1.Pigeon is often considered a(n)________ of peace.
A. example B. sign
C. mark D. symbol
答案:D.象征。句子意思:鴿子常常被人們當(dāng)作和平的象征。
A.榜樣 B信號、跡象 C標(biāo)記、痕跡
2.If you spend enough money advertising, your product sales will surely_________.
A. expand B. enlarge
C. extend D. increase
答案:D增加。句子意思:如果你花足夠的錢作廣告,那么產(chǎn)品的銷量就會增加。
A擴大、膨脹 B放大 C延伸、擴展
3.We volunteered to collect money to help the ______ of the tsunami.
A. victims B. folks
C. fellows D. villagers
答案:A受害者。句子意思:我們志愿募集錢去幫助那些海嘯中的受害者。
B人們、家屬、親屬、民族/種族 C家伙、小伙子 D村民
4.By 1909, Picasso had______ himself as a painter of great talent in Paris.
A. made B. recognize
C. admitted D. established
答案:D. establish oneself as…確立……的地位。句子意思:直到1909年畢加索才在巴黎確立了天才畫家的地位。
A使……成為 B承認(rèn)、認(rèn)出 C承認(rèn)
5.If you don’t take away all your things from the desk, there won’t be enough_____ for my stationery.
A. area B. place
C. room D. surface
答案: C表示足夠用以運動的空間或余地,通常用room.句子意思:如果你不把桌子上你的所有東西拿走的話,我的文具就沒有地方放了。
A地區(qū)、區(qū)域:強調(diào)清楚劃分出的界限 B特定的某個地方、場所、空間 D表面
6.We all write________, even when there’s not much to say.
A. now and then
B. by and by
C. step by step
D. more or less
答案:A不時地。句子意思:即使沒有多少要說的東西,我們大家仍不時地寫著。
B不久以后 C漸漸 D或多或少
7._________ most students, she was always well prepared and never came to class late.
A. Like B. As
C. For D. To
答案:A像。句子意思:像大多數(shù)學(xué)生一樣,她總是準(zhǔn)備充分,上課從不遲到。
as作為介詞用意思為“作為”,for/to sb對某人而言
8.Everyone should fight for the_______ of their own country.
A. favour B. reward
C. honour D. prize
答案:C榮譽。句子意思為:人人都應(yīng)該為自己國家的榮譽而戰(zhàn)。
A贊賞、嘉許 B回報 D獎金
9.The policeman saved the little girl from the gangs. He’s never afraid of them. I think he is a man of _________.
A. importance B. use
C. courage D. value
答案:C勇氣。句子意思:警察從那幫歹徒手中救出了那個小女孩,他從來就不怕那些歹徒。我想他是個有勇氣的人。
A重要性 B用途、用處 D價值
10.It is widely accepted that young babies learn to do things because certain acts lead to________.
A. rewards B. prizes
C. awards D. results
答案:A.意為“報酬,酬勞”,表示作為某種行為的結(jié)果而應(yīng)得的報酬;
B.意為“獎品”; C.常用作動詞,可接雙賓語;意為“授予某人某物”,作名詞時意為“獎品”;D意為“結(jié)果”。
11.The surgeon_______ his excellent skill in carrying out the operation.
A. represented B. instructed
C. demonstrated D. exhibited
答案:C.“展示,演示”;句子意思:那個外科醫(yī)生在手術(shù)中展示了他的精湛的技能。
A.“代表”;B.“指示”;D“陳列,展出”。
12. I wrote him a letter to show my______ of his thoughtfulness.
A. achievement B. agreement
C. attention D. appreciation
答案:D.指充分理解后作出的贊美,或以熱情贊同、衷心欣賞、真誠感激做出的某種反應(yīng),意為“贊賞、感激”;句子意思:我寫信給他對他周到的考慮表示真誠的感激。
A.意為“成就”;B.意為“同意”;C.意為“注意”。
13.Ben has not the least_______ of giving up his research.
A. intention B. attempt
C. aim D. desire
答案:A.“意圖,意志,志向”指某人心中想要干、促成的事情,常用have the intention of sth/to dosth,表示“有……的打算”;句子意思:本絲毫沒有放棄研究的意圖。
B.“企圖,嘗試”;C.aim“目的”常與介詞at搭配;D.“渴望,欲望”。
14.We decided not to climb that mountain because it was raining_________.
A. badly B. hardly
C. strongly D. heavily
答案: D.此處指雨下得大;
A.“惡劣地”;B.“幾乎不”;C.“強烈地”。
15.One of the advantages of living on the top floor of a high-rise is that you can get a good ________.
A. scenery B. scene
C. view D. look
答案:C.意為“風(fēng)景,景色”,通常指從某個特定(或許較高的)位置所見到的景物,如If you stand here you will have a better view of the lake.
A.指抽象的自然風(fēng)景,常指“(美麗、開闊的)自然風(fēng)景”。B.指戲劇、電影等的一場,場景,布景;D.指朝某物看一眼。