1.He looked for a table to sit down at, but they were all ___.
A) served
B) resorted
C) reserved
D) preserved
2.It is very difficult for us to ___ all the debts in such a short period of time.
A) accumulate
B) gather
C) collect
D) assemble
3.Attendances at football matches have ___ since the coming of television.
A) dropped in
B) dropped down
C) dropped off
D) dropped out
4.The President is visiting New York ___ the trade talks.
A) in contrast with
B) in connection with
C) in consequence of
D) in accordance with
5.The ___ lawyer made a great impression on the jury.
A) protecting
B) guarding
C) defending
D) shielding
參考解析:
1.答案:C
解析:A) serve vt./vi./n. 為……服務,上菜
B) resort vi./n 求助,憑借,勝地
C) reserve vt./n. 儲備,保留,保存
D) preserve vt./vi./n. 保護,保存,防止
2.答案:C
解析:A) accumulate vt./vi. 堆積,積累,積聚
B) gather vt./vi./n. 使聚集,搜集,采集,積聚
C) collect vt./vi./adj./adv./n. 收集,采集,募集,使振作
D) assemble vt./vi. 集合,聚集,收集,裝配
3.答案:C
解析:A) drop in ( on sb. ) 順便走訪(某人)
B) drop down 倒下,順著(河流等)漂下
C) drop off 逐漸離開,散去,逐漸減少,睡著,讓……下車
D) drop out 掉落,掉出,退出,隱退
eg. One of his teeth had dropped out. 他的一顆牙掉了。
4.答案:B
解析:A) in contrast with/to 與……形成對比,與……截然不同
B) in connection with 與……有關,關于,(公共交通工具)與……銜接(或聯運)
C) in consequence of 由于……的緣故
D) in accordance with 與……一致,按照,依據
5答案:C
解析:A) protect vt. 保護
B) guard n./vt./vi. 保衛(wèi),守衛(wèi),看守,監(jiān)視
C) defend vt./vi. 防衛(wèi),為……辯護
D) shield n./vt./vi. 盾牌,保護,保衛(wèi)