1. Evidence came up__1__specific sounds are recognized by babies as young as six months old.?

A. what B. that C. which D. whose

2. I understand__2__preparation that staff must put in under pressure to meet the deadline.?

A. more than the enormous amount of? B. better than most the enormous number of? C. better than most the enormous amount of ? D. fewer than the number of?

3. I'm sure your suggestion will__3__the problem.

A. contribute to solving ? B. be contributed to solve ? C. contribute to solve ? D. be contributed to solving?

4. In 1840, both Lucretian Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton resented__4__proper seating at the World's Anti?slavery convention in London because of their sex

A. refusing B. to be refused ? C. being refused D. having refused?

5. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it__5__before the West was settled.

A. could B. did C. would D. was

6. The message is clear: Just as tea and banana cant't go together,__6__should the son of a low?class family expect to marry the daughter of a nobleman.

A. either B. not C. neither D. nor

7.Though__7__rich, she was better off than at any other period in her life.

A. by means of B. within her means ? C. by all means D. by no means??

8. It is a(n)__8__attitude to take towards life.

A. absurd B. silly C. stupid D. authentic? ?

9. Every year, one student in our high school wins a scholarship that__9__one year of college.

A. improves B. subsidizes C. obliges D. inflicts

10. He wrote the book in__10__with his wife.

A. proportion B. installment ? C. correspondence D. collaboration

答案：

1. B) 【句意】 有證據表明，小至六個月的嬰兒就能識別具體的聲音。?

【難點】 evidence后面的同位語從句被全句的謂語動詞came up隔開，同位語從句須由that引導，所以B)項正確。

2. C) 【句意】 我比多數人更能理解員工們在最后期限的壓力下所做的大量準備工作。?

【難點】 understand better than...意為“對…非常理解”。preparation是不可數名詞，須用amount修飾，故選C)。

3. A) 【句意】 我相信你的建議將有助于問題的解決。?

【難點】 contribute to意為“有助于，促成”，to是介詞，所以后面應接名詞或動名詞，故選A)。?

4. C) 【句意】 1840年，露克里蒂安·莫特和伊麗莎白·凱蒂·斯坦頓因為他們的性別而沒有得到倫敦世界廢奴大會的席位，他們對此表示憤慨。?

【難點】 resent后接名詞或動名詞作賓語，根據句意的要求，應使用動名詞的被動語態形式，故選C)?

5. B) 【句意】 作為一個國家來說，美國將不再具有開拓西部前所具有的那種冒險精神。?

【難點】 從意義來看，空格應填had,但主句中have是實義動詞，為避免重復，可用助動詞do替代，即用did替代had,故B)為答案。?

6. C) 【句意】 這是明擺著的事：就像茶葉和香蕉不相搭配一樣，下層階級家庭的兒子也不可能指望娶一個貴族的女兒。

【難點】 neither用于否定句之后，意為“…亦不…”；either用于否定句，意為“(二者之中的)任何一方?都(不)…”?；nor意為“…也不…(置于否定句之后)”；not在本句中說不通。?