16. The engineers have rejected the employers' proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in _____.

　　A. opposition B. return

　　C. sympathy D. readiness

　　[答案] C. sympathy.

　　[注釋] in sympathy 以示同情, come out 此處意為 (=declare oneself) 表明態(tài)度, 所以come out in sympathy 意為“表示同情”。In return 作為報答, 如：I wanted nothing in return . (我不要什么報答。) collaboration協(xié)作, 如：work in collaboration with sb. (與某人協(xié)力合作) 。Opposition 反對, 如：rise in opposition to (起來反對) 。readiness 準備 (狀態(tài)); 待機, 如：having everything in readiness for departure (做好一切準備, 以便出發(fā))。

　　17. Her work is often very hard and she gets very tired. The work is _____.

　　A. wonderful B. splendid

　　C. tedious D. magnificent

　　[答案] C. tedious .

　　[注釋] tedious (=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting) "沉悶的, 厭煩的, 乏味的”。

　　Splendid 壯麗的, 輝煌的, 極好的。magnificent 壯麗的, 宏偉的：It was a magnificent ceremony. (這是一次盛大隆重的儀式)。

　　18. With prices _____ so much, it's hard for the company to plan a budget.

　　A. fluctuating B. waving

　　C. swinging D. vibrating

　　[答案] A. fluctuating

　　[注釋]本句前一部分是"with+名詞+現(xiàn)在分詞短語"的獨立結(jié)構(gòu), 做狀語。Fluctuate (=move up and down) (指物價, 標準等的) 波動。如：Prices fluctuate from year to year. (物價年年波動) wave飄揚, 揮舞; 招手; (莊稼的) 波動。Swing擺動, 搖擺; vibrate振動�？梢�, 根據(jù)題意, 只能選A. fluctuating.

　　19. Some teenagers have a generalized resentment against society, which _____ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.

　　A. deprives B. restricts

　　C. rejects D. denies

　　[答案] D. denies.

　　[注釋]deny (=refuse to give or allow) 拒絕給予:He denied his children nothing . (孩子們要什么他就給什么。) deprive (=take away from) .剝奪。deprive sb. of sth.剝奪某人某物：They deprived women of the right to vote. (他們剝奪了婦女的投票權(quán)。) restrict (=keep within limits) The doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. (醫(yī)生限制他一天抽5支煙。) reject (refuse to accept ) 拒絕接受, 如：She rejected my suggestion.

　　本題譯文：一些十幾歲的孩子們往往對社會有普遍的逆反心理, 雖然他們發(fā)育成熟, 但社會拒絕給予他們同成年人一樣的權(quán)利和優(yōu)惠。

　　20. Though _____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

　　A. raised B. grown

　　C. developed D. cultivated

　　[答案] A. raised

　　[注釋]本句中Though raised in San Franciscos是省略的讓步狀語從句。Raise (=bring up) 撫養(yǎng)：grow種植; cultivate耕作; 培養(yǎng) (友誼等) 。如cultivate后接某人, 則意為“培養(yǎng)與某人的感情”。如：John always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. (約翰一向喜歡與事業(yè)上對他有用的人來往。)

　　本題譯文：盡管在舊金山長大, 但戴夫米切爾總是愿意把小鎮(zhèn)生活中平凡的事情記載下來。

　　21. I'm afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It's only a copy and so it's _____.

　　A. priceless B. invaluable

　　C. unworthy D. worthless

　　[答案] D. worthless.

　　[注釋] worthless 無價值的, 無用的。Priceless 無價的, 貴重的, 無法估價的：a priceless treasure 無價之寶。Invaluable 無法估價的, 非常寶貴的。Unworthy 不值得的, 不配的; 無價值的。

　　22. The final _____ of the play will take place on Monday.

　　A. action B. performance

　　C. view D. sight

　　[答案] B. performance.

　　[注釋]performance (話劇的) 一場演出。

　　23. It was a long time before the cut on my hand _____ completely.

　　A. healed B. cured

　　C. improved D. recovered

　　[答案] A. healed.

　　24. To get my travelers' checks I had to have the bank _____ a special check for the total amount.

　　A. make up B. make out

　　C. make for D. make up for

　　[答案] B. make out..

　　25. She said she was glad the difficulty had been _____.

　　A. cleared away B. cleared up

　　C. broken away D. broken down

　　[答案] B. cleared up.

　　26. I used to be able to play well but I'm _____ now.

　　A. out of date

　　B. out of touch

　　C. out of practice

　　D. out of place

　　[答案] C. out of practice.

　　[注釋] out of practice荒廢, 久不練習(xí); out of date 過時, 老式; out of touch失去聯(lián)系; out of place詳見 III, 70注釋。

　　27. As soon as the children were _____, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.

　　A. woke B. waken

　　C. wake D. awake

　　[答案] D. awake.

　　[注釋]awake adj.醒著的 (作表語) 。Awake, awaken, wake, waken都可以作及物和不及物動詞用, 但是awake多用作不及物動詞, 其中wake最常用。

　　28. Jim was so badly burnt that at first they began to _____ of his life.

　　A. despair B. designate

　　C. disappoint D. despise

　　[答案] A. despair.

　　[注釋] despair of (=be in despair) 對.......失望：1) Don't despair: things will get better soon. 2) He began to despair of success. 3) He despaired of being able to repair the TV set. (他對能否修好這臺電視機表示失望。) designate指明, 指出, despise 輕視, 藐視。

　　29. The government's strong action demonstrated its _____ to crush the rebellion.

　　A. energy B. resistance

　　C. courage D. determination

　　[答案] D. determination.

　　[注釋] determination意為“決心”, 后常接動詞不定式作定語。

　　30. New mineral resources may be discovered during the forthcoming Antarctic _____.

　　A. excursion B. execution

　　C. extraction D. expedition

　　[答案] D. expedition.

　　[注釋]expedition 遠征, 探險; excursion 短途旅行, 游覽; execution 實施, 執(zhí)行; extraction 提取。