1. The income divide remains ( ) although African Americans have increased the level of education they receive.
A. more widely
B. wide
C. widely
D. wider
【答案】C。“尽管非裔美国人提高了他们所受的教育水平，但是收入差距依然广泛存在”。观察题干可知填入的词用来修饰动作 remains，所以应当选用副词，选项 BD 排除，题意中也未体现比较含义，故本题正确答案选 C。
2. India has downplayed the impact of US, plans to end New Delhi's preferential trade status that allows duty free access to products ( ) $ 5.6 billion.
A. worthing
B. worth
C. worth of
D. worthy
【答案】B。“印度淡化了美国的影响，计划结束新德里的特惠贸易地位，之前该地位允许对印度价值 56 亿的产品免税”。根据题干结构可知填入后置定语，worthing 表达错误， be worthy of 为固定搭配，选项 AD 排除。Worth 后直接加名词、代词和动名词，若表示价值多少钱，可以直接加金钱数目。故本题正确答案选 B。
3. Four Big Tech CEOs spent Wednesday being grilled—virtually—by House lawmakers, creating a first-ever ( ) than Was by turns reveling and, inevitably, awkward.
A. view
B. lesson
C. spectacle
D. exhibition
【答案】C。“周三，四家大型科技公司的首席执行官接受了众议院议员的拷问，这是有史以来第一次盛大场面”。选项 A：视野、风景;选项 B：教训;选项 C：奇观、盛大场面;选项 D：展览。结合句意可知补充“盛大场面”更合适，故本题正确答案选 C。
4. Even as millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the past few weeks, nonprofits are seeing a huge wave of interest in ( ).
A. giving up
B. giving back
C. giving away
D. giving out
【答案】B。“尽管在过去几周内，数百万美国人失去了工作，但非营利组织却看到了...的巨大的兴趣浪潮”。根据已知题干信息可知前后语境应该形成对比，选项 A：放弃;选项B：回馈社会;选项 C：泄露;选项 D：分发。故本题正确答案选 B。
5. Caregiver stress is a well-known phenomenon and good one to avoid. It can lead to higher rates of anxiety and depression, and fuel a sense of ( ).
A. danger
B. adventure
C. emptiness
D. burnout
【答案】C。“压力关心是很常见的现象，也是最好避免的现象。它会导致焦虑和抑郁，并助长一种空虚感”。根据已知信息可知空缺处应当填入与前面的焦虑和抑郁形成并列情感的词汇。选项 A：威胁;选项 B：冒险;选项 C：空虚;选项 D：倦怠。故本题正确答案选C。
