单选题Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word (s)
for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. Every profession or trade, every art, and every science has its
technical vocabulary, the function of {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}}
{{/U}}is partly to {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}things or processes
with no names in ordinary English, and partly to secure greater exactness in
terminology. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}, they save time, for it
is much more {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}to name a process than
describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very {{U}} {{U}}
5 {{/U}} {{/U}}included in every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they
are rather {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}the outskirts of the
English language than actually within its borders. Different
occupations, however, differ {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}in their
special vocabularies. It {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}largely of
native words, or of borrowed words that have {{U}} {{U}} 9
{{/U}} {{/U}}themselves into the very fibre of our language. {{U}}
{{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}, though highly technical in many details,
these vocabularies are more familiar in sound, and more generally {{U}}
{{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}than most other technical terms. {{U}}
{{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}, every vocation still possesses a large
{{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}of technical terms that remain
essentially foreign, even {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}educated
people. And the proportion has been much {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}}
{{/U}}in the last fifty years. Most of the newly {{U}} {{U}} 16
{{/U}} {{/U}}terms are {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}to special
discussions, and seldom get into general literature or conversation. Yet no
profession is nowadays, as all professions once {{U}} {{U}} 18
{{/U}} {{/U}}a close federation. What is called "popular science" makes
everybody {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}with modern views and
recent discoveries. Any important experiment, {{U}} {{U}} 20
{{/U}} {{/U}}made in a remote or provincial laboratory, is at once reported in
the newspapers, and everybody is soon talking about it. Thus, our common speech
is always taking up new technical terms and making them commonplace.
【答案解析】[考点] 词义辨析题
[解析] 根据上下文可知空白处所填单词为动词，表示专业词汇的作用与things or processes连用，该动词与process构成并列关系。A选项describe意为“描述”，B选项talk about意为“谈论，讨论”，C选项designate意为“标明，表示”，D选项indicate意为“指出，显示”。根据句意，B和D能很快排除，最大干扰项是A，再往下读两句会发现 “for it is much more XXX to name a process than describe it”，也就是专业词汇的作用与描述它们构成比较级，所以，C项designate是正确答案，意为“专业词汇的部分作用是在没有常规英文名称的情况下表示事物或过程”。
【答案解析】[考点] 词义辨析题
[解析] 本句意为“各行各业都还有很多专业词汇不被人们所知”，分析句子可知空白处所填单词为量词。A选项series意为“系列”，a series of后面无论是单数还是复数名词，谓语动词均用单数，根据从句中复数谓语，A选项排除；B选项a large body of意为“大量”，符合题意；C选项set意为“一套，一副”；D选项range意为“范围，行列”，一般用a wide range of搭配。所以B最为恰当。
【答案解析】[考点] 逻辑结构题
[解析] made in a remote or provincial laboratory，与下文的once reported及soon talking about是一种让步关系，意思是“任何科学实验，即使是在很偏远的实验室完成，也能立刻被报道到报纸上，并迅速为人们所谈论”。A选项though引导让步结构的状语从句，符合句意；B选项when引导时间状语从句，C选项as意为“正如，正像”，D选项since表示原因，都不合句意，因此正确答案为A。