Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. __62__ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still __63__ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on __64__ TV. Anyone who didn't know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made __65__ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our __66__ to work together before everything goes to hell.
Granted, some amount of delusion(錯覺)is probably part of the __67__ condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work __68__, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a __69__ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at __70__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we __71__ did about the dangers we face. But it turns __72__ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __73__ the storm, the quake or the __74__ itself. More often it is ourselves.
So what has happened in the year that __75__ the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to __76__ they were before Katrina, more or less. That's not __77__,we can now say with confidence. But it may be all __78__ can be expected from one year of hustle(忙碌).
Meanwhile, New Orleans offcials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to __79__ the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a __80__ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The __81__ with neighboring communities are on going and difficult.
__ 62 A) To B) By C) On D) For
__ 63 A) fresh B) obvious C) apparent D) evident
__ 64 A) visual B) vivid C) live D) lively
__ 65 A) little B) less C) more D) much
__ 66 A) reluctance B) rejection C) denial D) decline
__ 67 A) natural B) world C) social D) human
__ 68 A) revising B) refining C) rebuilding D) retrieving
__ 69 A) review B) reminder C) concept D) prospect
__ 70 A) preparing B) protesting C) protecting D) prevailing
__ 71 A) never B) ever C) then D) before
__ 72 A) up B) down C) over D) out
__ 73 A) merely B) rarely C) incidentally D) accidentally
__ 74 A) surge B) spur C) surf D) splash
__ 75 A) ensued B) traced C) followed D) occurred
__ 76 A) which B) where C) what D) when
__ 77 A) enough B) certain C) conclusive D) final
__ 78 A) but B) as C) that D) those
___79 A) exile B) evacuate C) dismiss D) displace
__ 80 A) ride B) trail C) path D) track
__ 81 A) conventions B) notifications C) communications D) negotiations
參考答案及解析:
62. B
介詞辨析。通過對前句的分析理解，知道人性的本質(zhì)-只有在遭受了痛苦之后才會 重視痛苦，于是后句緊跟的連詞應(yīng)該是表示解釋說明，而to為至于，on為在...上面，for為因果連詞，只有by可以表示通過。
63. A
詞義辨析。考生初看本題以為考察的是obvious, apparent, evident的詞義辨析，三個詞都表示明顯的意思，但是根據(jù)文章的意思，此處應(yīng)該是表示記憶猶新的意思，因此只有一個fresh表示的是新鮮。
64. C
詞義辨析。本題考察更多的是常識性的問題。Live這個單詞除了有生活的意思之外，還有現(xiàn)場直播的意思。而剩余的混淆項完全是在誤導學生，visual為視覺的，vivid為生動活潑的，lively為活潑的意思。
65. D
詞義辨析。在比較級前面添加副詞，只能用副詞原級，不能再用比較級。B和C顯然錯誤。根據(jù)文章的感情色彩，文章表示的是貶義，在嘲笑人們喜歡做馬后炮的事情，因此用much不用little.
66. A
詞義辨析。Reluctance不情愿，rejection拒絕 denial否定 decline 拒絕。本題一看也仿佛是辨析BCD三個表示否定的詞義。但是通過分析這個復雜句我們看到了前面的一個關(guān)鍵詞willful blindness. 這個詞組近年來在歐美屬于流行詞匯，頻繁的出現(xiàn)在各大媒體中。他的英文解釋是Willful blindness is a term used in law to describe a situation in which an individual seeks to avoid civil or criminal liability for a wrongful act by intentionally putting himself in a position where he will be unaware of facts.中文解釋簡單來說就是"裝傻"。而復雜句可以翻譯成，因為人們都在裝傻事情變得更糟糕，除非真的死到臨頭了，否則人們都會盡可能不合作。而這里用reluctance，正好和前面的willful成反義詞對應(yīng)。
67. D
詞義辨析。與其說這個是考察詞義辨析，不如說是在超越大學生的理解能力考察一個固定搭配human condition.看到這個搭配，學生的瞬間邏輯推理是人為因素，但是實際該詞組表示人的生存條件的意思。
68. C
詞義辨析。Revising修訂，refining提煉，rebuilding重建，retrieving重新得到。地震之后要干什么呢？當然就是重建了。因此這種題目關(guān)鍵是看句子前面的連詞and.
69. A
詞義辨析。Review回顧，reminder提醒，暗示，concept概念，prospect希望。句子開頭一個強轉(zhuǎn)折BUT，表示后面要說的和前面的內(nèi)容是相反的意思。同時，后面有一個history，通過這個單詞就知道前面用review。
70. C
固定搭配。 protect sb. from sth 保護某人免受某事。Prepare準備，protest*，prevail流行，成功。
71.B
詞義辨析。對于我們所面臨的災難，我們比以前知道的更多。本句中did是用助動詞取代實意動詞know。因此這里的連詞只能用ever表示以前，而before做副詞時一定放在句末或后跟名詞。
72. D
固定搭配。Turn out that/ turn out to be sth 證明。Turn up出現(xiàn)，turn down拒絕，turn over營業(yè)額/反復考慮
73. B
詞義辨析。本題涉及兩組詞，一個是merely和rarely，merely表示僅僅，只不過的意思，rarely表示極少，罕有的意思。而incidentally和accidentally均表示巧合。關(guān)鍵在于區(qū)分merely和rarely就可以得出答案。
74. A
詞義辨析。本題實際考察的單詞是形近且意思相差很遠的一些單詞。Surge表示洶涌澎湃，做動詞有急速上升的意思 spur刺激，穿刺 surf海浪，做動詞有沖浪的意思 splash濺。這種考察方法很常見但是對同學做題來說很容易。
75. C
76. B
where引導的從句作介詞to的賓語
77. A
78. C
79. B
80. A ride out "安全過渡"，track out "追蹤"
81. D
Granted, some amount of delusion(錯覺)is probably part of the __67__ condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work __68__, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a __69__ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at __70__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we __71__ did about the dangers we face. But it turns __72__ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __73__ the storm, the quake or the __74__ itself. More often it is ourselves.
So what has happened in the year that __75__ the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to __76__ they were before Katrina, more or less. That's not __77__,we can now say with confidence. But it may be all __78__ can be expected from one year of hustle(忙碌).
Meanwhile, New Orleans offcials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to __79__ the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a __80__ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The __81__ with neighboring communities are on going and difficult.
__ 62 A) To B) By C) On D) For
__ 63 A) fresh B) obvious C) apparent D) evident
__ 64 A) visual B) vivid C) live D) lively
__ 65 A) little B) less C) more D) much
__ 66 A) reluctance B) rejection C) denial D) decline
__ 67 A) natural B) world C) social D) human
__ 68 A) revising B) refining C) rebuilding D) retrieving
__ 69 A) review B) reminder C) concept D) prospect
__ 70 A) preparing B) protesting C) protecting D) prevailing
__ 71 A) never B) ever C) then D) before
__ 72 A) up B) down C) over D) out
__ 73 A) merely B) rarely C) incidentally D) accidentally
__ 74 A) surge B) spur C) surf D) splash
__ 75 A) ensued B) traced C) followed D) occurred
__ 76 A) which B) where C) what D) when
__ 77 A) enough B) certain C) conclusive D) final
__ 78 A) but B) as C) that D) those
___79 A) exile B) evacuate C) dismiss D) displace
__ 80 A) ride B) trail C) path D) track
__ 81 A) conventions B) notifications C) communications D) negotiations
參考答案及解析:
62. B
介詞辨析。通過對前句的分析理解，知道人性的本質(zhì)-只有在遭受了痛苦之后才會 重視痛苦，于是后句緊跟的連詞應(yīng)該是表示解釋說明，而to為至于，on為在...上面，for為因果連詞，只有by可以表示通過。
63. A
詞義辨析。考生初看本題以為考察的是obvious, apparent, evident的詞義辨析，三個詞都表示明顯的意思，但是根據(jù)文章的意思，此處應(yīng)該是表示記憶猶新的意思，因此只有一個fresh表示的是新鮮。
64. C
詞義辨析。本題考察更多的是常識性的問題。Live這個單詞除了有生活的意思之外，還有現(xiàn)場直播的意思。而剩余的混淆項完全是在誤導學生，visual為視覺的，vivid為生動活潑的，lively為活潑的意思。
65. D
詞義辨析。在比較級前面添加副詞，只能用副詞原級，不能再用比較級。B和C顯然錯誤。根據(jù)文章的感情色彩，文章表示的是貶義，在嘲笑人們喜歡做馬后炮的事情，因此用much不用little.
66. A
詞義辨析。Reluctance不情愿，rejection拒絕 denial否定 decline 拒絕。本題一看也仿佛是辨析BCD三個表示否定的詞義。但是通過分析這個復雜句我們看到了前面的一個關(guān)鍵詞willful blindness. 這個詞組近年來在歐美屬于流行詞匯，頻繁的出現(xiàn)在各大媒體中。他的英文解釋是Willful blindness is a term used in law to describe a situation in which an individual seeks to avoid civil or criminal liability for a wrongful act by intentionally putting himself in a position where he will be unaware of facts.中文解釋簡單來說就是"裝傻"。而復雜句可以翻譯成，因為人們都在裝傻事情變得更糟糕，除非真的死到臨頭了，否則人們都會盡可能不合作。而這里用reluctance，正好和前面的willful成反義詞對應(yīng)。
67. D
詞義辨析。與其說這個是考察詞義辨析，不如說是在超越大學生的理解能力考察一個固定搭配human condition.看到這個搭配，學生的瞬間邏輯推理是人為因素，但是實際該詞組表示人的生存條件的意思。
68. C
詞義辨析。Revising修訂，refining提煉，rebuilding重建，retrieving重新得到。地震之后要干什么呢？當然就是重建了。因此這種題目關(guān)鍵是看句子前面的連詞and.
69. A
詞義辨析。Review回顧，reminder提醒，暗示，concept概念，prospect希望。句子開頭一個強轉(zhuǎn)折BUT，表示后面要說的和前面的內(nèi)容是相反的意思。同時，后面有一個history，通過這個單詞就知道前面用review。
70. C
固定搭配。 protect sb. from sth 保護某人免受某事。Prepare準備，protest*，prevail流行，成功。
71.B
詞義辨析。對于我們所面臨的災難，我們比以前知道的更多。本句中did是用助動詞取代實意動詞know。因此這里的連詞只能用ever表示以前，而before做副詞時一定放在句末或后跟名詞。
72. D
固定搭配。Turn out that/ turn out to be sth 證明。Turn up出現(xiàn)，turn down拒絕，turn over營業(yè)額/反復考慮
73. B
詞義辨析。本題涉及兩組詞，一個是merely和rarely，merely表示僅僅，只不過的意思，rarely表示極少，罕有的意思。而incidentally和accidentally均表示巧合。關(guān)鍵在于區(qū)分merely和rarely就可以得出答案。
74. A
詞義辨析。本題實際考察的單詞是形近且意思相差很遠的一些單詞。Surge表示洶涌澎湃，做動詞有急速上升的意思 spur刺激，穿刺 surf海浪，做動詞有沖浪的意思 splash濺。這種考察方法很常見但是對同學做題來說很容易。
75. C
76. B
where引導的從句作介詞to的賓語
77. A
78. C
79. B
80. A ride out "安全過渡"，track out "追蹤"
81. D