1. The ________ of these islands is still in dispute and the three countries are to have a conference next month to settle the issue.

A. sovereignty B. right C. authority D. power

2. That organization __________ persons of different political stands.

A. owns B. embraces C. composes D. consists

3. We would never have secured our independence without the aid you ______.

A. pursued B. requested C. presented D. rendered

4. Women are ________ against the restrictions on job opportunities.

A. proceeding B. negative C. revolving D. urgent

5. I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite _________.

A. artistic B. artificialC. arbitrary D. mechanical

6. Sometimes the student may be asked to write about his ________ to a certain book or article that has some bearing on the subject being studied.

A. impression B. reaction C. comprehension D. sentiment

7. We’d decided to sell our car, but then we began to have second ________.

A. plans B. minds C. ideas D. thoughts

8. The mystery guest on the show is ________ other than the President.

A. no B. none C. not D. nothing

9. During the recession they ________ the workers off for three months.

A. gave B. laid C. called D. dropped

10. I haven’t enough money to buy a car, so I just have to do _______.

A. nothing B. none C. without D. nobody

 

 

1. 答案為A。sovereignty 指“國家主權(quán)”；right 指“對某事物的正當(dāng)要求，做某事的權(quán)利”，通常說right to sth./to do sth.；authority 指“權(quán)利，權(quán)威；職權(quán)，權(quán)限”，power 指“（人的） 能力，（生理或精神上的）能力；操縱力，影響力；職權(quán)，權(quán)勢”。

2. 答案為B。own 尤指以法定權(quán)利擁有某物；embrace 表示“欣然接受”；compose 意為“創(chuàng)作(樂曲或詩歌)”，表示“由……構(gòu)成”時，應(yīng)用be composed of 這一表達(dá)；consist of 意思是“由……構(gòu)成”。根據(jù)題意及各選項(xiàng)的用法，正確答案為B。

3. 答案為D。pursue 意為“追求追逐”，request 意為“口頭或書面的要求，請求”，present 表示“授予，贈予；介紹，引見；提出；呈遞”等意思，render 意為“給予”。

4. 答案為A。proceed against sb. 意為“起訴某人”；negative 用作形容詞意為“拒絕的，懷疑的，不同意的”；revolve 意為“反復(fù)思考，被仔細(xì)考慮”；urgent 意為“緊急的，極力主張的”。B、C、D 三項(xiàng)均不與against 連用。

5. 答案為C。artistic 意為“藝術(shù)的，藝術(shù)家的；富有藝術(shù)創(chuàng)造力的”；artificial 意為“人工的；虛假的；人為的”；arbitrary 意為“任意的；武斷的”；mechanical 意為“機(jī)械的；機(jī)械似的，呆板的”。

6. 答案為A。impression 意為“（人、事件、經(jīng)歷等留下的）印象”，reaction 意為“反應(yīng)”， comprehension 意為“理解，理解力”，sentiment 意為“情緒，傷感”。

7. 答案為D。second thoughts 意思是“（經(jīng)重新考慮后）改變想法”。

8. 答案為B。none other than 固定短語，用以加強(qiáng)語氣。句意為：該節(jié)目的神秘嘉賓不是別人，正是總統(tǒng)。

9. 答案為B。lay sb. off 意思是“暫時解雇（工人）”。

10. 答案為C。do without 意思是“沒有..也行”。