单选题
On June 17,1744, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In a letter the next day they refused the offers as follows: We know that you have a (26) opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the (27) of living of our young men, while (28) you, would be very great to you. We are (29) that you mean to do us (30) by your proposal; and we thank you (31) . But you must know (32) different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will (33) not be (34) if our ideas of this kind of education happen (35) be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were (36) brought (37) at the colleges of the northern provinces: they were taught all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, (38) of every means of living in the woods — they were totally (39) for nothing. We are, however, (40) , (41) by your kind (42) , though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a (43) of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them in (44) we know, and make (45) of them.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】此题较容易，have a high opinion of表示“对……有较高的评价”。选择B。 tall(身材)高的，大量的，过高的 a tall price高价，tall promises难以兑现的诺言，tall talk/tall story/tall tale无稽之谈。 tally不是tall的副词形式，它可以用作名词和动词，作名词的时候，意思是“账，记账单，记分卡，记数牌”。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】同义词辨析。 the cost of doing sth．是词组。housing costs住房费用；production cost生产费用；cost of living/living expenses生活费用；expenditure(时间、金钱等的)花费，消耗，消耗额，经费； defense expenditures防务费；expense开支，花费，业务费用；running expenses/daily expenses日常的开销；holiday expenses假日花费；housing expenses住房费用；fee费(入场费，会费，手续费等)；酬金；(pl．fees)学费；在这里，有点约定俗成习惯搭配的韵味，所以选择costs即B。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】此题较容易，由前文内容可知，讲的是the Indian young men和young men in William and Mary College一起学习，所以选择C。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】此处说“我们相信”，所以选择A。注意区别形近词convince和convict。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】习惯搭配题目，do somebody good或do good to somebody，所以选择D。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】人家do you good，所以you thank人家heartily，因为来而无往非礼也!所以选择A。 heartfelt诚意的，至诚的hearty(感情)诚恳的heartless无情的heartsome振奋人心的，兴高采烈的，生气勃勃的。
【答案解析】在外面文明世界里学习后，便不知道丛林中有时带有野蛮习气的生活了，因此那些学习归来的人被习惯丛林生活的人视为bad，bad也就是good for nothing，所以我们要选择good，即A。还要注意good for nothing是一习惯搭配。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】虽然丛林人拒绝了丛林外的人的好意，但丛林人还是显得彬彬有礼，还是要感谢丛林外的人，所以此题选B。still less也说成much less，更不用说，更何况；no less用于表示惊奇或钦佩，常含讽刺意味，“竟，居然”义；any the less用于否定句，“更少，较少”义； none the less=nonetheless=nevertheless还是，仍然。