1. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

A. guilt B. charge C. blame D. accusatio

[答案] C. blame.

[注釋]take the blame for 對(duì)......承擔(dān)責(zé)任。Take charge of 負(fù)責(zé)管理 （照顧） 。

[注意]charge 前無冠詞the.

2. The worker agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands.

A. call for B. call forth C. call off D. call up

[答案] C. call off

3. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____ what color it was.

A. look out B. make out C. get across D. take after

[答案] B. make out

4. He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted.

A. eventually B. yet C. finally D. accordingly

[答案] D. accordingly.

[注釋]accordingly （=for that reason, therefore） 因此, 所以。

5. It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn't like.

A. attempt B. trouble C. power D. effort

[答案] D. effort.

[注釋] effort （作可數(shù)名詞用） （=vigorous attempt） 努力的嘗試：Does it require a great effort of will to give up smoking? （戒煙需要堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的毅力嗎?）

6. The firemen managed to _____ the fire in time.

A. extinguish B. prevent C. suppress D. ruin

[答案] A. extinguish.

[注釋] extinguish （=put out） vt. 撲滅 （火焰等） 。Stop the fire雖然也可以搭配, 但按本句題意用extinguish為最佳。

7. What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs. Richard _____ common.

A. nothing butB. anything butC. above all D.rather than

[答案] B. anything but.

[注釋] anything but （=far from being） 根本不; The boys knew they bad broken the rules, and they were anything but happy when they were called to the office. （=They were unhappy and afraid.）

nothing but 只不過; Don't have him for a friend; he's nothing but a criminal. （不要把他當(dāng)朋友, 他只不過是個(gè)罪犯。） I have nothing but two dollars. （我只有2美元。）

above all最重要的。rather than 而不是

8. The car was completely _____ and the driver seriously injured.

A. broken off B. taken off C. written off D. picked up

[答案] C. written off.

[注釋] write off報(bào)廢

9. On this happy occasion, I'd like to say that we are _____ much obliged to you for your kind cooperation.

A. even so B. ever so C. as yet D. so far

[答案] B. ever so.

[注釋]ever so （=very） 非常; It's ever so cold.與名詞搭配時(shí)則用ever such, 如：She's ever such a nice girl. （她是一位非常好的姑娘。）

even so （=although that is true, nevertheless; still） 即使如此：The fire was out, but even so, the smell of smoke was strong. （=The fire was out, but the smell was still there.）

10. His new appointment takes _____ from the beginning of next month.

A. place B. effect C. post D. office

[答案] B. effect.

[注釋]take effect 生效。