Practice Test 9
P 898
Section 4
1. 一开始只有卫生间外面的地毯是_________，因为破裂的水管里的水;最后整个走廊都被淹了。
Initially only the carpeting outside the restroom was __________ by water from the burst pipe; eventually the entire hallway flooded.
(A) diverted v. 转移
(B) confined v. 有限的
(C) scuttled v. 急走
(D) cleansed v. 弄干净
(E) drenched v. 湿透的
2. 群居对狼和老鼠这样的动物有好也有坏：群居让动物来__________体温，但是让他们更___________被捕食者发现。
Communal nests have advantages and disadvantages for animals like wolves and mice: they enable the animals to _________ body heat, but leave them more __________ to discovery by predators.
(A) insure v. 确保...inclined adj. 倾向于
(B) maintain v. 维持...vulnerable adj. 易受攻击的
(C) squander v. 浪费...liable adj. 有责任的
(D) stimulate v. 刺激...resistant adj. 反抗
(E) retain v. 保持...immune adj. 免疫的
3. 他展示了类似病态的___________，非要知道他朋友私生活的所有细节不可。
He displayed a nearly pathological ___________, insisting on knowing every detail of his friends' lives.
(A) orderliness n. 整洁
(B) credulity n. 易受骗
(C) curiosity n. 好奇
(D) shyness n. 害羞
(E) morbidity n. 病态
4. 尽管全球努力来___________疟疾，这个源自蚊子的疾病继续___________：世界医疗组织估计这个疾病所感染的人还是达到5亿人一年。
Despite global efforts to __________malaria, this mosquito-borne disease continues to ___________: the World Health Organization estimates that it still affects up to 500 million people a year.
(A) cure v. 治疗...flag v. 标记，衰退
(B) foster v. 养育...thrive v. 兴旺
(C) combat v. 战斗...abate v. 减少
(D) scrutinize v. 详细检查...prosper v. 成功，繁荣
(E) eradicate v. 根除...flourish v. 兴旺，茂盛
5. 虽然被评审团所责难，对于电影评论员波林凯尔来说，这部电影似乎完全的___________和不太可能在冒犯。
Although condemned by the review panel, to film critic Pauline Kael the movie seemed entirely ___________ and unlikely to offend.
(A) impressionable adj. 易受影响的
(B) innocuous adj. 无害的
(C) unsuitable adj. 不合适的
(D) insensitive adj. 感觉迟钝的，无感觉
(E) unapproachable adj. 不可接近的
6. 评论家描述麦当娜斯弯阿德勒的自传是一个____________的人的肖像，一个战胜了一切困难的人。
The reviewer characterized Madonna Swan-Abdalla's autobiography as a portrait of an ___________ person,
(A) empathetic adj. 同感的
(B) indomitable adj. 不服输的,不可征服的
(C) expeditious adj. 迅速的
(D) idiosyncratic adj. 特质的
(E) astute adj. 机敏的
7. 虽然营业了几个月，这家公司其实___________，只通过___________活动来应付财务需求。
Although it stayed in business for several months, the company was actually ___________ and met its financial obligations by engaging in ___________ activities.
(A) insolvent adj. 破产的，无力偿还债务的...fraudulent adj. 欺骗性的
(B) prudent adj. 审慎的...speculative adj. 思考的
(C) autonomous adj. 自治的...subordinate adj. 下级的，次要的
(D) bankrupt adj. 破产的...charitable adj. 慈善的
(E) stable adj. 稳定的...manipulative adj. 操纵的
8. 玛丽淑女的小说变态医生围绕着一个科学家的__________, 他自大到相信自己有能力控制大自然。
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein centers on a scientist's ___________, the overweening pride that makes him believe he can usurp nature.
(A) obstinacy n. 顽固
(B) hubris n. 骄傲自大
(C) impetuosity n. 冲动
(D) valor n. 勇猛
(E) callousness n. 冷漠
P 909
Section 6
1. 梅萨藤有一个_________的职业：这个职业_________ 从1929诗歌杂志出版了她热切的诗开始，到1994她最后的诗选出版结束。
May Sarton had a __________ career: it __________ from 1929, when Poetry magazine published her eagerly sonnets, to 1994, when her last collection of poems came out.#p#分页标题#e#
(A) limited adj. 受限制...developed v. 先进的
(B) diverse adj. 多种多样的...foundered v. 创始
(C) variable adj. 可变的...declined v. 下降了
(D) lengthy adj. 漫长的...lasted v. 延续，持久
(E) sedate adj. 安详的...soared v. 高飞，猛增
2. 近期的数据记录了一个长着问号形状鼻子的鲸鱼非凡的潜水深过4,700英尺，__________早期的__________这些鲸鱼是海里最深的潜水者之一。
Recent data recording a bottlenose whale's phenomenal dive of over 4,700 feet _________ earlier _________ that such whales were among the sea's deepest divers.
(A) refuted v. 驳斥...theories n. 理论
(B) challenged v. 挑战...predictions n. 预测
(C) confirmed v. 确认...speculations n. 推测
(D) validated v. 确认...disclaimers n. 否认
(E) substantiated v. 证实...doubts n. 怀疑