1. When traveling, you are advised to take travelers checks,
which provide a secure _______to carrying your money in cash.
A. substitute
B. selection
C. preference
D. alternative
2. I never trusted him because I always thought of him
as such a ________character.
A. gracious
B. suspicious
C. unique
D. particular
3. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all
substances near it, and this ________ produces artificial cold surrounding it.
A. absorption
B. transition
C. consumption
D. interaction 参考答案: 1. D。A substitute:代替,代替物;B selection:选择,指从相当数量中进行选择,强调数量多和慎重的判断和鉴别。C preference:喜欢,偏爱,强调选择时个人的偏爱。D alternative:两者或两者以上挑一;取舍,抉择.根据题意,外出旅行,带钱时只有少数几种选择:现款;旅行支票或信用卡。四个备选答案中,最接近题意的是D alternative:从两个(或两个以上)中挑其中一种选择。故D为正确答案。
2. B。A gracious:有礼貌的,宽厚的,优美的;B suspicious:多疑的,可疑的,常指所怀疑的对象或事情未必是真的,带有疑神疑鬼、神经过敏的含义。C unique:独一无二的,唯一的;D particular:特别的,带有引人注目的意思。根据句意,应选B。全句的意思为:我从不相信他,因为我总认为他是那种多疑的人。判断时请注意,句子前半句是我从不相信他,根据逻辑关系,故可以肯定后面描述他的字眼肯定不是什么好字眼,四个备选答案中,唯有B是带贬义的词,故可肯定B为正确答案。
3. A。A absorption:吸收;B transition:传送,过渡,传递;C consumption:消费,消耗;D interaction:相互作用。根据句意,应填A。四个选项都是以-tion为结尾,但意思却相差甚远。全句的意思是:水从固态变成液态时,吸收它周围所有物质的热量,而这种吸收便在它的周围产生人为的低温状态。