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。?