16. The firemen managed to _____ the fire in time.

　　A. extinguish B. prevent

　　C. suppress D. ruin

　　[答案] A. extinguish.

　　[注釋] extinguish (=put out) vt. 撲滅 (火焰等) 。Stop the fire雖然也可以搭配, 但按本句題意用extinguish為最佳。

　　17. What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs. Richard _____ common.

　　A. nothing but B. anything but

　　C. above all D. rather than

　　[答案] B. anything but.

　　[注釋] anything but (=far from being) 根本不; The boys knew they bad broken the rules, and they were anything but happy when they were called to the office. (=They were unhappy and afraid.) nothing but 只不過; Don't have him for a friend; he's nothing but a criminal. (不要把他當(dāng)朋友, 他只不過是個罪犯。) I have nothing but two dollars. (我只有2美元。) above all最重要的。rather than 而不是.

　　18. The car was completely _____ and the driver seriously injured.

　　A. broken off B. taken off

　　C. written off D. picked up

　　[答案] C. written off. [注釋] write off報廢, 參看III, 200.注釋; break off參看III.13.注釋; take off參看III.170.注釋; pick up參看III.130,129.注釋。

　　19. On this happy occasion, I'd like to say that we are _____ much obliged to you for your kind cooperation.

　　A. even so B. ever so

　　C. as yet D. so far

　　[答案] B. ever so.

　　[注釋]ever so (=very) 非常; It's ever so cold.與名詞搭配時則用ever such, 如：She's ever such a nice girl. (她是一位非常好的姑娘。) even so (=although that is true, nevertheless; still) 即使如此：The fire was out, but even so, the smell of smoke was strong. (=The fire was out, but the smell was still there.)

　　20. His new appointment takes _____ from the beginning of next month.

　　A. place B. effect

　　C. post D. office

　　[答案] B. effect. [注釋]take effect 生效。

　　21. The policeman stopped him when he was driving home and _____ him of speeding.

　　A. charged B. accused

　　C. blamed D. deprived

　　[答案] B. accused.

　　[注釋]accuse sb. of... 控告某人犯有......, warn sb. of警告、告戒某人有......deprive sb. of sth.剝奪某人某事。charge sb. with murder (指控某人犯有殺人罪) 。

　　22. Mr. Smith gradually _____ a knowledge of the subject.

　　A. attained B. achieved

　　C. required D. acquired

　　[答案] D. acquired.

　　[注釋]acquired (=gain for oneself by skill or ability, by one's own efforts or behavior) (由技術(shù)、能力、努力或行為) 獲得; 得到：He has acquired a good command of English language. (他已精通英語。) achieve, vt. 取得 (勝利、成功等) , 實(shí)現(xiàn) (目標(biāo)、目的等) 。 attain, vt. 達(dá)到 (目的等) , 取得 (成就等) ：1) I hope you will attain your object. (我希望你會達(dá)到你的目的。) 2) He attained success through hard work.

　　23. This is the _____ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.

　　A. actual B. genuine

　　C. real D. original

　　[答案] A. actual [注釋]本題中actual (=existing in fact, not imaginary) 實(shí)際使用過的。

　　actual, read, genuine是同義詞, 有時可以互換, 如：an actual (or real) event in history, (歷史上的真實(shí)事件) , real (or genuine) banknotes (真鈔票), 其反義詞是false (假的) ; original (原來的) , 其反義詞是duplicate (復(fù)制的) 。從不同的角度看, 似乎任何一個選擇都說得過去, 但按照題意選A. actual 最佳, 因為題中強(qiáng)調(diào)的不是鋼琴的真假, 而是指作曲家“實(shí)際使用過的”。本題譯文：這是作曲家創(chuàng)作他的一些杰出作品時實(shí)際使用過的那臺鋼琴。

　　24. My camera can be _____ to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.

　　A. treated B. adopted

　　C. adjusted D. remedied

　　[答案] C. adjusted.

　　[注釋]adjust (=arrange, put in order or agreement; make suitable or convenient for use) 強(qiáng)調(diào), 調(diào)節(jié), 使適應(yīng); The body adjusts itself to change of temperature. (身體能自行調(diào)節(jié)以適應(yīng)溫度的變化。) My eyes have not been adjusted to dark yet. (我的眼睛還沒有適應(yīng)黑暗。) 本句中adjust是不及物動詞。I must adjust my watch. It's slow. (我必須調(diào)一下我的表。它走得慢了。)

　　25. According to the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, wisdom comes from the _____ of maturity.

　　A. fulfillment

　　B. achievement

　　C. establishment

　　D. accomplishment

　　[答案] B. achievement

　　[注釋]achievement (=something successfully finished or gained especially through skill and hard work) 取得, 達(dá)到, 成就。例如：achievement age智力成熟年齡。fulfilment (=the act of fulfilling or condition of being fulfilled) 履行, 實(shí)行。如：He was willing to face any hardship in fulfilment of his duties. (他愿意迎向困難去履行他得職責(zé)。) establishment 建立,建設(shè)。Accomplishment (順利) 完成：It was a great accomplishment to finish the house cleaning in two days. (兩天內(nèi)打掃完這棟屋子是件很了不起的事。)

　　26. The number of tickets _____ will be determined by the size of the stadium.

　　A. adaptable B. acceptable

　　C. advisable D. available

　　[答案] D. available.

　　[注釋] available. (=capable of being used; that may be obtained) 可用的, 有效的, 可得到的。例如：1) There are no doctors available in the remote areas. (在邊遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)沒有大夫。) 2) There tickets are available for on month. (這些票有效期一個月。)

　　acceptable 可以接受的：None of the suggestions was acceptable. advisable 明智的, 可取的, 適當(dāng)?shù)模篒 think it advisable that he be assigned to the job. (我認(rèn)為指派他干這項工作是可取的。) adaptable 能適應(yīng)的：He is an adaptable man and will soon learn the new work.

　　27. Too many hotels have been built and this has _____ prices, making holidays cheaper.

　　A. cut short B. cut out

　　C. cut off D. cut down

　　[答案] D. cut down.

　　28. He is a very honest official and never _____ any gifts from the people who sought his help.

　　A. accepted B. received

　　C. took up D. excepted

　　[答案] A. accepted

　　[注釋] receive 收到, 接到, 指“收, 接”這一動作; 而accept 是經(jīng)過考慮“接受”下來, 表示當(dāng)事人的態(tài)度, 如：I received the present, but I did not accept it. (我收到了這件禮物, 但我沒有接受。)

　　29. He was not _____ to the club because he wasn't a member.

　　A. allowed B. admitted

　　C. permitted D. approved

　　[答案] B. admitted.

　　[注釋] admit sb. to (=allow sb. or sth. to enter; let in) 允許某人某物進(jìn)入; 讓......進(jìn)入：1) Children are not admitted. (兒童免進(jìn)。) Only one hundred boys are admitted to the school the school every year. (這所學(xué)校每年只收100名男生。) admit (=acknowledge; confess) 承認(rèn), 供認(rèn)：1) We have to admit that he is a highly competent man. (我們不得不承認(rèn)他是一位能力很強(qiáng)的人。) 2) The thief admitted his crime. 3) She admitted having read the letter, 4) I admit breaking the window. 注意admit后可接動名詞的一般式或完成式。5) We must admit the task to be difficult。注意admit也可以接復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)。allow和permit后均可接sb. to do sth., 故不合本題題意。approve sth. 批準(zhǔn); approve of doing sth. (=think well of) 贊成, 贊許：1) I am afraid they won't approve of your going there. (恐怕他們不會贊成你去那里的。) 2) I don't approve of your way of looking at things. (我不贊同你看待事情的方法。)

　　30. Although he doesn't like that law, he will _____ with it.

　　A. confine B. conform

　　C. comply D. contend

　　[答案] C. comply [注釋] comply with 遵守。