11. 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

12. That organization __________ persons of different political stands.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A. artistic    B. artificial    C. arbitrary   D. mechanical

16. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. I haven´t enough money to buy a car, so I just have to do _______.

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

答案：

10. 答案為D .at a loss意思是"不知如何是好,茫然,不知所措",at stake 指"兇吉難卜,好壞無法預(yù)料".可以說in danger 或under threat,但不可以說at danger或at threat.

11. 答案為A.sovereignty指"國(guó)家主權(quán)";right指"對(duì)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(shì)".

12. 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(shí),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.

13. 答案為D.pursue意為"追求追逐",request意為"口頭或書面的要求,請(qǐng)求",present

表示"授予,贈(zèng)予;介紹,引見;提出;呈遞"等意思,render意為"給予".

14. 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.

15. 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".

16. 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".

17. 答案為D.second thoughts意思是"(經(jīng)重新考慮后)改變想法".

18. 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).

19. 答案為B.lay sb. off意思是"暫時(shí)解雇(工人)".

20. 答案為C.do without意思是"沒有 也行”