单选题 I was reading Shirley Hazzard''s novel The Transit of Venus. Though I 【1】 her other books, I had always resisted this one. It 【2】 me as too pure somehow, too heroic, larger or finer than life and therefore unreal. But now I read it with an almost 【3】 pleasure. There were sentences that 【4】 of gratification to my eyes and 【5】 the hairs on the nape of my neck. I was in a Boston hospital, propped tip in bed with a feeding tube in my arm after 【6】 surgery for cancer. It was 【7】 double room and my roommate, who 【8】 when he spoke because he had both a broken chin and a drug habit was spraying the air for the fourth or fifth time that day with 【9】 . He had a television set and a radio going 【10】 . The diagnosis of my case was ambiguous. When I asked the doctor the usual question—How much time have I got?—he hesitated before answering. "I would say," he said, "that you have in the neighborhood of years."
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】had admired钦佩。本题测试过去完成时和让步状语从句。disliked讨厌；ignored忽视；had disliked讨厌。A和B与had always resisted的过去完成时不平行，被排除。C和主句一样是否定旬，不符合though的让步转折，也被排除。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】struck给……感觉。本题测试过去某时的谓语，因此排除了名词A、原形动词B和非谓语动词D。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】indescribable难以形容的。本题测试反义前缀。describable可以形容的；detectable可发觉的；indetectable不可发觉的。与下文“愉悦”搭配，B和C显得平淡，可有可无，D不可发觉的“愉悦”是虚无，等于无。所以选A，感觉在心口难开。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】brought tears to one's eyes感动得流泪。本题测试动词搭配。brought laughter带来笑声；brought pictures带来图片；brought books带来书。与下文“眼睛”最直接相关的是(感动的)“眼泪”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】raised竖起。本题测试同义词和时态辨析。根据及物动词和过去时态的语境，B为惟一答案。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】undergoing经历。本题测试介词宾语，需要动名词，排除了所有谓语动词形式。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】a一间。本题测试名词数的表达。被限定的名词为double room，可排除an和these。首次提到该病房，排除了the。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】growled发牢骚。本题测试字形干扰。glowed发光；grown(过去分词)种植；grew(过去式)种植。下文排除了与“讲话”无关的B、C和D，惟有growl是讲话的一种方式。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】perfume香水。本题测试近形词干扰。perform表演；perceive察觉；perspect前景。上文spraying排除了不能喷洒的A、B和C，只可用perfume。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】at the same time同时。本题测试常用短语。at same time(错误搭配)；on the same time (错误搭配)；at the time在……的时候(+of)。B和C因自身结构错误而被排除。D还要再加of才是完整词组。