2018年同等学力英语考试精选练习(17)

　　1、It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the population is widely _____.

　　A. scattered　　B. dismissed　　C. separated　　D. spread

　　2、There are usually at least two _____ of looking at every question.

　　A. ways　　B. directions　　C. views　　D. opinions

　　3、He left in such a hurry that I _____ had time to thank him.

　　A. almost　　B. even　　C. nearly　　D. scarcely

　　4、As more and more cars are produced and used, so the _____ from their exhaust-pipes contains an even larger volume of poisonous gas.

　　A. exposure　　B. distribution　　C. expansion　　D. emission

　　5、The book seems to have been _____ from various books and articles.

　　A. pieced together　　B. taken off　　C. broken away　　D. pulled out

　参考答案&解析：

　　1、A. scattered.　scattered是scatter的过去分词，也可作形容词用，(=lying in different directions; not situated together, wide apart)分散的，散布在各处的。Separate分开的，spread传播;摊开，dismiss解雇。

　　2、A. ways.　two ways of looking at every questions意指“观察每个问题的两个方面”。

　　3、D. scarcely.　scarcely(=hardly, not quite, almost not)几乎没有。Scarcely是否定副词，类似的有：hardly, barely, rarely, seldom, little等。研究生入学考试中经常测试这类否定副词的用法。

　　4、D. emission.　emission散发物，发射。exposure(to)暴露于：They believe that their health problems are the result of years of exposure to fine cotton dust.(他们认为，他们的健康问题是多年来暴露于棉花粉尘所致。)expansion膨胀，扩大;Heat causes the expansion of gas.本题译文：正如汽车的生产和使用越来越多一样，汽车的排气管的散发物内所含的有毒气体量也在增加。

　　5、A. pieced together.　piece together拼合，拼凑;take off起飞;break away from脱离;pull out拔出;驶出;(车)减速。