1.Techniques to employ the energy of the sun are being developed.
A) convert
B) store
C) utilize
D) receive
2.Since the Great Depression, the United States government has protected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices.
A) slight
B) surprising
C) sudden
D) harmful
3.Medicine depends on other fields for basic information, particularly some of their specialized branches.
A) conventionally
B) obviously
C) especially
D) inevitably
4.An important part of the national government is the Foreign Service, a branch of the Department of the State.
A) a unity
B) a division
C) an embassy
D) an invitation
5.We were astonished to hear that their football team had won the champion.
A) amazed
B) amounted
C) amused
D) approached
6.There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country.
A) a steady
B) a plentiful
C) an extra
D) a stable
7.All living organisms, regardless of their unique identity, have certain logical, chemical, and physical characteristics in common.
A) as a result of
B) considering
C) on purpose
D) whatever
8.The most crucial problem any economic system faces is how to use its scarce resources.
A) puzzling
B) difficult
C) terrifying
D) urgent
9.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
10.The Constitutions vague nature has given it the flexibility to be adapted when circumstances change.
A) imprecise
B) concise
C) unpolished
D) elementary
11.The expedition reached the summit at 10:30 that morning.
A) top of the mountain
B) bottom of that morning
C) starting point
D) site
12.The latest census is encouraging.
A) count
B) statement
C) agreement
D) estimate
13.Academic records from other institutions often become part of a university's official file and can neither be returned to a student nor duplicated.
A) borrowed
B) purchased
C) copied
D) rewritten
14.While serving in the Senate in the early 1970s Barbara Jordan supported legislation to ban discrimination and to deal with environment problems.
A) list
B) forbid
C) handle
D) investigate
15.Gambling is lawful in Nevada.
A) legal
B) irresistible
C) enjoyable
D) profitable
1.
「正确答案」 C
2.
「正确答案」 D
「答案解析」 依构词法：划线词的前部分是 damage(破坏)，即damaging是动词damage的分词，所以推测该词义大概是“破坏的”。而备选答案都是常见词汇，其中只有harmful是“破坏的”，因此可以推断harmful是答案。
3.
「正确答案」 C
4.
「正确答案」 B
「答案解析」 研究画线词：branch是常见的，其语义是“分支，分部”。备选答案中invitation和 division的含义分别可依据构词法推出：invitation ——invite(邀请)，division—— divide(分开)，所以答案是B.另外unity是“联合”， embassy是“大使馆”。
5.
「正确答案」 A
「答案解析」 astonish 和amaze是近义词，表示“使惊讶”，而amount经常和介词to连用，表示“总计, 等于”， amuse是“使愉快”，approach“接近”，或作名词表示“方法，途径”。
6.
「正确答案」 B
「答案解析」 steady 和stable是近义词，都可表示“稳定的”。
7.
「正确答案」 D
「答案解析」 regardless of(不论)是常见的短语，whatever的含义是“不论什么”。
8.
「正确答案」 D
「答案解析」 crucial“至关紧要的”和 urgent“紧急的”含义最接近。
9.
「正确答案」 C
「答案解析」 deliberately是 intentionally 的同义词，表“故意地”。
10.
「正确答案」 A
「答案解析」 vague是“模糊的”，而备选答案中： imprecise = im + precise(准确的); unpolished = un + polished (擦亮的); elementary = element(成分) + ary(加在部分名词后构成形容词的后缀)。
11.
「正确答案」 A
「答案解析」 summit 是"山顶".
12.
「正确答案」 A