1. She once again went through her composition carefully to _____ all spelling mistakes from it.
A. withdraw B. abandon
C. diminish D. eliminate
[答案]D. eliminate.
[注釋]eliminate(=get rid of, do away with)消除，排除，淘汰：1) Can the government eliminate poverty?(政府能否消除貧困?) 2)eliminate slang words form an essay(從文章中去掉俚語詞)。
2. When the little child caught sight of the young woman _____ in white he started brawling immediately.
A. dressed B. wearing
C. worn D. putting on
[答案]A. dressed.
[注釋]be dressed in 穿這......衣服。Wear意為“穿著”是及物動(dòng)詞，語法結(jié)構(gòu)上與本題不符。Put on穿上，強(qiáng)調(diào)的動(dòng)作。
3. Some areas, _____ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.
A. due to
B. but for
C. in spite of
D. with relation to
[答案]A. due to.
[注釋]due to由于。有些語言專家認(rèn)為due to引導(dǎo)的短語，在句中只能作表語，如：1)His absence was due to the storm. 2)The delay was due to heavy traffic. 3)This accident was due to his carelessness.但現(xiàn)代英語里due to引導(dǎo)的短語可以作狀語用，如：He failed due to carelessness. Due to heavy traffic, he was late for an hour or so.
4. Many university courses are not really _____ to the needs of students or their future employers.
A. associated B. relative
C. geared D. sufficient
[答案]C. geared.
[注釋]be geared to與......相連接的，與......搭配得上的。Be relative to與......有關(guān)的：This is not relative to the accident.(這和這次事故無關(guān)。)本題意指courses(課程)是否與needs(需要)掛得上鉤，而不是一般得有點(diǎn)關(guān)系，故應(yīng)選geared.
5. If we can _____ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.
A. get off B. come across
C. come over D. get over
[答案]D. get over.
[注釋]get over (difficulties)克服(困難)。
6. Be careful how you _____ that jug, it will break very easily.
A. pour B. operate
C. handle D. employ
[答案]C. handle.
[注釋]handle意為“用手拿......”:Wash your hands before you handle my books.
7. We suddenly saw the bus about to leave and had to run _____ to catch it.
A. hardly B. awkwardly
C. hard D. strongly
[答案]C hard.
[注釋]run hard意為“使勁跑”，句中hard是副詞。Hardly“幾乎不“，是否定副詞，與本題不符。
8. He hated the war so much that he decided to leave the army _____.
A. for long
B. once in a while
C. for good
D. once upon a time
[答案] C. for good.
[注釋] for good (=permanently)永久地:He says he's leaving the country
for good. for long 長(zhǎng)久地。按本題題意，用 for long 不妥。once upon a time 從前。once in a while 偶爾。
9. This year the farmers were just able to gather in the _____ before the fine weather came to an end.
A. collection B. harvest
C. flower D. plant
[答案] B. harvest.
[注釋] gather in “收獲(莊稼)”: The farmers are gathering in the corn.
10. A successful scientist needs _____ if he wants to make hypothesis (假設(shè)) of how processes work and how events take place.
A. permission
B. penetration
C. imagination
D. convention
[答案] C. imagination.
[注釋] imagination 想象力;penetration 穿透;permission 允許; convention 慣例，常規(guī)。
