1. The aim of education is to teach young people to think for themselves and not follow others ____ .
A. blindly
B. unwillingly
C. closely
D. carefully
2. Despite the poor service of the hotel, the manager is _____ to invest in sufficient training for his staff.
A. keen
B. reluctant
C. anxious
D. ready
3. There are a small number of people involved, possibly ____ twenty.
A. as few as
B. as little as
C. as many as
D. as much as
4. He didn't selfishly keep for himself the money inherited from his uncle.Instead, he made a ___ contribution to help the community.
A. commercial
B. generous
C. comparable
D. profitable
5. ____ he once felt like giving up, he now has the determination to push further and keep on going.
A. Where
B. As
C. In case
D. Now that
6.The girl used to be shy, but is ___ getting active in group work and is more willing to express herself.
A. gradually
B. usually
C. previously
D. merely
题目及解析
1. The aim of education is to teach young people to think for themselves and not follow others ______ .
A. blindly B. unwillingly
C. closely D. carefully
【】A
句意：教育的目的是教年轻人要独立思考而不是盲目地听从他人。
解析：A. blindly盲目的；B. unwillingly不情愿地; C. closely紧密地；D. carefully仔细地。根据“think for themselves（自主思考）”可以判断空白处指的是“不盲目从众。故选A。
2. Despite the poor service of the hotel, the manager is _______ to invest in sufficient training for his staff.
A. keen B. reluctant
C. anxious D. ready
【】B
句意：尽管旅馆服务不好，经理还不愿投入为员工提供足够的培训。
解析：A. keen敏锐的；B. reluctant不情愿的；C. anxious渴望的；D. ready准备好的。选择项中与to连用：be keen to渴望；be reluctant to不情愿做；be anxious to急于；be ready to乐意故选B。
3. There are a small number of people involved, possibly _____ twenty.
A. as few as B. as little as
C. as many as D. as much as
【】A
句意：有少数人被牵涉其中，可能有20人那么少。
解析：本句twenty后省略了people，考查的是形容词few，little，many，much的区别。故用few修饰。记住结构是：as+形容词原级+as。
4. He didn't selfishly keep for himself the money inherited from his uncle.Instead, he made a _____ contribution to help the community.
A. commercial B. generous
C. comparable D. profitable
【】B
句意：他没有自私地把叔叔留下的钱据为己有。相反，他做了一个慷慨的捐献以帮助社区。
解析：commercial经济的，商业的；generous 大方的，慷慨的；comparable 可比较的；profitable有利可图的。
5. ____ he once felt like giving up, he now has the determination to push further and keep on going.
A. Where B. As
C. In case D. Now that
【】A
句意：曾经让他感到想放弃的地方，现在他决心继续前进。
解析：A那里；B尽管，当，因为，随着；C以防；D既然。where表示地点，引导让步状语从句；as引导让步状语从句常用倒装，即tried as he has；in case表目的；now that表原因。这里指让他感到想放弃的地方，故选A。
6.The girl used to be shy, but is ____ getting active in group work and is more willing to express herself.
A. gradually B. usually
C. previously D. merely
【】A
句意：那个女孩过去很害羞，但现在团队合作越来越积极，（比以前）更愿意表达自己的想法。
来源：天一专升本
