单选题 I was reading Shirley Hazzard's novel The Transit of Venus. Though I (51) her other books, I had always resisted this one. It (52) me as too pure somehow, too heroic, larger or finer than life and therefore unreal. But now I read it with an almost (53) pleasure. There were sentences that (54) of gratification to my eyes and (55) 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 (56) surgery for cancer. It was
(57) double room and my roommate, who (58) 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 (59) had a television set and a radio going (60) . 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./

单选题 A. disliked B. ignored C. had disliked D. had admired

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题测试过去完成时和让步状语从句。had admired意为“钦佩”；disliked意为“讨厌”；ignored意为“忽视”；had disliked意为“讨厌”。A和B选项与had always resisted的过去完成时不平行，被排除。C选项和主句一样是否定句，不符合though的让步转折，也被排除。

单选题 A. stroke B. strike C. struck D. striking

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题测试过去时的谓语用法，struck意为“给……感觉”。因此排除了名词A选项、原形动词B选项和非谓语动词D选项。

单选题 A. indescribable B. describable C. detectable D. indetectable

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题测试反义前缀。indescribable意为“难以形容的”；describable意为“可以形容的”；detectable意为“可发觉的”；indetectable意为“不可发觉的”。与下文“愉悦”搭配，B选项和C选项显得平淡，可有可无，D选项不可发觉的“愉悦”是没有实质意义的，等于无。所以选A选项，表示“感觉在心口难开”。

单选题 A. brought laughter B. brought tears C. brought pictures D. brought books

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题测试动词搭配。brought tears to one's eyes意为“感动得流泪”。brought laughter意为“带来笑声”；brought pictures意为“带来图片”；brought books意为“带来书”。与下文“眼睛”最直接相关的是(感动的)“眼泪”。

单选题 A. raise B. raised C. rise D. risen

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题测试同义词和时态辨析。raised意为“竖起”。根据及物动词和过去时态的语境，B选项为唯一答案。

单选题 A. undergoing B. undergo C. had underwent D. underwent

单选题 A. a B. an C. the D. these

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题测试名词数的表达。a表示一间。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。

单选题 A. growled B. glowed C. grown D. grew

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题测试词义辨析。growled意为“发牢骚”；glowed意为“发光”；grown(过去分词)意为“种植”；grew(过去式)意为“种植”。下文排除了与“讲话”无关的B、C和D选项，唯有growl是讲话的一种方式。

单选题 A. perform B. perceive C. prospect D. perfume

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题测试词义辨析。perfume意为“香水”；perform意为“表演”；perceive意为“察觉”；prospect意为“透视”。上文spraying排除了不能喷洒的A、B和C选项，只可用perfume。

单选题 A. at the same time B. at same time C. on the same time D. at the time

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题测试常用短语。at the same time意为“同时”；at same time(错误搭配)；on the same time(错误搭配)；at the time意为“在……的时候(+of)”。B和C选项因自身结构错误而被排除。D选项还要再加of才是完整词组。