6. I just managed to _____ a quick breath before I was sucked under the water by the passing boat.

　　A. snatch    B. scratch    C. scrape    D. scan

　　[答案] A. snatch.

　　[注釋]snatch的原義是"攫取; 抓住; 奪得"。本題中snatch意指"匆忙間設(shè)法得到", 如：He snatched an hour of sleep. (他匆匆睡了一小時(shí)覺。) snatch a quick breath (匆忙猛吸了一口氣)。

　　7. My brother likes eating very much but he isn't very _____ about the food he eats.

　　A. special    B. peculiar    C. particular    D. unusual

　　[答案] C. particular.

　　[注釋]]be particular about對(duì)......講究, 挑剔; She is very particular about what she wears. (她對(duì)她得穿著很講究。) Mr. Smith was quite particular about my work. (史密斯先生對(duì)工作十分挑剔。)

　　8. I don't think the charge for overhauling （大修）the equipment is excessive in _____ to its size.

　　A. correspondence    B. equation

　　C. proportion        D. dimension

　　[答案] C. proportion.

　　[注釋]]in proportion to是固定搭配, 意為"與......成比例, 與.......相稱"。反義語：out of proportion不成比例,不相稱。本題稱。

　　本題譯文：我認(rèn)為該設(shè)備的大修費(fèi)并不過分, 是與它的大小相稱的。

　　9. Voices were _____ as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered.

　　A. swollen    B. raised    C. developed    D. increased

　　[答案] B. raised.

　　[注釋]]raise (=lift up) one's voice提高嗓門, 高聲叫喊。Raise one's voice against sth. 意為"為抗議某事而大聲疾呼", 如：As no one raised his voice against the plan, it was agreed on. (因?yàn)闆]有人發(fā)表反對(duì)意見, 該計(jì)劃就一致通過了。) voice的常用習(xí)語有：the public voice (輿論) , under one's voice (小聲地) , with one voice (異口同聲地,一致地) ,lose one's voice (嗓子啞了, 說不出話來) , have no voice with (對(duì)某事無發(fā)言權(quán))。

　　10. Having lived in the town for quite a few years, Mr. Johnson no longer felt _____ among the local people.

　　A. out of order      B. out of place

　　C. out of control    D. out of the question

　　[答案] B. out of place.

　　[注釋]]out of place (=in the wrong place or at the wrong time; not suitable; improper) (作表語用) 不適宜, 不得體：1) Joan was the only girl who wore a formal at the party, and she felt out of place. (=She felt embarrassed because her dress was not suitable for the party.) 2) It was out of place for Russell to laugh at the old lady. (=It was not proper; she should not have done it.) 此外,out of place (=not in the right usual place or position) (作狀語用) 不在原來通常的地方：Helen fell and knocked one of her teeth out of place. Out of order 發(fā)生故障; 失調(diào)。Out of control 失去控制。Out of the question 不可能的。

　　11. He stopped his ears with his hands to _____ the terrible noise.

　　A. show off    B. cut out    C. keep from    D. shut out

　　[答案] D. shut out.

　　[注釋]]shut out排除。

　　show off炫耀; cut out刪掉; keep from; 1) 隱瞞; She kept the truth from me. (她向我隱瞞真相。) 2) 不沾, 避開; He keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。) 3) 使不做某事：She kept herself from laughing. (她沒有笑出來。)

　　12. My house is the only brick one on the street. It _____ and you can't miss it.

　　A. stands up    B. looks out    C. sticks out    D. wipes out

　　[答案] C. stick out.

　　[注釋]]stick out (=protrude, project) 伸出, 突出; 顯露, 顯眼：1) The doctor asked him to stick his tongue out. 2) Spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. (這篇作文中拼寫錯(cuò)誤很顯眼。) stick out (=endure to the end) 堅(jiān)持到底; If you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. (假如你能在堅(jiān)持一下, 一切都會(huì)好起來。)

　　wipe out 擦去, 消滅.

　　13. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.

　　A. poured    B. melted    C. drew    D. dismissed

　　[答案] A. poured.

　　[注釋]pour 此處意為：涌出, 涌來, 如：People poured out to the rally. (人們踴躍參加群眾大會(huì)。)

　　14. Although it is not our normal _____ to give credit, this time I think we should consider the matter more closely.

　　A. state    B. intention    C. occasion    D. practice

　　[答案] D. practice.

　　[注釋]]practice (=way of doing sth. That is common or habitual; sth. done regularly) 做法, 慣例 ：It is my practice always to rise early. To give credit 讓賒欠：No credit is given at this shop. (這家商店概不賒欠。)

　　15. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.

　　A. news    B. print    C. publication    D. press

　　[答案] B. print.

　　[注釋]]in print是習(xí)語, 意指"印出來, 發(fā)表出來", 如：She finally saw her novel in print. (她終于看到他的小說出版了。) in print 的另一個(gè)意思是"在印行, 還在發(fā)行", 如：This book is still in print. (這本書還在發(fā)行, 可以買到) 反義詞是out of print , 意指"不在印行, 買不到了。"如：The book you speak of is out of print. (你說到的那本書已不在發(fā)行了。)

　　16. The engineers have rejected the employers' proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in _____.

　　A. opposition    B. return    C. sympathy    D. readiness

　　[答案] C. sympathy.

　　[注釋]in sympathy 以示同情, come out 此處意為 (=declare oneself) 表明態(tài)度, 所以come out in sympathy 意為"表示同情"。In return 作為報(bào)答, 如：I wanted nothing in return . (我不要什么報(bào)答。) collaboration協(xié)作, 如：work in collaboration with sb. (與某人協(xié)力合作) 。Opposition 反對(duì), 如：rise in opposition to (起來反對(duì)) 。readiness 準(zhǔn)備 (狀態(tài)); 待機(jī), 如：having everything in readiness for departure (做好一切準(zhǔn)備, 以便出發(fā))。

　　17. Her work is often very hard and she gets very tired. The work is _____.

　　A. wonderful    B. splendid    C. tedious    D. magnificent

　　[答案] C. tedious .

　　[注釋]tedious (=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting) "沉悶的, 厭煩的, 乏味的"。

　　Splendid 壯麗的, 輝煌的, 極好的。magnificent 壯麗的, 宏偉的：It was a magnificent ceremony. (這是一次盛大隆重的儀式)。

　　18. With prices _____ so much, it's hard for the company to plan a budget.

　　A. fluctuating    B. waving    C. swinging    D. vibrating

　　[答案] A. fluctuating

　　[注釋]]本句前一部分是"with+名詞+現(xiàn)在分詞短語"的獨(dú)立結(jié)構(gòu), 做狀語。Fluctuate (=move up and down) (指物價(jià), 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)等的) 波動(dòng)。如：Prices fluctuate from year to year. (物價(jià)年年波動(dòng)) wave飄揚(yáng), 揮舞; 招手; (莊稼的) 波動(dòng)。Swing擺動(dòng), 搖擺; vibrate振動(dòng)�？梢�, 根據(jù)題意, 只能選A. fluctuating.

　　19. Some teenagers have a generalized resentment against society, which _____ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.

　　A. deprives    B. restricts    C. rejects    D. denies

　　[答案] D. denies.

　　[注釋]]deny (=refuse to give or allow) 拒絕給予:He denied his children nothing . (孩子們要什么他就給什么。) deprive (=take away from) .剝奪。deprive sb. of sth.剝奪某人某物：They deprived women of the right to vote. (他們剝奪了婦女的投票權(quán)。) restrict (=keep within limits) The doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. (醫(yī)生限制他一天抽5支煙。) reject (refuse to accept ) 拒絕接受, 如：She rejected my suggestion.

　　本題譯文：一些十幾歲的孩子們往往對(duì)社會(huì)有普遍的逆反心理, 雖然他們發(fā)育成熟, 但社會(huì)拒絕給予他們同成年人一樣的權(quán)利和優(yōu)惠。

　　20. Though _____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

　　A. raised    B. grown    C. developed    D. cultivated

　　[答案] A. raised

　　[注釋]]本句中Though raised in San Franciscos是省略的讓步狀語從句。Raise (=bring up) 撫養(yǎng)：grow種植; cultivate耕作; 培養(yǎng) (友誼等) 。如cultivate后接某人, 則意為"培養(yǎng)與某人的感情"。如：John always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. (約翰一向喜歡與事業(yè)上對(duì)他有用的人來往。)

　　本題譯文：盡管在舊金山長大, 但戴夫米切爾總是愿意把小鎮(zhèn)生活中平凡的事情記載下來。

　　四．模擬訓(xùn)練來檢驗(yàn)：

　　1.    A power failure completely _____ the cake she was baking.

　　A. damaged    B. weakened    C. spoiled    D. injured

　　2.     In this time of economic reform, our state of mind should keep _____ with the rapid changes of the economic system.

　　A. pace                B. touch                C. progress             D. step

　　3.     She was so _____ in her job that she didn't hear anybody knocking at the door.

　　A. attracted     B. absorbed     C. included     D. concentrated

　　4.     Although I like the appearance of the house, what really made me decide to buy it was the beautiful _____ through the window.

　　A. vision     B. look     C. picture     D. view

　　5.     How can you ______ for your absence from the symposium (專題討論會(huì)) about environmental protection this morning?

　　A. reason              B. excuse              C. account              D. explain

　　6.     Though I knew these are words of Latin _____, I didn't quite know their meanings until I looked them up in the dictionary.

　　A. origin              B. source               C. resource             D. way

　　7.     The ring has been in my husband's family for three _____, so I decided to give it to my daughter-in-law.

　　A. people    B. offspring    C. children    D. generations

　　8.    Without the accident, you could never have imagined his _____ for dealing the difficult situation.

　　A. ability    B. capacity    C. management    D. capability

　　9.    At last the rescue team came, with only three of the _____ surviving the shipwreck.

　　A. group    B. crew    C. member    D. crowd

　　10.    The _____ of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics."

　　A. theme    B. topic    C. spirit    D. subject

　　11.     It took him several months to _____ the wild horse.

　　A. tend     B. cultivate     C. breed     D. tame

　　12.    Anger, joy, sorrow and excitement are human beings' basic _____.

　　A. psychologies    B. minds    C. desires    D. emotions

　　13.    The police haven't been _____ in the case that a woman put itching powder in the shoes in order to take revenge on her husband who had fallen in love with another woman.

　　A. absorbed    B. involved    C. contained    D. included

　　14.    Many doctors are now searching for _____ to cancer treatment.

　　A. ways    B. methods    C. measures    D. approaches

　　15.    Some old people don't like pop songs because they can't _____ so much noise.

　　A. resist               B. sustain          C. tolerate          D. undergo

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　　1-5 CABDC  6-10 ADBBA   11-15 DDBDC