2008年学苑中心同等学力英语词汇数量测评
1.As we can no longer wait for the delivery of our order, we have to ________ it.
A) postpone
B) refuse
C) delay
D) cancel
【翻译】因为我们不能等待这个订单的运输了，我们只好取消它。
【解析】 “postphone”为 “推迟，延期”的意思；“refuse”为“拒绝，拒收”；“delay”意为“延误，延迟”，与“postphone”意思相近；“cancel”意为“取消”，因此D是符合题意的，答案为D。
2.These books, which you can get at any bookshop, will give you ________ you need.
A) all the information
B) all the informations
C) all of information
D) all of the information
【翻译】这些书你在任何一个书店都可以买的到，它们将给你所有你需要的信息。
【解析】“information”在这里为特指，即为“你需要的”，因此必须加the，在这里the 的前面不能用”of”。所以答案为A。
3.Not until the game had begun ________ at the sports ground.
A) had he arrived
B) would he have arrived
C) did he arrive
D) should he have arrived
【翻译】比赛开始时他才赶到运动场。
【解析】这是一个“not….until”的倒装形势，Not until开头引起主谓倒装,因此答案为C.
4.Young people are not ________ to stand and look at works of art; they want art they can participate in.
A) conservative
B) content
C) confident
D) generous
【翻译】年轻人不满足于站在艺术品前观赏，他们想参与到艺术创作中来。
【解析】conservative是“保守的”意思；content做形容词是对…..满意，满足，句型为be content to; confident是充满信心的意思；generous是慷慨的，大方的意思。因此答案为B。
5.Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is ________.
A) granted
B) implied
C) exaggerated
D) remedied
【翻译】大多数播音人员认为电视被不公平地谴责，并认为媒体的力量被夸大了。
【解析】grant是授予，同意的意思；imply是暗示的意思；exaggerate是夸张夸大的意思；remedy是治疗矫正的意思。因此C为正确答案。 | 
