1.The reference she made to her friend,the poet,was interesting but too_____for anyone to appreciate.

　　A.drastic B.dull C.obscure D.distinct

　　[答案]C.obscure.

　　[注釋]obscure(=not clearly seen or understood)模糊難懂得。drastic激烈的，嚴(yán)厲的;dull單調(diào)的;distinct清楚的，明顯的;截然不同的(from)。

　　本題譯文：她提到她的朋友----詩人時所說的話是令人感興趣，但沒有說清楚，以致沒有人為此感激。

　　2.He_____his engagement just before the wedding.

　　A.broke out B.broke away from

　　C.broke off D.broke up

　　[答案]C.broke off.

　　[注釋]break off(=cease suddenly,discontinue)突然中斷;break off one's engagement(解除婚約)。Break off(=interrupt)one's conversation(打斷談話)。Break out(=begin suddenly)爆發(fā)。Break away from擺脫，從......退出。

　　3.When she heard from the hospital that her father had died,she_____into tears.

　　A.burst B.went C.exploded D.fell

　　[答案]A.burst

　　[注釋]burst into tears放聲大哭;又如：burst into thunderous cheers(發(fā)出雷嗚般的歡呼);burst into laughing(捧腹大笑)。

　　4.Your help is_____for the success of the project.

　　A.indispensable B.indicative

　　C.inevitable D.inherent

　　[答案]A.indispensable.

　　[注釋]indispensable(to,for)不可缺少的，必需的。Indicative(of)指示的。Inevitable不可避免的。Inherent固有的，內(nèi)在的，天生的。

　　5._____the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

　　A.In spite of B.But for C.Because of D.As for

　　[答案]B.But for

　　[注釋]but for(=without,except for)若非，要不是：But for your help we could not have finished it in time.(要不是你的幫助，我們本來不會及時完工。)

　　6.It was difficult to guess what her_____to the news would be.

　　A.impression B.comment C.reaction D.opinion

　　[答案]C.reaction.

　　[注釋]reaction(to)對......的反應(yīng)：Our reaction to a joke is to laugh.

　　7.Our attitude toward our teachers should be_____,but not slavish or superstitious.

　　A.respectable B.respected C.respective D.respectful

　　[答案]D.respectful.

　　[注釋]respectable(=deserving respect)值得尊敬的,品行端正的。respectful(=showing respect to)有禮貌的，表示尊敬的。Respective各個的。respected尊敬的。Respecting prep.(=relating to;concerned with)關(guān)于，說到。

　　8.We could see that he was trying to_____his own responsibility for the delay,instead of accepting his fault.

　　A.run over B.smooth over C.pass off D.turn down

　　[答案]B.smooth over.

　　[注釋]smooth over(=make smooth,put right,balliate)使平息，使恢復(fù)正常的，掩飾：1)I will try to smooth their quarrel over.(我將設(shè)法平息他們的爭吵。)2)Don't try to smooth over your fault.(不要設(shè)法掩飾你的過錯。)

　　run over詳見Ⅲ.145,146.注釋;pass off詳見Ⅲ.126.注釋;turn down詳見Ⅲ.180,181.注釋.

　　9.Glemp's heroic flight into space entitled him_____a place in history.

　　A.for B.with C.to D.of

　　[答案]C.to.

　　[注釋]entitle sb.to sth.(=give a right to)給予權(quán)利：1)He is entitled to special treatment because of his rank(由于他的級別他有權(quán)享受特殊待遇。)2)Officers are entitled to travel first class.(軍官們有權(quán)乘頭等車旅行。)