7. America’s emphasis on the importance of education for everyone has spurred (B)scientific research.
A encouraged B endangered C endorsed D enlarged
7. A. 分析:根据句子大意“美国强调教育的重要性.. 科学研究”判断A(鼓励)是答案。Endanger vt.危及; enlarge v.扩大, 放大 endorse v.在(票据)背面签名, 签注(文件)
8. We also want to use the water to irrigate barren (A)desert land.
A hairless B bare C empty D bald
8.B/D 分析:根据划线词后面的搭配(沙漠)判断A(没有头发的,秃头的)和C(空的,空虚的)都不合适, bald adj.光秃的, 单调的; a bald spot on the lawn./草坪上光秃秃的一块; bare的含义最广: adj.赤裸的, 光秃的, 无遮蔽的,(几乎)空的, 无装饰的,仅有的, 最低限度的; a bare hill 秃山; bare floors 不铺地毯的地板; the bare necessities of life 最起码的生活必需品
完型填空例题解析:
难度B/A级
Racial Prejudice
In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has been taken for granted as a means of solving differences; and this is not even questioned. There are countries__1__ the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protested by __2__ fire to cities and by looting(掠夺) and pillaging(掠夺). Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be __3__ men, get up and calmly argue __4__ violence -- as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you __5__ despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress __6__. We may wear collars and ties instead of war paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the __7__ history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never __8__ a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed and the suffering __9__ nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder __ 10__ hit us.