一、单选题（共 20 道试题，共 60 分。）V
1. Driven by the need for fun, we always have a powerful () incentive to keep trying to learn as much as we can.
A. surrendered
B. thunder-struck
C. impenetrable
D. genetic
满分：3 分
2. Whether the thing was a practical joke or not, Mr. Crowther considered it an annoying () of his privacy.
A. infringement
B. slip
C. impetuous
D. exult
满分：3 分
3. They() the virtues of humility because the more people they can persuade to be humble, the more easily they can both preserve and add to the power that they have.
A. commitment
B. embankment
C. preached
D. glared
满分：3 分
4. Like the time a saleswoman came asking to speak to "Mr. Michael Dell" about his getting a high school equivalency ()
A. innate
B. faded
C. diploma
D. crisis
满分：3 分
5. Such a system set the stage for () increases in specific insect populations.
A. expounding
B. forgo
C. explosive
D. presided
满分：3 分
6. There is only once difference between an old man and a young one: the young one has a glorious future before him and the old one has a () future behind him.
A. splendid
B. dreamy
C. luxurious
D. fateful
满分：3 分
7. He behaving like a maniac about the wasps () waving them away, flapping at them with his straw hat, serious and out of all proportion to the occasion.
A. pitch
B. plunge
C. infuriate
D. dwindle
满分：3 分
8. That same young man came into my office less than a week later, () his feet with a dismayed, dejected look on his face.
A. dragging
B. assembled
C. glimpse
D. commitment
满分：3 分
9. The guests are often very well () by the host in that city
A. recovered
B. refreshed
C. reassured
D. entertained
满分：3 分
10. There was a ()of lightning and I saw that he was already naked.
A. flash
B. souped-up
C. mockery
D. obligation
满分：3 分
11. We value reputation, respect, admiration, and the long-lasting happiness that comes from the (), pains, and efforts that go into forging character.
A. grimace
B. inventory
C. sacrifice
D. dripping
满分：3 分
12. As the price keeps going up, () has turn into double figures
A. recreation
B. inflation
C. refuge
D. reduction
满分：3 分
13. Even the () for seemingly altruistic behaviors can be found in the common sense of “I do for you because I can expect some reciprocal benefits in the future.
A. spiral
B. motivation
C. languid
D. excessive
满分：3 分
14. No doubt about it, self-advancement and self-indulgence are powerful () drives for personal status and pleasure.
A. slip
B. impetuous
C. exult
D. elaborately
满分：3 分
15. The blood ()in the body and provides what the body needs.
A. swells
B. circulates
C. tastes
D. tempted
满分：3 分
16. The young prince slept with the Iliad under his pillow and longed to emulate Achilles, who brought the () power of Asia to ruin.
A. preached
B. glared
C. scraped
D. mighty
满分：3 分
17. A traditional way of getting oyster is to ()from small boats and collect them from the bottom of the ocean.
A. benefit
B. plunge
C. dump
D. distort
满分：3 分
18. You've read of how he had a headache and how, when he got word that Lee was ready to call it quits, he was suddenly and () cured.
A. motivation
B. languid
C. excessive
D. miraculously
满分：3 分
19. It rolls down the () and lands up against their railings.
A. embankment
B. preached
C. glared
D. scraped
满分：3 分
20. Reagan pushed through the () of oil and gasoline prices and received huge contributions from the oil companies.
A. deregulation
B. surrendered
C. thunder-struck
D. impenetrable
满分：3 分