hundred times as much as a nonvintage print of the same image. It was perhaps only a matter of time before someone took advantage of the(iii) to peddle newly created “vintage”prints for profit.SECTION3【10】4 I’ve long anticipated this retrospective of the artist’s work, hoping it would make(i) judgments about him possible, but greater familiarity with his paintings highlights their inherent (ii) and actually makes one’s assessment(iii) .【11】5 Higher energy prices would have many(i) effects on society as a whole. Besides encouraging consumers to be more(ii) in their use of gasoline, they would encourage the development of renewable alternative energy sources that are not(iii) at current prices.【12】6 But they pay little attention to the opposite and more treacherous failing: false certainty, refusing to confess their mistakes and implicitly claiming(i) ,thereby embarrassing the nation and undermining the Constitution, which established various mechanisms of self-correction on the premise that even the wisest men are sometimes wrong and need, precisely when they find it most(ii) , the benefit of(iii) process.原ETS 官网题目【13】It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i) by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to(ii) his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the(iii) , calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose【14】2006题目 Murray, whose show of recent paintings and drawings is her best in many years, has been eminent hereabouts for a quarter century, although often regarded with (i)__________, but the most (ii)__________ of these paintings (iii)__________ all doubts.【15】2007题目Having displayed his art collection in a vast modernist white space in (i)______ former warehouse, Mr. Saatchi has chosen for his new site its polar opposite, a riverside monument to civic pomposity that once housed the local government. There is nothing (ii)______ about the new location: the building’s design is bureaucratic baroque, (iii)______ style that is as declamatory as a task-force report and as self-regarding as a campaign speech.PRACTICE BOOK 题目【16】That the President manages the economy is an assumption (i)_____ the prevailing wisdom that dominates electoral politics in the United States. As a result, presidential elections have become referenda on the business cycle, whose fortuitous turnings are (ii)_____ the President. Presidents are properly accountable for their executive and legislative performance, and certainly their actions may have profound effects on the economy. But these effects are (iii)_____. Unfortunately, modern political campaigns are fought on the untenable premise that Presidents can deliberately produce precise economic results.【17】Room acoustics design criteria are determined according to the room’s intended use. Music, for example, is best (i)_____ in spaces that are reverberant, a condition that generally makes speech less (ii)_______. Acoustics suitable for both speech and music can sometimes be created in the same space, although the result is never perfect, each having to be (iii)______ to some extent.【18】To the untutored eye the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i)______ , (ii) _______place through which to advance a modern army; even with today’s more numerous and better roads and bridges, the woods and the river Meuse form a significant (iii)______.参考答案：【1】CEH 【2】AFH 【3】CDH 【4】BDI【5】BEG 【6】CDH 【7】BDG 【8】BEH【9】ADG 【10】BEG 【11】CFI 【12】ADH【13】AEI 【14】CEH 【15】CEH 【16】BEI【17】BEG 【18】AEH。