1. ________the enormous flow of food from the entire globe, these countries have for many years not felt any population pressure.

　　A)Thanks to

　　B) By means of

　　C) In line with

　　D) With regard to

　　1、[A]。Thanks to由于,多虧,因為。其他選項B) By means of通過，用,借助于；C) In line with符合；D) With regard to關于。

　　句意：由于全球大量的食物流動，這些國家很多年都沒感覺到人口的壓力。

　　2. Research universities have to keep up with the latest computer and scientific hardware ________price.

　　A) on account of

　　B) regardless of

　　C) in addition to

　　D) not to mention

　　2,、[B] 。regardless of無論如何，不管。其他選項A) on account of由于C) in addition to .除...之外；D) not to mention不必提及。

　　句意：不管價錢怎么樣科研大學必須維護最新的計算機和科學硬件。

　　3. Three university departments have been ________ $600,000 to develop good practice in teaching and learning.

　　A) promoted

　　 B) included

　　C) secured

　　D) awarded

　　3、[D] 。awarded授予，如它的名詞“Educational Development Awards”指教育發(fā)展獎金。

　　其他選項A) promoted 促進, 發(fā)揚, 提升, 提拔, 晉升為；B) included包括, 包含；C) secured保護。 

　　句意：大學三個學院被授予60萬美金來開展教學實踐活動。

　　4. The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the ________in which people communicate across time and space.

　　A) mood

　　B) mission

　　C) manner

　　D) vision

　　4、[C] 。manner方式, 樣式, 習慣。其他選項A) mood心情, 情緒, 語氣, 狀態(tài)； B) mission使命, 任務, 使團, 代表團；D) vision視力, 先見之明, 想象力, 幻想, 景象。

　　句意：通訊技術的快速發(fā)展改變了人們跨越時空交流的方式。

　　5. Mr. Jones holds strong views against video games and ________the closing of all recreation facilities for such games.

　　A) assists

　　B) acknowledges

　　C) advocates

　　D) admits

　　5、[C] 。advocates擁護，提倡，主張。其他選項A) assists援助, 幫助；B) acknowledges承認, 答謝, 報償；D) admits容許, 承認, 接納。 

　　句意：瓊斯先生激烈反對視頻游戲，主張把所有這種游戲的娛樂設施撤掉。