1. As the old empires were broken up and new states were formed, new official tongues began to ______ at an increasing rate.
A. bring up B. build up C. spring up D. strike up
2. Some plants are very ________to light; they prefer the shade.
A. sensible B. flexible C. objective D. sensitive
3. She intends to move that the committee _______discussion on this issue.
A. suspends B. suspend C. will suspend D. suspended
4. Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from ______ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.
A. configuration B. constitution C. condemnation D. contamination
5. There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ______ from fall to winter.
A. transmission B. transformation C. transition D. transfer
6. I think we need to see an investment ______ before we make an expensive mistake.
A. guide B. entrepreneur C. consultant D. assessor
7. We'll ______ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it.
A. compensate B. remedy C. supplement D. retrieve
8. Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being _______.
A. laid out B. laid off C. laid down D. laid aside
1. 答案：C
译文：正如旧的帝国崩溃，新的国家建立起来那样，新的官方语言开始迅速涌现。
解析：spring up出现，涌现;bring up意为“养育”;build up意为“逐步建立”;strike up意为“使开始，建立起，开始演奏”。它们均不符合题意。
2. 答案：D
译文：有些植物对光十分敏感，它们更喜欢生长在阴暗的地方。
解析：sensitive敏感的;sensible意为“明智的”;flexible意为“可变通的”; objective意为“客观的”;它们均不符合题意。
3. 答案：B
译文：她想提议委员会暂时终止对这个问题的讨论。
解析：本句中，move后面加that从句时，从句中要求使用虚拟语气形式，即(should)+动词原形。所以选项中只有B对。
4. 答案：D
译文：《科学》杂志上刊登的一篇论文指出：岩石中的有机化学成分大部分来自地球本身的污染物，而不是来自于火星上的细菌。
解析：configuration 轮廓;constitution 宪法;condemnation 谴责;contamination 污染
5. 答案：C
译文：我很喜欢四季的交替，但我最喜欢秋冬之交的时节。
解析：transmission 传播;transformation 变形;transition 过渡;transfer 转移
6. 答案：C
译文：为了避免犯代价惨重的错误，我认为我们有必要咨询一下投资顾问。
解析：guide 指南;entrepreneur 企业家;consultant 顾问;assessor 估价员
7. 答案：A
译文：我们居住期间对你房子所造成的任何损坏，我们会赔偿你的。
解析：compensate 赔偿;remedy 补偿;supplement 补充;retrieve 取回
8. 答案：B
译文：美国的石油公司已开始感到压力巨大，正在裁减炼油工人和加工石油的的雇员。
解析：lay out 设计，展开;lay off 解雇;lay down 制定，放弃;lay aside 把…搁置在一边
翻译：A culture in which citizens share similar religious beliefs and values is more likely to have laws that represent the wishes of the people than is a culture where people come from diverse backgrounds.
参考译文：公民们拥有相似宗教信仰和价值观的文化比公民们来自不同背景的文化更有可能产生代表民意的法律。
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