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----詩人時所說的話是令人感興趣，但沒有說清楚，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，我們本來不會及時完工。）

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......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各個的。respected尊敬的

respecting prep.（=relating to； concerned with）關(guān)于，說到。

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)法平息他們的爭吵。）

2）don't try to smooth over your fault.（不要設(shè)法掩飾你的過錯。）

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，從來沒有干過一件工作。