1．Loud noises can be annoying．
A) hateful B)painful C)horrifying D)irritating
2．Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree to which they can be deliberately controlled and modified．
A) sufficiently B)noticeably C)intentionally D)absolutely
3．The Constitution's vague nature has given it the flexibility to be adapted when circumstances change．
A) imprecise B)concise C) unpolished D)elementary
4．The expedition reached the summit at 10：30 that morning．
A)top of the mountain B)bottom of the mountain
C)starting point D)site
5．The latest census is encouraging．
A) count B)statement C)agreement D)estimate wｗw.ExamＷ.CoM
答案： 1．D。annoying和irritating意思最相近，有"使煩惱的""使人不愉快的"等意思。hateful有"可恨的…""心懷不滿的"等意思。He is hateful to me．我覺得他可恨。Don't be so hateful．別這么怨天尤人。painful：痛苦的。I don't like hispainful look．我不喜歡他那副痛苦的表情。horrifying是"恐怖的""使震驚的"意思。These were horrifying experiences．這些經(jīng)歷不堪回首。
2．C deliberately和intentionally意思相同：故意，蓄意地。sufficient： 足夠的，充分的。This is sufficient for my needs．足夠我用了。noticeable：明顯的，易見的。There is no noticeable difference．二者之間沒有顯著差異。absolutely：絕對地。He's absolutely correct．他絕對正確。
3．A vague：模糊的，含糊的。imprecise：不確切的，不明確的。concise：簡明扼要的。Her letter was concise，omitting everything not pertinent to thejob for which she was applying．她的信很簡明，省去了所有跟申請就業(yè)不相關(guān)的東西。unpolished：未經(jīng)修飾的。She is reading an unpolished poem．她在讀一首未經(jīng)潤色的詩。elementary：基本的，初級的。How can you expect to succeed without even the most elementary knowledge ofthe field?連該領(lǐng)域中的基本知識都沒有，你還能成功?
4．A探險隊在那天上午10：30到達(dá)了山頂。summit指"山頂"，與top the mountain意思相近。選項B意思與之相反。選項c指的是"起點"。D則指的是"地點"。
5．A census指的是all official count of the people who live in a country including information about their ages，jobs，ete．，即人I：1普查，與eotmt意思最接近。B的意思是"陳述""報告…'聲明"；C的意思是"同意"；D的意思是"估計"。這幾個詞的詞義與census相去甚遠(yuǎn)。