1. Many great scientists ______ their success to hard work.
A) portray B) ascribe C) impart D) acknowledge
2. The sign set up by the road ______ drivers to a sharp turn.
A) alerts B) refreshes C) pleads D) diverts
3. The doctors don’t ______ that the patient will live much longer.
A) monitor B) manifest C) articulate D) anticipate
4. Call your doctor for advice if the ______ persist for more than a few days.
A) responses B) signals C) symptoms D) reflections
5. We find it impossible to ______ with the latest safety regulations.
A) accord B) unify C) obey D) comply
6. Professor Smith and Professor Brown will ______ in presenting the series of lectures on American literature.
A) alter B) alternate C) substitute D) exchange
7. For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.
A) depressed B) immersed C) oppressed D) cursed
8. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers. A) harnessed B) hatched C) motivated D) geared
1. 答案:B
译文:许多伟大的科学家把他们的成功归因于勤奋工作。
解析:portray 描写;ascribe to 归因于;impart 传授;acknowledge 承认。
2. 答案:A
译文:标志树立在路边是为了提醒司机有一个急转弯。
解析:refresh使清新,使提神;plead恳求,以…为借口;divert转移,转向。 alert sb. to the fact that...提醒某人注意…的事实。
3. 答案:D
译文:医生没指望这个病人会活很长时间。
解析:monitor 班长,监测器;manifest 体现,显现;articulate 清楚地说,明确地说;anticipate期待。
4. 答案:C
译文:如果症状持续好几天就去看医生征求他的意见