ough ____ Spanish, he attended the course.
A. he was knowing
B. he is knowing
C. having a knowledge of
D. knows
2. You ____that letter to James. However, you didn’t.
A. ought to write
B. ought to have written
C. should write
D. should be writing
3. Joseph was very lucky ____ with his life; he almost did not get out of the room.
A. to escape
B. to have escaped
C. to escaping
D. to be escaping
4. Bread and butter ____liked by Westerners.
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. be
5. The back garden of our house contains a lawn, ____very pleasant to sit on in summer.
A. which is
B. which it is
C. it is
e it is
6. He set up in business ____ his own and was very successful
A. in
D. by
7. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; he ____ last night.
A. must have studied
B. charged
C. punished
D. posed
8. Modern ___perhaps causes more problems than it solves.
A. technique
nology
C. tactics
ency
9. Mary tiptoed over and took the clock away because she hated to hear it ____ when she was trying to go to sleep.
A. sounding
B. ringing
C. ticking
D. humming
10. Under this ____ pressure some of the rocks even became liquid.
A. intensive
hty
nse
y
11. Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ____ of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living.
A. maximum
rity
C. majority
mum
12. Nancy was surprised that they have ____. They seemed to be a happy couple.
A. split up
en down
C. fallen through
D. knocked out
beach is in an ideal ____to draw tourists.
A. condition
B. situation
C. state
D. publicity
14. Our ____ sensitivity decreases with age. By age 60, most people have lost 40 percent of their ability to smell and 50 percent of their taste buds.
A. sensible
B. senseless
C. sensitive
D. sensory
15. The eldest child is thoroughly ____because they always give him whatever he wants.
A. wasted
B. spoiled
royed
ucated
16. If a substance is dissolved in water or heated, it may ____a gas.
A. give into
B. give over
C. give off
D. give away
17. His manner was so pleasant that Bolla felt at ____ with him at once.
A. peace
B. large
C. ease
D. best
18. —Can you take the day off tomorrow?
—Well, I’ll have to get ____ from my boss.
A. permission
B. permit
C. allowance
D. possession
19. The ____ in Janet’s character has hindered her from advancement in her career.
A. weakness
B. merit
C. defect
D. shortcoming
答案詳解：
1. C)【句意】雖然只懂一點西班牙語，但他還是參加了這個課程的學習。
【難點】know是靜態動詞，不能用於進行時;選knows從句中又缺少主語。knowledge作“知識”講時是不可數名詞，但作“瞭解”講時，前面可加“a”，常用於片語have a knowledge of中，所以選C)。
2. B)【句意】你本應該給詹姆斯寫信，然而，你沒寫。
【難點】ought to have written是虛擬語氣，與本句句意相符
3. B)【句意】約瑟夫幸運地逃了性命;他險些沒從房間裡逃出來。
【難點】to have escaped 是不定式的完成式，表示過去的某一動作業已完成。
4. A)【句意】黃油麵包受西方人青睞。
【難點】bread and butter 是西方人吃的一種食品，雖然有三個字，表達的卻是一個東西，並且是不可數名詞，作單數。
5. A)【句意】我家的後花園有一片草坪，夏天坐在上面會令你心曠神怡。
【難點】which引出非限制性定語從句，在句中作主語，且和sit on 構成動賓關係。類似的句子有：This room is comfortable to live in 這句中live in 和this room構成動賓關係。
6. C)【句意】他獨自一人開始經商，並且做得很成功。
【難點】on one’s own 是個常用的介詞片語，意為“獨自”;of one’s own表示“某人自己的(東西)”，如：I have a flat of my own.我自己有套房子。
7. A)【句意】約翰的考試分數全班最高;他昨天晚上一定學習了。
【難點】表示對過去某一動作行為的猜測須要用must have done這一句型結構。
8. B)【句意】現代技術所引發的問題也許比它所能解決的要多。
【難點】technique意為“技法;具體的技術”;technology意為“工業技術”;tactics意為“戰術，兵法，策略”;tendency意為“傾向”。
9. C)【句意】瑪麗躡手躡腳走過來把鍾拿走了，因為她討厭在自己想睡覺的時候聽它滴噠地響。
【難點】sound意為“作聲，發聲，響”;ring意為“鳴，發出清脆響亮的聲音”;tick意為“發出滴噠聲”;hum意為“發連續低沉的聲音(如蜜蜂、馬達的嗡嗡聲)”。
10. C)【句意】在這種強大的壓力下，一些岩石甚至變成了液體。
【難點】intensive意為“加強的;集中的.”;weighty意為“沉重的;笨重的”;intense意為“強烈的，劇烈的”;bulky意為“龐大的;粗壯的”。
11. C)【句意】當然，大多數移民不是一夜之間就發財的，但是他們大多最終改善了自己的生活水平。
【難點】maximum意為“最大限量;最高點”;minority意為“少數，半數以下”;majority意為“大多數”;minimum意為“最低限度，最低點”。
12. A)【句意】南希對他們的離婚表示十分驚訝，因為他們似乎是一對快樂的夫婦。
【難點】split up意為“分裂，離婚”;break down意為“(精神方面)垮掉;(健康)變得衰弱;崩潰”;fall through意為“失敗;成為泡影”;knock out意為“使筋疲力盡”。
13. B)【句意】這片海灘所處位置理想，吸引了很多遊客。
【難點】condition意為“狀況;形勢”;situation意為“位置，地點，環境”;state意為“狀態，情形”;publicity意為“公眾的注意，名聲”。
14. D)【句意】我們的感官能力隨著年齡的增長而下降。比如說，到60歲的時候，多數人失去了他們40%的嗅覺能力和50%的味覺能力。
【難點】sensible意為“明智的，合情理的”;senseless意為“失去知覺的，不省人事的”;sensitive意為“敏感的”;sensory意為“感覺的，傳遞感覺的”。
15. B)【句意】他們的大孩子被徹底寵壞了，因為他要什麼，他們就給什麼。
【難點】waste意為“使衰弱;使消瘦”;spoil意為“寵壞，溺愛”;destroy意為“破壞;毀滅”;uneducated意為“未受(良好)教育的”。
16. C)【句意】如果一種物質溶解在水裡或被加熱，它可能釋放出一種氣體。
【難點】give into為非固定搭配;give over意為“託付，交託”;give off意為“散發”;give away意為“送掉，分發(獎品)等”
17. C)【句意】他那平易近人的風度使得博拉立刻放鬆了情緒。
【難點】at peace意為“和平地”;at large意為“自由地;大體地”;at ease意為“不拘束”;at best意為“至多”。
18. A)【句意】——你明天能休一天嗎?
——呵，我要徵得老闆的允許。
【難點】permission意為“允許”;permit意為“許可證”;allowance意為“津貼”;possession意為“擁有”。
19. C)【句意】詹妮特的性格缺陷阻礙了她事業進步。
【難點】weakness意為“弱點;嗜好”;merit意為“優點，長處”;defect意為“缺點，缺陷”;shortcoming意為“缺點，短處”。
