单选题
阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。

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【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】此题属于语法题。空格前的动词involve作“(必须)包括”讲时，后面须接名词或动名词形式，例如： Taking the job involves working abroad；(接受这份工作意味着出国。)故选C。此外，involve也常用于“be involved in”结构，意为“涉及”，例如：Three people were involved in the murder. (这起谋杀案涉及三个人。)其余选项：A given，B to give和D having given都与本题的语法要求不符。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】此题属于词语搭配题，考查的是由介词与hand构成的短语搭配。选项A by hand意为“手工制作”。例如：Her sweater is knitted by hand. (她的羊毛衫是手工编织的。)选项B in hand意为“在手里，在处理中”，例如：Give them a call to let them know we have the matter in hand. (打个电话告诉他们我们正在处理这件事。)选项C at hand意为“在手边，即将到来的”，例如My birthday is at hand。选项D to hand意为“在手边”，例如：He is the artist who use whatever material come to hand.根据句子的意思。B in hand是正确答案。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】此题属于语法题，考查情态动词的用法。此处作者对为什么要详细填表格提出质疑。四个选项中C should最符合上下文，意为“应该，有责任”，例如：You should tell him what has happened. (你有责任告诉他已发生的事。)选项A need意为“需要”，例如：I need take an examination. 选项B may意为“可以”，例如：May 1 go now? 选项D did是do的过去时。这三个选项都与原文不符。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】此题属于近义词辨析题。选项D require意为“要求”，含有“要求履行”和“需要”之意，例如：All passengers are required to show their tickets. 选项D符合上下文的意思，与下文中的demand(要求)相呼应，故选D。选项A bid可表示“致意”的意思，例如：bid sb. goodbye；也可表示“命令，吩咐”的意思，例如： She bid me come. 选项B invite意为“邀请”；选项C request意为“请求”，语气较为客气(demand politely)，例如：request help/silence。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】此题属于近义词辨析题。选项A ensured意为“保证某事会发生”(make certain that sth. will happen)，指某人会获得某种好事或避免某件坏事，后面常跟双宾语，例如：This medicine will ensure you a good night’s sleep。(吃这药保证你晚上睡得香。)选项B insured意为“保证，确保”时，属于美式英语，与 ensure用法一样，例如：Their help will insure you success. (他们的帮助会保证你成功)；也可用于意为“保险”的意思，例如：I insured my house against fire. (我为我的新房子投保火险)。选项C assured意为“保证”，意指使某人确信，通常用在assure sh. + that-clause或assure sb. of sth. 结构中，例如：She assured me that she would come.(她向我保证她一定来。)选项D reassured意为“使某人安心”，意指除去某人的不安和疑虑，例如：The doctor reassured me that there would be no pain. (医生向我保证不会痛的。)原句意为：妈妈总是想让我相信她的说法，故选C。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题，考查动词与介词to的搭配。选项D applies：apply to意为“适用，适合”，例如： You can’t apply this rule to every case. 这条规则并不适用于所有的情况。从上下文判断D是正确答案。另外，apply… to… 意为“把……运用于……”，例如：apply the theory to practice。选项A agrees：agree to sth. 意为“同意”，例如：agree to one’s idea/plan；选项B connects：connect A to B，意为“把A与B连接起来”；选项C relates：relate to sth.意为“与……有关”，例如：His rudeness relates to his unhappy childhood. (他的粗鲁与他不幸的童年有关)。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。选项A decline意为“拒绝，婉言谢绝”，例如：decline one’s invitation；选项B deny意为“否认，拒绝”，例如：He denies the child nothing.他对孩子有求必应。选项C admit意为“承认”，例如：He admitted to stealing the money.选项D reject意为“断然拒绝”。本题应从上下文的含义来考虑。C最符合文意，故选C。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。选项A declarations除意为“宣告”的意思外，还可意为“申报，提供信息”(a statement in which you officially give information, esp. about yourself)的意思，例如：Please make a declaration of all the goods you bought abroad.(请申报你从国外买来的所有物品。)。因为文中指的是填表格时要提供信息，选项A正适合本题意思，因此是正确答案。选项B witnesses(证人)，选项C publications (出版)和选项D announcements(公告)都不合题意。