单选题 The history of African-Americans during the past 400 years is traditionally narrated (1) an ongoing struggle against (2) and indifference on the part of the American mainstream, and a struggle (3) as an upward movement (4) toward ever more justice and opportunity.
Technology in and of (5) is not at fault; it's much too simple to say that gunpowder or agricultural machinery or fiber optics (6) been the enemy of an (7) group of people. A certain machine is put (8) work in a certain way-the purpose (9) which it was designed. The people who design the machines are not intent on unleashing chaos; they are usually trying to (10) a task more quickly, cleanly, or cheaply, following the imperative of innovation and efficiency that has ruled Western civilization since the Renaissance.

单选题 A. like B. as C. for D. with
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 有横线的句子的意思是:在过去的400年里,美国黑人的历史被传统地描述为对漠然和压迫的不断斗争。narrate与as构成固定搭配,意思是“把……描述为”。其他三项都不正确。
单选题 A. charity B. clarity C. cohesion D. oppression
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题与上题的句子相联系,句意参见上题。charity的意思是“慈善,施舍.慈善团体”,clarity的意思是“清楚,透明”,cohesion的意思是“结合,凝聚,[物理]内聚力”,只有oppression(镇压,压迫)符合句意,因此正确答案为D。
单选题 A. charting B. charts C. charted D. to chart
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] chart的意思是“制海图,画图表,订计划”。struggle后面由charted as…引导出一个定语从句。因此正确答案为C。
单选题 A. progressing B. progressed C. clutched D. clutching
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题应选表示趋向的动词progress(前进,进步),用进行时态。clutch的意思是“抓住,攫住”,不符合句意。
单选题 A. itself B. themselves C. ourselves D. himself
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] of oneself的意思是“本身”,因为主语是technology,所以应选of itself。
单选题 A. have B. to have C. has D. to has
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 谓语动词应与主语保持一致。根据就近原则,因为主语是fiber optics,所以选用单数形式has。
单选题 A. entirely B. enter C. entire D. entrance
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 横线后面是名词,因此这里应填入一个形容词。entirely是副词,enter是动词,entrance是名词,只有entire是形容词,所以C项正确。
单选题 A. for B. off C. on D. at
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题在句中的意思是“一些工具被用在工作方面”。短语put sth.at work的意思是“把某物用在工作方面”。因此D项正确。
单选题 A. for B. to C. with D. before
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 题中句意是为这种目的而设计某物,短语design sth.for the purpose符合文章意思,所以A项正确。
单选题 A. envelop B. accomplish C. enveloping D. accomplishing
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 由短语try to do sth.可知,to后面应接动词原形,所以C、D两项应排除。题中的句意是“完成任务”。accomplish意思是“完成”,envelop的意思是“包封,遮盖,包围”,所以B项正确。