单选题 Directions: There are 10 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scored Answer Sheet.
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It wasn't {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}the Industrial Revolution became an irresistible force overnight. It started in the mid-1700s in Great Britain when machinery began to replace manual labor. Fossil fuels replaced wind, water and wood, used {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}for the manufacture of textiles and the development of iron making processes. The full impact would not begin to be realized until about 100 years later in the 1800s, {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}the use of machines to replace human labor spread throughout Europe and North America. This transformation is {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}as the industrialization of the world. These processes {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}sweeping increases in production capacity and were to affect all basic human needs. Not only did society develop the {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}to have more things faster, but it would be able to develop better things. These industrialization processes continue today and are likely to be long-lasting.
单选题
  • A. dramatically
  • B. scarcely
  • C. ethnically
  • D. absurdly
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】dramatically：大幅度地，极大地；scarcely：几乎不，很少；ethnically：种族上；absurdly：荒唐地，可笑地。
单选题
  • A. reliance
  • B. impression
  • C. affection
  • D. impact
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】reliance：依赖；impression：印象(接on表示给某人留下的印象，如leave a good impression on us)；affection：爱慕，爱；impact：重大影响(接on)。空白后面是the world's psyche(世人的心理)，只有impact合适。
单选题
  • A. pay
  • B. catch
  • C. turn
  • D. focus
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】该句的主语是impact，是无生命的，所以不可能有任何“注意力”，而catch much attention的意义是“引起人们广泛注意”，这个搭配最合理。
单选题
  • A. proficient
  • B. prospective
  • C. profound
  • D. provocative
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】proficient：熟练的；prospective：未来的，前瞻的；profound：深远的，渊博的，完全的；provocative：挑逗性的，刺激性的，惹事的。该句的主语是effects，可以与profound连用。
单选题
  • A. before
  • B. that
  • C. so
  • D. until
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】该空白处的答案不容易选对，可能不少人一不小心选择了until。it is not until...that...确实是个常见的句式，尤其是笔头英语当中，与not...until意义相同，但问题是空白处后面没有that引导的主句，所以不能选择until。英语中另外一个与时间相关的句式是it is...before...(过……时间发生……)，如it will be about two years before I can finish my thesis，但空白处前面没有表示时间的词，所以句子不完整。it is not that... (but that...)也是常见的句式，相当于“不是……而是……”，所以本文第二段第一个句子的意义是“工业革命并不是在一夜之间变成不可抵制的力量”。
单选题
  • A. minimally
  • B. privately
  • C. primarily
  • D. intellectually
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】minimally：最小限度地；privately：私下地；primarily：主要地；intellectually：智力上。be used primarily．for...的含义是“主要用于……”。
单选题
  • A. when
  • B. which
  • C. where
  • D. that
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】空白处前面没有与地点相关的词，所以排除where，而that不能用于非限定性定语从句。空白处后面是个完整的句子，不可能用which。空白处前面是in the 1800s，恰好是时间，可选when。
单选题
  • A. turned to
  • B. resorted to
  • C. clung to
  • D. referred to
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】词组turn to与resort to意义接近，表示“求助于”，而cling to的意义是“紧紧地粘在”或“坚持”。be referred to as的意义是“被称作”。
单选题
  • A. got down to
  • B. put up with
  • C. gave rise to
  • D. looked ahead to
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】get down to：开始考虑或行动；put up with：忍受；give rise to：导致；look ahead to：盼望。由于主语是processes，是无生命的，应首先想到give rise to。
单选题
  • A. habit
  • B. dream
  • C. ability
  • D. consequence
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】由于空白处前面的结构相当于the society developed...，后面是不定式，ability是最佳选择，意义是“社会逐渐有能力以更快的速度生产更多的产品”。