1."Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"
"Most of the fault lies_____the administration."
A.in B.to C.on D.with
[答案]D.with.
[注釋]lie with應(yīng)由.......(承擔(dān)責(zé)任);(作出決定等)得靠......1)The responsibility lies with the driver.(責(zé)任應(yīng)由這個(gè)司機(jī)承擔(dān)。)2)It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.(接受還是拒絕這項(xiàng)建議由你決定。)
lie in在于:1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty.(困難在于他們非常貧困。)2)the solution lies in social and political reform.(解決方法在于社會(huì)政治改革。)
2.People who live in a small village are bound to see a good_____of each other.
A.sum B.quantity C.deal D.amount
[答案]C.deal.
[注釋]see a good deal of each other經(jīng)常見面。
3.Maria_____missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.
A.deliberately B.intensively
C.decisively D.objectively
[答案]A.deliberately.
[注釋]deliberately(=on purpose,intentionally)故意地;存心地。
4.They always kept on good_____with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake.
A.friendship B.relations C.intentions D.terms
[答案]D.terms.
[注釋]keep(be)on good terms with與......和睦相處。
5.Do you think a wife should_____her habits and tastes to those of her husband?
A.comply B.confirm C.consent D.conform
[答案]D.conform.
[注釋]conform vi遵守,符號(hào):All the students must conform to the rules.(全體學(xué)生必須遵守規(guī)章。)conform sth.to sth.else(vt)使符合:He conformed the plans to the new specifications.(他使這些集合符合新規(guī)范。)comply with遵守;confirm使堅(jiān)定,確認(rèn),證實(shí);consent(to)同意,贊同。
6.He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break,and he would be sent_____to the ground.
A.crashing B.throwing C.rushing D.dropping
[答案]A.crashing.
[注釋]crash(to the ground)猛跌(到地上)。Crash n.
常指飛機(jī)等的"失事",如:He was killed in an aircraft crash.(他在飛機(jī)失事中喪生。)本句中用falling不妥,fall指"落下,掉下",本身并不強(qiáng)調(diào)落下的速度,而crash使"猛跌",故本題用crashing最佳。
7.High interest rates_____people from borrowing money.
A.discourage B.decrease C.disturb D.disgust
[答案]A.discourage
[注釋]discourage sb.from doing sth.使認(rèn)為某事不值得做:Tht wet weather discouraged people from going to the sports meeting.(下雨天使人覺得不值得去看運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)。)
8.Despite their good service,most inns are less costly than hotels of_____standards.
A.equivalent B.uniform C.alike D.likely
[答案]A.equivalent.
[注釋]equivalent相等的,相當(dāng)?shù)模篐e exchanged his pounds for the equivalent amount of dollars.uniform相同的,一樣的。Likely adj.很可能的,有希望的。Alike(表語形容詞)相同的,相象的。
9.The two things are the same in outward form but different_____.
A.in addition B.in brief C.in common D.in essence
[答案]D.in essence.
[注釋]in essence本質(zhì)上;in addition此外;in brief簡短地,簡言之;in common共同。
10._____it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for,though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time.
A.By the way B.In a way C.In the way D.In no way
[答案]B.In a way.
[注釋]in a way(-to some extent)在某種程度上;in no way決不;by the way順便提一下;in the way礙事。此題不能選by the way,因?yàn)閎y the way做插入語其后應(yīng)加逗號(hào)。
本題譯文:我沒有得到我申請(qǐng)得工作在某種程度上說是件好事,盡管我承認(rèn)當(dāng)時(shí)我很失望。