1. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

　　A. guilt B. charge C. blame D. accusation

　　[答案] C. blame.

　　[注釋]take the blame for 對......承擔(dān)責(zé)任。Take charge of 負責(zé)管理 (照顧) 。[注意]charge 前無冠詞the.

　　2. The worker agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands.

　　A. call for B. call forth C. call off D. call up

　　[答案] C. call off [注釋] 詳見III,25,26注釋。

　　3. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____ what color it was.

　　A. look out B. make out C. get across D. take after

　　[答案] B. make out [注釋] 詳見III,123注釋。

　　4. He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted.

　　A. eventually B. yet C. finally D. accordingly

　　[答案] D. accordingly.

　　[注釋]accordingly (=for that reason, therefore) 因此, 所以。

　　5. It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn't like.

　　A. attempt B. trouble C. power D. effort

　　[答案] D. effort.

　　[注釋] effort (作可數(shù)名詞用) (=vigorous attempt) 努力的嘗試：Does it require a great effort of will to give up smoking? (戒煙需要堅強的毅力嗎?)

　　6. 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。

　　7. 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.

　　8. 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。

　　9. 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.)

　　10. 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。