英语-选词填空
1.How are we to develop new technology if we can’t study current technology to figure out how to ( ) it.
A. improve
B. rest
C. cause
D. conceal
【答案】A。考查词汇辨析。“如果我们不能通过研究现有技术来分析如何提高当前，那么我们又该如何开发新技术呢?”A选项，improve提高;B选项，rest使休息;C选项，cause引起，使遭受;D选项，conceal隐藏，隐瞒。根据句意，A项正确。
2.She and another woman were convicted in 2005 of tax ( ) but were released under an amnesty.
A. evasion
B. enclosure
C. erosion
D. exception
【答案】A。考查词汇辨析。“2005年，她和另一名妇女因逃税被判有罪，但在大赦中被释放。”tax evasion逃税，固定搭配，所以答案选A。B选项，enclosure围场，附件;C选项，erosion侵蚀，腐蚀;D选项，exception例外，异议。
3.In addition to bending back and forth and swaying sideways, buildings can ( ), and these various motions can reinforce one another.
A. imagine
B. conceive
C. describe
D. twist
【答案】D。考查词汇辨析。“除了来回弯曲和摇摆，建筑可以扭转，各种运动之间能够相互强化。”A选项，imagine猜想;B选项，conceive怀孕，设想;C选项，describe描述，形容;D选项，twist扭曲。根据句意中“弯曲”“摇摆”，可知接下来应该填相类似的词语，所以D项正确。
