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.
[注释]shut out排除。show off炫耀; cut out删掉; keep from;
1) 隐瞒; she kept the truth from me. (她向我隐瞒真相。)
2) 不沾, 避开; he keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。)
3) 使不做某事:she kept herself from laughing. (她没有笑出来。)
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.
[注释]stick out (=protrude, project) 伸出, 突出; 显露, 显眼:
1) the doctor asked him to stick his tongue out.
2) spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. (这篇作文中拼写错误很显眼。)
stick out (=endure to the end) 坚持到底;
if you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. (假如你能在坚持一下, 一切都会好起来。)
wipe out 擦去, 消灭
3. after the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.
a. poured b. melted c. drew d. dismissed
[答案] a. poured.
[注释]pour 此处意为:涌出, 涌来, 如:people poured out to the rally. (人们踊跃参加群众大会。)
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.
[注释]practice (=way of doing sth. that is common or habitual; sth. done regularly) 做法, 惯例 :
it is my practice always to rise early. to give credit 让赊欠:no credit is given at this shop. (这家商店概不赊欠。)
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.
[注释]in print是习语, 意指“印出来, 发表出来”, 如:
she finally saw her novel in print. (她终于看到他的小说出版了。)
in print 的另一个意思是“在印行, 还在发行”, 如:
this book is still in print. (这本书还在发行, 可以买到)
反义词是out of print , 意指“不在印行, 买不到了。”如:
the book you speak of is out of print. (你说到的那本书已不在发行了。)
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.
[注释] in sympathy 以示同情, come out 此处意为 (=declare oneself) 表明态度, 所以come out in sympathy 意为“表示同情”。
in return 作为报答, 如:i wanted nothing in return . (我不要什么报答。)
collaboration协作, 如:work in collaboration with sb. (与某人协力合作) 。
opposition 反对, 如:rise in opposition to (起来反对) 。
readiness 准备 (状态); 待机, 如:having everything in readiness for departure (做好一切准备, 以便出发)。
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 .
[注释] tedious (=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting) "沉闷的, 厌烦的, 乏味的”。splendid 壮丽的, 辉煌的, 极好的。magnificent 壮丽的, 宏伟的:it was a magnificent ceremony. (这是一次盛大隆重的仪式)。
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
[注释]本句前一部分是"with+名词+现在分词短语"的独立结构, 做状语。
fluctuate (=move up and down) (指物价, 标准等的) 波动。如:prices fluctuate from year to year. (物价年年波动)
wave飘扬, 挥舞; 招手; (庄稼的) 波动。
swing摆动, 摇摆; vibrate振动。可见, 根据题意, 只能选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.
[注释]deny (=refuse to give or allow) 拒绝给予:he denied his children nothing . (孩子们要什么他就给什么。)
deprive (=take away from) .剥夺。deprive sb. of sth.剥夺某人某物:they deprived women of the right to vote. (他们剥夺了妇女的投票权。)
restrict (=keep within limits) the doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. (医生限制他一天抽5支烟。)
reject (refuse to accept ) 拒绝接受, 如:she rejected my suggestion.
本题译文:一些十几岁的孩子们往往对社会有普遍的逆反心理, 虽然他们发育成熟, 但社会拒绝给予他们同成年人一样的权利和优惠。
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
[注释]本句中though raised in san franciscos是省略的让步状语从句。raise (=bring up) 抚养:grow种植; cultivate耕作; 培养 (友谊等) 。
如cultivate后接某人, 则意为“培养与某人的感情”。如:john always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. (约翰一向喜欢与事业上对他有用的人来往。)
本题译文:尽管在旧金山长大, 但戴夫米切尔总是愿意把小镇生活中平凡的事情记载下来。