句义：许多动物只在孩子年幼无助时才会显出母性。 答案：D 考点 词义辨析 分析
A. cerebral 理智的 B. imperious 专横的 C. rueful 悲伤的 D. maternal 母亲的
12. The guests, having eaten until they were satiated, now listened inattentively to the speakers.
句义：宾客们已经吃饱了，正心不在焉地听人发表演讲。 答案：B 考点：词义辨析 分析：
A. contradicted 反驳的 B. satiated
饱足的
C. griped 紧握的 D. trespassed 打扰的
13. While she had the fever, she raved for hours. 句义：她发烧时说了好几个小时的胡话。 答案：A
考点：词义辨析 分析：
A. raved 咆哮、胡言乱语 B. sniggered 吃吃地窃笑 C. tittered 吃吃地笑 D. perforated 刺穿
14. If you spill hot liquid on your skin it will scald you. 句义：热水洒到皮肤上会造成烫伤。 答案：B 考点：词义辨析 分析： A. scale 衡量 B. scald 烫伤 C. shun 避开
D. shunt 使分流，改变，推延
15. The mice scampered when the cat came. 句义：老鼠见到猫就四处逃窜。 答案：D 考点：词义辨析 分析：
A. rambled 漫步
B. lingered 逗留，消磨，徘徊
C. sauntered 闲逛，漫步 D. scampered 蹦跳，奔跑
16. The chimney is no longer giving off volumes of waste gas into atmosphere, as protective filters are being used.
句义：使用保护过滤器之后，烟囱产生的废气就不会散布到空气中了。 答案：B 考点：词义辨析 分析：
A. giving away 赠予
B. giving off 产生声音，发出气味 C. giving in 屈服 D. giving up 放弃
17. At three o’clock on a cold morning, he arrived here. 句义：在一个寒冷的早上，他半夜三点到达这里。 答案：C 考点：介词搭配 分析：
“在早上”通常为固定搭配in the morning，此处morning前有修饰词，故改用介词on A. in
B. at C. on
D. of
18. I’m sure dirty, aren’t I? 句义：我当然渴了，不是吗？ 答案：B
考点：反问疑问句 分析：
否定形势下第一人称用are A. am I
B. aren’t I C. isn’t I D. am not I
19. Humble as it may be, there is no place like home, wherever you go. 句义：尽管家或许很简陋，但哪里都比不上家。 答案：D 考点：倒装 分析：
as相当于though的意思，使用时可倒装，如：Try as she might, Sue couldn’t get the door open.
A. It mav be humble
B. As humble it may be C. Humble it may be D. Humble as it may be
20. But for his help，I should not have succeeded.
句义：没有他的帮助，我就不会成功。 答案：C 考点：虚拟语气 分析：
But for意为“如果没有??”，后面的主句用虚拟语气 A. did not succeed
B. had not succeeded C. should not have succeeded D. have not succeeded
21. Try and calm yourself, and your mind will be easy again. 句义：试着冷静下来，这样你的思路会变得清晰。 答案：A 考点： 分析：
两个句子都有完整的主谓宾，所以是并列句；根据句子逻辑关系，用and连接表顺承 A. and B. or C. when D. before
22. The price of the real estate in this area may soar to unexpected values, so everyone should be conscious of the maximum price that he would want to pay for a particular property.