在英语越来越重要的21世纪，学好英语成了每个大学生的首要目标。为帮助大学生更好地掌握英语专业知识，特提供以下资料：
1.If the supply of vitamins and minerals in the diet is_____, this will result in changes in body chemistry.
A.Inadequate
B.Incapable
C.Incompatible
D.Invalid
2.Our country had made great efforts to promote the family-planning policy, but _____the birth rate is getting higher and higher.
A.As it were
B.As it is
C.As it was
D.As is it
3.The average daily_____of fruit and vegetables is around 200 grams.
A.Dissipation
B.Consumption
C.Disposal
D.Expenditure
4.Two officers on patrol became _____ of two men in a car.
A.Generous
B.Suspicious
C.Appreciative
D.Tolerant
5.He caused a false account of the event _____ in the newspaper.
A.Had published
B.To be published
C.Being published
D.To have published
Answers: ABBBB
1. 【A】inadequate: not sufficient or enough; not good enough for a particular purpose
Incapable: unable to do anything well; helpless; not capable
Incompatible: not able to live or work happily with sb; not consistent or in logical agreement with sth
Invalid: not usable; not officially acceptable (because of an incorrect detail or details); not legally recognized
2. 【B】as it is表示“照现状看;看样子;实际上”;as it were表示“可以说，可谓”，用以评断自己的用词是否恰当;as it was是as it is的过去时用法，并没有as is it的说法。
3. 【B】dissipation: the process of making something gradually weaker or less until it disappears
Consumption: quantity used
Disposal: action of getting rid of sth
Expenditure: amount (esp of money) spent
4. 【B】generous: giving or ready to give freely
Suspicious: causing suspicion
Appreciative: feeling or showing that you enjoy something or are pleased about it
Tolerant: allowing people to do, say, or believe what they want without criticizing or punishing them
5. 【B】固定搭配cause A to do (B);本题中event与publish构成动宾关系，故应用被动语态。