106. one _____ needed when making a cake is flour; another is sugar.
a. container b. ingredient c. content d. equivalent
[答案]b. ingredient.
[注释]ingredient(混合物的)成分。container容器,含量;内容(复数)。equivalent:相等物。
108. 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. behind schedule.
[注释]behind schedule(=late, behind time)晚点:the train is running behind schedule today.(=the train is not on time today.)behind the times(=using things not in style; still following old ways; old fashioned)过时,跟不上时代,落后:1)the store is behind the times.(=the store is old-fashioned; it looks as stores looked 40 years ago.) 2) mary thinks her parents are behind the times because they still do the fox-trot and don't know any new dances.(=mary's parents are old-fashioned in their dancings .) ahead of time提前: they have fulfilled their production plans ahead of time, in no time(=soon, quickly)立即,马上:i'll be back in no time to see you home.
109. 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. hamper.
[注释]hamper(=hinder, prevent free movement or activity)阻碍:lack of equipment is hampering our work.
本题译文:他们两人都认为他不怎么样并极力阻碍他工作。
think highly of... 对...评价很高,认为......很好。
109. her display of bad temperpletely _____ the party.
a. harmed b. damaged c. spoilt d. hurt
[答案]c. spoilt.
[注释]spoil指出意指“使...... 扫兴,搞糟”,如:quarrelling spoilt the pic.(争吵使这次野餐弄得很扫兴。)hurt伤害,damage 损坏,harm危害,均不合题意。
110. 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. stress. [注释]put sb. under(great) stress使某人处境(非常)紧张,使某人受(很大)压力。
111. 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. obscure.
[注释]obscure(=not clearly seen or understood)模糊难懂得。drastic激烈的,严厉的;dull单调的;distinct清楚的,明显的;截然不同的(from)。
本题译文:她提到她的朋友----诗人时所说的话是令人感兴趣,但没有说清楚,以致没有人为此感激。
112. he _____ his engagement just before the wedding.
a. broke out b. broke away from
c. broke off d. broke up
[答案]c. broke off.
[注释]break off(=cease suddenly, discontinue)突然中断;break off one's engagement(解除婚约)。break off(=interrupt) one's conversation(打断谈话)。break out(=begin suddenly)爆发。break away from摆脱,从......退出。
113. 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. burst
[注释]burst into tears放声大哭;又如:burst into thunderous cheers(发出雷呜般的欢呼);burst into laughing(捧腹大笑)。
114. your help is _____ for the success of the project.
a. indispensable b. indicative
c. inevi推荐 d. inherent
[答案]a. indispensable.
[注释]indispensable(to, for)不可缺少的,必需的。indicative(of)指示的。inevi推荐 不可避免的。inherent固有的,内在的,天生的。
115. _____ 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. but for
[注释]but for(=without, except for)若非,要不是:but for your help we could not have finished it in time.(要不是你的帮助,我们本来不会及时完工。)
116. it was difficult to guess what her _____ to the news would be.
a. impression b.ment c. reaction d. opinion
[答案]c. reaction.
[注释]reaction(to)对......的反应:our reaction to a joke is to laugh.
117. our attitude toward our teachers should be _____, but not slavish or superstitious.
a. respec推荐 b. respected c. respective d. respectful
[答案]d. respectful.
[注释]respec推荐(=deserving respect)值得尊敬的,品行端正的。respectful(=showing respect to)有礼貌的,表示尊敬的。respective各个的。respected尊敬的。respecting prep.(=relating to; concerned with)关于,说到。
118. 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. smooth over.
[注释]smooth over(=make smooth, put right, balliate)使平息,使恢复正常的,掩饰:1)i will try to smooth their quarrel over.(我将设法平息他们的争吵。) 2)don't try to smooth over your fault.(不要设法掩饰你的过错。)
run over 详见ⅲ.145,146.注释;pass off详见ⅲ.126.注释;turn down详见ⅲ.180,181.注释.
119. glemp's heroic flight into space entitled him _____ a place in history.
a. for b. with c. to d. of
[答案]c. to.
[注释]entitle sb. to sth.(=give a right to)给予权利: 1)he is entitled to special treatment because of his rank(由于他的级别他有权享受特殊待遇。) 2) officers are entitled to travel first class.(军官们有权乘头等车旅行。)
120. 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。
121. "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。)
122. 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。
123. 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。
www.59wj.com124. 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。
125. do you think a wife should _____ her habits and tastes to those of her husband?
a.ply 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。)ply with遵守;confirm使坚定,确认,证实;consent (to)同意,赞同。
126. 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。
127. 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。)
128. 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。
129. the two things are the same in outward form but different _____.
a. in addition b. in brief c. inmon 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;inmon共同。
130. _____ 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。
131. _____ 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!
132. 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。
133. 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
134. 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。)
135. 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.
136. 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?)
137. 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。)
138. apletely 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(e 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。
139. 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。
140. 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。
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