词汇语法

　　第1题、It was______on the TV news that the storm would reach the coastal area during the night.

　　A.claimed

　　B.announced

　　C.declared

　　D.evaluated

　　参考答案：C

　　本题考查动词辨析。claim意为“宣称，断言，声称”;announce意为“宣布，宣告，通知”，有首次的含义;declare意为“(正式、明确的)宣布，宣告，公布(某一特定情况的存在或某事属实)”;evaluate意为“评估，评价，估计”。根据空格后的the TV news判断，是在电视新闻中正式通知，故答案为[C]项。

　　第2题、Her success is due to a______pursuit of perfection.

　　A.relentful

　　B.relentless

　　C.relented

　　D.relenting

　　参考答案：B

　　本题考查形容词辨析。relentless意为“坚韧的，不懈的，不屈不挠的”;relented和relenting分别为动词relent的过去分词和现在分词形式。根据空格前的不定冠词a和空格后的名词pursuit可知，空格处所填词为形容词，故[B ……此处隐藏49097个字…… es that we should possess as human beings. We may never experience something that another person is experiencing. However, we are able to understand their suffering by imagining ourselves in their circumstances or predicament. If we show sympathy for them and do something to alleviate their pain, we can make the world a better place, which in turn makes our life worth living. Although Bertrand Russell put forward the three passions several decades ago, they still shed light on how we should live as human beings even today. In a nutshell, the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and the pity for the suffering of mankind are three passions that are indispensable to anyone determined to lead a productive, smooth and worthwhile life.