英语

　　1. The organizations that Nobel named in his will to award the prizes had not been asked to ( ) these duties prior to Nobel’s death.

　　A. take aside

　　B. take off

　　C. take away

　　D. take on

　　【答案】D。本题考查词组辨析。B项，take off意为“起飞，匆忙离开”，不符合句意，排除。C项，take away，意为“解除，消除”，不符合句意，排除。D项，take on意为“承担，接受”正确，句意为，“诺贝尔在授予奖金的遗嘱中提到的组织在诺贝尔去世前并没有被要求履行这些职责。” 故正确答案为D。

　　2. Those of wealth and status were expected to hold the regions of power, as it was ( ) right and responsibility to attend to the affairs of state.

　　A. inherited

　　B. innovated

　　C. integrated

　　D. inhabited

　　【答案】A。A项，inherit意为“继承”符合句意，正确。句意为“有财富和地位的人将掌握权力区域，因为处理国家事务是继承的权利和责任。”B项，innovate意为“创新;改革”，不符合句意，排除。C项，意为“加入，融入群体”，不符合句意，排除。D项，inhabit意为“居住在;栖居于”，不符合句意，排除。故正确答案为A。

　　3. We can ( ) the main effects of poverty by looking at those on the lowest incomes in rich cities.

　　A. expose

　　B. endorse

　　C. illustrate

　　D. enlighten

　　【答案】C。A项，expose意为，“暴露，揭发”。B项，endorse，意为“支持，认可”，不符合句意，排除。C项，illustrate意为“说明，解释”，符合句意，句意为，“通过观察富有城市的低收入者，我们能够说明贫穷的后果。”D项，enlighten意为“启发;开导”，不符合句意，排除。故正确答案为C。