1. When the fire alarm rang, we ______ outside the emergency exit.
A. resembled
B. dissembled
C. assembled
D. scrambled
 
2. Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in fixed sequence and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who ___ turns out to be of high IQ.
A. eventually
B. automatically
C. decidedly
D. inversely 




  1.C
【句意】当火警响起时，我们在紧急出口外集合。
【解析】动词词义辨析题。resemble“类似，像”；dissemble“掩饰，掩盖；假装”；assemble“集合；聚集；装配；收集”；scramble“（迅速而吃力地）爬，攀登；艰难地（或仓促地）完成”。由关键信息“When the fire alarm rang当火警响起时”及“emergency exit紧急出口”知“集合”符合，故C项正确。
 
2.A
【句意】专家认为，小孩的语言学习阶段是按照固定的顺序和年龄到来的，但是也有语言学习起步晚的小孩最后却拥有高智商的情况。
【解析】副词词义辨析题。eventually“最后；终于”；automatically“自动地；机械地；无意识地”；decidedly“果断地；毫无疑问”；inversely“相反地；倒转地”。由关键词“in fixed sequence and at a constant age按照固定的顺序和年龄”、“but但是”与“speech has started late语言学习起步晚”的对应知“最后”符合语境，由此知A项正确。