单选题 Text

The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, but from their (8) . A good book often (9) as a match to (10) the dormant-powder within us. There is explosive material (11) in most of us if we can only reach it. A good book or a good friend often excites (12) in great writers, even (13) entirely different subjects. We often find in books (14) we thought and felt, could we not have expressed ourselves. Indeed, we get (15) with ourselves in books. We (16) one feature in Emerson, another lineament in Shakespeare, an expression in Homer, a glimpse of ourselves in Dante, and so on (17) we spell out our whole (18) . True, we get many pleasing (19) of ourselves from fiends, many mirrored deformities from our enemies, and a characteristic here and there from the world; but in calm and (20) way we find the most of ourselves, our strength, our weakness, our limitations, our opinions, our tastes, our harmonies and (21) , our poetic and (22) qualifies, in books.
We (23) many of our opinions from our favorite books. The author (24) we prefer is our most potent teacher; we look at the world through his eyes. If we (25) read books that are elevating in tone, pure in style, sound in reasoning, and (26) in insight, our minds develop the same characteristics. The best books are those which stir us up most and make us the most (27) to do something and be something ourselves.


单选题 A. words B. lines C. suggestion D. suggestiveness
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] words文字,单词;lines字行;suggestion建议;suggestiveness启发。根据前后句意,后句用“but”表转折,故选D。
单选题 A. takes B. serve C. serves D. take
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] take(s)...as...把…看做…,理解为,但此句主语为book,须用被动语态;serve...as..作为,主语为单数三人称,故选C。
单选题 A. light B. ignites C. clear D. light up
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] light做动词时,表点燃;ignite(s)点燃,使燃烧,此题空在动词不定式后,应用动词原形;clear清除,收拾;light up照亮,使…放光彩。故选A。
单选题 A. abundantly B. tremendously C. enough D. sufficiently
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] abundantly丰富地,大量地;tremendously大量地;enough足够地,充足地,起修饰作用时,放在adj. adv. v. 之后有时可放在修饰的名词后,特别是当它有较长状语修饰时,如They were allowed time enough for recreation. 此题就考察此知识点;sufficiently足够地,A、B、D只能放在adj. v. 前起修饰作用,根据该句用法,故选C。
单选题 A. enthusiasm B. thought C. happiness D. satisfaction
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] enthusiasm,激情;thought,思想;happiness,快乐,幸福;satisfaction,满足,满意;根据上下文句意,选B。
单选题 A. upon B. in C. to D. with
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] on/upon the subject。
单选题 A. that B. which C. who D. what
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 由关系代词what引导的宾语从句。
单选题 A. closed B. accustomed C. acquainted D. informed
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] closed接近,靠近,后接介词to; accustomed习惯于,后接介词to; acquainted认识,熟悉;后接介词with; informed精通的,知晓的,后接介词of,故选C。
单选题 A. see B. explore C. discover D. invent
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] see看见;explore开发,开掘;discover发现;找到;invent发明。故选C正确。
单选题 A. when B. until C. not until D. while
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据句意,文中讲述的是“读者一次次地在书中找到与自己个性的相通点,到最后他能清楚地明白他所有的性格特点。”两句间要用连词联系。故选B合适。
单选题 A. individual B. humanity C. singleness D. individuality
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] individual个体,个人;humanity人文,人文精神;singleness一心一意;individuality个性特点,性格。故选D合适。
单选题 A. reflection B. recall C. reflections D. experiences
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 空前有数量词many,故首先排除A、B。experiences经历,与题意不符,故选C。
单选题 A. unbiasedness B. unbiased C. biased D. bias
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] bias对…有偏见。此处应用形容词形式,故先排除A、D。据题意,应为B。
单选题 A. disturbance B. disorder C. discords D. dislike
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] disturbance搅乱,弄乱;disorder。紊乱;discords不安;dislike不喜欢。故选C。
单选题 A. arrogant B. talkative C. novel D. prosaic
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] arrogant骄傲自大的,傲慢的;talkative能说会道;novel小说,为名词,prosaic散文(般)的,根据空前的“poetic”,选D恰当。
单选题 A. formulate B. form C. establish D. compose
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] formulate制定,明确表达;form形成;establish建立,构建;compose构成,构造。故选B。
单选题 A. who B. whose C. whom D. which
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 关系代词指人,且为宾语,故选C。
单选题 A. eventually B. habitually C. instantly D. permanently
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] eventually最终地,最后地;habitually习惯性地;instantly快速地,立刻地;permanently永久地,永远地。故选B正确。
单选题 A. cute B. clear C. keen D. active
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] cute漂亮的,聪明的;clear清楚的,清晰的;keen敏锐的,锐利的;active活泼地,主动的。故选C。
单选题 A. determined B. subjective C. arbitrary D. arrogant
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] determined意志坚决的;subjective主观的;arbitrary武断的;arrogant雄辩的,故选A。