練習題一
1. She once again went through her composition carefully to _____ all spelling mistakes from it.
A. withdraw B. abandon C. diminish D. eliminate
[答案]D. eliminate.
[註釋]eliminate(=get rid of, do away with)消除,排除,淘汰:1) Can the government eliminate poverty?(政府能否消除貧困?) 2)eliminate slang words form an essay(從文章中去掉俚語詞)。
2. When the little child caught sight of the young woman _____ in white he started brawling immediately.
A. dressed B. wearing C. worn D. putting on
[答案]A. dressed.
[註釋]be dressed in 穿這......衣服。Wear意為“穿著”是及物動詞,語法結構上與本題不符。Put on穿上,強調的動作。
3. Some areas, _____ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.
A. due to B. but for C. in spite of D. with relation to
[答案]A. due to.
[註釋]due to由於。有些語言專家認為due to引導的短語,在句中只能作表語,如:1)His absence was due to the storm. 2)The delay was due to heavy traffic. 3)This accident was due to his carelessness.但現代英語裡due to引導的短語可以作狀語用,如:He failed due to carelessness. Due to heavy traffic, he was late for an hour or so.
4. Many university courses are not really _____ to the needs of students or their future employers.
A. associated B. relative C. geared D. sufficient
[答案]C. geared.
[註釋]be geared to與......相連線的,與......搭配得上的。Be relative to與......有關的:This is not relative to the accident.(這和這次事故無關。)本題意指courses(課程)是否與needs(需要)掛得上鉤,而不是一般得有點關係,故應選geared.
5. If we can _____ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.
A. get off B. come across C. come over D. get over
[答案]D. get over.
[註釋]get over (difficulties)克服(困難)。
6. Be careful how you _____ that jug, it will break very easily.
A. pour B. operate C. handle D. employ
[答案]C. handle.
[註釋]handle意為“用手拿......”:Wash your hands before you handle my books.
7. We suddenly saw the bus about to leave and had to run _____ to catch it.
A. hardly B. awkwardly C. hard D. strongly
[答案]C hard.[註釋]run hard意為“使勁跑”,句中hard是副詞。Hardly“幾乎不“,是否定副詞,與本題不符。
8. He hated the war so much that he decided to leave the army _____.
A. for long B. once in a while
C. for good D. once upon a time
[答案] C. for good.
[註釋] for good (=permanently)永久地:He says he's leaving the country
for good. for long 長久地。按本題題意,用 for long 不妥。once upon a time 從前。once in a while 偶爾。
9. This year the farmers were just able to gather in the _____ before the fine weather came to an end.
A. collection B. harvest C. flower D. plant
[答案] B. harvest.
[註釋] gather in “收穫(莊稼)”: The farmers are gathering in the corn.
10. A successful scientist needs _____ if he wants to make hypothesis (假設) of how processes work and how events take place.
A. permission B. penetration
C. imagination D. convention
[答案] C. imagination.
[註釋] imagination 想象力;penetration 穿透;permission 允許; convention 慣例,常規。