1. he stopped his ears with his hands to _____ the terrible noise.

a. show off b. cut out c. keep from d. shut out

[答案] d. shut out.

[注釋]shut out排除。show off炫耀; cut out刪掉; keep from;

1） 隱瞞; she kept the truth from me. （她向我隱瞞真相。）

2） 不沾, 避開(kāi); he keeps from alcohol. （他滴酒不沾。）

3） 使不做某事：she kept herself from laughing. （她沒(méi)有笑出來(lái)。）

2. my house is the only brick one on the street. it _____ and you can't miss it.

a. stands up b. looks out c. sticks out d. wipes out

[答案] c. stick out.

[注釋]stick out （=protrude, project） 伸出, 突出; 顯露, 顯眼：

1） the doctor asked him to stick his tongue out.

2） spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. （這篇作文中拼寫(xiě)錯(cuò)誤很顯眼。）

stick out （=endure to the end） 堅(jiān)持到底;

if you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. （假如你能在堅(jiān)持一下, 一切都會(huì)好起來(lái)。）

wipe out 擦去, 消滅

3. after the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.

a. poured b. melted c. drew d. dismissed

[答案] a. poured.

[注釋]pour 此處意為：涌出, 涌來(lái), 如：people poured out to the rally. （人們踴躍參加群眾大會(huì)。）

4. although it is not our normal _____ to give credit, this time i think we should consider the matter more closely.

a. state b. intention c. occasion d. practice

[答案] d. practice.

[注釋]practice （=way of doing sth. that is common or habitual; sth. done regularly） 做法, 慣例 ：

it is my practice always to rise early. to give credit 讓賒欠：no credit is given at this shop. （這家商店概不賒欠。）

5. it gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.

a. news b. print c. publication d. press

[答案] b. print.

[注釋]in print是習(xí)語(yǔ), 意指“印出來(lái), 發(fā)表出來(lái)”, 如：

she finally saw her novel in print. （她終于看到他的小說(shuō)出版了。）

in print 的另一個(gè)意思是“在印行, 還在發(fā)行”, 如：

this book is still in print. （這本書(shū)還在發(fā)行, 可以買到）

反義詞是out of print , 意指“不在印行, 買不到了?！比纾?/p>

the book you speak of is out of print. （你說(shuō)到的那本書(shū)已不在發(fā)行了。）

6. the engineers have rejected the employers' proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in _____.

a. opposition b. return c. sympathy d. readiness

[答案] c. sympathy.

[注釋] in sympathy 以示同情, come out 此處意為 （=declare oneself） 表明態(tài)度, 所以come out in sympathy 意為“表示同情”。

in return 作為報(bào)答, 如：i wanted nothing in return . （我不要什么報(bào)答。）

collaboration協(xié)作, 如：work in collaboration with sb. （與某人協(xié)力合作） 。

opposition 反對(duì), 如：rise in opposition to （起來(lái)反對(duì)） 。

readiness 準(zhǔn)備 （狀態(tài)）; 待機(jī), 如：having everything in readiness for departure （做好一切準(zhǔn)備, 以便出發(fā)）。

7. her work is often very hard and she gets very tired. the work is _____.

a.wonderful b.splendid c.tedious d.magnificent

[答案] c. tedious .

[注釋] tedious （=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting） "沉悶的, 厭煩的, 乏味的”。splendid 壯麗的, 輝煌的, 極好的。magnificent 壯麗的, 宏偉的：it was a magnificent ceremony. （這是一次盛大隆重的儀式）。

8. with prices _____ so much, it's hard for the company to plan a budget.

a.fluctuating b.waving c.swinging d.vibrating

[答案] a. fluctuating

[注釋]本句前一部分是"with+名詞+現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)"的獨(dú)立結(jié)構(gòu), 做狀語(yǔ)。

fluctuate （=move up and down） （指物價(jià), 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)等的） 波動(dòng)。如：prices fluctuate from year to year. （物價(jià)年年波動(dòng)）

wave飄揚(yáng), 揮舞; 招手; （莊稼的） 波動(dòng)。

swing擺動(dòng), 搖擺; vibrate振動(dòng)?？梢?jiàn), 根據(jù)題意, 只能選a. fluctuating.

9. some teenagers have a generalized resentment against society, which _____ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.

a. deprives b. restricts c. rejects d. denies

[答案] d. denies

[注釋]deny （=refuse to give or allow）拒絕給予:he denied his children nothing . （孩子們要什么他就給什么。）

deprive （=take away from） .剝奪。deprive sb. of sth.剝奪某人某物：they deprived women of the right to vote. （他們剝奪了婦女的投票權(quán)。）

restrict （=keep within limits）the doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. （醫(yī)生限制他一天抽5支煙。）

reject （refuse to accept ） 拒絕接受, 如：she rejected my suggestion.

本題譯文：一些十幾歲的孩子們往往對(duì)社會(huì)有普遍的逆反心理, 雖然他們發(fā)育成熟, 但社會(huì)拒絕給予他們同成年人一樣的權(quán)利和優(yōu)惠。

10. though _____ in san francisco, dave mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

a. raised b. grown c. developed d. cultivated

[答案] a. raised

[注釋]本句中though raised in san franciscos是省略的讓步狀語(yǔ)從句。raise （=bring up） 撫養(yǎng)：grow種植; cultivate耕作; 培養(yǎng) （友誼等） 。

如cultivate后接某人, 則意為“培養(yǎng)與某人的感情”。如：john always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. （約翰一向喜歡與事業(yè)上對(duì)他有用的人來(lái)往。）

本題譯文：盡管在舊金山長(zhǎng)大, 但戴夫米切爾總是愿意把小鎮(zhèn)生活中平凡的事情記載下來(lái)。