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1、1. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _.A. admitted B. acknowledged C. absorbed D. considered 答案 D. considered 注释 considered 考虑; admit 承认; absorb 吸收。 注意acknowledge 1) (=agree or admit the truth of; confess) 承认, 供认; A. He acknowledged his mistake. (他承认了他的
2、错误。) B. 接动名词 He acknowledged having been beaten. (他承认被打败了。) 2) (express thanks for) 致谢; A. Mary acknowledged the gift with a pleasant letter. (玛丽致函感谢馈赠的礼物。) B. His long service with the company was acknowledged with a present. (向他赠送礼品以感谢他长期来对公司的服务。)2. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for t
3、he swimming pool without his parents _.A. command B. conviction C. consent D. compromise 答案 C. consent 注释 consent 同意, 赞成, 答应。conviction 深信, 确信。compromise 妥协, 折中。command 命令, 指令; 掌握, 运用能力。3. Our research has focused on a drug which is so _ as to be able to change brain chemistry.A. powerful B. influen
4、tial C. monstrous D. vigorous 答案 A. powerful 注释 powerful (=having or producing great power) 强有力的。在这里四个形容词中, 只有powerful (有效力的) 可与表示药物的名词搭配。influential 有影响的, 有势力的, monstrous 异常大的, vigorous 精力旺盛的, 强健有力的。4. The lost car of the Lees was found _ in the woods off the highway.A. vanished B. abandoned C. sca
5、ttered D. rejected 答案 B. abandoned 注释 abandoned (=give up completely) 放弃, 抛弃; 1) The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund. 2) The sailors abandoned the burning ship.注意abandon 暗指某人对其所抛弃的人或物将会发生什么事情不感兴趣, 如把撞坏的汽车抛弃在路旁。vanish (=suddenly disappear; go out of existence) vi.消失, 绝迹; 1) The airp
6、lane vanished into the clouds.2) Many kinds of animals have vanished form the earth. (许多种类的动物以在地球上绝迹。) scatter (=send, go in different direction) 驱使, 使分散; The police scattered the crowed. (警察驱散人群。) (=throw or put in various directions) 撒, 到处放; He scattered his clothes all over the room. reject (=ref
7、use to accept) 拒绝接受; She rejected my suggestion.5. Henrys news report covering the conference was so _ that nothing had been omitted.A. understanding B. comprehensible C. comprehensive D. understandable 答案 C. comprehensive.注释 comprehensive 完全的无所不包的; comprehensible 能懂的, 可以理解的; understandable 可以理解的, 主
8、要用来指人的行为。understanding 用来指人时, 表示善于理解别人或别人问题的 (人) 。注意下面的搭配:a comprehensive map (街区详图) ; a comprehensible remark (听得懂的话) ,an understandable mistake (可以理解的错误) ; an understanding friend (一位能理解人的朋友) 。6. She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her _ to Scotland.A. ticket B. place C.
9、 seat D. connection 答案 D. connection 注释 lose ones connection to 误了到.地方去的 (汽车、火车、轮船的) 联运; The train was late and I missed my connection.7. The ship was _ in a storm off Jamaica.A. drowned B. sunk C. wrecked D. submitted 答案 C. wrecked 注释 wreck vt. 撞坏, 毁坏; 1) My son wrecked my car. 2) My car was comple
10、tely wrecked in the accident.sink vt. 下沉, 沉没, 该动词也可作及物动词用, 意为“使下沉”, 但按本题句意看, 用被动语态不妥。 drown 溺死, 淹死: (vt.) He drowned his wife. (vi) He drowned in the river. (他在河里淹死了。) submit 1) (=put oneself under the control of another) 提交, 呈送 (to) : Should a wife submit herself to her husband? (妻子应顺从他丈夫吗?) 2) (=p
11、ut forward for option, discussion, decision ect.) 提出 (供评论、讨论决定等) You must submit your request to the committee. 3) (=surrender (to) , give in) 屈服,投降:After being defeated, they submitted to the enemy. (打败后, 他们向敌人投降了。)8. No one has _ been able to trace the author of the poem.A. still B. yet C. already
12、 D. just 答案 B. yet 注释 yet 常用于现在完成时的否定句中, 意为“尚, 还”。9. More than one-third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, _ in San Francisco.A. previously B. predominantly C practically D. permanently 答案 B. predominantly. 注释 predominantly (=mostly; mainly) 主要地。 previously (=coming earlier in
13、time or order) 先前, 早先; This is better than any solution previously. (这个办法比以前提出的任何解决办法都好。) practically (=really; in a practical way) 实际上。permanently (=going on for a long time) 永久地。本题译文:在美国, 华人中有三分之一居住在加利福尼亚洲, 其中主要是在旧金山。10. The new secretary has written a remarkably _ report only in a few pages but w
14、ith all the details.A. concise B. clear C. precise D. elaborate 答案 A. concise. 注释 concise (=brief; giving much information in few words) 简明扼要的:He gave a concise report of the meeting. (他对会议作了简明扼要的报道。) clear 清楚的。precise (=exact; correctly stated; free form error) 精确的, 明白无误的; Please tell me the precis
15、e measurements. (请告诉我精确的尺寸。) elaborate (=worked out with much care; carefully prepared) 精心制作的, 丰盛的:Peter worked out an elaborate scheme for raising the money. (彼得制定了一项详尽得计划来筹集着笔款项。) 孤立地看, 似乎4个形容词均能修饰report, 但从句子的逻辑关系看, 后半句中有only in a few pages but with all the details, 故concise 是最贴切的选择了。11. The managing director took the _ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.A. guilt B. charge C. blame D. accusation 答案 C. blame.