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.

[注释]scattered是scatter的过去分词,也可作形容词用,(=lying in different directions; not situated together, wide apart)分散的,散布在各处的。 Separate分开的,spread传播;摊开,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.

[注释]two ways of looking at every questions意指“观察每个问题的两个方面”。

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.

[注释]scarcely(=hardly, not quite, almost not)几乎没有。
Scarcely是否定副词,类似的有:hardly, barely, rarely, seldom, little等。
研究生入学考试中经常测试这类否定副词的用法。

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.

[注释]emission散发物,发射。

exposure(to)暴露于:
They believe that their health problems are the result of years of exposure to fine cotton dust.(他们认为,他们的健康问题是多年来暴露于棉花粉尘所致。)

expansion膨胀,扩大;Heat causes the expansion of gas.
本题译文:正如汽车的生产和使用越来越多一样,汽车的排气管的散发物内所含的有毒气体量也在增加。

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.

[注释]piece together拼合,拼凑;take off起飞;break away from脱离;pull out拔出;驶出;(车)减速。

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.

[注释]spoiled使.....扫兴: 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.

[注释]expression此处意指“表情”。Appearance表示人的“仪表,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.

[注释]take advantage of(=make use of sth. for one's own benefit)利用:take advantage of my ignorance(利用我的无知)。

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.

[注释]chance(偶然的)机会。
Have与the(或 a) possibility不能搭配;
常用There is a possibility for sb. to do sth.表示客观存在的“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.

[注释]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.(科学家希望在与心脏病斗争中很快取得重大成果。)
本题译文:科学家认为他们在探索某些重要疾病的病因中已取得重大突破。