1. 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.

　　[注釋]shut out排除。參看IV.64。

　　show off炫耀; cut out刪掉; keep from; 1) 隱瞞; She kept the truth from me. (她向我隱瞞真相。) 2) 不沾, 避開; He keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。) 3) 使不做某事：She kept herself from laughing. (她沒有笑出來。)

　　2. 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.

　　[注釋]stick out (=protrude, project) 伸出, 突出; 顯露, 顯眼：1) The doctor asked him to stick his tongue out. 2) Spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. (這篇作文中拼寫錯(cuò)誤很顯眼。) stick out (=endure to the end) 堅(jiān)持到底; If you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. (假如你能在堅(jiān)持一下, 一切都會好起來。)

　　wipe out 擦去, 消滅, 參看III.193.注釋.

　　3. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.

　　A. poured B. melted C. drew D. dismissed

　　[答案] A. poured.

　　[注釋]pour 此處意為：涌出, 涌來, 如：People poured out to the rally. (人們踴躍參加群眾大會。)

　　4. 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.

　　[注釋]practice (=way of doing sth. That is common or habitual; sth. done regularly) 做法, 慣例 ：It is my practice always to rise early. To give credit 讓賒欠：No credit is given at this shop. (這家商店概不賒欠。)

　　5. 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.

　　[注釋]in print是習(xí)語, 意指“印出來, 發(fā)表出來”, 如：She finally saw her novel in print. (她終于看到他的小說出版了。) in print 的另一個(gè)意思是“在印行, 還在發(fā)行”, 如：This book is still in print. (這本書還在發(fā)行, 可以買到) 反義詞是out of print , 意指“不在印行, 買不到了�！比纾篢he book you speak of is out of print. (你說到的那本書已不在發(fā)行了。)

　　6. The engineers have rejected the employers' proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in _____.

　　A. opposition B. return C. sympathy D. readiness

　　[答案] C. sympathy.

　　[注釋] in sympathy 以示同情, come out 此處意為 (=declare oneself) 表明態(tài)度, 所以come out in sympathy 意為“表示同情”。In return 作為報(bào)答, 如：I wanted nothing in return . (我不要什么報(bào)答。) collaboration協(xié)作, 如：work in collaboration with sb. (與某人協(xié)力合作) 。Opposition 反對, 如：rise in opposition to (起來反對) 。readiness 準(zhǔn)備 (狀態(tài)); 待機(jī), 如：having everything in readiness for departure (做好一切準(zhǔn)備, 以便出發(fā))。

　　7. 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 .

　　[注釋] tedious (=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting) "沉悶的, 厭煩的, 乏味的”。

　　Splendid 壯麗的, 輝煌的, 極好的。magnificent 壯麗的, 宏偉的：It was a magnificent ceremony. (這是一次盛大隆重的儀式)。

　　8. With prices _____ so much, it's hard for the company to plan a budget.

　　A. fluctuating B. waving C. swinging D. vibrating

　　[答案] A. fluctuating

　　[注釋]本句前一部分是"with+名詞+現(xiàn)在分詞短語"的獨(dú)立結(jié)構(gòu), 做狀語。Fluctuate (=move up and down) (指物價(jià), 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)等的) 波動(dòng)。如：Prices fluctuate from year to year. (物價(jià)年年波動(dòng)) wave飄揚(yáng), 揮舞; 招手; (莊稼的) 波動(dòng)。Swing擺動(dòng), 搖擺; vibrate振動(dòng)�？梢�, 根據(jù)題意, 只能選A. fluctuating.

　　9. 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.

　　[注釋]deny (=refuse to give or allow) 拒絕給予:He denied his children nothing . (孩子們要什么他就給什么。) deprive (=take away from) .剝奪。deprive sb. of sth.剝奪某人某物：They deprived women of the right to vote. (他們剝奪了婦女的投票權(quán)。) restrict (=keep within limits) The doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. (醫(yī)生限制他一天抽5支煙。) reject (refuse to accept ) 拒絕接受, 如：She rejected my suggestion.

　　本題譯文：一些十幾歲的孩子們往往對社會有普遍的逆反心理, 雖然他們發(fā)育成熟, 但社會拒絕給予他們同成年人一樣的權(quán)利和優(yōu)惠。

　　10. 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

　　[注釋]本句中Though raised in San Franciscos是省略的讓步狀語從句。Raise (=bring up) 撫養(yǎng)：grow種植; cultivate耕作; 培養(yǎng) (友誼等) 。如cultivate后接某人, 則意為“培養(yǎng)與某人的感情”。如：John always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. (約翰一向喜歡與事業(yè)上對他有用的人來往。)

　　本題譯文：盡管在舊金山長大, 但戴夫米切爾總是愿意把小鎮(zhèn)生活中平凡的事情記載下來。