1. The new management has _____ great changes to the company.

A. brought about

B. brought over

C. brought forward

D. brought in

答案： A

bring about 導(dǎo)致，引起

bring over 使相信，說服

bring forward 提前;提出，提議

bring in 生產(chǎn)， 掙得， 介紹引進(jìn)

2. We had to _____ Jim‘s poor table manners because he refused to change.

A. put in for

B. put up with

C. put down

D. put across

答案： B

put in for 申請

put up with 容忍，忍受

put down 記下，寫下

put across/over 解釋清楚，使被理解

3. The director _____ traffic safety in his talk.

A. drew in

B. settled down

C. felt like

D. dwelt on

答案： D

draw in （天）漸黑，（白晝）漸短;（汽車或火車）到站

settle down 定居，過安定的生活;平靜下來;定下心來

feel like 想要

dwell on/upon 老是想著，詳述

4. The government threatened to _____ the already huge US trade deficit. A. add to

B. add up to

C. amount to

D. get to

答案：A

add to 增添

add up to 合計(jì)達(dá)，總括起來，意味著

amount to 合計(jì)，共計(jì);(在意義、價值等方面)等同，接近

get to 到達(dá)， 接觸到， 開始， 對……有影響

5. The 15 banks were likely to _____ about $530 million of the bad assets.

A. turn off

B. write off

C. take off

D. show off

答案： B

turn off 關(guān)，關(guān)掉;拐彎，離開……轉(zhuǎn)入另一條路

write off 取消，注銷，勾銷

take off 脫下;起飛;匆匆離開

show off 炫耀，賣弄

6.It’s very dufficult to ____ the exact meaning of an idiom in a foreign language.

A.exchange

B.transfer

C.convey

D.convert

答案：C

transfer轉(zhuǎn)移，改變 convey傳達(dá)，表達(dá)，傳播

7.When we are reading,the important thing is to ____ the essential meaning,not to learn every single word.

A.clasp

B.grab

C.grasp

D.grapple

答案：C

clasp扣子，扣緊，擁抱 grab抓取，強(qiáng)奪，捕獲 grasp理解，領(lǐng)會，掌握 grapple抓住，握緊

8.Harvard University has been ____ the best university in a recent annual survey.

A.listed

B.catalogued

C.ranked

D.classified

答案：C

catalogue目錄 rank給……評級，列為，居首位