11.All the key words in the article are printed in ________ type so as to attract readers’ attention.
A) dark
B) dense
C) black
D) bold
【翻译】为了引起读者的注意,文章中的所有关键字都用粗体字醒目的打印出来。
【解析】dark是黑的的意思,得dense是浓重的意思,black是黑的意思,bold的意思为“粗体的,醒目的”,因此答案为D。
12.The basic features of the communication process are identified in one question: Who says ________ through what channel to whom?
A) how
B) when
C) what
D) such
【翻译】委员会议程用一句话即可表明它的基本特征:谁向谁通过什麽渠道说什么?
【解释】句子中缺少的是宾语主语,因此答案为C。
13.I didn’t ________ to take a taxi but I had to as I was late.
A) assume
B) suppose
C) mean
D) hope
【翻译】我并不打算坐出租车但我现在必须这样,因为我要迟到了。
【解释】assume与suppose意思相近都使假设,认为的意思,hope表希望,而只有mean有“mean to do”打算做什么这个形式,因此答案为C。
14.The hours ________ the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people.
A) in which
B) on which
C) when
D) that
【翻译】孩子们花在电视上与电视人交流的时间无疑影响了他们跟生活中的真实人的交流。
【解析】此题考察定语从句,在这先行词是The hours,但它并不表示具体的时间,不是时间状语,而是一个定语从句,因此答案为D。
15. I’d rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than ________ a room with someone else.
A) share
B) to share
C) sharing
D) to have shared
【翻译】我宁愿自己住一间很小的房子,也不愿与别人住一间。
【解析】在这“than”后的动词应与”rather”后的一致,因此答案为A。
16.In Disneyland every year, some 800,000 plants are replaced because Disney refused to ________ signs asking his “guests” not to step on them.
A) put down
B) put out
C) put up
D) put off
【翻译】迪斯尼每年需要移植800,000株草木,因为迪斯尼拒绝竖起标志让他们的客人远离草木。
【解析】“put down”是记下的意思,“put out”是熄灭的意思,“put up”是张贴的意思,“put off“是推迟的意思,所以只有选项C符合题意。
17.________ difficulties we may come across, we’ll help one another to overcome them.
A) Wherever
B) Whatever
C) However
D) Whenever
【翻译】不管我们遇上什么困难,我们都会互帮互助克服困难。
【解析】本题考察条件句,从句中缺少的是主语,因此选项B正确。
18.So many directors ________, the board meeting had to be put off.
A) were absent
B) been absent
C) had been absent
D) being absent
【翻译】很多主任缺席,董事会议只好推迟。
【解析】本题为一个因果关系,前半句应为一个原因状语,因此D为正确答案。
19.On New Year’s Eve, New York City holds an outdoor ________ which attracts a crowd of a million or more people.
A) incident
B) event
C) case
D) affair
【翻译】在除夕前夜,纽约城举办了一个大型的活动,吸引了成千上万的人来参加。
【解析】incident指事件,事变,多指不好的事情;event是大事盛事的意思;case多指案例;affair指事务,四词中只有B选项最合题意。
20.American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public through televised ________ from the United States.
A) transfer
B) deliveries
C) transportation
D) transmissions
【翻译】美国足球和垒球为英国大众所熟知是通过美国的电视转播。
【解析】transfer是移动,迁移的意思;delivery为传递的意思;transportation
是运输的意思,transmission的意思为转播,因此只有D选项符合题意,答案为D。