16. There is evidence that such differences do ____intelligenceas measured by tests.
A. infect B. effect C. affect D. direct
17. In some small villages in England, tourists can become____because they do not know that street
names are postedon the side of buildings, rather than on signs as they are in the U.S.
A. explicit B. rational C. perplexed D. positive
18. Your nationality is not ____ when choosing a career, but your ability to speak the language is.
A. related B. responsible C. relevant D. reciprocal
19. His interesting lecture ____ my interest in history.
A. revealed B. revolved C. retorted D. revived
20. I was shocked at observing the alteration of her ____.
A. appearances B. aspects C. outlines D. looks
試題答案與解析
16. C)【句意】有證據(jù)表明，這種由考試測出的差異的確影響智力。
【難點(diǎn)】affect意為“對…影響，發(fā)生作用”;infect 意為“感染，傳染”;effect意為“產(chǎn)生，導(dǎo)致”;direct意為“指揮，指導(dǎo)，監(jiān)督”。
17. C)【句意】在英國的一些小村里，游客會感到十分困惑，因?yàn)樗麄儾恢澜值赖拿Q是貼在樓房的兩側(cè)的墻上，而不像美國是貼在路標(biāo)上的。
【難點(diǎn)】perplexed意為“困惑的，為難的，復(fù)雜的”;explicit意為“清楚明確的”;rational意為“理智的，有理性的”;positive意為“確定的，無疑問的”。
18. C)【句意】選擇職業(yè)并不關(guān)乎你的國藉，卻關(guān)乎你的語言能力。
【難點(diǎn)】relevant 意為“有關(guān)主題的，切題的，有關(guān)系的”;related 意為“有關(guān)連的，親戚的，同種的”;responsible意為“負(fù)責(zé)任的”;reciprocal意為“相互的，互惠的”。
19. D)【句意】他授課的趣味性又喚起了我對歷史的興趣。
【難點(diǎn)】revive意為“恢復(fù)，復(fù)用”;reveal意為“顯露，透露”;revolve意為“旋轉(zhuǎn)，反復(fù)思考”;retort意為“反駁”。
20. D)【句意】看到她表情的變化，我感到震驚。
【難點(diǎn)】look意為“表情，臉色”;appearance意為“外表;外觀;外貌”;aspect意為“方面”;outline意為“外形，輪廓”。