1.Extensive reporting on television has helped to ____interest in a wide variety of sports and activities.

　　A) gather B) generate C)assemble D)yield

　　答案：B generate interest in sth. 意為“產(chǎn)生興趣”，其他搭配不正確

　　2.He made such a____ contribution to the university that they are naming one of the new buildings alter him.

　　A) genuine B) minimum C) modest D) generous

　　答案：D 句中contribution 作“捐獻，捐助”解，按照此句的意思，這里應(yīng)選用表示“慷慨”的形容詞修飾contribution ，閃此選項D) generous 是答案.。genuine 修飾事物時，意思是“真實的”。modest 意為適中的，不過分的”。minimum意為“最少的，最低的”。

　　3.The jeweler assured Mr. White that the stone was a ____diamond and not an imitation.

　　A) genuine B)graceful C)glittering D)genius

　　答案：A genuine 真的，真正的( 非假造的或虛假的);真實的，(感情)真誠的。graceful 優(yōu)美的，嫻雅的。glittering燦燦發(fā)光的，閃光的。genius 天才;有天才的人。

　　4.China gave this country two pandas as ____ of friendship.

　　A) gesture B)picture C)pattern D)shape

　　答案：A gesture 表明態(tài)度和姿態(tài)(通常是友好的)。

　　5.His face will not ____what his brain is seeing.

　　A) draw in B) hold up C) turn off D) give away

　　答案：D give away 泄露(機密)，暴露(自己的情況)。draw in 吸進來。hold up 舉起。turn off 關(guān)上。

　　6.You have nothing to____ by refusing to listen to our advice

　　.A) gain B) grasp C) seize D)earn

　　答案：A gain 表示“收益，得到”，符合題意。抓住(B)，奪取(C)和掙得(D)，不符合題意。

　　7.Now the____ between the rich and the poor countries has become even wider.

　　A) different B) differ C) gap D)distinction

　　答案：C different 不同的，為形容詞。differ與……不同，差別，為動詞。句中需要的是主語，故A、B均錯。gap 差異，差距。distinction 區(qū)別。由rich與poor可知為貧富差異，應(yīng)選C，句意：現(xiàn)在貧國與富國間的差距已變得越來越大

　　8.The little boy____ his hiding place when he coughed.

　　A) gave away B) gave off C) gave up D) gave in答案：A give away“贈送;泄露”。give sth. off“釋放，發(fā)出(氣味等)”。give up “停止，放棄，辭去”。give in“認輸，讓步，屈服;交上，呈上”。The rebels were forced to give in. 叛軍被迫投降。本句意為：小男孩的咳嗽聲暴露了他的藏身之處。

　　9.The floor was so rotten that it almost ____ under his weight.

　　A) gave away B) gave over C) gave way D) gave up

　　答案：C give away“泄露;捐贈”。give over“停止;交付”，give way“不能支持，塌下去”。give up“放棄;辭去”。地板爛成這樣子，都快被他的體重壓塌了。

　　10.Ever since the rise of industrialism. education has been____ towards producingworkers.

　　A) harnessed B) hatched C) motivated D) geared

　　答案：D gear(to) 使適合：we have to gear our lives to the new changes. harness 控制和利用(自然力以發(fā)電) 。hatch 孵化;炮制，制定。motivate 是……的動機，引起，驅(qū)使。

　　11.In Britain today women_____ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half of the mothers with children are in paid work.

　　A) build up

　　B) stand for

　　C) make up

　　D) conform to

　　答案：C make up 表示“占……的比例”。建立(A) ;表示(B) ;與……一致(D) ，不合題意。

　　12.He tried to____ a story to cover his faults, but the teacher saw him in

　　A) make in

　　B) make up

　　C) make sense

　　D) make for

　　答案：B make up 編造，符合題意。

　　13.The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of money could _____.

　　A) stand up to

　　B) make up for

　　C) come up with

　　D) put up with

　　答案：B make up for 彌補。stand up to 經(jīng)受，抗住，經(jīng)得起。Come up with 提出(方案、建議、解決辦法等) 。put up with 忍受，容忍。

　　14.He tried to _____ the lost time _____ staying up late.

　　A) make up with, with

　　B) make up with, by

　　C) make up for, with

　　D) make up for, by

　　答案D make up for 補償。

　　15.Sometimes it is good_____ to ask a lady to go in front of you.

　　A) manners

　　B) politeness

　　C) manner

　　D) way

　　答案：A good manners：有禮貌，屬固定搭配。