解析：考点：近义词辨析题意：天才能够取得常人无法取得的成就。
正确答案：capable of（能够）
解释：able to虽然也表示“能够”，但从句few people are able to无法和修饰的先行词something构成一个句子（able to后面要接动词），而capable of后面可以接名词，即few people are capable of something

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Kevin is the only student in the class____failed in the exam.

A. who

B. that

C. which

D. whom

解析：参考解析:当定语从句的先行词前有the only,the very,the last，the same等表示特定概念的修饰词时定语从句的引导词只能用that，故选B。

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When the couple ______ here, they _______ to the park.

A. will come; will go

B. come; go

C. will come; go

D. come; will go

解析：参考解析:译文:当这对夫妻来到这儿时，他们会去公园。考点:动词时态。解析:在这句中they _____ to the park.是主句, When the couple ______ here是从句。主将从现：当主句是将来时态或表示将来意义时，从句用一般现在时代替将来时。

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l speak in full ________ that our cause is just.

A. conclusion

B. assumption

C. conviction

D. determination

解析：参考解析: 题目意思:我深信我们的诉讼是合理的。conviction. 1.确信,坚定的信仰,坚定的看法(或信念)2.判罪;定罪;证明有罪 3.深信;坚信;坚定;肯定

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He____in the army for ten years, and he retired last year.

A. has served

B. had served

C. served

D. had been serving

解析：参考解析:整个句子为过去时态，从时间状语for ten years可以判断这里表示过去持续的状态，所以用过去完成时，故选B。

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Brown is looking for his glasses. He thinks he _______ them behind in the office yesterday.

A. forgot

B. put

C. left

D. set

解析：参考解析: leave behind是指"把...落在后面，遗失”其他三个词不与behind构成搭配，故选C。

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It is imperative that the students ________ writing their papers

A. finish

B. must finish

C. will finish

D. are to finish

解析：参考解析: imperative的意思是"必要的，强制的”。当表示建议、指令、愿望、个人意见或判断、要求时，构成It is...that...结构，主语从句要用虚拟语气，动词形式为"should+动词原形"或只用动词原形，故选A。

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Young _______ he is,he has proved to be an able salesman.

A. That

B. who

C. as

D. which

解析：参考解析:本题考查让步状语从句中倒装的用法。adj+as+sb.+v可以表示让步情况，意思等同与though引导的让步状语从句。这句话相当于Though he was young, he has proved to be an able salesman.C为正确答案。其他选项与句意不符而且引导的从句也不能用倒装语序。句意:他虽然年轻，但他证明了自己是—位很有能力的销售人员。

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Hardly had I got home ___the telephone rang.

A. then

B. when

C. as

D. than

解析：参考解析: hardly...when...是固定关联词组，意为"—…就..."，类似的词组还有"scarcel ...when...","no sooner...than..."等引导的从句中谓语若用一般过去时，主句谓语动词就用过去完成时。

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