1. The reference she made to her friend, the poet, was interesting but too _____ for anyone to appreciate.

　　A. drastic B. dull C. obscure D. distinct

　　[答案]C. obscure.

　　[注釋]obscure(=not clearly seen or understood)模糊難懂得。drastic激烈的，嚴(yán)厲的;dull單調(diào)的;distinct清楚的，明顯的;截然不同的(from)。

　　本題譯文：她提到她的朋友----詩(shī)人時(shí)所說(shuō)的話是令人感興趣，但沒有說(shuō)清楚，以致沒有人為此感激。

　　2. He _____ his engagement just before the wedding.

　　A. broke out B. broke away from

　　C. broke off D. broke up

　　[答案]C. broke off.

　　[注釋]break off(=cease suddenly, discontinue)突然中斷;break off one's engagement(解除婚約)。Break off(=interrupt) one's conversation(打斷談話)。Break out(=begin suddenly)爆發(fā)。Break away from擺脫，從......退出。

　　3. When she heard from the hospital that her father had died, she _____ into tears.

　　A. burst B. went C. exploded D. fell

　　[答案]A. burst

　　[注釋]burst into tears放聲大哭;又如：burst into thunderous cheers(發(fā)出雷嗚般的歡呼);burst into laughing(捧腹大笑)。

　　4. Your help is _____ for the success of the project.

　　A. indispensable B. indicative

　　C. inevitable D. inherent

　　[答案]A. indispensable.

　　[注釋]indispensable(to, for)不可缺少的，必需的。Indicative(of)指示的。Inevitable 不可避免的。Inherent固有的，內(nèi)在的，天生的。

　　5. _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

　　A. In spite of B. But for C. Because of D. As for

　　[答案]B. But for

　　[注釋]but for(=without, except for)若非，要不是：But for your help we could not have finished it in time.(要不是你的幫助，我們本來(lái)不會(huì)及時(shí)完工。)

　　6. It was difficult to guess what her _____ to the news would be.

　　A. impression B. comment C. reaction D. opinion

　　[答案]C. reaction.

　　[注釋]reaction(to)對(duì)......的反應(yīng)：Our reaction to a joke is to laugh.

　　7. Our attitude toward our teachers should be _____, but not slavish or superstitious.

　　A. respectable B. respected C. respective D. respectful

　　[答案]D. respectful.

　　[注釋]respectable(=deserving respect)值得尊敬的,品行端正的。respectful(=showing respect to)有禮貌的，表示尊敬的。Respective各個(gè)的。respected尊敬的。Respecting prep.(=relating to; concerned with)關(guān)于，說(shuō)到。

　　8. We could see that he was trying to _____ his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.

　　A. run over B. smooth over C. pass off D. turn down

　　[答案]B. smooth over.

　　[注釋]smooth over(=make smooth, put right, balliate)使平息，使恢復(fù)正常的，掩飾：1)I will try to smooth their quarrel over.(我將設(shè)法平息他們的爭(zhēng)吵。) 2)Don't try to smooth over your fault.(不要設(shè)法掩飾你的過(guò)錯(cuò)。)

　　run over 詳見Ⅲ.145,146.注釋;pass off詳見Ⅲ.126.注釋;turn down詳見Ⅲ.180,181.注釋.

　　9. Glemp's heroic flight into space entitled him _____ a place in history.

　　A. for B. with C. to D. of

　　[答案]C. to.

　　[注釋]entitle sb. to sth.(=give a right to)給予權(quán)利： 1)He is entitled to special treatment because of his rank(由于他的級(jí)別他有權(quán)享受特殊待遇。) 2) Officers are entitled to travel first class.(軍官們有權(quán)乘頭等車旅行。)

　　10. He's _____ drink and never does a stroke of work.

　　A. gone to B. taken to C. taken up D. gone for

　　[答案]B. taken to.

　　[注釋]take to養(yǎng)成(某種習(xí)慣)。A stroke of一件。本題譯文：他以成了酒徒，從來(lái)沒有干過(guò)一件工作。