71. he stopped his ears with his hands to _____ the terrible noise.
a. show off b. cut out c. keep from d. shut out
[答案] d. shut out.
[注释]shut out排除。参看iv.64。
show off炫耀; cut out删掉; keep from; 1) 隐瞒; she kept the truth from me. (她向我隐瞒真相。) 2) 不沾, 避开; he keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。) 3) 使不做某事:she kept herself from laughing. (她没有笑出来。)
72. my house is the only brick one on the street. it _____ and you can't miss it.
a. stands up b. looks out c. sticks out d. wipes out
[答案] c. stick out.
[注释]stick out (=protrude, project) 伸出, 突出; 显露, 显眼:1) the doctor asked him to stick his tongue out. 2) spelling mistakes stick out in thisposition. (这篇作文中拼写错误很显眼。) stick out (=endure to the end) 坚持到底; if you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. (假如你能在坚持一下, 一切都会好起来。)
wipe out 擦去, 消灭, 参看iii.193.注释.
73. after the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.
a. poured b. melted c. drew d. dismissed
[答案] a. poured.
[注释]pour 此处意为:涌出, 涌来, 如:people poured out to the rally. (人们踊跃参加群众大会。)
74. although it is not our normal _____ to give credit, this time i think we should consider the matter more closely.
a. state b. intention c. occasion d. practice
[答案] d. practice.
[注释]practice (=way of doing sth. that ismon or habitual; sth. done regularly) 做法, 惯例 :it is my practice always to rise early. to give credit 让赊欠:no credit is given at this shop. (这家商店概不赊欠。)
75. it gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.
a. news b. print c. publication d. press
[答案] b. print.
[注释]in print是习语, 意指“印出来, 发表出来”, 如:she finally saw her novel in print. (她终于看到他的小说出版了。) in print 的另一个意思是“在印行, 还在发行”, 如:this book is still in print. (这本书还在发行, 可以买到) 反义词是out of print , 意指“不在印行, 买不到了。”如:the book you speak of is out of print. (你说到的那本书已不在发行了。)
76. the engineers have rejected the employers' proposals to end the strike and the other workers havee out in _____.
a. opposition b. return c. sympathy d. readiness
[答案] c. sympathy.
[注释] in sympathy 以示同情,e out 此处意为 (=declare oneself) 表明态度, 所e out in sympathy 意为“表示同情”。in return 作为报答, 如:i wanted nothing in return . (我不要什么报答。) collaboration协作, 如:work in collaboration with sb. (与某人协力合作) 。opposition 反对, 如:rise in opposition to (起来反对) 。readiness 准备 (状态); 待机, 如:having everything in readiness for departure (做好一切准备, 以便出发)。
77. her work is often very hard and she gets very tired. the work is _____.
a. wonderful b. splendid c. tedious d. magnificent
[答案] c. tedious .
[注释] tedious (=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting) "沉闷的, 厌烦的, 乏味的”。
splendid 壮丽的, 辉煌的, 极好的。magnificent 壮丽的, 宏伟的:it was a magnificent ceremony. (这是一次盛大隆重的仪式)。
78. with prices _____ so much, it's hard for thepany to plan a budget.
a. fluctuating b. waving c. swinging d. vibrating
[答案] a. fluctuating
[注释]本句前一部分是"with+名词+现在分词短语"的独立结构, 做状语。fluctuate (=move up and down) (指物价, 标准等的) 波动。如:prices fluctuate from year to year. (物价年年波动) wave飘扬, 挥舞; 招手; (庄稼的) 波动。swing摆动, 摇摆; vibrate振动。可见, 根据题意, 只能选a. fluctuating.
79. some teenagers have a generalized resentment against society, which _____ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.
a. deprives b. restricts c. rejects d. denies
[答案] d. denies.
[注释]deny (=refuse to give or allow) 拒绝给予:he denied his children nothing . (孩子们要什么他就给什么。) deprive (=take away from) .剥夺。deprive sb. of sth.剥夺某人某物:they deprived women of the right to vote. (他们剥夺了妇女的投票权。) restrict (=keep within limits) the doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. (医生限制他一天抽5支烟。) reject (refuse to accept ) 拒绝接受, 如:she rejected my suggestion.
本题译文:一些十几岁的孩子们往往对社会有普遍的逆反心理, 虽然他们发育成熟, 但社会拒绝给予他们同成年人一样的权利和优惠。
80. though _____ in san francisco, dave mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.
a. raised b. grown c. developed d. cultivated
[答案] a. raised
[注释]本句中though raised in san franciscos是省略的让步状语从句。raise (=bring up) 抚养:grow种植; cultivate耕作; 培养 (友谊等) 。如cultivate后接某人, 则意为“培养与某人的感情”。如:john always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. (约翰一向喜欢与事业上对他有用的人来往。)
本题译文:尽管在旧金山长大, 但戴夫米切尔总是愿意把小镇生活中平凡的事情记载下来。
81. i'm afraid this painting is not by picasso. it's only a copy and so it's _____.
a. priceless b. invaluable c. unworthy d. worthless
[答案] d. worthless.
[注释] worthless 无价值的, 无用的。priceless 无价的, 贵重的, 无法估价的:a priceless treasure 无价之宝。invaluable 无法估价的, 非常宝贵的。unworthy 不值得的, 不配的; 无价值的。
82. the final _____ of the play will take place on monday.
a. action b. performance c. view d. sight
[答案] b. performance.
[注释]performance (话剧的) 一场演出。
83. it was a long time before the cut on my hand _____pletely.
a. healed b. cured c. improved d. recovered
[答案] a. healed.
[注释] heal 1) 使痊愈, 治愈:the salve will help to heal the wound. (这种药膏能治愈你的伤。) 2) 痊愈 (多指外伤) :the cut on my leg has healed. (我腿上的伤口以痊愈。) 可见, 本题是heal的第二种用法。cure治疗, 治好; the drug cured my fever. (这种药使我退烧了。) this medicine should cure you of your cold. (这种药定会治好你的感冒。) recover也可以表示“痊愈”, 意为“恢复正常”。例如:1) i think she will recover. (我认为她会痊愈的。) 2) he almost fell ill, but quickly recovered. (他差点病到, 但很快就痊愈了。) 也可以用recovered做表语表示“痊愈, 恢复正常:are youpletely recovered from your illness? (你的病是不是完全好了?)
[注意] recover vi. 用作“痊愈”时, 句子主语通常是人。improve 改善, 此词无“治疗”或“痊愈”之意。
本题译文:过了很长时间我手上的伤口才痊愈。
84. to get my travelers' checks i had to have the bank _____ a special check for the total amount.
a. make up b. make out c. make for d. make up for
[答案] b. make out.
[注释] make out 辨别, 详见iii.123.注释.
85. she said she was glad the difficulty had been _____.
a. cleared away b. cleared up
c. broken away d. broken down
[答案] b. cleared up.
[注释] clear up 解释, 澄清; 解决:1) i had some doubts, but now they are cleared up. (以前我有许多疑点, 但现在都解决了。) 2) the book has cleared up many difficulties for me. (这本书解决了我不少困难。) clear away 清除。详见iii.32.break away 和 break down 详见ⅲ.6,7,11.注释.
86. i used to be able to play well but i'm _____ now.
a. out of date b. out of touch
c. out of practice d. out of place
[答案] c. out of practice.
[注释] out of practice荒废, 久不练习; out of date 过时, 老式; out of touch失去联系; out of place详见 iii, 70注释。
87. as soon as the children were _____, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.
a. woke b. waken c. wake d. awake
[答案] d. awake.
[注释]awake adj.醒着的 (作表语) 。awake, awaken, wake, waken都可以作及物和不及物动词用, 但是awake多用作不及物动词, 其中wake最常用。
88. jim was so badly burnt that at first they began to _____ of his life.
a. despair b. designate c. disappoint d. despise
[答案] a. despair.
[注释] despair of (=be in despair) 对.......失望:1) don't despair: things will get better soon. 2) he began to despair of success. 3) he despaired of being able to repair the tv set. (他对能否修好这台电视机表示失望。) designate指明, 指出, despise 轻视, 藐视。
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