单选题 In 1942, the HMS Edinburgh was sunk in the Barents Sea. It was on its (21) back to Britain with ninety-one boxes of Russian gold. (22) thirty-nine years it lay there, too deep for divers to (23) . No one was allowed to explore it, either, since the bodies of sixty of the crew also lay in the (24) . Then, in 1981, an ex-diver called Jessop decided to try using new diving techniques. (25) he could not afford to finance the (26) which was going to cost four million pounds, he had to look for people who were (27) to take the risk. (28) , they were not even sure the gold was going to be there! First a Scottish diving company, then a German shipping company agreed to join in the retrieval (29) Not long after that, Jessop (30) a fourth company to take a (31) Since the gold was the (32) of the British and the Soviet governments, they both hoped to make a (33) , too! The biggest problem was how to get (34) the gold. Fortunately, they were able to examine the Edinburgh's sister ship, the HMS Belfast, to (35) out the exact location of the bomb room, (36) the gold was stored.
They knew it was to be an extremely difficult and dangerous undertaking. To reach the gold, they would have to cut a large square (37) the body of the ship, go through the empty fuel tank and down to the bomb room. After twenty-eight dives, they (38) to find the first bar. Everyone worked (39) the clock, helping to clean and stack the gold, (40) as to finish the job as quickly as possible.

单选题 [A] road [B] path [C] way [D] passage
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查名词习惯表达。On one's way to是习惯表达,指“在去往…的路上”。其余三个名词虽都有“路途”之意,但都不用于这一表达中。
单选题 [A] During [B] For [C] At [D] Since
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查介词用法。由于空格后是一个时间段(thirty-nine years),因此只能接时间点的at和since 都首先可以排除。而during强调的是“在…之间”,for强调的是“持续…时间”,再结合上下文可知此外应选for而不能选during,即答案是[B]。
单选题 [A] find [B] discover [C] dive [D] reach
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查动词辨义和上下文理解。:find指“找到,发现”;discover也指“发现”;dive指“潜水”;reach指“到达,触及”。由于沉船的事实和地点都为世人所知,故此处说“发现”肯定不合逻辑。而句意是指沉船的位置太深,潜水员难以“到达”或“触及”沉船上的黄金,故选reach最恰当。
单选题 [A] wreck [B] ruin [C] relic [D] waste
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查名词辨义。在指遇难飞机或者船只的“残骸”时,一般用wreck而不用其他名词。ruin 多用于指建筑等的“废墟”或“遗迹”;relic:多指人的“遗物”、历史事件的“遗迹”或者建筑等的“废墟”;waste 则指“废物,垃圾”。它们无疑都不能用在此处。
单选题 [A] Although [B] Unless [C] As [D] If
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查连词与上下文逻辑。仔细分析题句,可以看出,他没有那么多资金(he could not afford to finance …)显然是他不得不去寻求别人的帮助(he had to look for people...)的原因,因此选表因果关系的as,即[C]项。其余三项所表达的都不是因果关系,故都不能填入本题。
单选题 [A] research [B] operation [C] movement [D] search
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查名词辨义和上下文理解。由前文所述不难看出,Jessop这个人要干的事情是打捞沉船上的黄金,这样的事情称作“研究”([A]项research)、“业务或军事行动”([B]项operation)或“运动”([C]项movement)无疑都不合适,它应当是一种“搜索,搜寻”,故本题选[D]。
单选题 [A] willing [B] lucky [C] committed [D] engaged
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查形容词辨义和上下文理解。willing指“乐意的,心甘情愿的”;lucky指“幸运的”;committed指“效忠的,忠于…的”;engaged指“忙碌的,使用中的”。由于前面说明Jessop自己出不起寻宝费用,所以他不得不寻求别人的帮助,而别人肯定得“乐意”和他一起来承担风险才行,因此本题选willing。事实上,be willing to do sth.是个常用表达,指“乐意做某事”。
单选题 [A] All in all [B] In addition [C] In case [D] After all
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查固定搭配辨义和上下文理解。四个选项都是固定搭配:all in all指“总而言之”,用于总结前面的内容;in addition指“另外”,用于补充前面所说的内容和表示递进;in case 指“万一,以防”,用于表示预防性的目的;after all指“毕竟”,用于修正说明前面的内容。由于空格前说take the risk(冒险),而空格后说的是这些人能不肯定那儿就有黄金,两者之间只能是修正说明的关系,故本题选[D]。其余三项填入题中都会造成逻辑不通。
单选题 [A] assignment [B] temptation [C] attempt [D] commission
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查名词辨义和上下文理解。空格前的短语join in表示加入某一团体、组织或者活动。选项中,assignment 指“委派,指派,任务”;temptation指“诱惑(物)”;tempt 指“诱惑,尝试,引诱”;commission 指“委员会,考察团”。由常识可知,打捞海底黄金无疑是一次冒险的、大胆的“尝试”,故本题应选[C]。部分考生误选了[D]项,属于对上下文理解得不透彻所致。
单选题 [A]introduced [B] persuaded [C] associated [D] stimulated
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查动词辨义和上下文理解。introduce指“介绍,引入”;persuade:指“说服,劝服”;associate指“联合,结交,交往”;stimulate指“刺激,激励”。由于前文说明Jessop是在寻求他人的帮助,因此此处选[B]项最恰当。
单选题 [A] chance [B] look [C] measure [D] choice
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查名词固定搭配与上下文理解。由上下文不难看出,此处指的是Jessop说服第四家公司也来试一试或碰碰运气,因此选chance。事实上,take a chance-相当于前文中已经出现了的take the risk。其余三项填入题中都不合上下文逻辑:take a look指“看一下,看一眼”;measure指“测量,措施”,它与take连用时一般用复数而不用单数形式;take a choice 指“做出选择”。
单选题 [A] business [B] estate [C] obligation [D] property
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查名词辨义和上下文理解。由于主语是gold,而空格后的介词限定结构是of the British and the Soviet governments(英国和苏联政府的),因此明显要选property(财产)。其余三项填入题中都不合上下文逻辑:business指“生意,业务,事情”;estate指“不动产,地产”;obligation指“义务,债务”。
单选题 [A] profit [B] benefit [C] success [D] welfare
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查名词固定搭配和上下文理解。空格所在句的主语they指代的是从句所说的the British and the Soviet governments,所以句意就是这两个政府都想从中获利,故选[A]项,构成。make a profit(获利,赚钱)这样一个固定搭配。其余三项中,benefit指“益处,好处”.它一般不与make连用;make a success指“成功”;welfare指“福利”,一般也不与make搭配。
单选题 [A] about [B] around [C] to [D] from
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查动词固定搭配辨义和上下文理解。四个选项中,前三个都可与get构成短语动词,但意义不同。get about指“往来,流传,尽力工作”;get around指“到处走动,传播出去”;get:to指“到达,接触到”;get后接from时,一般应带宾语。由上下文不难看出,此处指的是如何找到(即接触到)黄金,因此应选[C]。
单选题 [A] get [B] take [C] work [D] try
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查动词固定搭配。get out指“出去,逃脱,出版”等义;take out指“拿出,取出”等义;Work out指“计算出,(通过努力)解决,找出”;try out指“试验,考验,提炼”。由于宾语是the exact location(确切位置),因此只能选[C]。
单选题 [A] which [B] where [C] here [D] there
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查从句连接词。由于先行词location指的是“位置”,而连接词在从句中又作状语,因此无疑应选表示地点的连接副词where引导这个定语从句。
单选题 [A] on [B] in [C] among [D] along
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查介词和上下文理解。由上下文及常识可知,此处指的是在船体上切割出一个大正方形来,强调的是在船体表面,故选含有此义的介词on。其余三个介词填入都不合逻辑:in强调的是在船体内部;among一般不用于指空间位置;along指“沿着”,也不合常识。
单选题 [A] managed [B] achieved [C] succeeded [D] fulfilled
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查动同用法。由于空格后是不定式,因此选manage,它含有设法并且成功的意思,其后一般跟不定式,符合题目要求。而其余三项都指“成功”,但在用法上都不能填入本题。achieve指“完成,达到”,它是个及物动词,其后一般不跟不定式;succeed指“成功”,其后多跟in(doing)sth,也不跟不定式;fulfill指“实现,完成”,也是个及物动词。
单选题 [A] before [B] by [C] with [D] round
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查习惯表达和上下文理解。由上下文、尤其是后文中的as quickly as possible(尽可能快)不难看出,此处强调的是他们工作的努力,而(work)round/around the clock是个习惯表达,指“昼夜不停地(工作),毫不疲倦地(工作)”,正好符合上下文,因此本题选[D]。其余三项都不用于这一表达。
单选题 [A] that [B] much [C] far [D] so
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查副词固定搭配和上下文理解。由上下文逻辑不难看出,空格后的不定式是前面所说情况的一种结果或者目的,因此应填入一个表示“以便,以求”的副词。而so as to正是一个表达目的的固定搭配,因此[D]是本题答案。其余三项中,that是个连接词,它不用在as前;much as指“和…几乎一样”,它后面不跟to; far后也不跟as to。