[1]

　　Why should anyone want to read _______ of books by great authors when the real pleasure comes from reading the originals?

　　A) digests

　　B) insights

　　C) themes

　　D) leaflets

　　注：1. digest 摘要

　　ingest 攝入

　　congest 堵塞，擁擠

　　2. theme 主題

　　3. insight 洞察力，理解力，觀察事物的角度

　　4. leaflet 小散頁(yè)

　　booklet 小冊(cè)子

　　lakelet 小湖

　　[2]

　　Parents have a legal _______ to ensure that their children are provided with efficient education suitable to their age.

　　A) impulse

　　B) obligation

　　C) influence

　　D) sympathy

　　注：1. obligation 責(zé)任，義務(wù)

　　2. impulse 沖動(dòng)

　　pulse 脈搏

　　repulse 憎惡，排斥

　　repulsive 令人厭惡的

　　instinct 本能

　　extinct 滅絕的

　　distinct 區(qū)別的，截然不同的

　　distinction (特征上的)區(qū)別

　　separation (具體形態(tài)上的)分離

　　break off 部分從整體上剝離下來(lái)

　　break up 捏碎，打碎

　　shatter 粉碎

　　[3]

　　Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a _______.

　　A) scarcity

　　B) shortage

　　C) minimum

　　D) minority

　　注：1. minority 少數(shù)，少數(shù)民族

　　2. scarcity 物質(zhì)方面的缺乏

　　3. shortage 短缺

　　4. minimum 最小的，最低的

　　minimize 將……降到最小

　　miniature 縮微模型

　　minister 大臣

　　administer 管理

　　maximum 最大的，最高的，最多的

　　[4]

　　David likes country life and has decided to _______ farming.

　　A) go back on

　　B) go in for

　　C) go through with

　　D) go along with

　　注：1. go in for 從事，追求，參加，贊成

　　2. go back on 違背，背棄

　　3. go through with 經(jīng)歷了困難而完成……

　　4. go along with 陪伴

　　[5]

　　Jack was about to announce our plan but I _______ .

　　A) cut him short

　　B) turned him out

　　C) gave him up

　　D) put him through

　　注：1. cut him short 打斷講話

　　cut my hair short 剪斷頭發(fā)

　　cut my hair 剃光頭

　　2. turn him out 驅(qū)逐出去

　　3. give him up 放棄，甩掉，斷絕關(guān)系

　　4. put him through 讓某人經(jīng)歷考驗(yàn)

　　[6]

　　I am sure I can _______ him into letting us stay in the hotel for the night.

　　A) speak

　　B) talk

　　C) say

　　D) tell

　　注：talk sb. into doing sth. 勸說(shuō)某人做某事

　　[7]

　　The joys of travel, having long _______ the disabled, are opening up to virtually anyone who has the means.

　　A) omitted

　　B) neglected

　　C) missed

　　D) discarded

　　注：1. neglect 忽視

　　elect 選舉

　　negative 否定的

　　relieve 緩解

　　2. omit 省略;刪除

　　emit 放射

　　submit 提交

　　3. miss 錯(cuò)過(guò);省略 miss out

　　4. discard 扔，拋

　　revenue 收入，稅收

　　avenue 林蔭路

　　[8]

　　Fewer and fewer of today's workers expect to spend their working lives in the same field, _______ the same company.

　　A) all else

　　B) much worse

　　C) let alone

　　D) less likely

　　注：1. let alone 更不要說(shuō)

　　2. all else 其他一切

　　3. much worse 更糟糕的是

　　4. less likely 最不可能的是

　　[9]

　　When he finally emerged from the cave after thirty days, John was _______ pale.

　　A) startlingly

　　B) enormously

　　C) uniquely

　　D) dramatically

　　注：1. startlingly 驚人地

　　2. enormously (具體形態(tài))巨大地;(變化)巨大地

　　3. uniquely 獨(dú)特地，唯一地

　　[10]

　　Thank you for applying for a position with our firm. We do not have any openings at this time, but we shall keep your application on _______ for two months.

　　A) pile

　　B) segment

　　C) file

　　D) sequence

　　注：1. application package 申請(qǐng)包裹

　　2. pile 堆

　　3. segment 部分;切片;章節(jié)

　　4. sequence 次序，順序

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