备战2012—高考英语最新英语词汇精编单选及详解260题 68页

备战2012‎ 高考英语最新英语词汇精编详解 1. ‎"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"‎ ‎ "Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."‎ ‎　A. in    B. to    C. on    D. with 　　[答案] D. with.‎ ‎[注释] lie with应由.......（承担责任）；（作出决定等）得靠...... 1)The responsibility lies with the driver.(责任应由这个司机承担。) 2)It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.(接受还是拒绝这项建议由你决定。)‎ ‎　　lie in在于： 1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty.(困难在于他们非常贫困。) 2)the solution lies in social and political reform.(解决方法在于社会政治改革。)‎ 2. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.‎ A. sum    B. quantity    C. deal    D. amount ‎　　[答案] C. deal.‎ 备战2012‎ 高考英语最新英语词汇精编详解 1. ‎"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"‎ ‎ "Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."‎ ‎　A. in    B. to    C. on    D. with 　　[答案] D. with.‎ ‎[注释] lie with应由.......（承担责任）；（作出决定等）得靠...... 1)The responsibility lies with the driver.(责任应由这个司机承担。) 2)It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.(接受还是拒绝这项建议由你决定。)‎ ‎　　lie in在于： 1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty.(困难在于他们非常贫困。) 2)the solution lies in social and political reform.(解决方法在于社会政治改革。)‎ 2. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.‎ A. sum    B. quantity    C. deal    D. amount ‎　　[答案] C. deal.‎ 备战2012‎ 高考英语最新英语词汇精编详解 1. ‎"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"‎ ‎ "Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."‎ ‎　A. in    B. to    C. on    D. with 　　[答案] D. with.‎ ‎[注释] lie with应由.......（承担责任）；（作出决定等）得靠...... 1)The responsibility lies with the driver.(责任应由这个司机承担。) 2)It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.(接受还是拒绝这项建议由你决定。)‎ ‎　　lie in在于： 1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty.(困难在于他们非常贫困。) 2)the solution lies in social and political reform.(解决方法在于社会政治改革。)‎ 2. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.‎ A. sum    B. quantity    C. deal    D. amount ‎　　[答案] C. deal.‎ 备战2012‎ 高考英语最新英语词汇精编详解 1. ‎"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"‎ ‎ "Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."‎ ‎　A. in    B. to    C. on    D. with 　　[答案] D. with.‎ ‎[注释] lie with应由.......（承担责任）；（作出决定等）得靠...... 1)The responsibility lies with the driver.(责任应由这个司机承担。) 2)It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.(接受还是拒绝这项建议由你决定。)‎ ‎　　lie in在于： 1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty.(困难在于他们非常贫困。) 2)the solution lies in social and political reform.(解决方法在于社会政治改革。)‎ 2. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.‎ A. sum    B. quantity    C. deal    D. amount ‎　　[答案] C. deal.‎ 备战2012‎ 高考英语最新英语词汇精编详解 1. ‎"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"‎ ‎ "Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."‎ ‎　A. in    B. to    C. on    D. with 　　[答案] D. with.‎ ‎[注释] lie with应由.......（承担责任）；（作出决定等）得靠...... 1)The responsibility lies with the driver.(责任应由这个司机承担。) 2)It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.(接受还是拒绝这项建议由你决定。)‎ ‎　　lie in在于： 1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty.(困难在于他们非常贫困。) 2)the solution lies in social and political reform.(解决方法在于社会政治改革。)‎ 2. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.‎ A. sum    B. quantity    C. deal    D. amount ‎　　[答案] C. deal.‎ 备战2012‎ 高考英语最新英语词汇精编详解 1. ‎"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"‎ ‎ "Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."‎ ‎　A. in    B. to    C. on    D. with 　　[答案] D. with.‎ ‎[注释] lie with应由.......（承担责任）；（作出决定等）得靠...... 1)The responsibility lies with the driver.(责任应由这个司机承担。) 2)It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.(接受还是拒绝这项建议由你决定。)‎ ‎　　lie in在于： 1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty.(困难在于他们非常贫困。) 2)the solution lies in social and political reform.(解决方法在于社会政治改革。)‎ 2. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.‎ A. sum    B. quantity    C. deal    D. amount ‎　　[答案] C. deal.‎ 备战2012‎ 高考英语最新英语词汇精编详解 1. ‎"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"‎ ‎ "Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."‎ ‎　A. in    B. to    C. on    D. with 　　[答案] D. with.‎ ‎[注释] lie with应由.......（承担责任）；（作出决定等）得靠...... 1)The responsibility lies with the driver.(责任应由这个司机承担。) 2)It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.(接受还是拒绝这项建议由你决定。)‎ ‎　　lie in在于： 1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty.(困难在于他们非常贫困。) 2)the solution lies in social and political reform.(解决方法在于社会政治改革。)‎ 2. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.‎ A. sum    B. quantity    C. deal    D. amount ‎　　[答案] C. deal.‎ 备战2012‎ 高考英语最新英语词汇精编详解 1. ‎"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"‎ ‎ "Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."‎ ‎　A. in    B. to    C. on    D. with 　　[答案] D. with.‎ ‎[注释] lie with应由.......（承担责任）；（作出决定等）得靠...... 1)The responsibility lies with the driver.(责任应由这个司机承担。) 2)It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.(接受还是拒绝这项建议由你决定。)‎ ‎　　lie in在于： 1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty.(困难在于他们非常贫困。) 2)the solution lies in social and political reform.(解决方法在于社会政治改革。)‎ 2. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.‎ A. sum    B. quantity    C. deal    D. amount ‎　　[答案] C. deal.‎ ‎　　[注释] see a good deal of each other 经常见面。 ‎ ‎3. Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John. 　　A. deliberately    B. intensively 　　C. decisively      D. objectively 　　[答案] A. deliberately. 　　[注释] deliberately(=on purpose, intentionally)故意地；存心地。 4. They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake. 　　A. friendship  B. relations  C. intentions  D. terms 　　[答案] D. terms. 　　[注释]keep (be) on good terms with与......和睦相处。 5. Do you think a wife should _____ her habits and tastes to those of her husband? 　　A. comply    B. confirm    C. consent    D. conform 　　[答案]D. conform. 　　[注释]conform vi遵守，符号：All the students must conform to the rules.(全体学生必须遵守规章。)conform sth. to sth. else(vt)使符合：He conformed the plans to the new specifications.(他使这些集合符合新规范。)      comply with遵守；confirm使坚定，确认，证实；consent (to)同意，赞同。 6. He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground. 　　A. crashing   B. throwing    C. rushing    D. dropping 　　[答案]A. crashing. 　　[注释]crash(to the ground)猛跌（到地上）。Crash n. 　　常指飞机等的“失事”，如：He was killed in an aircraft crash.(他在飞机失事中丧生。)本句中用falling不妥，fall指“落下，掉下”，本身并不强调落下的速度，而crash使“猛跌”，故本题用crashing最佳。 7. High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money. 　　A. discourage   B. decrease   C. disturb   D. disgust 　　[答案]A. discourage 　　[注释]discourage sb. from doing sth.使认为某事不值得做：Tht wet weather discouraged people from going to the sports meeting.(下雨天使人觉得不值得去看运动会。) 8. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards. 　　A. equivalent    B. uniform    C. alike    D. likely 　　[答案]A. equivalent. 　　[注释]equivalent相等的，相当的：He exchanged his pounds for the equivalent amount of dollars. uniform 相同的,一样的。Likely adj.很可能的，有希望的。Alike(表语形容词)相同的，相象的。 9. The two things are the same in outward form but different _____. 　　A. in addition B. in brief  C. in common  D. in essence 　　[答案]D. in essence. 　　[注释]in essence本质上；in addition此外；in brief简短地，简言之；in common共同。 10. _____ it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time. 　　A. By the way  B. In a way  C. In the way  D. In no way 　　[答案]B. In a way. 　　[注释]in a way(-to some extent)在某种程度上；in no way决不；by the way 顺便提一下；in the way 碍事。此题不能选by the way，因为by the way 做插入语其后应加逗号。 　　本题译文：我没有得到我申请得工作在某种程度上说是件好事，尽管我承认当时我很失望。 11. _____ inviting guests and not treating them properly! 　　A. Strangely       B. Fantastically 　　C. Surprisingly    D. Fancy 　　[答案]D. Fancy. 　　[注释]fancy doing 没想到.......竟然：1)Fancy your him!(没想到你竟然认识他！) 2)Fancy spending the day in here!(没想到竟在这里过了一天！) 　　本题译文：没想到邀请了客人竟没有好好招待！ 12. With sufficient scientific information a manned trip to Mars should be _____. 　　A. obtainable B. potential C. considerable D. feasible 　　[答案]D. feasible. 　　[注释]feasible(=that can be done)可行的，可做到的：1)Your plan sounds quite feasible.(你的计划听起来很可行。) 2)It's not feasible to make the trip in one day.(一天内要进行这次旅行是做不到的。)obtainable可得到的；considerable相当的，可观的；potential潜在的，可能的。 13. The generation _____ makes it difficult for parents to understand their children's opinions. 　　A. division    B. gap    C. separation    D. interval 　　[答案]B. gap. 　　[注释]generation gap 代沟。 　　division分，划分；separation分开；interval间隔，间隙；（幕间或工间）休息。at intervals 不时，时时 14. If the boy had _____ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him. 　　A. set    B. left    C. had    D. put 　　[答案]B. left. 　　[注释]leave sb./sth. alone不惹，不管，不碰：Leave the box alone.(别碰那个盒子。) 15. They were so far away that I couldn't _____ their faces clearly. 　　A. see through  B. make up  C. see off  D. make out 　　[答案]D. make out. 　　[注释]make out(=identify and see with effort or difficulty)辨认出。see through参阅Ⅲ，151,注释:此处see through还可表示“看穿......(=understand the real meaning of or reason for; realize the falseness of)”： 1)The teacher saw through the boy's story of having to help at home. (=The teacher knew his story was not true; it was just an ‎ excuse.) 2) He can't fool her. She sees him through every time. 　　see off送行；make up构成，组成，拼凑；弥补，赔偿；化装，编造：1)编造：John made up the joke about the talking dog. 2)弥补：Bob must make up the work he missed. 3)凑足： We need one more to make up the dozen. 4)化装： The actors were making up when we arrived. 5)构成：Nine players make up a team. 16. Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is not a mysterious _____  without scientific basis. 　　A. process    B. practice    C. procedure    D. program 　　[答案]A. process. 　　[注释]process(=connected series of actions, or series of operations) 过程：By what process is cloth made form wool?(经过什么过程羊毛织成呢料？)practice(=the doing of something of, performance or repeated exercise, etc.)实习，练习；开业: She is doing her practice at the piano.(她在练习弹钢琴。)procedure(=the regular order of doing things)程序：the usual procedure at a meeting(开会的通常程序)。Program(=plan of what is to be done or list of items or events)课程，计划，大纲：What is the program for tomorrow ?(明天上什么课?) 17. I must go now. _____, if you want that book I'll bring it next time. 　　A. Incidentally    B. Accidentally 　　C. Occasionally    D. Subsequently 　　[答案]A. Incidentally. 　　[注释]incidentally(=by the way)附带地，顺便：Fred said, incidentally, that he had no dinner.(顺便提一下，福来德那时说，他还没吃晚饭。)accidentally(=by chance)偶然地：I met with an old friend of mine accidentally last week.(上星期我偶然碰到一位老朋友。)occasionally (=from time to time, not regularly)不时地，偶尔：We get visitors here occasionally.(我们偶尔在此接游客。)subsequently(=afterwards, later) At first we ‎ thought we would go; but subsequently we learned we were needed at home.(起初,我们想离开；但随后我们得知家里需要我们。) 18. A completely new situation is likely to _____ when the school leaving age is raised to 16. 　　A. arouse    B. rise    C. arise    D. abide 　　[答案]C. arise. 　　[注释]arise(=come into being, appear, happen)产生，发生：Difficulties will arise as we do the work.(我们做这项工作时将会发生困难。)arouse 唤起，激起，唤醒；rise 上升;abide (by)遵守。 　　本题译文：当中学毕业年龄上升到16岁时，很可能产生完全新的情况。 19. The illness from which Mary is suffering has now been _____ as hepatitis (肝炎). 　　A. diagnosed B. determined  C. deduced D. discovered 　　[答案]A. diagnosed. 　　[注释]diagnose...as 把......诊断为......。 　　本题译文：玛丽的病现已诊断为肝炎。 20. These continual _____ in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear. 　　A. alterations  B. vibrations C. waves   D. fluctuations 　　[答案]D. fluctuations.   　　[注释]fluctuations波动；waves波浪；alterations(部分)改变，变更；vibrations(物理学上)振动。 21. All foreign visitors are requested to _____ with the regulations in this area. 　　A. agree    B. comply    C. consent    D. conform 　　[答案]B. comply. 　　[注释]comply with(=act in accordance with a demand, order, rule, etc.)遵守：People who refuse to comply with the law will be ‎ punished.(拒绝遵守法律者将受到惩罚。)conform(to)使一致，符合；conform to rules符合规则；conform to the customs of society(遵从社会习俗)；consent to 同意，赞同；consent to a plan(赞同计划)。 22. Thomas Edison considered genius to be _____ one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. 　　A. composed of     B. constituted in 　　C. consisted of    D. comprised in 　　[答案]A. composed of. 　　[注释]be composed of由......组成。Consist of由......组成，是不及物动词，不能用被动语态，故不合题意。 23. Although Lucy was slimming, she found cream cakes quite _____. 　　A. irregular     B. inevitable   　　C. incredible    D. irresistible 　　[答案] D. irresistible 　　[注释]irresistible不可抵抗的，诱人的，1)I had a irresistible desire to run away,2)I can't refuse this offer; it is irresistible. 　　Irregular 不规律的, 不合规则的：1)the trains from here are irregular.(这里发的火车是不规律的。) 2)These procedures are highly irregular.(这些程序是非常不合规矩的。) 　　incredible 不可避免的，不可信的：1)Old superstitions are incredible to educated people.（旧的迷信对受过教育的人来说是不可信的。）2)His story of rescuing six drowning men is incredible.(他说他救了6个溺水者，这是难以置信的。) 　　inevitable 不可避免的：1)Traffic delays are inevitable at a holiday weekend.（假日周末交通耽搁是难免的。）2)Pain is Inevitable when one breaks a bone.（骨折是疼痛是难避免的。） 　　本题译文：虽然露西正在减轻体重，但她觉得奶油蛋糕是诱人的。 24. In order to _____ the rising production costs, the subscription rates have been ‎ increased. 　　A. add up to B. look up to  C. cut shortD. keep up with 　　[答案]D. keep up with. 　　[注释] keep up with跟上。参阅。88注释。Add up to参阅.2注释；cut short 详见.38;look up to(=admire, respect)赞美，尊敬：We look up to the old workers as our teacher.（我们把这位老工人尊为我们的老师。）本题中rates意为“价格，费用”。 本题译文：为了跟上生产成本的上升，预定费已提高。 25. Your essay is quite good: just _____ it _____ with a few illustrations and quotations. 　　A. put .. up     B. touch .. up 　　C. cut .. out    D. write .. off 　　[答案]B. touch up. 　　[注释] touch up(=improve or perfect by small additional strokes or alterations)润色，修饰：1)The last part of the article needs to be touched up.(这篇文章的最后一部分需要润色。) 2)He touched up the picture by strengthening and shadows.(他把画修饰了一下，使光明部分和阴暗部分的对比度更鲜明。) put up留宿；cut out 删掉；write off报销，勾消。 本题译文：你的文章很好；只要用些例证和引语修饰一下。 26. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination. 　　A. regard  B. account  C. thought   D. observation 　　[答案]B. account. 　　[注释] take sth. into account(=consider)考虑到：We must take local conditions into accoutn. 27. There are three basic ways of _____ language to writing, and all known graphic systems use one or a combination of these. 　　A. committing  B. attaching  C. comparing  D.‎ ‎ relating 　　[答案]A. committing. 　　[注释] commit...to 托付，交付：1)He was committed to the care of his aunt.(他被托付给他的姨妈照管。) 2)I have already committed the rules to memory.(我早已记住这些规则了。)commit sth. to writing(把......写下来)。 28. Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens. 　　A. ordinary    B. common    C. usual    D. general 　　[答案]B. common. 　　[注释]common(=usual and ordinary; happening of found often and in many places)普通的；常见的；常常发生的；到处可见的：a common experience(普通的经历)；a common tree(常见的树木)。This bird is common throughout Europe.(这种鸟在欧洲很常见。)They can treat most of the common diseases.(他们能治疗大多数常见病。)usual(=done, found, used or existing most of the time) 经常的，通常的，惯例的，习以为常的；强调时间习惯方面，例如：This is the usual state of the house.(这房子里平常就是这种样子。)ordinary正常的，普通的，正常的；an ordinary day(平凡的一天)，ordinary people(普通人), a piece of ordinary dance music(一首普通的舞曲)。General普通的。它与common比较，语气稍强，含有很少例外的意外。可见本题中用common是最佳的选择。 29. American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle. 　　A. ignored    B. refused    C. neglected    D. denied 　　[答案]D. denied. 　　[注释] deny 1)否认：A. He didn't deny the facts. B. They couldn't deny that it was a serious blow to them. C. He denied having ever there.(他否认曾到过那里。) 2)(=say 'no' to a request; refuse to give sth. asked for or needed)不给予；Lots of people were denied the right to vote.(许多人被剥夺了选举权。)He denies his wife ‎ nothing.(他对他的妻子有求必应。) 30. On turning the corner, we saw the road _____ steeply. 　　A. departing B. decreasing  C. descending D. depressing 　　[答案]C. descending. 　　[注释] descend(=come or go down)走下来；传下来：1)He descended from the top of the mountain. 2)Are men descended from apes?(人是不是猿的后代？)depress 压抑，使沮丧。Depart出发，起程。‎ ‎31. We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time. 　　A. hope    B. wait    C. expect    D. imagine 　　[答案]C. expert. 　　[注释]expert期望，盼望，表示认为有很大的客观可能性，例如：I expert the work to be finished by Friday.（我期望这项工作能在星期五前做完。）wait for ... to do sth.等待、等待......做......，强调“等”这一动词的本身，如：The audience are waiting eagerly for the performance to begin.(观众正等着演出开始。)本题如改为这样：I waited for him to arrive in time for dinner, but he didn't come.(我等他来赶上晚餐，但他没有来。)则句子使是对的。由此可见，expect是表示“期待”，而wait for 是表示“等待”，词义完全不同。注意hope后不能接sb. to do sth.。imagine being on the moon. 3)I'm sorry, but I can't imagine anyone doing research like that.(很遗憾，我不能想象人家那样做实验。) 　　本题译文：我们不能期望一个人在这样短的时间内改变一辈子养成的习惯。 32. It was necessary to _____ the factory building as the company was doing more and more business. 　　A. extend    B. increase    C. lengthen    D. magnify 　　[答案]A. extend. 　　[注释]本题中extend意为“扩大”。lengthen拉长,延长。magnify放大。 Spread vi. 传播；vt.展开；He spread butter on the toast.(他在烤面包上涂上奶油。) 33. I asked the tailor to make a small _____ to my trousers because they were too long. 　　A. change  B. variation  C. revision  D. alteration 　　[答案]D alteration. 　　[注释]alteration 修正，更改，尤指部分的改变。Change改变，变化，可指表面的、本质的、内在的变化。Revision修订、修正，常指文章、词典、剧本等的修改、订正。Variation(形式、位置、条件的)变化、改变、变动：We need some variation in our daily routine.(我们的例行公事需要作些变动。) 34. Because of the strong sun Mrs. William's new dining room curtains _____ from dark blue to gray within a year. 　　A. faded    B. fainted    C. paled    D. diminished 　　[答案]A. faded. 　　[注释]fade vt/vi褪色。Faint晕到，变得虚弱：He fainted from hunger. Diminish vt./vi.减少：1)His illness diminished his strength. 2)The campers' food supply diminished as the days wore on.(随着日子的缓缓消逝，野营者的食品供应日益减少。)pale变苍白。 35. Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him. 　　A. As a result     B. By the way 　　C. On the whole    D. In a word 　　[答案]D. In a word. 　　[注释]in a word(=in short)总之，简言之。 本题是测试“过度词”，考生务必根据上下文的逻辑关系来选择适当的过渡词，使句子的意思前后连贯。 36. Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to _____ a scientific theory. 　　A. confirm    B. confine    C. conform    D. conceive 　　[答案]A. confirm. 　　[注释] confirm(=support; make certain; give proof of)证实，确实：1)Please confirm your telephone message in writing.(请把你电话中所说的话再用文字复述一篇。) 2)The king confirmed that the election would be on June 20th.(国王确认，这次选择将于六月二十日举行。)confine...to把......限制于：Please confine your remarks to the subject we are talking about.(请把你的话限止于我们正在谈论的题目。)conform (to)使一致，符合，遵守。Conceive 1)想到，想出：He very quickly conceived a new plan.[注意]conceive of想象:They could not conceive of the possibility of failure.(他们不能想象失败的可能。) 37. Political parties often differ in their views on various _____ concerning their own countries. 　　A. ways    B. measures    C. issues    D. patterns 　　[答案]c. issues. 　　[注释]issue此处意为“重大问题”。measure措施，虽然填入本题也说得过去，但不够贴切。pattern模式，图案，图样。与题意不符，不能入选。way 方法，方式。 38. _____ his knowledge of the mountainous country, John Smith was appointed as our guide. 　　A. In spite of      B. On account of 　　C. Regardless of    D. Instead of 　　[答案]B. On account of 　　[注释]on account of(=because of)由于，因为。regardless of(=without worrying about)不顾；Regardless of danger, he climbed the tower. 39. The lawyer was expected to _____ some proposals after reading all those documents. 　　A. come up with    B. put up with 　　C. look up to      D. keep up with 　　[答案]A. come up with. 　　[注释]come up with提出。参阅Ⅲ，33。注释。Put up with忍受；keep up with跟上，与......保持一致；look up to尊敬。 40. While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping _____ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth. 　　A. occasionally    B. simultaneously 　　C. eventually      D. directly 　　[答案]A. occasionally. 　　[注释]occasionally 偶尔。参阅IV。137注释。Simultaniously同时地；  directly直接 41. In my opinion, you can widen the _____ of these improvements through your active ‎ participation. 　　A. dimension    B. volume    C. magnitude    D. scope 　　[答案]D. scope. 　　[注释]scope(=the area within the limits of a questions, subject ect. ; range)(活动)范围，机会，余地：The politics of a country would be outside the scope of a book for tourists.(一个国家的政治不属于旅游手册的内容范围之内。)dimension尺寸，尺度；magnitude大小，数量；volume体积。均不切题，不能入选。 　　本题译文：依我看，通过你的积极参与，你能够扩大这些改进措施的范围。 42. The noise was so _____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it. 　　A. dim    B. soft    C. faint    D. gentle 　　[答案]c. faint. 　　[注释]faint(=weak, indistinct; not clear)“微弱的，模糊的，不清楚的”。Dim(=not bright, not clearly to be seen)不亮的，看不清的；the dim light of a candle(微弱的烛光)。 43. If he refuses to _____ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative. 　　A. put up with     B. fall in with 　　 C. do away with    D. get along with 　　[答案]B. fall in with. 　　[注释]fall in with(=agree to)同意：Is it true that you have fallen in with them?(你真的同意他们的意见吗？)put up with忍受。do away with废除；杀死。get along with进行，进展；相处。 　　本题译文：如果他不肯同意我的计划，我或许能找一个更能合作的人。 44. Some people either _____ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them. 　　A. violently B. sincerely  C. properly  D. deliberately 　　[答案]D. deliberately. 　　[注释]deliberately(=on purpose)故意地。Sincerely真诚地；violently强暴的，激烈的，暴力引起的。properly 1)好好地，恰当地；She never makes any attempt to clean it properly.(她从来也不打算好好地把它擦干净。) 2)严格地：Properly speaking, a whale is not a fish.(严格地说，鲸鱼不是鱼。) 45. Her skirt had been so _____ in packing that she had to iron it before going out. 　　A. faded    B. torn    C. dirty    D. crushed 　　[答案]D. crushed. 　　[注释]crush把......弄皱。因为后半句中iron指“熨平”，所以不能选其他答案了。 46. His landlady gave him a week's _____ to leave the flat. 　　A. threat    B. notice    C. advice    D. caution 　　[答案]B. notice. 　　[注释]notice预先通知（尤用雇主、雇员或房东、房客之间）：give one's employee a month's notice (通知雇员一个月后离职)。 　　本题译文：他的女房东通知他一周后从套间搬走。 47. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store. 　　A. anyone    B. the others    C. that    D. the ones 　　[答案]D. the ‎ ones 　　[注释]代词one可以用来替代前面提到过的名词，以避免重复。如果它替代的名词是复数，则用ones。本题中它代替refrigerators；因特指，故用the ones. 48. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____. 　　A. average    B. ordinary    C. regular    D. normal 　　[答案]D. normal 　　[注释]normal正常的；ordinary普通的；usual平常的；regular有规律的，定期的。 49. With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is _____ rapidly transformed. 　　A. anything but B. more or less  C. at large  D. any more 　　[答案]B. more or less. 　　[注释]more or less 或多或少地；anything but根本不；at large大体上；逍遥法外；详细地。 　　本题译文：随着经济基础的改变，整个庞大的上层建筑也或多或少地发生变革。 50. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years. 　　A. acquainted B. informed  C. enlightened  D. advised 　　[答案]A. acquainted. 　　[注释]be acquainted with熟悉，be well informed of(about)对......消息灵通。可见，此题中应用acquainted,因为后面地介词是with. 51. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists. 　　A. process   B. attention    C. measure    D. part 　　[答案]D. part. 　　[注释]take part in参加。 　　本题译文：显然，整个世界正经历着一场社会革命；科学家和技术人员必定是这场革命地主要参加者。 52. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more _____. 　　A. at length    B. at last    C. at stake    D. at ease 　　[答案]C. at stake. 　　[注释]at stake(=to be won or lost; risked, depending upon the result of sth.)在危险中；利害攸关；His life itself was at stake.(他的生命本身濒临危险。);  at last最终；at length详细地；at ease安详，自在，随便，不拘束：She knew he was not at ease.(她知道，他并不自在。) 　　本题译文：农民们比城里人更渴望鱼，因为雨水对农民来说关系更大。 53. When the big bills for mother's hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____. 　　A. fall short of    B. fall through 　　C. fall back on     D. fall in with 　　[答案]C. fall back on. 　　[注释]fall back on求助于。参阅Ⅲ.48注释。 　　Fall short of没达到，低于：1)He fell short of what we had expected.(他没有达到我们的期望。) 2)The measures proposed fall far short of what is required.(所提出的这些措施远没达到需要的 目标。)Fall in with与......一致，符合；同意，赞成，支持。Fall through落空。参阅Ⅲ ‎.49注释。 　　本题译文：母亲在医院就医的各种帐单送来时，父亲高兴的是他可用银行里的存款来支付。 54. These plastic flowers look so _____ that many people think they are real. 　　A. beautiful    B. natural    C. artificial    D. similar 　　[答案]B. natural. 　　[注释]natural自然的，与后半句“许多人认为它们是真的”相呼应。 55. The managing director promised that he would _____ me as soon as he had any further information. 　　A. communicate    B. notice    C. notify    D. note 　　[答案]C. notify. 　　[注释]notify通知。Notice n.通知；v.注意到；note n.笔记；v.记下，摘下。 56. When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had _____ to visit London on business. 　　A. opportunity B. possibility  C. occasion D. chance 　　[答案]C. occasion 　　[注释] occasion 作可数名词时，意为“时机”，作不可数名词时，意为“必要”，本题中occasion意为“必要”。从句语法结构上看，本句中用opportunity(难得的)机会，chance（偶然的）机会均可，但按逻辑意思，应用occasion. 57. The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people. 　　A. element   B. spot    C. sense    D. point 　　[答案]D. point. 　　[注释]point(=chief idea of sth. said, done, or planned)要点；论点，主旨：I don't see your point.(我不明白你的意思。)He said nothing to the point.(他说的不切题。) 58. It has always been the _____ of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities. 　　A. plan    B. campaign    C. procedure    D. policy 　　[答案]D. policy. 　　[注释]policy(尤指政党、政府、大企业、商行等的)政策，方针。Campaign(政治或竞选的)运动；（军事的）行动，procedure做事的手续、程序，rule规则，plan计划，均不合题意。 　　本题译文：本公司的一贯方针是鼓励工人参加社会活动。 59. The climbers _____ their ambition by reaching the summit of the mountain. 　　A. obtained  B. sustained  C. maintained  D. realized 　　[答案]D. realised. 　　[注释]realise sth. by doing sth. else通过做......来实现.......。 60. I remember her face but I cannot _____ where I met her. 　　A. recall    B. remind    C. remember    D. remark 　　[答案]A. recall. 　　[注释]recall(=bring back to the mind)想起，回忆起：But I really cann't recall your name at his moment. 　　Remind sb. of ...使......想起：1)The photo reminds me of my late father.(这张照片使我想起已故的父亲。) 2)The sight of the clock reminded me that I was late.Remind sb. to sth.提醒......做......；Please remind me to write the letter.‎ ‎61. He has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it. 　　A. purpose    B. intention    C. aim    D. meaning 　　[答案]A. purpose. 　　[注释]on purpose是介词习语，意为“故意地”。如用intention,则应说by intention故意地。 62. The magician picked several persons from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance. 　　A. by accident    B. on occasion 　　C. at random      D. on an average 　　[答案]C. at random. 　　[注释]at random(=without aim or purpose)随便地，胡乱地：His clothes were scattered about the room at random. By accident意外地；on occasion偶尔；on an average平均计算。 63. The open university was started in order to help those who _____ having a university education when they were young. 　　A. stopped    B. failed    C. missed    D. ceased 　　[答案]C. missed. 　　[注释]miss doing sth.没有做某事：I missed seeing the film when it was shown at school.(学校放映那部电影时，我没有能去看。) 64. His _____of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly. 　　A. shape    B. pattern    C. design    D. model 　　[答案]D. model. 　　[注释]model此句中意为“（飞机的）模型”。 65. If you _____ your demand, then maybe you will have more chance of getting what you want. 　　A. conduct    B. dismiss    C. grant    D. moderate 　　[答案]D. moderate. 　　[注释]moderate(=make or become less violent or extreme)节制，缓和，减轻。 66. Don't _____ the news to the public until we give you the go-ahead (许可，准许). 　　A. release    B. discard    C. relieve    D. retain 　　[答案]A, release. 　　[注释]release(=allow news to be published)发布（新闻）：Details of the scheme have not yet been released to the public.(这项计划的细节尚未向公众发布。)relieve 1)减轻（痛苦，紧张情绪等）：What will relieve a headache? This will help to relieve our hardship. 2)使放心，使宽慰：The good news relieved us, for we had been very anxious. 3)赈济，救济：The fund is for relieving distress among the flood victims. 4)relieve...from(of)解除，免除； a. This medicine will help to relieve you from your pain. b. He was relieved of his duties.retain(= keep; continue to have or hold)保持，继续保有：1)She retains a clear memory of her schooldays. 2)You must retain your tickets. 67. The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _____ of vegetables in the coming days. 　　A. rarity   B. scarcity  C. invalidity  D. variety 　　[答案]B. scarcity. 　　[注释]scarcity(=the state of being scarce)缺乏；不足（指原本充足之物暂时在数量上的缺乏）。例如：The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.(水果的供应不足是干旱所引起的。)rarity(=sth. uncommon, unusual or sth. valued because rare)珍稀，稀少：Snow is a rarity around the equator.(雪在赤道周围是罕见之物。)invalidity(=making weak by illness; not suitable for use)无效性，丧失工作能力。Variety(=difference of condition or quality)变化，多样化。 　　本题译文：目前席卷这一地区的暴风雨今后肯定会引起蔬菜短缺。 68. Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to _____ until help came. 　　 A. keep on   B. catch on  C. count on    D. hang on 　　[答案]D. hang on. 　　[注释]hang on(=hold fast, keep hold)牢牢抓住，抓紧不放：Help! I can't hang on much longer.(救命啊！我支持不住啦。)keep on(doing sth.)继续（做......）；catch on 理解；count on 指望，依赖。 　　本题译文：杰克差点从悬崖上掉下来，但得以抓住不放直到得救。 69. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to _____ healthy. 　　A. preserve    B. stay    C. maintain    D. reserve 　　[答案]B. stay. 　　[注释]preserve, stay, maintain, reserve这4个词均有“保持”，“维持”之意。stay后可接形容词作表语：The weather stayed wet for three days.其他3个词均为及物动词。Preserve(=keep safe from decay, risk, harm, danger, going bad etc.)保存，保护：1)Policemen preserve order in the streets.(警察在街上维持秩序。) 2)We must preserve our natural resources.(我们必须保护自然资源。)3)You paint woodwork to preserve it.(你油漆木制品以防腐烂。)Maintain(=keep up)保持，维持，维修。Reserve(=keep for a special purpose; store)保留，预定：1)I'll reserve my opinion at his time,(这时我将保留我的看法。) 2)I'll phone up today and reserve a room.(我今天将打电话预定一个房间。) 　　本题译文：专家们说，步行是一个人保持健康的最好方法之一。 70. Expected noises are usually more _____ than unexpected ones of the like magnitude. 　　A. manageable    B. controllable 　　C. tolerable     D. perceivable 　　[答案]C. tolerable. 　　[注释]tolerable(=fairly good, not too bad)可忍受的：The pain has become tolerable. manageable可处理的；可管理的；controllable可控制的；perceivable可觉察的。 　　本题译文：料想到的嗓音通常情况下比起等量的意外嗓音来说是可以忍受的。 71. It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____. 　　A. above all    B. in all    C. at all    D. after all 　　[答案]C. at all. 　　[注释]at all全然，真地（常用于肯定句中）：If you do it at all, do it well.(你若真做，就得做好。)not...at all全不，毫不：He doesn't seem at all interested in my plane.(他似乎对我的计划毫无兴趣。)above all(=most important of all)最重要的。in all总计：We were fifteen in all.(我们总计15人。)after all毕竟，终究。 　　本题译文：他是否努力工作到并不重要，问题是他是否真正地做了。 72. Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want. 　　A. efforts    B. pains    C. attempts    D. endeavors 　　[答案]B. pains. 　　[注释]take pains to do sth.下苦功夫做某事：I'm grateful because you have taken pains to show me how to do the work. 73. He ate what he could, and gave the _____ of the food to the birds. 　　A. remain    B. uneaten    C. rest    D. part 　　[答案]C. reset 　　[注释]the rest (of)剩余部分，其余。remain作“剩余物”(=what is left)解时常用复数形式，如：the remains of a meal(残羹剩饭)。[ALI]《新英汉辞典》认为也可以用单数，可作参考。 74. The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported. 　　A. limitations     B. restraint 　　C. requirements    D. restrictions 　　[答案]D. restrictions. 　　[注释]restriction(可数名称)限制性规定：It is a club with rigid restrictions on its membership.Limitation局限性，不足之处，不利之处（可数）：1)I know my limitations.(我了解我的不足之处。) 2)Every from of art has its limitations.（每种艺术形式都有其局限性。） 75. We won't know whether it will be successful. We won't know whether there will be good _____. 　　A. ends    B. results    C. effects    D. causes 　　[答案]B. results. 　　[注释]result意为“由某种活动或某种原因所产生的结果”，如：obtain(=get, attain, gain win, secure)good results（取得好结果），publish the results（公布成绩）。 76. No one imagined that the apparently _____ businessman was really a criminal. 　　A. respectful B. respectable C. respective  D. respected 　　[答案]B. respectable. 　　[注释]respectable受到尊敬的。详见117.注释。 　　本题译文：没有一个想象到这个看起来令人尊敬的商人竟是一个罪犯。 77. At first the institute refused to purchase the telescope, but this decision was _____ revised. 　　A. occasionally    B. consequently 　　C. successively    D. subsequently. 　　[答案]D. subsequently. 　　[注释]subsequently(=afterwards)随后，其后。 78. The speaker _____ several other subjects in the course of his talk but mostly kept himself to the main topic. 　　A. held on    B. worked out    C. touched on    D. kept out of 　　[答案]C. touched on 　　[注释]touch on简单谈到。参阅Ⅲ.178注释。 79. Comrade Li Dazhao, _____ librarian of Beijing University, was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party. 　　A. sometimes B. sometime  C. some time  D. some times 　　[答案]B. sometime. 　　[注释]sometime(=former)过去的，以前的：Alice Brown, a sometime pupil of our school, is now a teacher there. 80. Alice was very sorry to hear that her grandmother had _____ two days before. 　　A. broken off    B. passed off 　　C. given away    D. passed away 　　[答案]D. passed away. 　　[注释]pass away(=die)死亡，是“死亡”的委婉语。 　　break off中断；give away给掉；泄露；pass off中止，中断。 81. What makes the space shuttle _____ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an airplane. 　　A. exceptional    B. strange    C. unique    D. rare 　　[答案]C. unique. 　　[注释]unique(=being the only one of its type)同类事物中独一无二的。如：This stamp is unique; all others like it have been lost or destroyed. 82. People cannot but feel _____, for they simply cannot understand how he could have made such a stupid mistake. 　　A. puzzled    B. delighted    C. induced    D. inspired 　　[答案]A. puzzled. 　　[注释]be (feel, get)‎ ‎ puzzled感到迷惑、为难。 　　本题译文：人们不得不感到迷惑，因为他们简直不能理解，他怎么能犯这样愚蠢的错误。 83. When a space shuttle has accomplished its _____, it can be ready for another trip in about two weeks. 　　A. venture  B. mission C. commission D. responsibility 　　[答案]B. mission. 　　[注释]mission通常指一种特殊的、特定的且有一定难度的使命或工作，常与accomplish, complete等词搭配，如：accomplish a historic mission完成一项历史使命。Venture冒险；常指商业上的冒险投机。例如：He declined the business venture. Commission委任；代理；佣金。He often goes beyond his commission.(他时常越权。)responsibility责任。 　　本题译文：当航天飞机完成了它的使命，它能在大约两周内做好准备再次航行。 84. He's the kind of man who is fond of _____ compliments to other men's wives. 　　A. paying  B. saying  C. expressing  D. showing 　　[答案]A. paying 　　[注释]pay a compliment (compliments) to sb.恭维某人。 85. Radar enables the pilot of an airliner to take off, fly and land in _____. 　　A. danger   B. comfort  C. continuity D. safety 　　[答案]D. safety. 　　[注释]in safety安全地。从逻辑上看，其他选择均不切题。 86. The map was drawn to the standard _____ of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail. 　　A. route    B. line    C. rate    D. scale 　　[答案]d. scale. 　　[注释]scale在此题中意指“（实物与地图、图解等代表物间的）比例，比例尺”.be drawn to be standard scale of 1/100,000(按照十万分之一标准比例尺绘制)。 87. Our Party has always devoted great attention to raising the living _____ of the working ‎ people. 　　A. cost    B. situation    C. level    D. standard 　　[答案]D. standard. 　　[注释]living standard生活水准。 88. It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent. 　　A. noticed    B. stated    C. suggested    D. noted 　　[答案]B. stated. 　　[注释]state此处意为“（=make sth. know, announce）宣布，通告，声明（口头的或书面的）”，如：It is stated that all the accident were killed.(据宣布，事故中全部人员无一幸免。)suggest建议，是表示欲望意义的动词，从句中要用虚拟语气（should +动词原形）。Note(=notice)“注意到”，如：It was noted that the temperature rose during this time. 89. The chances of discovering life on Neptune are about a million _____. 　　A. at one    B. for one    C. to one    D. against one 　　[答案]c. the one. 　　[注释]a million to one百万分之一，意为“几乎没有什么可能”。 90. Everything he said then was _____ by what happened later. 　　A. identified  B. signified C. noticed   D. verified 　　[答案]D. verified. 　　[注释]verify(=prove the truth of)证实，证明：1)It was easy to verify his statements.(很容易证实他说的话。) 2)Later findings verified the scientist's theory(后来的各种发现证明这位科学家的理论是对的。) 　　identify识别，鉴别；signify表示，意味，要紧；有重要性：1)He signified that he agreed by nodding.(他点头表示同意。) 2)Never mind, it doesn't signify.(没事儿，这无关紧要。)‎ ‎91. The party, which had been greatly _____, was spoiled by the rude behavior of an uninvited guest. 　　A. looked forward to    B. looked up to 　　C. called forth         D. called for 　　[答案]A. looked forward to. 　　[注释]Look forward to 期待，盼望。参阅Ⅲ.109.; call forth引起，唤起。参阅Ⅲ.29注释。 Call for需要，参阅Ⅲ.26注释。Look up to尊敬。 92. It was clear that the small grocer was _____ people he owed money to. 　　A. at the expense of     B. at the risk of 　　C. in the way of         D. at the mercy of 　　[答案]D. at the mercy of. 　　[注释]at the mercy of在......支配下：The ship was at the mercy of the waves.(这艘船任凭风浪摆布。)at the expense of以......为代价，靠牺牲......；in the way of碍......事；at the risk of冒......的危险：1)He devoted his time to football at the expense of his studies.(他牺牲学习把时间都花在足球上。) 2)Her social lift got in the way of her studies.(她的社交生活妨碍了她的学习。) 3)We do this at the risk of our lives and liberties.(我们冒丢掉生命和丧失自由的危险做这件事。) 　　本题译文：显然，这家小杂铺任凭其债主的摆布。 93. I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she would not listen to me. 　　A. warned    B. persuaded    C. suggested    D. noticed 　　[答案]A. warned. 　　[注释]warn sb. (not) to do sth.警告某人（不）做某事。 Suggest不能接sb. to do sth。persuade sb.(not) to do sth.说服、某人（不）做某事；本题中不能选D. persuaded, 因该动词强调行为的结果。从逻辑上讲，既然“说服了”，那么与she wouldn't listen to me就前后矛盾了。如果把句子该为：I tried to persuade her not ‎ to walk on the thin ice but she wouldn't listen to me.(我极力劝她不要在薄冰上走，但她不愿听我的话。)，那么就符合逻辑了。 　　[注意]warn sb. of sth.警告某人有......。 94. When products made in factories _____, they are thrown away as garbage. 　　A. come to an end    B. are put to use 　　C. are used up       D. wear out 　　[答案]D. wear out. 　　[注释]wear out本题中意指（become useless form continued use of wear）用坏，穿破，如：The machine will soon wear out.(这机器即将用坏。)come to and end(结束)，put ... to use(投入使用), use up(用完)， come into use(开始投入使用)。 95. She is making herself ill with _____ over her son's future. 　　A. trouble    B. annoyance    C. disgust    D. worry 　　[答案]D. worry 　　[注释]worry既可作动词用，也可以作名词用，意思是“忧虑”，后接介词about或over。worry over 比worry about对某事的忧虑更为持久，更为专注，如：He worries over the least thing that goes wrong.(他总是惟恐有一点小事出错。) 96. The microphone enabled them to keep in touch, in other words, it made it _____ for them to contact each other. 　　A. likely    B. capable    C. possible    D. probable 　　[答案]C. possible 　　[注释]able有才能的，有能力的，指人的才智，而且是受过实际锻炼的才干。Capable“有才能的，能胜任的”(有褒、贬 二义)，如：He is capable of anything.(他什么事都干得出来。)此句含有明显得贬义。此外，作表语时，able接不定式，capable接of. capable还有一意思是“有可能 的”，例如：The car is capable of being repaired .（这辆汽车是有可能修好的。）用于此义时，be capable of 后常接被动语态动名词或有动作意义的名词：The ‎ situation is capable of improvement .possible 强调客观可能性，“可能的”程度比probable"大概的，很可能的低一些。 　　[注意]likely与possible在结构搭配上的区别。Likely可用于下列句型中：1)It is likely that...例如：It is highly likely that he will succeed.（很可能他会成功。）2)think(feel, consider)it likely ...例如：I think it likely that we will ultimately get a certain amount of money.3)be likely to do sth.例如：He is likely to see you again .但下面的句型是错误的，It is likely for sb to do sth.所以think it likely for sb. to do sth.也是错误的，故本题不能选likely. 97. They did not find _____ to prepare for the worst conditions they might meet. 　　A. worth their while    B. it worthwhile 　　C. it worth             D. it worthy 　　[答案]B. it worthwhile 　　[注释]worthwhile值花时间（或精力）干的：1)The visit to Paris was worthwhile .2)He thinks teaching foreign languages is worthwhile.3)She has a very worthwhile job.4)I think it worthwhile to work on my stamp collection. 　　Worthy (of)配得上，值得：1)He is worthy of being praised.(=He is worthy to be praised.)2)He is a worthy winner.3)She is not worthy to talk to man like you.（她配不上与你这样一位男士谈话）。 98. In spite of the thunderstorm, the children slept _____ all night. 　　A. densely    B. soundly    C. loudly    D. noisily 　　[答案]B. soundly 　　[注释]sleep soundly熟睡。也可以说sleep heavily. 99. John _____ knowledge of radio just by staying around the radio station. 　　A. caught on  B. worked up  C. took up  D. picked up 　　[答案]D. picked ‎ up 　　[注释]pick up学到，习得。详见Ⅲ。130注释。 100. I support your decision, but I should also make it clear that I am not going to be _____ to it. 　　A. connected    B. fastened    C. bound    D. stuck 　　[答案]C. bound 　　[注释]be bound to sth.受...的约束：I was bound to my promise.(我受我的诺言约束)[注意]be bound to do sth.1)一定会：The plan is bound to win.（这项计划一定会成功。）2)有责任（义务）：You are bound to obey the laws.(你有责任遵守法纪)。 　　本题译文：我支持你的决定，但是我得说明，我不打算受它约束。 101. Professor Jordon is well known for his _____ into the habits of the common housefly. 　　A. examination    B. introduction 　　C. research       D. expression 　　[答案]C. research 　　[注释]research into对...研究：1)(作动词用)He is researching into the reading problems of young school children.2)（作名词用）to carry out a research(=some research)into the causes of brain damage.(对大脑损伤原因进行研究)。 　　研究可译为make researches into, make a study of 或直接用动词study vt或research into (a problem etc.). 102. The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumor that he had planned to _____. 　　A. discharge    B. dismiss    C. resign    D. resume 　　[答案]C. resign 　　[注释]resign(=give up a post)辞职：1)imagine he will resign.2)It was his duty to resign his position. discharge sb.= dismiss sb.解雇某人：He was discharged(=dismissed) for being ‎ dishonest. 103. It was decided to _____ the search when there was no hope of finding the missing girl alive. 　　A. call off    B. take up    C. keep off    D. ring up 　　[答案]A. call off 　　[注释]call off(=cancel)取消。详见Ⅲ。25注释。 104. He put in a special _____ for an extra day's holiday so that he could attend his daughter's wedding. 　　A. request    B. demand    C. inquiry    D. proposal 　　[答案]A. request 　　[注释]request请求，put in a request for (提出请求)。enquiry询问，demand 需求，需要，proposal建议，均不和题意。 105. She _____ the temptation to buy a coat she could not afford. 　　A.challenged  B.obstructed C.contradictedD.resisted 　　[答案]D. resisted.   [注释]resist 此处意指（=keep oneself back from）“忍住...”，resist temptation(不受诱惑)。 　　本题译文：她不受诱惑，不去买她买不起的外衣。 106. Scientists have to work hard to keep _____ with modern discoveries and developments. 　　A. company    B. track    C. touch    D. pace 　　[答案]D. pace. 　　[注释]keep pace with跟上：1)This horse is too weak to keep pace with the others. 2)I can't help pace with your plan. 　　Keep in touch with与......保持联系；了解（情况）；1)People can keep in touch with each other even when they do leave. 2)I find it very difficult to keep in touch with all the recent developments in my subject.(我觉得很难了解我的科目当前的一切新发展。) 　　Keep company(with)与......相好：Never keep company with dishonest ‎ persons.(千万不要和不诚实的人来往。) 　　Keep track of通晓事态，了解动向：I find it difficult to keep track of my old friends.(我很难了解我的老朋友的情况。)keep track of的反义结构是lose track of（失去联系）。 107. He didn't _____ what I read because his mind was on something else. 　　A. hold on    B. catch on    C. take in    D. get over 　　[答案]C. take in 　　[注释]take in(=understand)理解。参阅Ⅲ。173注释。hold on(打电话时)不要挂断；catch on明白（作不及物动词用），catch on to懂得，明白（作及物动词用）；get over克服。 108. We made plans for a visit but _____ difficulties with the car prevented it. 　　A. consequent     B. subordinate 　　C. substantial    D. subsequent 　　[答案]D. subsequent. 　　[注释]subsequent(=later, following)随后得，接着发生的：subsequent events（随后发生的事件）。consequent(作为结果)而随之发生的：His long illness and consequent absence put him behind in his work.根据题意，本题用subsequent更妥。 109. Arrogance and pride are similar in meaning, but there is _____ difference between them. 　　A. a submerged      B. an indecisive 　　C. an indistinct    D. a subtle 　　[答案]D. a subtle. 　　[注释]subtle微妙的，微细的，难以捉摸的。a subtle difference.（微细的差别）。Submerged浸没的；indecisive非决定性的，非结论性的，未清楚标明的；indistinct不清楚的，模糊的；subconscious下意识的。 110. This watch is _____ to all the other watches on the ‎ market. 　　A. superior  B. advantageous  C. super D. beneficial 　　[答案]A. superior. 　　[注释]superior。参看Ⅱ，669注释。 111. The government has lost a great deal of _____ because of the large increase in food pries. 　　A. strength    B. support    C. agreement    D. vote 　　[答案]B. support. 　　[注释]lose support失去支持。vote作为“选票”解时，是可数名称，所以不能与a great deal of搭配。 112. The branches could hardly _____ the weight of the fruit. 　　A. retain    B. maintain   C. sustain    D. remain 　　[答案]C. sustain. 　　[注释]sustain(=hold up the weight of)承住，支撑：An old wall cannot sustain a new building. 113. He thought this was the first pair of shoes that had fitted him _____. 　　A. perfectly    B. justly    C. fairly    D. rightly 　　[答案]A. perfectly. 　　[注释]perfectly(=quite well, completely)十分，完全地。 　　justly公正地，正当地，应得地；rightly正确地，恰当地，正直地；fairly公正地，正当地；相当，还算；清楚地。 114. I feel sure that _____ qualification, ability and experience, you are abundantly suited to the position we have in mind. 　　A. in case of           B. in terms of 　　C. in the opinion of    D. in the course of 　　[答案]B. in terms ‎ of. 　　[注释]in terms of依据，按照。In case of万一......；in the opinion of按照......的看法；in the course of在......的过程中，在......期间。以上4个习语均为大纲规定之列，考生应熟记、活用。Have...in mind心中想到。 　　本题译文：我肯定，根据资格、能力和经验，你完全适合我们心中想到的工作。 115. So far as he could, John had always tried to _____ the example he saw in Lincoln. 　　A. live up to B. set forth C. call for  D. cut out 　　[答案]A. live up to. 　　[注释]live up to不辜负，作到；参阅Ⅲ，102注释, set forth阐明，提出，列举；参阅Ⅲ，154注释, cut out删去；参阅Ⅲ，38注释, call for需要，要求；参阅Ⅲ，26注释。 　　本题译文：只要约翰能够，他总是努力做到他在林肯身上所看到的榜样。 116. It would be _____ a risk to let the child go to school by himself. 　　A. following  B. passing  C. running    D. carrying 　　[答案]C. running. 　　[注释]run(take) a risk 冒风险：You are running a big risk in trusting him.(你信任他是冒极大的风险。) by oneself(=alone)单独，独立地。 117. Children who are over-protected by their parents may become _____. 　　A. hurt    B. spoiled    C. damaged    D. harmed 　　[答案]B. spoiled. 　　[注释]spoil(=make a child selfish from having too much attention or praise)宠坏，惯坏；Spare the rod, spoil the child.(省下了棍子，惯坏了孩子。)这是英国谚语，意为“棒头上出孝子”。 118. Paper making began in China and from there it _____ to North Africa and Europe. 　　A. sprang    B. spilled    C. carried    D. spread 　　[答案]D. spread. 　　[注释]spread vt./vi. 此处意指“传播”，如：1)The news spread quickly. 2)Files spread ‎ disease.(苍蝇传播疾病。)carry是及物动词，意为把某人从一处带到他处，故也有“传送”的含义，如：He carried the news to everyone in the village. 当carry vt. 在本句中与句子的语法结构不符。Carry作vi.用时，指“（发射物、声音等）能射到，能传到”，如：His voice carries far. (他的声音能传得很远。) 119. When the entire class worked together they finished the project _____. 　　A. in no way       B. in no time 　　C. on no account   D. in no case 　　[答案]B. in no time. 　　[注释]in no time (=in a very little time, soon, quickly)立即，马上：The bus filled with students in no time. (这辆公共汽车很快就被学生挤满了。) 120. The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing football. 　　A. state  B. condition C. occasion   D. situation 　　[答案]A. state. 　　[注释]state n. 状况，状态。例如：She is in a poor state of health. Situation处境，形势，局面，情况，工作：He was in a hopeless situation. condition 情况（多用复数）： Economic conditions were bad. occasion 场合，时机。‎ ‎121. Circus tigers, although they have been tamed, can _____ attack their trainer. 　　A. unexpectedly    B. deliberately 　　C. reluctantly     D. subsequently 　　[答案]A. unexpectedly. 　　[注释]unexpectedly 出乎意料地。例如：He unexpectedly failed to get the job.(他出乎意料没有得到这件工作。)又如：We met each other unexpectedly. (我们不期而遇。)deliberately故意地：I believe the house was deliberately set fire to.(我相信这房子是有人故意放火烧的。)reluctantly 不情愿地，勉强地：She agreed, very reluctantly, to ‎ help. (她十分买鸟枪地同意帮忙。) subsequently后来，随后：He escaped from prison but was subsequently recaptured. (他越狱逃跑了，但后来又被抓回来。) 　　本题译文：马戏团地老虎虽然已被驯服，但也会出乎意料地袭击驯兽师。 122. Stressful environments lead to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which _____ increase the risk of heart disease. 　　A. in turn  B. in return  C. by chance D. by turns 　　[答案]A. in turn。 　　[注释]in turn (插入语)转而，依次，而又：We need revision of estimated sales and this, in turn , will mean revision in production schedule. (我们必须修改预计销量，而这反过来又意为这修订生产计划。)in return 作为报答: I wish I could do something for you in return. (我要是能为你做点事作为报案就好了。)I gave him a present but he gave me nothing in return.（我送给他一份礼物，可他却什么也不给我作为答谢。）by chance (=by accident)偶然地；无意中：I meet him by chance on Fifth Avenue.(我偶然在第5大街上遇到他。)by turns 轮流地，依次：There were twelve of us in the boat and we rowed by turns.(船上有12人，我们轮流划船。) 　　本题译文：紧张的环境会导致诸如不良的饮食习惯等不健康行为，而后者又会增加患心脏病的危险。 123. The patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them _____. 　　A. correct    B. perfect    C. right    D. well 　　[答案]C. right。 　　[注释]put sth. /sb. right 纠正；治好，使恢复健康：Since man has done so much damage, it is up to man to put the matters right. (既然人类已造成了如此巨大的损害，人类又哲人纠正这种状况。)又如：This medicine will soon put you right. (这药很快会使你恢复健康。)其他3个选择均不能与put ‎ 构成习语，故不能入选。 　　本题译文：病人相信医生清楚地知道怎样治好他的病。 124. They decided to leave the waiter a big _____ because the food and service had been excellent. 　　A. note    B. reward    C. tip    D. gift 　　[答案]C. tip。 　　[注释]tip 本题中意为“小费”。 125. And you find that you're not to be _____ with a position of real responsibility. 　　A. offered  B. trusted   C. furnished D. retained 　　[答案]B. trusted。 　　[注释]trust sb. with sth. 把某事托付给某人：I can't trust him with my car.(我不能把我的车托付给他。)本题译文：你认为不会把真正有责任的工作托付给你。 126. There was a good _____ of the countryside from the front of the bus. 　　A. sight    B. view    C. scene    D. scenery 　　[答案]B. view。 　　[注释]view在本句中意指“看，眺望”，如：It is a large room with a view of the doctor's well-kept garden. (这是一间大房间，从房间里能看到医生精心管理的花园。)本题译文：坐在汽车的前排座位可以清楚地看到乡间的景色。 127. In aerospace devices the weight of the necessary power producing equipment is _____. 　　A. vital    B. possible    C. capable    D. reliable 　　[答案]A. vital。 　　[注释]vital 极其重要的。本题译文：在航空航天装置中必要的动力设备的重量问题是至关紧要的。 128. This album is _____ as it was the only one ever signed by the President. 　　A. unusual    B. unique    C. rare    D. special 　　[答案]B.‎ ‎ unique。 　　[注释]unique(某一类中)独一无二的。如选unusual(不寻常的，独特的)，虽然也说得过去，但毫无疑问，unique是最佳选择，因为它的后面the only one相呼应。Special专门的，专用的，例如；They went to London on a special train.[他们搭一班专车（或加班车）去伦敦。]rare稀有的，罕见的，如：rare metals(稀有的金属)。Singular单数的。 129. Trains stop here in order to _____ passengers only. 　　A. get off    B. pick up    C. pull up    D. pull in 　　[答案]B. pick up 　　[注释]pick up passages(接运旅客上车。) pull in(火车)进站；（船）靠岸；pull up停车；get off下车。 130. He _____ the place where he had been bitten by an insect. 　　A. snatched B. scratched  C. squeezed  D. stretched 　　[答案]B. scratched. 　　[注释]scratch抓，搔。此外，有一常用习语：scratch one's head over sth.对某事迷惑不解，搔头皮。Snatch掠夺；stretch拉长，延伸，撑大；squeeze压榨，挤。 131. It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the population is widely _____. 　　A. scattered  B. dismissed  C. separated  D. spread 　　[答案]A. scattered. 　　[注释]scattered是scatter的过去分词，也可作形容词用，（=lying in different directions; not situated together, wide apart）分散的，散布在各处的。Separate分开的，spread传播；摊开，dismiss解雇。 132. There are usually at least two _____ of looking at every question. 　　A. ways    B. directions    C. views    D. opinions 　　[答案]A. ways. 　　[注释]two ways of looking at every questions意指“观察每个问题的两个方面”。 133. He left in such a hurry that I _____ had time to thank ‎ him. 　　A. almost    B. even    C. nearly    D. scarcely 　　[答案]D. scarcely. 　　[注释]scarcely(=hardly, not quite, almost not)几乎没有。Scarcely是否定副词，类似的有：hardly, barely, rarely, seldom, little等。研究生入学考试中经常测试这类否定副词的用法。 134. As more and more cars are produced and used, so the _____ from their exhaust-pipes contains an even larger volume of poisonous gas. 　　A. exposure  B. distribution  C. expansion  D. emission 　　[答案]D. emission. 　　[注释]emission散发物，发射。exposure(to)暴露于：They believe that their health problems are the result of years of exposure to fine cotton dust.(他们认为，他们的健康问题是多年来暴露于棉花粉尘所致。)expansion膨胀，扩大；Heat causes the expansion of gas.本题译文：正如汽车的生产和使用越来越多一样，汽车的排气管的散发物内所含的有毒气体量也在增加。 135. The book seems to have been _____ from various books and articles. 　　A. pieced together    B. taken off 　　C. broken away        D. pulled out 　　[答案]A. pieced together. 　　[注释]piece together拼合，拼凑；take off起飞；break away from脱离；pull out拔出；驶出；（车）减速。 136. We had a marvelous holiday: only the last two days were slightly _____ by the weather. 　　A. damaged    B. hurt    C. ruined    D. spoiled 　　[答案]D. spoiled. 　　[注释]spoiled使......扫兴: A shower of rain spoiled our day's outing. 137. I could tell he was surprised from the _____ on his ‎ face. 　　A. appearance    B. view    C. sight    D. expression 　　[答案]D. expression. 　　[注释]expression此处意指“表情”。Appearance表示人的“仪表，外表”。 138. I'd like to take _____ of this opportunity to thank you all for your cooperation. 　　A. profit  B. benefit  C. advantage  D. interests 　　[答案]C. advantage. 　　[注释]take advantage of(=make use of sth. for one's own benefit)利用：take advantage of my ignorance(利用我的无知)。 139. If you ever have the _____ to go abroad to work, you should take it. 　　A. possibility    B. offer    C. luck   D. chance 　　[答案]D. chance. 　　[注释]chance(偶然的)机会。Have与the(或 a) possibility不能搭配；常用There is a possibility for sb. to do sth.表示客观存在的“可能性”。 140. Scientists think they have _____ in their attempt to find the causes of some major dieases. 　　A. broken through    B. worked out 　　C. fallen out        D. got round 　　[答案]A. broken through. 　　[注释]break through(=be successful after overcoming a difficulty)突破；取得重大成果：Scientists hope to break through soon in their fight against heart disease.(科学家希望在与心脏病斗争中很快取得重大成果。) 　　本题译文：科学家认为他们在探索某些重要疾病的病因中已取得重大突破。 141. His test results are not very _____. He does well one week and badly the next. 　　A. invariable  B. consequent C. continuous D. consistent 　　[答案]D.‎ ‎ consistent. 　　[注释]consistent 1)始终如一，前后一致：He is not consistent in his statements.(他的话并不前后一致。) 2)与......一致：The story is not consistent with the facts. What you say is not consistent with what you do. 142. The new safety regulations were agreed on after _____ with the work-force. 　　A. conference      B. participation 　　C. intervention    D. consultation 　　[答案]D. consultation. 　　[注释]consultation商议：hold a consultation with sb. about sth.（与某人商谈某事）。 　　conference讨论会；participation参加，参与；intervention干预，干涉。 143. The room was so quiet that she could hear the _____ of her heart. 　　A. hitting    B. beating    C. tapping   D. knocking 　　[答案]B. beating. 　　[注释]beating 此处是动名词，指“（心）跳”：Her heart was beating furiously. 144. During World War II Malta managed to _____ most of Italian and German bombers by throwing up an effective anti-aircraft screen. 　　A. put out  B. shut out  C. come across D. get across 　　[答案]B. shut out. 　　[注释]shut out(=prevent from coming in; block)排除，排斥：They shut out our dust by having double windows.(他们用双层窗户防尘。) 　　put out扑灭；get across越过；使人了解；come across偶然遇到。 　　本题译文：第二次世界大战中，马耳他建立了有效的防空屏障以防止意大利和德国的轰炸机侵入。 145. I think we should let Maria go camping with her boyfriend. _____, she's a big girl ‎ now. 　　A. Above all B. After all C. First of all D. For all 　　[答案]B. After all. 　　[注释]after all毕竟。 　　“for all + 名词”意为“尽管”: For all his wealth, he was unhappy.(尽管他富有，但他并不幸福。) 146. Jim's close _____ to his brother made people mistake them for one another. 　　A. confusion  B. similarity  C. resemblanceD. imitation 　　[答案]C. resemblance. 　　[注释]resemblance n. 像（to）。 resemble(vt.)像; She resembles her mother.(=She takes after her mother.)imitation模仿；仿效；confusion混乱，混淆；similarity相似性。 147. It has been decided that this company has the _____ right to print Mr. Smith's novels. 　　A.eventual  B.versatile   C.extensive  D.exclusive 　　[答案]D. exclusive. 　　[注释]exclusive(=reserved to the person(s) concerned)独有的；This bathroom is for the president's exclusive use. eventual最终的；versatile通用的，万用的；extensive广泛的。 148. He has recently _____ chess to provide himself with some relaxation. 　　A. taken on B. taken up  C. held on D. held up 　　[答案]B. taken up. 　　[注释]take up开始从事。take on参阅Ⅲ，162,171注释。hold on, hold up参阅Ⅲ，162,171注释。 149. What a terrible experience! _____ , you are safe, that's the main thing. 　　A. Somehow  B. Anyhow  C. Somewhat  D. Anywhere 　　[答案]B.‎ ‎ Anyhow. 　　[注释]anyhow(at= any rate; in any case)无论如何，不管怎样。 150. John always tries to _____ people who are useful to him professionally. 　　A. develop B. provoke C. correspond  D. cultivate 　　[答案]D. cultivate. 　　[注释]cultivate sb.结识（有地位的人），培养与......的友谊：He always tries to cultivate rich and famous people.(他总是极力结识有钱的知名人士。) 　　本题译文：约翰总是力图结识在职业方面对他有用的人。‎ ‎151. Although he hasn't any formal qualifications, Betas _____ to do well for himself. 　　A. managed  B. succeeded  C. arranged   D. convinced 　　[答案]a. managed. 　　[注释]manage to do sth.(=succeed in doing sth.)设法做成某事：1)He managed to escape to South America.(他设法逃到了南美。) 2)We managed to get what we wanted, anyhow.(我们反正设法得到了需要的东西。) 3)Do you suppose you can manage to get me a passport?(你能设法给我弄到一份护照吗？) 　　本题译文：虽然他没有正式的资力，但他收入很多。Do well for oneself吃香，收入多，改善自己的社会地位。 152. The family is a cooperative enterprise for which it is difficult to _____ rules, because each family needs to work out its own ways to deal with its own problems. 　　A. set up    B. put down    C. keep up    D. lay down 　　[答案]D. lay down. 　　[注释]lay down制定。参阅Ⅲ ‎，97注释。 153. After a short holiday, he _____ himself once more to his studies. 　　A. applied    B. converted    C. engaged    D. exerted 　　[答案]A. applied. 　　[注释]apply oneself to“致力于”。Apply one's mind to(专心于)。Apply to sb. for aid(向某人求援)。Apply a theory to practice(把理论应用于实践)。 154. She felt _____ of having asked such a silly question when the audience couldn't help laughing. 　　A. guilty  B. crazy C. miserable  D. ashamed 　　[答案]D. ashamed. 　　[注释] be ashamed of因......感到羞耻，惭愧：1)He is ashamed of what he was done.2)She felt ashamed of having done so little.(=She felt ashamed that she had done so little.) 3)John was ashamed to ask for help.(他不好意思向人求助。) 4)Jim was ashamed to have troubled me with so many questions.Be guilty of犯有......罪，过失：1)He was found guilty. 2)I am not guilty of this crime. 155. The driver can adjust the heating in winter and the air conditioning in summer to suit his own _____. 　　A. leisure   B. preference C. convenience  D. selection 　　[答案]B. preference. 　　[注释]preference偏爱，更加喜欢：My preference is for beef rather than for lamb.(我更喜欢牛肉面不是羊肉。) 156. There is not much time left; So I'll tell you about it _____. 　　A. in detail   B. in brief   C. in short  D. in all 　　[答案]B. in brief. 　　[注释]in brief(=in a few words)简短地（作状语）,例如：He told me in brief what had happened.（他简短地向我讲了已发生地事情。）此处in brief等于briefly。此处，in brief(=in a word, in short)简言之（作插入语）1)It is a long letter, but in brief, he says "No".(这是一封长信，但简言之，他说“不”。) 2)John is smart, polite, and well-behaved. In brief, he is admirable.此句中in brief意为in a word 或in short. in short作插入语，其意思是in a word(总之)。In detail详细地。In all总计，总共：There are ‎20 in all. 157. She got married although her parents had not given her their _____. 　　A. allowance   B. consent   C. permit  D. appreciation 　　[答案]B. consent. 　　[注释]consent n. 同意，赞成；consent (to) vi.同意，如：consent to a plan(同意一项计划)。allowance津贴。permit执照，许可证。 158. The rain was heavy and _____ the land was flooded. 　　A. consequently    B. constantly 　　C. continuously    D. consistently 　　[答案]A. consequently. 　　[注释]consequently (as a result)因而，所以。 159. Magnificent views over the countryside have often _____ people to write poems. 　　A. convinced   B. inspired C. induced  D. attracted 　　[答案]B. inspired. 　　[注释]inspired鼓舞，激励，产生：1)His speech inspired us to try again. 2)He inspired confidence in me.(他使我产生信心。) 3)The good news inspired us with hope.(这个好消息使我们产生希望。) 160. From the cheers and shouts of _____, I gathered that he was winning the race. 　　A. stimulus B. urgency  C. encouragement D. promotion 　　[答案]C. encouragement. 　　[注释]encouragement鼓励，支持：shouts of encouragement(鼓励的欢呼声)。 　　本题译文：从欢呼声和鼓励声中，我猜想他正在赢得这场竞赛。 161. She once again went through her composition carefully to _____ all spelling mistakes from ‎ it. 　　A.withdraw B.abandon   C.diminish  D.eliminate 　　[答案]D. eliminate. 　　[注释]eliminate(=get rid of, do away with)消除，排除，淘汰：1) Can the government eliminate poverty?（政府能否消除贫困？） 2)eliminate slang words form an essay(从文章中去掉俚语词)。 162. When the little child caught sight of the young woman _____ in white he started brawling immediately. 　　A. dressed  B. wearing  C. worn  D. putting on 　　[答案]A. dressed. 　　[注释]be dressed in 穿这......衣服。Wear意为“穿着”是及物动词，语法结构上与本题不符。Put on穿上，强调的动作。 163. Some areas, _____ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated. 　　A. due to B. but for C. in spite of D.with relation to 　　[答案]A. due to. 　　[注释]due to由于。有些语言专家认为due to引导的短语，在句中只能作表语，如：1)His absence was due to the storm. 2)The delay was due to heavy traffic. 3)This accident was due to his carelessness.但现代英语里due to引导的短语可以作状语用，如：He failed due to carelessness. Due to heavy traffic, he was late for an hour or so. 164. Many university courses are not really _____ to the needs of students or their future employers. 　　A.associated  B. relative   C. geared  D. sufficient 　　[答案]C. geared. 　　[注释]be geared to与......相连接的，与......搭配得上的。Be relative to与......有关的：This is not relative to the ‎ accident.(这和这次事故无关。)本题意指courses(课程)是否与needs(需要)挂得上钩，而不是一般得有点关系，故应选geared. 165. If we can _____ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right. 　　A. get off  B. come across  C. come over  D. get over 　　[答案]D. get over. 　　[注释]get over (difficulties)克服（困难）。 166. Be careful how you _____ that jug, it will break very easily. 　　 A. pour   B. operate   C. handle  D. employ 　　[答案]C. handle. 　　[注释]handle意为“用手拿......”:Wash your hands before you handle my books. 167. We suddenly saw the bus about to leave and had to run _____ to catch it. 　　A. hardly    B. awkwardly    C. hard    D. strongly 　　[答案]C hard. 　　[注释]run hard意为“使劲跑”，句中hard是副词。Hardly“几乎不“，是否定副词，与本题不符。 168. He hated the war so much that he decided to leave the army _____. 　　A. for long    B. once in a while 　　C. for good    D. once upon a time 　　[答案] C. for good. 　　[注释] for good (=permanently)永久地:He says he's leaving the country for good. for long 长久地。按本题题意，用 for long 不妥。once upon a time 从前。once in a while 偶尔。 169. This year the farmers were just able to gather in the _____ before the fine weather came to an end. 　　A. collection    B. harvest    C. flower    D. plant 　　[答案] B. harvest. 　　[注释] gather in “收获(庄稼)”: The farmers are gathering in the corn. 170. A successful scientist needs _____ if he wants to make hypothesis (假设) of how ‎ processes work and how events take place. 　　A. permission     B. penetration 　　C. imagination    D. convention 　　[答案] C. imagination. 　　[注释] imagination 想象力；penetration 穿透；permission 允许; convention 惯例，常规。 171. Tell your brother to come _____, because it's going to rain in a minute or two. 　　A. indoors    B. outdoors    C. outward    D. inwards 　　[答案] A. indoors 　　[注释] 按句子的逻辑意思应选indoors adv. 向屋里；在屋里，inwards adv，向内，向中心，outward 向外。outdoors 是 indoors 的反义词。 　　本文译文: 叫你兄弟进屋来，因为天马上要下雨了. 172. I can't advise you what to do. You must use your own _____. 　　A. opinion    B. guesswork    C. justice    D. judgment 　　[答案] D judgement 　　[注释] judgement 判断。guesswork 猜测，justice 正义，公正，ideal 理想。 173. Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have _____ in the last six months. 　　A. added    B. jumped    C. amounted    D. developed 　　[答案] B. jumped. 　　[注释] jump (=rise suddenly in price) 指“(价格)暴涨”。 174. There is a 20 minute parking _____ here, so we must get back to the car very quickly. 　　A. freedom   B. limit C. allowance  D. prohibition 　　[答案] B. limit. 　　[注释] parking limit 意为在停车场“停车的时间限制”。a 20 minutes parking limit ‎ (停车时间限制为20分钟). 175.The country needs a _____ government. We have had three Prime Ministers in a year. 　　A. stationary B. changeless C.constant D.stable 　　[答案] D. stable. 　　[注释] stable 稳定的。stationary 静止的，不变的，固定的。changeless 不变 的 ，无变化的。constant 经常不断的。 176. Having said he would mend the clock, he discovered that he had not brought the _____ tools for the job. 　　A. concise    B. correct    C. right    D. precise 　　[答案] C. right. 　　[注释] right 适当的，恰当的:He is the right man to do the job。(他是干这 项工作的合适人选) concise 简明扼要的，correct 正确的；exact 确切的： exact time 确切的时间，exact age 确切的年龄，exact weight 确切的重量； exact weight 确切的重量；exact information 确切的信息；exact cause 确切 的原因；exact meaning 确切的意思。 177. Radium salts, which have been found to _____ in bones, give rise to cancers of the bone. 　　A. pile up    B. build up    C. keep up    D. pull up 　　[答案] B. build up. 　　[注释] build up(=accumulate) 积累。pile up 堆积。keep up 保持，维持。 pull up 停车。 178. It has been laid down that each student must _____ a composition to the teacher once a week. 　　A. turn in  B. give up C. put forward D. bring out 　　[答案] A. turn in. 　　[注释] turn in(=hand in) 上交。 179. Our house is the most _____ one in the street; it is painted red. 　　A. permanentB.indifferentC.predominant D.‎ ‎ prominent 　　[答案] D. prominent. 　　[注释] prominent 突出的；突起的。indifferent 漠不关心的；permanent 永久 的；predominant 占优势的，主要的。 180. I shall take you back to Beijing _____ you are well enough to travel. 　　A. presently B. promptly C. immediately  D. shortly 　　[答案] C. immediately 　　[注释] immediately(=directly) 作连词用，意为“一……就……”，相当于 as soon as .‎ ‎181. The writer was always looking for suitable _____ to use in his next story. 　　A. contents    B. articles    C. notions    D. ideas 　　[答案] D. ideas. 　　[注释] idea(= thought； picture in mind)念头，思想，想法。 182. He gave me some very _____ advice on buying a house. 　　A. precious    B. worthy    C. precise    D. valuable 　　[答案] D. valuable. 　　[注释] valuable 宝贵的，有价值的，常可修饰advice， suggestion， assistance， discovery等名词。 precious“贵重的”如: precious metals(贵金 属)，precious stone(宝石)。 183. You will get to the church more quickly if you take this _____ across the fields. 　　A. track    B. passage    C. method    D. journey 　　[答案] A. track. 　　[注释] track(=path made by frequent use)意指“(常走而踏成的)小径”，如:a track across the moor(越过荒野的小径)。passage“通路”，如:force a passage through a crowd(在人群中挤出的一条通路). 可见此处选passage不妥. 184. A landing on Mars is within the _____ of current physical theory. 　　A. scheme    B. scope    C. scrap    D. scale 　　[答案] B . scope. 　　[注释] scope 范围，活动范围，理解犯围: 1 Many words are outside the scope of this dictionary. (许多单词是超出了这本词典的范围.) 2 Very hard words are not within the scope of a child's understanding。(非常难懂的 词是超出了一个孩子的理解范围.) 3 Economics is beyond the scope of a child's mind.(经济学是孩子理解不了的.) 185. He was _____ by a bee when he was collecting the honey. 　　A. scratched    B. pricked    C. stung    D. bitten 　　[答案] C. stung. 　　[注释] sting 刺，蛰，叮。在英语中蜜蜂蛰用 sting ；而蚊子“叮”用 bite， 如: A mosquito just bit me.(狗、蛇，咬)，钧用 bite ，scratch 搔，prick vt. 扎(穿)，刺(穿) 186. Don't go too far into the sea, children, or the waves will _____ you off your feet. 　　A. flow    B. cut    C. press    D. sweep 　　[答案] D. sweep. 　　[注释] sweep sb，off sb's feet 由两层意思，直义为“(浪等)把某人冲倒”， 转义是“使产生强烈的好感，使完全信服”，如: His speech swept them off their feet。(他的演说使他们五体投地.) 187. The store had no more red shoes _____, so Mary chose brown ones instead. 　　A. in demand B. in store  C. in need D. in stock 　　[答案] D. in stock. 　　[注释] in stock(=having sth. ready to sell or use；in present supply) 有 现货供应: The shop has suger in stock.(这个商店有白糖供应.) in demand(=needed；wanted；) 有需求: The book about dogs was much in demand in the library.(=Many people wanted to read the book about dogs that in the library.) in need(=in poverty，in trouble)在贫困中，在困难中: A friend in need is a friend indeed。(A friend who helps when one is in trouble is areal friend.) in store(=saved up in case of need； ready for use for some purpose) 储备待用:于If the electricity goes off，we have candles in the closet.(=We have candles put away if we need them for light.)(如果电灯灭了，我们壁橱里还备有蜡烛.) 　　[注意] in stock 强调商店备有现货以供出售，而 in store 则指储备物品以供急 需使用。此外 in store 还可以表示“等待着，必将发生”。例如: I have a surprise in store for you.(我有一个你料想不到的消息要告诉你。) 　　本题译文: 这家商店没有红鞋供应，所以玛丽买了一双宗色的鞋. 188. Bill is not a fast runner and he doesn't have a chance of winning the marathon, but he will _____ the race even if he finishes last. 　　A. keep on    B. keep to    C. stick out    D. stick to 　　[答案] C. stick out. 　　[注释] stick out(=keep on doing sth。until it is done，no matter how long，hard，or unpleasant) 坚持下去: Mathematics is hard，but if you stick it out you will understanding it(=Mathematics is hard，but if you keep on working hard at it you will learn it.) 此外，stick on 还可表示 (stand out) 突出: The skyscraper sticks out against the bkue sky.(这幢摩 天大楼映着蓝图显得格外突出.) 　　[注意] stick out与keep to 均有“坚持”的含义。stick out 特指“坚持下功夫 干一件事，不完成决不收兵”；而keep to 则强调“坚持、遵守、坚守”诺言、 规则、原则、精神、岗位。可见，keep to 的英文释义为 ability by；adhere to，stick closely to。例如: keep to one's promise(遵守诺言)；keep to the rules of a game(遵守比赛规则)；keep to a principle(坚持原则)；keep one's pos(坚守岗位)。因此，我们可以说keep to相当于 stick to，而区别于 stick out. 189. Can you _____ me _____ two hundred copies of this article by tomorrow. 　　A. give .. out     B. send .. in 　　C. write .. off    D. run .. off 　　[答案] D. run…off. 　　[注释] run off(=produce with a printing press or duplicating machine)印刷，复印：The print shop ran off a thousand copies of the newspaper.(=The print shop printed 1000 copies of the newspaper.) 　　write off报废，勾销。参阅Ⅲ.200.注释。give out分发，发出。send in 呈报，递交，送上: 1 Have you sent in your application?(你是否已递交了你的申请书?) 2 He sent in two oil paintings for the exhibition.(他送上两幅油画参展.) 190. The current political _____ of our country is favorable for foreign investments. 　　A. climate    B. weather    C. state    D. occasion 　　[答案] A. climate. 　　[注释] climate 指某一地区的长期气侯，而weather则指某一天的“天气”。本题中的climate(=the general temper or opinion of a group of the people or period of history) 指“某一团体历史时期的总的状况和民意”。例如: climate of the political unrest 不稳定的政治状况. state(=condition) 状态；be in a state of 处于某种状态. 例如: 1 The room was in a very dirty state. 2 She is in a state of confusion.(她处于慌乱状态.) 由上可见，climate 最合题意. 　　本题译文: 我国目前的政治气候有利于外国的投资. 191. It was with great delight that I read in your February _____ the letter to the Editor written by Prof. Johnson. 　　A. issue    B. printing    C. magazine    D. copy 　　[答案] A. issue. 　　[注释] 根据题意，此处是指某杂志二月份的那一期，故应选 issue。printing 印刷；印刷术。至于 copy 与 issue 的区别，copy 指书刊的“本，册”；而 issue ‎ 是指报刊或杂志的“期”. 　　本题译文: 非常高兴地拜读了贵刊二月的一期中所登载的约翰逊教授致编辑的信. 192. What I'm telling you is strictly _____. Do not let anyone know of it. 　　A. secretive  B. special  C. individual D.confidential 　　[答案] D. confidential. 　　[注释] confidential(=spoken or written in secret) 机密的，应保密的:The information is confidential. special 专门的，专用的: a special car(专车).individual 个别的，单个的。secretive(=fond of keeping secrets) 爱保密的，守口如瓶的. 　　本题译文: 我现在告诉你的事是保密的，千万别让人知道. 193. The author had qualified as a doctor but later gave up the _____ of medicine for full-time writing. 　　A. prescriptionB. procedure C. treatment  D. practice 　　[答案] D. practice. 　　[注释] practice(医生或律师的)业务，生意: 1 The lawer has a very good practice. 2 We call a doctor's work and the number of patients he look after his practice.(我们把医生的工作和医治病人的数目称为开业状况.) prescription 药方；procedure 程序，手续；treatment 治疗，待遇. 　　本题译文: 这位作者当过医生，但后来放弃开业，专搞写作. 194. Julie is one of those women who always _____ the latest fashions. 　　A. put up with    B. come up with 　　C. get on with    D. keep up with 　　[答案] D. keep up with. 　　[注释] keep up with 跟上，与……并驾齐驱；及时了解。put up with 忍受；get on with有进展；生活得……；come up with 提出. 　　本题译文: 朱莉是那些总赶时髦的女子之一. 195. Having made his first film earlier this year, he is _____ starting in a new ‎ one. 　　A. currently    B. actually   C. recently  D. lately 　　[答案] A. currently. 　　[注释] currently 目前；actually 实际上；recently 近来；lately(=recently) 近来.start in(on) 开始(做某事)，常用于口语中，如: 1 Fred started in wedding the garden. (弗雷得开始在花园里除草.) 2 If we start in at once，we shall get the job finished early. (如果我们马上开始，我们可以早点完成这项工作.) 196. My house is very _____ for getting to work as it is only a few minutes from the station. 　　A. comfortable B. suitable  C. convenient  D. available 　　[答案] C. convenient. 　　[注释]convenient 方便的。suitable也可接for，但其词义和本题不符，故不能选. 197. When college students _____ future employment, they often think of status, income, and prestige. 　　A. demand    B. assume    C. apply    D. anticipate 　　[答案] D. anticipate. 　　[注释] anticipate 预料，期望，预望：The first question is one the John has anticipated. (第一个问题是约翰已经预料到的) 198. Alice _____ her father that both she and her husband would be happy if he would live with them. 　　A.convinced  B.reinforced   C.pledged  D.required 　　[答案] A. convince 　　[注释]convince sb. +that从句意为“使……相信，说服……”。reinforce 加强，增强。pledge发誓，保证. 199. Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work. 　　A.hamper   B.support   C.depress  D.prevent ‎ 　　[答案] A. hamper. 　　[注释] hamper(=hinder)阻碍。prevent 防止，后接from. 200. She chose cushions of a color which would _____ her carpet. 　　A. equal  B. agree  C. help  D. match 　　[答案] D. match. 　　[注释] match vt. 匹配；相配: 1 You can't match him in his knowledge of wild plants.(在野生植物知识方面，你无阀于他相比.) 2 Her hat does match her dress.(她的帽子与她的衣服不配.)match vi. 相配: These gloves don't match. 201. We finally managed to _____ the committee's approval of our plans. 　　A. secure    B. arouse    C. acquire    D. exert 　　[答案] A. secure. 　　[注释] secure 与 acquire 钧有“得到”的含义，但 secure vt. 此处的意思是(=succeed in getting sth. for which there is a great demand)“获得(所需之物)”.acquire“获得，求得”，尤其指由于自己的努力，能力，技术而使原有的东西变得更多，并表示一经求得，即成永久的所有物: The boy has acquire a fire knowledge of geography.(这男孩已得到一点地理知识.)可见，根据题意应选secure. 202. I have such a bad cold that I have lost all _____ of smell. 　　A. degree    B. sense    C. strength    D. scent 　　[答案] B. sense. 　　[注释] sense 意为“(五官的)感觉”，如: People have five senses: sight，hearing，smell，taste and touch. scent 气味，香味. 203. She is so _____ that she cried for days when her pet rabbit died. 　　A. sensitive  B. sensible C. imaginative  D.impressive 　　[答案] A. sensitive 　　[注释]‎ ‎ sensitive敏感的(to),易受伤害的,灵敏的。sensible明智的(of),通情达理的。imaginative有想象力。impressive的给人留下印象的,感人的。 204. The lorry driver was badly _____ when his lorry crashed into a wall. 　　A. damaged    B. hit    C. hurt    D. harmed 　　[答案] C. hurt 　　[注释] damage损坏;harm对......有害;hurt(精神上或肉体上)伤害; hit打击;pain(精神上或肉体上)痛苦。 205. I caught a _____ of the car before it disappeared around the bend. 　　A. glance  B. glimpse  C. glare  D. gleam 　　[答案] B. glimpse 　　[注释] catch (or get) a glimpse of瞥见(强调行为的结果)。take a glance (or look) at看一眼(强调行为过程本身)。 206. The car salesman took the customer for a driver in the new model in order to _____ its improved features. 　　A. advocate  B.demonstrate   C.exhibit   D. reveal 　　[答案] B. demonstrate 　　[注释] advocate拥护,提倡。exhibit展览,陈列。reveal揭示,暴露。demonstrate(=show clearly by giving proof or example)(用实例,证据)证明,表演。 207. The rainbow _____ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds. 　　A. dissolved   B. removed  C. resigned   D. disappeared 　　[答案] D. disappeared 　　[注释]disappear消失。dissolve溶解。remove去除。resign辞去,辞职。retire退休。 208. All too _____ it was time to go back to school after the glorious summer holidays. 　　A. often    B. fast    C. soon    D. late 　　[答案] C. soon 　　[注释]all too实在太......，all too soon意为太快了，带有惋惜的意味，如：Tom had ‎ snatched a short holiday from his work to come here. He said it ended all too soon.（汤姆趁工作之暇匆匆来此渡一短假，他说，假期过得太快了。） 209. Deserts, dry areas with _____ no vegetation, cover more than one-third of the Earth's land surface. 　　A. surprisingly    B. eventually 　　C. permanently     D. virtually 　　[答案] D. virtually 　　[注释]virtually(=almost, very nearly; in every way that is really important)几乎，事实上，实际上；My book is virtually finished; I have only a few changes to make in the writing.( 我的书几乎写完了,我只要在作品中再作一点修改就可以了。)surprisingly令人惊奇的；eventually最终的；permanently永久的。 210. After dinner the minister made a short _____ to the guests. 　　A. delivery  B.pronunciation  C.conversation D. speech 　　[答案] D. speech 　　[注释]make a speech to sb.(向某人做演讲)。make conversation with sb.(和某人闲谈conversation常与下列动词搭配:get (enter) into conversation with(和......攀谈起来),have a conversation with(与......谈话),interrupt (break off) conversation(中断谈话),turn the conversation to other matters(把话题转到其他问题上)delivery常指"(演讲等的)说话方式,口才",如: His report was good, but his delivery was poor.( 他的报告内容很好,但他的口才太差)。‎ ‎211. When there's doubt the examiner's decision is _____. 　　A. right    B. final    C. definite    D. fixed 　　[答案] B. final. 　　[注释]final最终的,不会改变的。definite明确的。fixed固定的,不变的;a fixed ‎ income(固定收入)。right正确的。 212. Busy and successful as he was, the novelist was willing to _____ any promising young man and give him all the help he could. 　　A. take up    B. pick up    C. make up    D. look up 　　[答案] A. take up. 　　[注释]take up把......当作被保护人,关照,提携,列如:This athlete was taken up by several Boston universities.(这个运动员得到波士顿大学的关照。)pick up参阅III.129,130注释。 　　本题译文：虽然他是一位繁忙又有成就的小说家,但他愿意提携任何有前途的年轻人并尽力给予帮助。 213. He did not find a job yet because he had no _____ to men who could help him. 　　A. approach  B. application   C. access  D. approval 　　[答案] C. access. 　　[注释]have access to进入的路；能接近，进入,了解或使用(不可数名词)。列如：1)We had access to his private files.(我们能接触他的私人档案。)2)Only a few people have access to the full facts of the ase.(只有几人能了解案件的全部事实。)3)Only high officials had access to the emperor.(只有高级官员才能接近皇帝。)approach接近,走近,快到;对待处理(事情的)方式;接近(到达)的路:1)He was warned of the enemy.(已警告他敌人已接近。)2)His book represents a new approach to the difficulty.(他的书代表了处理困难的一种新方法。)3)The approach to the house was a narrow path.(通到这幢房子的路是一条小径。)application申请,申请书。approval赞同。根据题意,此句中不是指身体上的“接近或靠近”,而是指“能接触到”的某人故选access更切题意 334. The old man got into the _____ of storing money under the bed. 　　A. tradition    B. habit    C. use    D. custom 　　[答案] B.‎ ‎ habit. 　　[注释]get into the habit of doing sth.意为“养成了做......的习惯"。habit指个人的习惯,而custom则指社会的风俗习惯。tradition“传统"。 215. The beauty of the place is more than I can describe. I am sure whoever sees it will _____ its charm. 　　A. appeal to   B. stick to    C. keep to    D. yield to 　　[答案] D. yield to. 　　[注释]yield to:屈服于;投降让步(经常有比较灵活的译法)。如:The disease yielded to treatment.(=The disease was cured as the result of treatment.)(这病经过治疗已减轻或治愈。) appeal to向......呼吁;stick to(=keep to)坚持。 　　本题译文:该地秀丽的景色无法表达于笔下。我深信,不管是谁看到了它都会折服于它的魅力。 216. Children are likely to get _____ if no one cares about their upbringing. 　　A. out of hand     B. out of order 　　C. out of place    D. out of work 　　[答案] A. out of hand. 　　[注释]get(or be) out of hand是习语,意为“无法控制,不受约束":This situation appears to be completely out of hand.(看来形势已完全失去控制。)out of order有毛病,失灵;out of place不得其所的,不适当的;out of work失业。 本题译文:如果不关心孩子的教育,他们很可能会无法控制。 217. When the Greeks had _____ the Persians, a soldier ran from Marathon to Athens. 　　A. won    B. bitten    C. beaten    D. hit 　　[答案] C. beaten. 　　[注释]beat sb. 打败某人。beat sb. black and blue(把某人打得鼻青脸肿)。hit,击,击中:hit a man on the head(打在人的头上);hit at sb.(向某人打去)。strike(=hit ,give a blow ‎ at blows to)打,击:strike a man on the chin(打在某人的下巴上)。win赢得,用作此义时,后不能接某人;可以说win a match, a victory, the first prize等。 218. There was a large box behind the door and Peter couldn't _____ falling over it in the darkness. 　　A. help    B. resist    C. avoid    D. prevent 　　[答案]C. avoid. 　　[注释]avoid 避免(后接动词或名词): He tried to avoid answering my questions. can't (couldn't) help doing sth. 禁不住做......不由自主地做......。 can't (couldn't) resist doing sth.禁不住做......: I couldn't resist laughing. 219.Maria is a _____ person and never makes any unreasonable demands. 　　A. sensitive  B. sensible C. obedient  D. jealous 　　[答案]B. sensible 　　[注释]sensible 通情达理的；sensitive敏感的；obedient顺从的；jealous 妒忌的，猜疑的，警惕的； 220. Violent programs on television may have a bad _____ on children. 　　A. affection  B. pressure  C. influence  D. control 　　[答案]C. influence. 　　[注释]have a influence on 对...有影响； 221. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality, he'd tell them so. 　　A. humble    B. minor    C. inferior    D. awkward 　　[答案]C. inferior. 　　[注释]inferior 比较差的；humble谦卑的，恭顺的，低下的；awkward 尴尬的，别扭的， 笨手笨脚的；不好用的；minor细小的：1)This cloth is inferior to that one .（这块布比那块质量差）2)She feels inferior to her elder sister .（她感到比姐姐差的多。）3)He is ‎ of humble birth.（她出身低微。）4)He is very humble towards his superiors.（ 他对上司低三下四。）5)he felt awkward and uncomfortable.（他感到尴尬不自在）6)He was an awkward carpenter.（他是个笨手笨脚的木匠）7)This is a very awkward question. We must ask that of Hery.（这个问题不好对付，我们必须去问问亨利） 222. If you put too many potatoes in that paper-bag it will _____. 　　A. fail    B. explode    C. crack    D. burst 　　[答案]D. burst 　　[注释] burst vt./vi.涨破，涨裂。Burst one's clothes（撑破衣服）。 223. One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles. 　　A.disposed B. deserted C. isolated  D. abandoned 　　[答案]C. isolated 　　[注释]isolated 孤立的。Deserted被遗弃的；空无一人的；abandoned丢弃的，如；abandoned cars(因报废而丢弃的汽车)。Dispose of sth. 处理掉某物：He disposed of his old car .（他把旧的汽车处理掉了。）意为卖掉或扔掉等。 224. I'm afraid you have no _____ but to come along with us. 　　A. possibility  B. permission C. choice  D. selection 　　[答案]C. choice. 　　[注释]have no choice but 除了...没有别的选择；只能...：I have no choice but to obey.(我只能服从)。 225. I shall never beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same _____. 　　A. set    B. band    C. group    D. class 　　[答案] D. class. 　　[注释]be in the same class 水平相同。此句中class,意为“(高低、优劣的)等级；种 ‎ 类”。 226. As soon as Charles had _____ a little from his surprise, his one thought was to get away. 　　A. returned  B. absorbed  C. dissolved  D. recovered 　　[答案] D. recovered. 　　[注释]recover from 从......恢复过来 227. When I arrived in this country, I had to start learning the language from _____. 　　A. scratch    B. scrap    C. snatch    D. scrape 　　[答案] A. scratch. 　　[注释]start from scratch (=from the beginning, from nothing) 从头开始，白手起家；John brought the radio from scratch. (=John bought the parts and put them together himself.) 228. The thieves _____ him _____ in the park, took his wallet and escaped. 　　A. held .. back      B. held .. up 　　C. held .. on        D. held .. out 　　[答案] B. held ... up. 　　[注释]hold up sb.拦劫。hold up, hold on, hold out 的用法请参阅III.82,83注释. 229. Japan has to employ an increasing number of overseas workers because there is no easy solution to its labor _____. 　　 A. decline    B. rarity    C. vacancy    D. shortage 　　[答案] D. shortage. 　　[注释]labour shortage 劳动力短缺。Decline 下降。rarity稀少。vacancy 空缺，未占用. 230. The two dogs started to fight, so we tried to _____ them. 　　A. split    B. separate    C. tear    D. divide 　　[答案] B.‎ ‎ separate. 　　[注释]separate 意指将结合的东西“分开，拆散”，divide指把整体“分成”几个部 分，split（沿一条线-）裂开，tear撕开，distinguish“区分，区别，辨别”。 231. The rapidly growing birth rate brings about a lot of environment problems, which the government is supposed to take _____. 　　A. significantly  B. severely C. earnestly D. seriously 　　[答案] D. seriously. 　　[注释]take...seriously 是习惯搭配，意为“重视，认真对待” 232. Carl wanted to play a joke on Bob but gave himself _____ by laughing. 　　A. away    B. in    C. out    D. up 　　[答案] A. away. 　　[注释]give away 暴露，泄露。参阅III.68.注释。 233. The government is _____ and will take the necessary steps to maintain security and stability. 　　A. on the alert    B. out of control 　　C. on guard        D. in vain 　　[答案] A. on the alert. 　　[注释]on the alert (=alert; watchful; careful) 警惕，小心：Drivers must be on the alert for traffic signals. (=Drivers must be especially careful to see signals when driving a car.) (司机必须密切注视交通信号。)out of control 失去控制；on guard站岗；in vain 徒劳，无效。 234. Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life. 　　A. rate    B. pace    C. speed    D. growth 　　[答案] B. pace. 　　[注释]pace 走或跑的速度；发展或进步速度。 235. She has lost her handbag with the _____ sum of $‎‎150 in ‎ it. 　　A. extraordinary    B. important 　　C. considerable     D. valuable 　　[答案] C.considerable. 　　[注释]considerable 相当可观的。[注意]considerate考虑周到的，体谅的，体贴的：1）She is considerate to others. (她能体谅别人。)2）That was very considerate of you.（你真体谅别人。）‎ ‎236. Russia's withdrawal of its experts from China did not strangle (压垮) the Chinese people; _____ it stirred up their enthusiasm for greater exertions. 　　A. on the other hand    B. on the contrary 　　C. to the contrary      D. in consequence 　　[答案] B. on the contrary. 　　[注释]on the contrary相反地：--Have you nearly done?--On the contrary, I have only just begun. Monday unless you write me to the contrary. (我星期一将来，除非你写信告诉我有相反地情况。) 237. As he had no friends and relatives in the town, the traveler tried to find a _____ somewhere. 　　A. log    B. lodge    C. landing    D. lodging 　　[答案] D. lodging. 　　[注释]log 圆木,lodge门房，传达室,lodging住所,landing登陆；降落。 238. Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place. 　　A. loosing B. missing C. losing  D. looking for 　　[答案] C. Losing. 　　[注释]lose one's place意为读书时“找不到读到哪儿”。类似的习语有：lose ‎ heart(灰心，泄气),lose one's heart to sb. (爱上某人),lose one's head(惊慌失措),lose one's hold on(or over)(失去对......的控制),lose one's temper(发脾气),lose one's tongue (紧张得不知说什么好)，lose one's way (迷路),lose sight of(看不见了),lose one's never(失去勇气)。 239. The manager said that they had an _____ plan if the plan they had submitted was not accepted. 　　A. alternate  B.alternative   C.absolute  D. appreciable 　　[答案] B. alternative. 　　[注释]alternative 可提供选择的，两者挑一的：alternate交替的：1)There was no alternative route open to her. (在她面前没有另外可供选择的路线。)2)French and English are not alternative courses; but may be taken in the same year.(语法和英语并不是交替开设的课程；而可以在同一年里选修。) 240. Jim isn't _____, but he did badly in the final exams last semester. 　　A. gloomy    B. dull    C. awkward    D. tedious 　　[答案] B. dull. 　　[注释]dull (=slow in understanding) 迟钝的。 241. At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it _____ his mind that she was trying to tell him something. 　　A. crossed    B. passed    C. occurred    D. opened 　　[答案] A. crossed. 　　[注释]cross one's mind 想起：1)A sudden thought crossed my mind. 2)It never crossed my mind that he might refuse the request. (我从来没有想到他可能会拒绝这个请求。)如用pass则应加through, 例如：When Jane did not come home by midnight, many terrible fears passed through Mother's mind. (=Mother thought of many things that might have happened to Jane.)occur的用法如下：1）That view of the case did not occur to me before.‎ ‎ (对这个案件的那种看法以前我没有想到过。)2）It occurred to her that she might adopt a homeless child.(她想到，她可以收养一个无家可归的孩子。)关于“想起”的以上三种表达法考生务必弄懂熟记。这些词组和句形不仅在词汇测试中经常遇到，而且在短文写作时也可以使用。 　　本题译文：起初鲍玻对弗吉尼亚的挥手致意感到迷惑，但后来他想到，她想告诉他某事。 242. His job at the hospital did not pay much, so he found another _____. 　　A. on the rise       B. on the spot 　　C. on the decline    D. on the side 　　[答案] D. on the side. 　　[注释]on the side(=in addition to a main thing) 额外；作为兼职：1）He ordered a hamburger with onions and French fries on the side. (=He ordered a hamburger with onions and French fries extra.) 2)He does some house-keeping work on the side.(他帮人家做些家务活作为兼职。)on the rise(作表语)在上升；on the spot 现场；on the decline (做表语)在下降：The population in the country is on the decline. (这个国家的人口在下降。) 243. The filling station _____ because there were too many others on the street. 　　A. fell through    B. went under 　　C. fell out        D. went through 　　[答案] B. went under. 　　[注释]go under 破产，失败。fall through 也有“失败”之意，但多半指计划、想法等“落空”。 　　本题译文：这个加油站破产了，因为在这条街上加油站太多了。 244. Air and the sun's rays create much distortion, and whatever tends to _____ their influence is useful to the astronomer. 　　A. exclude  B. eliminate  C. extinguish  D. impose 　　[答案] A. exclude. 　　[注释]exclude ‎ 排除。extinguish扑灭；eliminate消除。 　　impose 把......强加给：Don't impose your wishes on us.(不要把你的意思强加给我们。) 245. The lady who had invited us heard me telling my wife that the dinner was terrible so I was _____. 　　A.confused B. nervous  C.shameful  D.embarrassed 　　[答案] D. embarrassed. 　　[注释]be embarrassed 感到窘迫。 246. Animals should not be locked in cages; they should be in their normal _____. 　　A. environment B.position  C.residence  D. dwelling 　　[答案] A. environment. 　　[注释]environment(=surroundings, circumstances)环境，environment作集合名词用时，只用单数形式：We should work hard to improve our environment. (单词，不可数)Children need a happy home environment. (单数，可数) 247. I'm sorry but what he thinks is not of the _____ importance to me. 　　A. merest  B. lowest  C. last  D. least 　　[答案] D. least. 　　[注释]least 是little的最高级形式。 248. He offered to _____ her a hand as the suitcase was too heavy for her to carry. 　　A. lend    B. help    C. show    D. loan 　　[答案] A. lend. 　　[注释]lend sb. a hand给某人帮个忙。 249. I have been looking for this book for months, and _____ I have found it. 　　A.at least  B. in no time  C.at last  D.at present 　　[答案] C. at last. 　　[注释]at last (=in the end)最终；at least至少；in no time 立即，马上；at present ‎ 目前。 250. It was the largest experiment we had ever had; it _____ six hours. 　　A. ended  B. finished  C. prolonged  D. lasted 　　[答案] D. lasted. 　　[注释]last vi. (for) 持续。 251. The _____ stuck on the outside of the envelope said "By Air". 　　A. label    B. ticket    C. signal    D. sign 　　[答案] A. label. 　　[注释]label 标签，标记。signal信号. sign记号；指示牌：traffic signs (交通版示)。notice布告。 252. Psychological studies show that some people are quick-tempered _____. 　　A. at heart B. on purpose   C. in person  D. by nature 　　[答案] D. by nature. 　　[注释]by nature 天生，生来。in person 1）亲自，亲身：I shall be present at the meeting in person.(我将亲自出席会议。)2）身体上，外貌上：In person he was handsome, strong and healthy.(他面目清秀，体格强壮。)at heart 1)内心里，实质上：His manners are cold, but he is at heart a kind man. (他的言谈举止有些冷淡，但实际上他是一个好心肠的人。)2）考虑的是......：When I say don't eat sweets, I have your health at heart.(我叫你别吃果糖，是考虑到你的健康。)on purpose 故意地。 253. She was putting on her watch when the _____ broke and it fell to the ground. 　　A. belt    B. strap    C. tie    D. string 　　[答案] B. strap. 　　[注释]strap(表，手提包的)带。belt绷带，seatbelt(系于飞机座位上的)安全带。tie领带，string细绳子。 254. Feudal landlords, and imperialists are in no way more _____ than ‎ wolves. 　　A. reasonable  B. regardless  C. ridiculous  D. rational 　　[答案] D. rational. 　　[注释]rational 有理性的。 　　本题译文：封建地主和帝国主义者并不比豺狼更有理性。 255. His name was on the _____ of my tongue, but I just couldn't recall it. 　　A. end    B. point    C. edge    D. tip 　　[答案] D. tip. 　　[注释]be on (or at) the tip of one's tongue 就在嘴边，差点被想起，如：The answer was on the tip of my tongue, but I could't think of it.(我差点就想起那答案来，可就是想不起来。) be on the point of 正要（去做某事）：I was just on the point of going when you came in. 256. The authorities declared that because of the war petrol was _____ and had to be rationed (定量供应). 　　A. inadequate    B. rare    C. lacked    D. scarce 　　[答案] D. scarce. 　　[注释]本题译文：汽油供不应求，因此必须定量配给。 Scarce(=not available in sufficient quantity, not equal to the demand)不充足的，缺乏的，供不应求的。Inadequate不适应的，不充分的。lack vt./vi. (=be without ; not have; have less than enough of) 缺乏；没有；缺少，例如：1）He lacks perseverance.(他缺乏坚定性。)2)Money is lacking for the plan.(此计划尚缺钱。)3)He is lacking in courage.(他缺乏勇气。)be lacking in 常指缺乏某种品质、特点等。lack作及物动词时，一般不用被动语态，故不能选C. lacked.4)They lacked for nothing.(他们什么也不缺。)有人认为，lack for是美国英语。 257. How did it _____ that the two men arrived to address the same meeting at the same ‎ time. 　　A. fall out  B. take place C. get around  D. come through 　　[答案] A. fall out. 　　[注释]fall out 1)吵架，闹翻。参阅III.45,52 2)结果是。参III.50注释。本题中fall out意为happen, come about(发生),例如：As it fell out, they were able to sell their old car.(=They didn't know if they could sell their old car, but at last they did sell it.)本题中it是形式主语，that引导主语从句。一般来说，不宜用take place作主语谓语，故不能入选。 　　本题译文：事情结果怎么会这样：这两个人来在同一时间同一会议上作演讲？ 258. He looked incredulous(不轻信的) on hearing the news. He seemed to think it _____. 　　A. incompatible B.incredible C.inclusive D indifferent 　　[答案] B. incredible. 　　[注释]incredible (=that cannot be believed; difficult to believe) 不可相信的，难以置信的：His story of rescuing six drowning men was incredible. (他抢救6个溺水人的事情是难以置信的。) incompatible(with)不相容的。inclusive包括的，包含的。indifferent 冷淡的，不关心的。 259. In my opinion, your work does not _____ what I expected of you. 　　A. catch up with  B. add up to  C. come up to  D. go in for 　　[答案] C. come up to. 　　[注释]come up to 达到，符合：1)He tries his best to come up to the expectations of the people.(他努力达到人民对他的期望。)2)This piece of work does not come up to the required standard.(这件工作没有达到需要的标准。)catch up with 赶上；add up to总计；go in for 从事，致力于，追求，沉溺于。 260. I broke my relationship with John because he always found _____ with me. 　　A. error    B. mistake    C. fault    D.‎ ‎ failure 　　[答案] C. fault. 　　[注释]find fault with 挑剔，找......的岔子。例如：1)She tries to please him, but he always finds fault. (=He finds something wrong with everything she does.) 2)They found fault with every box I made. (=They found something wrong or something they did not like in every box I made.)‎