1. When there's doubt the examiner's decision is _____.
A. right B. final C. definite D. fixed

[答案] B. final.

[注釋]final最終的，不會(huì)改變的。definite明確的。fixed固定的，不變的；a fixed income(固定收入)。right正確的。

2. Busy and successful as he was, the novelist was willing to _____ any promising young man and give him all the help he could.
A. take up B. pick up C. make up D. look up

[答案] A. take up.

[注釋]take up把.....當(dāng)作被保護(hù)人，關(guān)照，提攜，列如：
This athlete was taken up by several Boston universities.(這個(gè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員得到波士頓大學(xué)的關(guān)照)

本題譯文：雖然他是一位繁忙又有成就的小說(shuō)家，但他愿意提攜任何有前途的年輕人并盡力給予幫助。

3. He did not find a job yet because he had no _____ to men who could help him.
A. approach B. application C. access D. approval

[答案] C. access.

[注釋]have access to進(jìn)入的路；能接近，進(jìn)入，了解或使用(不可數(shù)名詞)。列如：
1)We had access to his private files.(我們能接觸他的私人檔案。)
2)Only a few people have access to the full facts of the ase.(只有幾人能了解案件的全部事實(shí))
3)Only high officials had access to the emperor.(只有高級(jí)官員才能接近皇帝。)

approach接近,走近，快到；對(duì)待處理(事情的)方式；接近(到達(dá))的路：
1)He was warned of the enemy.(已警告他敵人已接近。)
2)His book represents a new approach to the difficulty.(他的書(shū)代表了處理困難的一種新方法)
3)The approach to the house was a narrow path.(通到這幢房子的路是一條小徑。)

application申請(qǐng)，申請(qǐng)書(shū)。approval贊同。根據(jù)題意，此句中不是指身體上的“接近或靠近”,而是指“能接觸到”的某人故選access更切題意

4. The old man got into the _____ of storing money under the bed.
A. tradition B. habit C. use D. custom

[答案] B. habit.

[注釋]get into the habit of doing sth.意為“養(yǎng)成了做.....的習(xí)慣"。habit指?jìng)€(gè)人的習(xí)慣,而custom則指社會(huì)的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣。tradition“傳統(tǒng)"。

5. The beauty of the place is more than I can describe. I am sure whoever sees it will _____ its charm.
A. appeal to B. stick to C. keep to D. yield to

[答案] D. yield to.

[注釋]yield to:屈服于;投降讓步(經(jīng)常有比較靈活的譯法)。如：
The disease yielded to treatment.(=The disease was cured as the result of treatment.)(這病經(jīng)過(guò)治療已減輕或治愈。)

appeal to向。.....呼吁；stick to(=keep to)堅(jiān)持。

本題譯文：該地秀麗的景色無(wú)法表達(dá)于筆下。我深信，不管是誰(shuí)看到了它都會(huì)折服于它的魅力。

6. Children are likely to get _____ if no one cares about their upbringing.
A. out of hand B. out of order
C. out of place D. out of work

[答案] A. out of hand.

[注釋]get(or be) out of hand是習(xí)語(yǔ)，意為“無(wú)法控制，不受約束":
This situation appears to be completely out of hand.(看來(lái)形勢(shì)已完全失去控制)

out of order有毛病,失靈；

out of place不得其所的，不適當(dāng)?shù)模?/p>

out of work失業(yè)。

本題譯文：如果不關(guān)心孩子的教育，他們很可能會(huì)無(wú)法控制。

7. When the Greeks had _____ the Persians, a soldier ran from Marathon to Athens.
A. won B. bitten C. beaten D. hit

[答案] C. beaten.

[注釋]beat sb. 打敗某人beat sb. black and blue(把某人打得鼻青臉腫)

hit,擊，擊中:hit a man on the head(打在人的頭上);hit at sb.(向某人打去)

strike(=hit ,give a blow at blows to)打,擊：strike a man on the chin(打在某人的下巴上)

win贏得，用作此義時(shí)，后不能接某人，可以說(shuō)win a match, a victory, the first prize等

8. There was a large box behind the door and Peter couldn't _____ falling over it in the darkness.
A. help B. resist C. avoid D. prevent

[答案]C. avoid.

[注釋]avoid 避免(后接動(dòng)詞或名詞):
He tried to avoid answering my questions.

can't (couldn't) help doing sth. 禁不住做.....不由自主地做.....

can't (couldn't) resist doing sth.禁不住做.....: I couldn't resist laughing.

9.Maria is a _____ person and never makes any unreasonable demands.
A. sensitive B. sensible C. obedient D. jealous

[答案]B. sensible

[注釋]sensible 通情達(dá)理的；sensitive敏感的；obedient順從的；jealous 妒忌的，猜疑的，警惕的；

10. Violent programs on television may have a bad _____ on children.
A. affection B. pressure C. influence D. control

[答案]C. influence.

[注釋]have a influence on 對(duì)..有影響；?