Rumor is the most 1 way of spreading stories by passing them on from mouth 2 mouth. But civilized countries in normal times have better 3 of news than rumor. They have radio, television, and newspapers. In times of stress and 4 , 5 , rumor 6 and becomes widespread. At such 7 the different kinds of news are in 8 , the press, television, and radio versus the grapevine. Especially 9 rumors spread when war requires censorship(审查,检查)on many important matters. The customary news sources no longer 10 enough information. Since the people cannot learn 11 legitimate(合法的,正规的)channels all 12 they are anxious to learn, they pick up "news" 13 they can and when this 14 , rumor thrives.
Rumors are often repeated 15 by those who do not believe the tales. There is a fascination about them. The reason is 16 the cleverly designed rumor gives expression to something deep in the hearts of the victims--the fears, suspicions, forbidden hopes, or daydreams which they hesitate to 17 directly. Pessimistic(悲观的)rumors about defeat and disasters show that the people who repeat them are 18 and anxious. 19 rumors about record production or peace soon coming point to complacency(满足,自得)or confidence and often to 20 .
1. A. primitive B. important C. impossible D. outstanding
2. A. till B. to C. for D. by
3. A. means B. ways C. sources D. resource
4. A. confusion B. peace C. prosperity D. worried
5. A. and B. however C. so D. therefore
6. A. emerges B. immerge C. immerse D. immense
7. A. time B. the times C. times D. the time
8. A. compete B. competition C. common D. harmony
9. A. do B. did C. are D. were
10. A. give up B. give off C. give out D. send off
11. A. through B. by C. in D. across
12. A. what B. why C. which D. that
13. A. wherever B. where C. whatever D. what
14. A. happened B. would happen C. happens D. happen
15. A. ever B. even C. forever D. much
16. A. that B. what C. why D. how
17. A. act B. voice C. behave D. do
18. A. happy B. relieved C. crazy D. worried
19. A. Bad B. Pessimistic C. Optimistic D. Good
20. A. overconfidence B. overweight C. overconsiderate D. overproduce
第1题:
The word “passing”(Line 7, Paragraph 1) most probably means_____.
[A] instant [B] trivial [C] simple [D] negligible
[精解] 本题考查词义理解。passing一词出现在第一段第四句。其上文提到,“债券交易员得到的两条建议有两处细微的缺陷。第一点是要从现任联邦储备局主席的嘴里听到精确而有分量的话不只是……的困难(more than passing difficulty)”。显然这一内容是针对上文第二条建议(即,美国联邦储备局前主席说的话都是金玉良言)而讲的。由“缺陷”(drawbacks)一词可知,从现任联邦储备局主席那听到金玉良言是非常困难的,这种困难不是“微不足道的”,因此[D]正确。
第2题:
You will want two trees about ten feet apart, from _____ to suspend your tent.
(A) there (C) which
(B) them (D) where
选D
可改写为you will want two tress about ten feet apart, to suspend your tent from.
只要有介词摆在空格之前,选项是which, them ,there ,where肯定是which
介词+which+动词不定式,整体做定语
第3题:
A.Theywillhavethesamememorybandwidth.
B.2-waywillprovidehighermemorybandwidththan4-way.
C.4-waywillprovidehighermemorybandwidththan2-way.
D.4-waywillprovidehighermemorybandwidthbutonlyonanx445.
第4题:
与 “ SELECT DISTINCT 歌手号 FROM 歌手 WHERE 最后得分> = ALL ;(SELECT 最后得分 FROM 歌手 WHERE SUBSTR( 歌手号 ,1,1)="2") ” 等价的 SQL 语句是
A)SELECT DISTINCT 歌手号 FROM 歌手 WHERE 最后得分> = ;
(SELECT MAX( 最后得分 ) FROM 歌手 WHERE SUBSTR( 歌手号 ,1,1)="2")
B)SELECT DISTINCT 歌手号 FROM 歌手 WHERE 最后得分> = ;
(SELECT MIN( 最后得分 ) FROM 歌手 WHERE SUBSTR( 歌手号 ,1,1)="2")
C)SELECT DISTINCT 歌手号 FROM 歌手 WHERE 最后得分> =ANY ;
(SELECT 最后得分 FROM 歌手 WHERE SUBSTR( 歌手号 ,1,1)="2")
D)SELECT DISTINCT 歌手号 FROM 歌手 WHERE 最后得分> =SOME ;
(SELECT 最后得分 FROM 歌手 WHERE SUBSTR( 歌手号 ,1,1)="2")
第5题:
You will want two trees about ten feet apart, from _____ to suspend your tent.
(A) there (C) which
(B) them (D) where
选择D
可改写为you will want two tress about ten feet apart, to suspend your tent from.
只要有介词摆在空格之前,选项是which, them ,there ,where肯定是which
介词+which+动词不定式,整体做定语
第6题:
A. Down, Init, 2 - Way, Exstart, Exchange, Loading, and Full
B. Down, Init, 2 - Wa y, Exchange, Exstart, Loading, and Full
C. Down, 2 - Way, Init, Loading, Exstart, Exchange, and Full
D. Down, 2 - Way, Init, Exchange, Exstart, Loading, and Full
E. Down, Init, 2 - Way, Loading, Exstart, Exchange, and Full
F. Down, 2 - Way, Init, Exstart, Exch ange, Loading, and Full