单选题
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查动词与介词for的搭配。选项A通常和to搭配，但也可以和for搭配，意思是“(为……而)准备；预定”。选项B如果跟介词搭配只能跟to搭配，意思是“宁愿选择”。选项C既可以和to搭配(后接动词)，也可以跟for搭配 (后接名词)，意思是“选择”。选项D可以与for搭配，意思是“寻找，探求”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据原文所谈到的两个选项娱乐和学习，“这倒不是因为他不喜欢玩；而是……有所超越的渴望驱使他做出了决定”，可以推断应该选“在学术方面”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】哪一个与原文中的thoughts能构成固定搭配呢?只有选项C中的second thoughts“重新的考虑”切合原文题意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查动名词的词义辨析。原文第1句话中“与朋友共度一晚”提醒考生B．“交往”一词更符合文章的主题。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】选项A“发展，成长”与from、into经常搭配。选项B、C通常不与介词搭配；选项D与out构成固定搭配，意思是“产生结果”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】分析原文“不过加班学习是值得……”可推断“投资”最切题意。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据原文“想成功，我就必须做出一定的……”，可以推断“牺牲”最切题意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据题意“……他这种强烈的动机是怎么来的，他说这种动机在他的记忆中就是他品质的一部分”，可以推断“至于”最切题意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】选项A“对准……目标”；选项B“使确定之方向”；选项C“引导”；选项 D“引导”。这四个词的词义很相近，但能够用在名词之后，表示“以……为目标的”是oriented。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】原文中的动词give my all是固定搭配，意思是“全力以赴”。在什么事情上“全力以赴”要用介词in来连接。因此，本题的正确答案是选项D。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】选项A能与with构成固定搭配，意思是“相信(某人)有(某种优点或能力)”；选项B不能和任何介词构成固定搭配，其常见意思为“登记，注册”；选项C常与from构成固定搭配，意思是“挑选”；选项D不能和任何介词构成固定搭配，其常见意思为“注意到”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】选项A意思非常多，其中有“固定行程”；选项B也是一个多义词，其中有“步骤，措施”；选项C“步速”；选项D“飞跃”。最切题意的是“步骤”，即“阶段”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】选项A“拥有(金钱、土地、职位等)”；选项B“占有(位置、时间等)”；选项C“担任主持人”；选项D与介词with搭配，意思是“要……承担”。尽管这些词都有类似的意思，但只有land既可以和with搭配，又可以跟position连用。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】选项A“最重要的”；选项B“高级的”；选项C本身并不是固定的形容词，它只是过去分词，可以做形容词，其动词词义为“提名”；选项D“奇妙的，很好的”。原文“国内……科学家”一句中需要一个形容词来修饰人，一般leading，nominated常用来修饰人，advanced多用于修饰物，marvelous口语中常用，既可修饰人，又可以修饰物，表达一种强烈的感情色彩。在这里leading最切题意，
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】由原文“从本科到研究生学习……”可以推断D．“过渡”最切题意。