2014年公共管理硕士英语知识点运用解析(2)

　　5.For some years now a research team at Vienna Technical University， headed　by Drs. Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair， in cooperation with Professor Kurt　Burian of the Medical Faculty of Vienna University， have pioneered the　development of a hearing aid for the totally deaf in both ears. The device， which　is already in production， is capable of enabling the totally deaf to achieve the　level of speech understanding of those with moderately severe hearing　_________—a breakthrough of considerable social and economic importance.

　　[A] ability

　　[B] aids

　　[C] defects

　　[D] organ

　　解析：defect“缺陷”。句意：“…… 这种助听器能帮助患者达到理解中度听觉缺陷者的言语水平”。[A] ability“能力”;[B] aid“辅助”;[D] organ“器官”都不准确。

　　6.The latter may commit crimes _lack of adequate parental control. All　theories， however， are tentative and are subject to criticism.

　　[A] on

　　[B] in

　　[C] for

　　[D] with

　　解析：for 可以作为前置词，表示原因。lack of adequate parental control(缺乏父母管教)与前文 commit crimes 存在原因关系，故选[C]。

　　7.The continental ice sheet is more than two miles high at its center; thus， the　air over the Antarctic is far more refrigerated than it is over the Arctic regions.　This cold air cascades off the land with such that it makes the nearby　seas the stormiest in the world and renders unlivable those regions whose　counterparts at the opposite end of the globe are inhabited.

　　[A] force

　　[B] roughness

　　[C] influence

　　[D] coldness

　　解析：cascade 本意指“瀑布般地流下，泻下”，这里就是指冷空气来势凶猛，力量很大，所以正确答案是 force。

　　8.But at the beginning of this century， the tango was refined， so that it lost its　erotic features. It was preformed in fashionable casino ballrooms. The tango， in　its sophisticated European ， became popular in England and in the USA.

　　[A] shape

　　[B] form

　　[C] format

　　[D] contour

　　解析：根 据上下 文辨别 词意： [A] shape“外形 ，形状 ”; [B] form“形 式，种 类”;[C]format“样式”;[D] contour“轮廓，外形”。显然，正确的选项是[B]。