1. Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _____ in giving the class lectures.
A. exchange B. alter
C. shift D. alternate
[答案]D
2. Pack the cake in a strong box, or it might get _____ in the post.
A. splashed B. spilt
C. crushed D. crashed
[答案]C
splash溅,泼;split(中间)裂开;crash(向下)猛跌;(飞机)失事。
3. The thief _____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.
A. abandoned B. vanished
C. scattered D. deserted
[答案]C.
4. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.
A. facilities B. appliances
C. instruments D. equipment
[答案]B
5. The _____ of the trees in the water was very clear.
A. mirror B. sight
C. reflection D. shadow
[答案]C
6. One _____ needed when making a cake is flour; another is sugar.
A. container B. ingredient
C. content D. equivalent
[答案]B
7. They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been _____.
A. behind the times
B. behind schedule
C. ahead of time
D. in no time
[答案]B
8. Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.
A. hamper B. support
C. assist D. encourage
[答案]A
109. Her display of bad temper completely _____ the party.
A. harmed B. damaged
C. spoilt D. hurt
[答案]C
10. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great _____.
A. emotion B. excitement
C. crisis D. stress
[答案]D
11. The reference she made to her friend, the poet, was interesting but too _____ for anyone to appreciate.
A. drastic B. dull
C. obscure D. distinct
[答案]C
12. He _____ his engagement just before the wedding.
A. broke out B. broke away from
C. broke off D. broke up
[答案]C
13. When she heard from the hospital that her father had died, she _____ into tears.
A. burst B. went
C. exploded D. fell
[答案]A
14. Your help is _____ for the success of the project.
A. indispensable
B. indicative
C. inevitable
D. inherent
[答案]A
15. _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.
A. In spite of B. But for
C. Because of D. As for
[答案]B
16. It was difficult to guess what her _____ to the news would be.
A. impression B. comment
C. reaction D. opinion
[答案]C
17. Our attitude toward our teachers should be _____, but not slavish or superstitious.
A. respectable B. respected
C. respective D. respectful
[答案]D
18. We could see that he was trying to _____ his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.
A. run over B. smooth over
C. pass off D. turn down
[答案]B
19. Glemp's heroic flight into space entitled him _____ a place in history.
A. for B. with
C. to D. of
[答案]C
20. He's _____ drink and never does a stroke of work.
A. gone to B. taken to
C. taken up D. gone for
[答案]B. taken to.
[注释]take to养成(某种习惯)。A stroke of一件。本题译文:他以成了酒徒,从来没有干过一件工作。
21. "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.
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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
27. High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.
A. discourage B. decrease
C. disturb D. disgust
[答案]A
28. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.
A. equivalent B. uniform
C. alike D. likely
[答案]A
29. 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
30. _____ 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