1. It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the population is widely _____.
A. scattered B. dismissed C. separated D. spread

[答案]A. scattered.

[注釋]scattered是scatter的過(guò)去分詞，也可作形容詞用，（=lying in different directions; not situated together, wide apart）分散的，散布在各處的。?Separate分開(kāi)的，spread傳播；攤開(kāi)，dismiss解雇。

2. There are usually at least two _____ of looking at every question.
A. ways B. directions C. views D. opinions

[答案]A. ways.

[注釋]two ways of looking at every questions意指“觀察每個(gè)問(wèn)題的兩個(gè)方面”。

3. He left in such a hurry that I _____ had time to thank him.
A. almost B. even C. nearly D. scarcely

[答案]D. scarcely.

[注釋]scarcely(=hardly, not quite, almost not)幾乎沒(méi)有。
Scarcely是否定副詞，類(lèi)似的有：hardly, barely, rarely, seldom, little等。
研究生入學(xué)考試中經(jīng)常測(cè)試這類(lèi)否定副詞的用法。

4. As more and more cars are produced and used, so the _____ from their exhaust-pipes contains an even larger volume of poisonous gas.
A. exposure B. distribution C. expansion D. emission

[答案]D. emission.

[注釋]emission散發(fā)物，發(fā)射。

exposure(to)暴露于：
They believe that their health problems are the result of years of exposure to fine cotton dust.(他們認(rèn)為，他們的健康問(wèn)題是多年來(lái)暴露于棉花粉塵所致。)

expansion膨脹，擴(kuò)大；Heat causes the expansion of gas.
本題譯文：正如汽車(chē)的生產(chǎn)和使用越來(lái)越多一樣，汽車(chē)的排氣管的散發(fā)物內(nèi)所含的有毒氣體量也在增加。

5. The book seems to have been _____ from various books and articles.
A. pieced together B. taken off
C. broken away D. pulled out

[答案]A. pieced together.

[注釋]piece together拼合，拼湊；take off起飛；break away from脫離；pull out拔出；駛出；（車(chē)）減速。

6. We had a marvelous holiday: only the last two days were slightly _____ by the weather.
A. damaged B. hurt C. ruined D. spoiled

[答案]D. spoiled.

[注釋]spoiled使.....掃興： A shower of rain spoiled our day's outing.

7. I could tell he was surprised from the _____ on his face.
A. appearance B. view C. sight D. expression

[答案]D. expression.

[注釋]expression此處意指“表情”。Appearance表示人的“儀表，外表”。

8. I'd like to take _____ of this opportunity to thank you all for your cooperation.
A. profit B. benefit C. advantage D. interests

[答案]C. advantage.

[注釋]take advantage of(=make use of sth. for one's own benefit)利用：take advantage of my ignorance(利用我的無(wú)知)。

9. If you ever have the _____ to go abroad to work, you should take it.
A. possibility B. offer C. luck D. chance

[答案]D. chance.

[注釋]chance(偶然的)機(jī)會(huì)。
Have與the(或 a) possibility不能搭配；
常用There is a possibility for sb. to do sth.表示客觀存在的“可能性”。

10. Scientists think they have _____ in their attempt to find the causes of some major dieases.
A. broken through B. worked out
C. fallen out D. got round

[答案]A. broken through.

[注釋]break through(=be successful after overcoming a difficulty)突破；取得重大成果：
Scientists hope to break through soon in their fight against heart disease.(科學(xué)家希望在與心臟病斗爭(zhēng)中很快取得重大成果。)
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