作者：北京新東方學(xué)�？佳蟹�譯主講教師 金威

　　1. In that country, guests tend to feel they are not highly if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date.


　　(A) admired (B)regarded (C) expected (D) worshipped

　　2. A of the long report by the budget committee was submitted to the mayor for approval.

　　(A) shorthand (B)scheme (C) schedule (D) sketch

　　3A man has to make ______for his old age by putting aside enough money to live on when old .

　　(A) supply (B) assurance (C) provision (D) adjustment

　　4.The newly-built Science Building seems _______enough to last a hundred years.

　　(A) spacious (B) sophisticated (C) substantial (D) steady

　　5.It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are _________free medical care.

　　(A) entitled to (B) involved in (C) associated with (D) assigned to

　　6.The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more at ______.

　　(A) danger (B) stake (C) loss (D) threat

　　7. I felt _________to death because I could make nothing of the chairman's speech.

　　(A) fatigued (B) tired (C) exhausted (D) bored

　　8. When the engine would not start, the mechanic inspected all the parts to find what was at _____.

　　(A) wrong (B) trouble (C) fault (D) difficulty

　　Your advice would be ______valuable to him, who is at present at his wit's end.

　　exceedingly (B) excessively (C) extensively (D) exclusively

　　He failed to carry out some of the provisions of the contract, and now he has to ______the consequences.

　　(A) answer for (B) runsintos(C) abide by (D) stepsintos

　　The river is already _______its banks because of excessive rainfall; and the city is threatened with a likely flood.

　　(A) parallel to (B) level in (C) flat on (D) flush with

　　People _______that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today.

　　(A) convinced (B) anticipated (C) resolved (D) assured

　　13. In spite of the wide range of reading material specially written or _______ for language learning purposes, there is yet no comprehensive systematic programme for the reading skills.

　　(A) adapted (B) acknowledged (C) assembled (D) appointed

　　14.The mother said she would ________her son washing the dishes if he could finish his assignment before supper.

　　(A) let down (B) let alone (C) let off (D) let out

　　15.We should always keep in mind that _______decisions often lead to bitter regrets .

　　(A) urgent (B) hasty (C) instant (D) prompt

　　16.John complained to the bookseller that there were several pages _______in the dictionary.

　　(A) missing (B) losing (C) dropping (D) leaking

　　17. In the past, most foresters have been men, but today, the number of women _________this field is climbing.

　　(A) engaging (B) devoting (C) registering (D) pursuing

　　18.The supervisor didn't have time so far to gosintosit ________, but he gave us an idea about his plan.

　　(A) at hand (B) in turn (C) in conclusion (D) at length

　　19. Their demand for a pay raise has not the slightest________of being met.

　　(A) prospect (B) prediction (C) prosperity (D) permission

　　20.It's usually the case that people seldom behave in a _______way when in a furious state.

　　(A) stable (B) rational (C) legal (D) credible

　　1.本題的答案是(B)

　　根據(jù)句意，空白處需填入表示"尊重、尊敬"意思的詞。(A) admired："羨慕"。(B)regarded："尊敬、尊重"。(C)expected："期望"。(D)worshipped："崇拜"。(B)與句意吻合故(B)為正確答案。

　　2.本題的答案是(D)

　　(A)shorthand："速記"。(B)scheme："精心策劃的計(jì)劃，方案；陰謀"。(C)schedule："計(jì)劃表，程度表"。(D)sketch："梗概"。根據(jù)題意(D)比較為合適，故(D)是正確答案。

　　3.本題的答案是(C)

　　(A)supply："供給"。(B)assurance："保險(xiǎn)，保證"。(C)provision："預(yù)防、防備"。make provision for…(為……作準(zhǔn)備)。(D)adjustment："調(diào)整"。根據(jù)題意(C)是正確答案。

　　4.本題的答案是(C)

　　(A)spacious："寬敞的"。(B)sophisticated："先進(jìn)的，尖端的"。(C)substantial："堅(jiān)固的，結(jié)實(shí)的"。(D)steady："穩(wěn)定的"。根據(jù)題意顯然應(yīng)填(C)。

　　5.本題的答案是(A)

　　(A)entitled to："給予……；授予"。(B)involved in："卷入"。(C)associated with："與……有關(guān)的"。(D)assigned to："把……分配給"。(A)與題意吻合，故應(yīng)選(A)。

　　6.本題的答案是(B)

　　(A)danger不與at構(gòu)成搭配，故(A)應(yīng)排除。(B)(at)stake是固定搭配，意思是"在危險(xiǎn)中，存亡攸關(guān)"。(C)at a loss："不知所措"，不合題意，應(yīng)排除。(D)at和threat不能構(gòu)成搭配，故(D)也應(yīng)排除。因此(B)為正確答案。

　　7.本題的答案是(D)

　　(A)、(B)、(C)、(D)都是近義詞，基本含義為"累"。(A)fatigued指人們由于過長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的勞累，消耗了大量體力，非常需要休息或睡眠。(B)tired指人們由于過分操勞、煩燥、不耐煩而消耗大量的體能。(C)exhausted指體能消耗殆盡，全身毫無力氣。(D)bored指由于枯燥、單調(diào)引起的厭倦。根據(jù)題意，正確答案為(D)。

　　8.本題的答案是(C)

　　本句空白處前是介詞，故此處需填入名詞。(A)wrong是形容詞，而且也不能與at構(gòu)成任何搭配，故(A)應(yīng)排除。(B)trouble和(D)difficulty雖然是名詞，但它們的前面與in搭配，不與at搭配，故(B)(D)均應(yīng)排除。(C)at fault是固定搭配，意思是"出故障，出差錯(cuò)"。這與題意吻合，故(C)是正確答案。

　　9.本題的答案是(A)

　　(A)exceedingly："非常"，合題意，故(A)是正確答案。(B)excessively："過量地"。(C)extensively："廣泛地"。(D)exclusively："排它性地"。顯然(B)、(C)、(D)都不合題意，均應(yīng)排除。

　　10.本題的答案是(A)

　　(A) answer for："對(duì)……負(fù)責(zé)"。(B)run into："使陷進(jìn)"。(C)abide by："遵守"。(D)step into："插手，干涉"。根據(jù)題意(A)是正確答案。

　　11.本題的答案是(D)

　　(A)parallel to："與……平行"。(B)level in："相等"。(C)flat on："平躺"。(D)flush with："與……齊平"。根據(jù)題意(D)是正確答案。

　　12.本題的答案是(B)

　　(A) convinced："使人信服；相信"。(B)anticipated："期待"。(C)resolved："決心"。(D)assured："保證"。根據(jù)題意(B)為正確答案。

　　13.本題的答案是(A)

　　(A)adapted for："使適應(yīng)"。(B)acknowledged："承認(rèn)"。(C)assembled："集合"。(D) appointed："指定"。根據(jù)題意(A)應(yīng)為正確答案。

　　14.本題的答案是(C)

　　(A) let down："放下，放低"。(B)let alone："不管，不干涉"。(C)let off："免除(任務(wù)、責(zé)任等)"。(D)let out："放出，逃出"。根據(jù)題意，(C)為正確答案。

　　15.本題的答案是(B)

　　(A)urgent："緊急的"。(B)hasty："倉(cāng)促的，輕率的"。(C)instant："緊迫的，立即的"。(D)prompt："迅速的"。根據(jù)上下文，(B)是正確答案。

　　16.本題的答案是(A)

　　(A) missing："缺掉的，下落不明的"。(B)losing："丟失"，一般不能作形容詞，更不能作置于名詞后的形容詞。(C)dropping"往下掉的"。(D)leaking："漏的"。根據(jù)上下文，(A)是正確答案。

　　17.本題的答案是(D)

　　(A) engaging："從事，參與"。(B)devoting："獻(xiàn)身"。(C)registering："記錄"。(D)pursuing："追趕；從事，進(jìn)行"。(A)engaging通常接"in"，此處沒有，故(A)應(yīng)排除。(B)devoting通常接"to"，此處沒有"to"，故(B)也應(yīng)排除。(C)與上下文不搭配，(C)也應(yīng)排除。根據(jù)題意(D)pursuing是正確答案。

　　18.本題的答案是(D)

　　(A) at hand："手頭，附近"。(B)in turn："依次，輪流"。(C)in conclusion："結(jié)論"。(D)at length："詳細(xì)地，充分地"。根據(jù)題意(D)為正確答案。

　　19.本題的答案是(A)

　　(A) prospect："前景"。(B)prediction"預(yù)言"。(C)prosperity："繁榮"。(D)permission："允許"。根據(jù)題意(A)為正確答案。

　　20.本題的答案是(B)

　　(A) stable："穩(wěn)定的"。(B)rational："理智的"。(C)legal："合法的"。(D)credible："可信賴的"。根據(jù)題意(B)比較為合適，故(B)是正確答案。