1. As the old empires were broken up and new states were formed, new official tongues began to ______ at an increasing rate.
A. bring up B. build up C. spring up D. strike up
2. Some plants are very ________to light; they prefer the shade.
A. sensible B. flexible C. objective D. sensitive
3. She intends to move that the committee _______discussion on this issue.
A. suspends B. suspend C. will suspend D. suspended
4. Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from ______ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.
A. configuration B. constitution C. condemnation D. contamination
5. There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ______ from fall to winter.
A. transmission B. transformation C. transition D. transfer
6. I think we need to see an investment ______ before we make an expensive mistake.
A. guide B. entrepreneur C. consultant D. assessor
7. We'll ______ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it.
A. compensate B. remedy C. supplement D. retrieve
8. Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being _______.
A. laid out B. laid off C. laid down D. laid aside
1. 答案：C
译文：正如旧的帝国崩溃，新的国家建立起来那样，新的官方语言开始迅速涌现。
解析：spring up出现，涌现;bring up意为“养育”;build up意为“逐步建立”;strike up意为“使开始，建立起，开始演奏”。它们均不符合题意。
2. 答案：D
译文：有些植物对光十分敏感，它们更喜欢生长在阴暗的地方。
解析：sensitive敏感的;sensible意为“明智的”;flexible意为“可变通的”; objective意为“客观的”;它们均不符合题意。
3. 答案：B
译文：她想提议委员会暂时终止对这个问题的讨论。
解析：本句中，move后面加that从句时，从句中要求使用虚拟语气形式，即(should)+动词原形。所以选项中只有B对。
