1. "Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"

"Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."

A. in B. to C. on D. with

[答案]D. with.

[注釋]lie with應(yīng)由.......（承擔(dān)責(zé)任）;（作出決定等）得靠......

1）The responsibility lies with the driver.（責(zé)任應(yīng)由這個司機(jī)承擔(dān)。）

2）It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.（接受還是拒絕這項建議由你決定。）

lie in在于：

1）The difficulty lies in their great poverty.（困難在于他們非常貧困。）

2）the solution lies in social and political reform.（解決方法在于社會政治改革。）

2. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.

A. sum B. quantity C. deal D. amount

[答案]C. deal.

[注釋]see a good deal of each other 經(jīng)常見面。

3. Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.

A. deliberately B. intensively

C. decisively D. objectively

[答案]A. deliberately.

[注釋]deliberately（=on purpose, intentionally）故意地;存心地。

4. They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake.

A. friendship B. relations C. intentions D. terms

[答案]D. terms.

[注釋]keep （be） on good terms with與......和睦相處。

5. Do you think a wife should _____ her habits and tastes to those of her husband?

A. comply B. confirm C. consent D. conform

[答案]D. conform.

[注釋]conform vi遵守，符號：

All the students must conform to the rules.（全體學(xué)生必須遵守規(guī)章。）

conform sth. to sth. else（vt）使符合：

He conformed the plans to the new specifications.（他使這些集合符合新規(guī)范。）

comply with遵守;confirm使堅定，確認(rèn)，證實;consent （to）同意，贊同。

6. He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground.

A. crashing B. throwing C. rushing D. dropping

[答案]A. crashing.

[注釋]crash（to the ground）猛跌（到地上）。Crash n.

常指飛機(jī)等的“失事”，如：He was killed in an aircraft crash.（他在飛機(jī)失事中喪生。）本句中用falling不妥，fall指“落下，掉下”，本身并不強(qiáng)調(diào)落下的速度，而crash使“猛跌”，故本題用crashing最佳。

7. High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.

A. discourage B. decrease C. disturb D. disgust

[答案]A. discourage

[注釋]discourage sb. from doing sth.使認(rèn)為某事不值得做：Tht wet weather discouraged people from going to the sports meeting.（下雨天使人覺得不值得去看運(yùn)動會。）

8. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.

A. equivalent B. uniform C. alike D. likely

[答案]A. equivalent.

[注釋]equivalent相等的，相當(dāng)?shù)模篐e exchanged his pounds for the equivalent amount of dollars. uniform 相同的,一樣的。Likely adj.很可能的，有希望的。Alike（表語形容詞）相同的，相象的。

9. The two things are the same in outward form but different _____.

A. in addition B. in brief C. in common D. in essence

[答案]D. in essence.

[注釋]in essence本質(zhì)上;in addition此外;in brief簡短地，簡言之;in common共同。

10. _____ it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time.

A. By the way B. In a way C. In the way D. In no way

[答案]B. In a way.

[注釋]in a way（-to some extent）在某種程度上;in no way決不;by the way 順便提一下;in the way 礙事。此題不能選by the way，因為by the way 做插入語其后應(yīng)加逗號。

本題譯文：我沒有得到我申請得工作在某種程度上說是件好事，盡管我承認(rèn)當(dāng)時我很失望。