16. The meal was excellent; the pears were particularly______.
A. flavored B. delicious C. tasteful D.gracious
17. His parents give him many expensive toys as some formof______ for his lameness
and inability to play active games.
A. remedy B. compensation
C. treatment D. comfort
18. To what extent will future scientific discoveries make possible the ______ of the human lifespan.
A. increase B. expansion
C. growth D. prolongation
19. She was at the ______ of her career when she was badly injured in the car accident.
A. bloom B. peak C. excess D. extreme
20. Should the ______ of patriotism be controlled by reason
A. sentiment B. affection C. emotion D. passion
試題答案與解析
16. B)【句意】這頓飯真好吃，尤其是梨，很香。
【難點】delicious意為“美味的，可口的”;flavored意為“特殊風味的”;tasteful意為“有鑒賞力的;趣味高雅的”;gracious意為“親切的，和藹的;殷勤的”。
17. B)【句意】由于跛足，他不能玩運動量大的游戲，他的父母給了他很多昂貴的玩具作為某種形式的補償。
【難點】compensation意為“補償”;remedy意為“補救;糾正(辦法)”;treatment意為“治療，療法”;comfort意為“安慰，慰藉”。
18. D)【句意】未來的科學發(fā)現(xiàn)將在多大程度上延長人的壽命呢?
【難點】prolongation意為“延長，拉長”;increase意為“增加;增大”;expansion意為“擴大，擴充”;growth意為“增長，增加;生長”。
19. B)【句意】正當事業(yè)處于頂峰的時候，她出了車禍，受了重傷。
【難點】peak意為“頂點，頂峰”，常用于詞組at the peak of 中;bloom 意為“開花期;繁花盛開”，常用于詞組 in the bloom of …;excess意為“超越，越過”;extreme意為“極度(狀態(tài))”。
20. A)【句意】愛國主義情操應該受理智控制嗎?
【難點】sentiment意為“情操”，含有較大的理智因素。affection意為“喜愛，愛心”，指熱烈親切慈愛的感情。emotion意為“情緒，激情”，主要指精神上的感情。passion意為“熱情，激情”，指一種與理智相對而言的強烈的情感，這種情感往往使一個人的判斷受到影響。