151. We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.

　　   A. hope    B. wait    C. expect    D. imagine

　　[答案]C. expert.

　　[注釋]expert期望，盼望，表示認為有很大的客觀(guān)可能性，例如：I expert the work to be finished by Friday.（我期望這項工作能在星期五前做完。）wait for ... to do sth.等待、等待......做......，強調“等”這一動(dòng)詞的本身，如：The audience are waiting eagerly for the performance to begin.(觀(guān)眾正等著(zhù)演出開(kāi)始。)本題如改為這樣：I waited for him to arrive in time for dinner, but he didn't come.(我等他來(lái)趕上晚餐，但他沒(méi)有來(lái)。)則句子使是對的。由此可見(jiàn)，expect是表示“期待”，而wait for 是表示“等待”，詞義完全不同。注意hope后不能接sb. to do sth.。imagine being on the moon. 3)I'm sorry, but I can't imagine anyone doing research like that.(很遺憾，我不能想象人家那樣做實(shí)驗。)

　　本題譯文：我們不能期望一個(gè)人在這樣短的時(shí)間內改變一輩子養成的習慣。

　　152. It was necessary to _____ the factory building as the company was doing more and more business.

　　   A. extend    B. increase    C. lengthen    D. magnify

　　[答案]A. extend.

　　[注釋]本題中extend意為“擴大”。lengthen拉長(cháng),延長(cháng)。magnify放大。 Spread vi. 傳播；vt.展開(kāi)；He spread butter on the toast.(他在烤面包上涂上奶油。)

　　153. I asked the tailor to make a small _____ to my trousers because they were too long.

　　A. change  B. variation  C. revision  D. alteration

　　[答案]D alteration.

　　[注釋]alteration 修正，更改，尤指部分的改變。Change改變，變化，可指表面的、本質(zhì)的、內在的變化。Revision修訂、修正，常指文章、詞典、劇本等的修改、訂正。Variation(形式、位置、條件的)變化、改變、變動(dòng)：We need some variation in our daily routine.(我們的例行公事需要作些變動(dòng)。)

　　154. Because of the strong sun Mrs. William's new dining room curtains _____ from dark blue to gray within a year.

　　A. faded    B. fainted    C. paled    D. diminished

　　[答案]A. faded.

　　[注釋]fade vt/vi褪色。Faint暈到，變得虛弱：He fainted from hunger. Diminish vt./vi.減少：1)His illness diminished his strength. 2)The campers' food supply diminished as the days wore on.(隨著(zhù)日子的緩緩消逝，野營(yíng)者的食品供應日益減少。)pale變蒼白。

　　155. Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.

　　   A. As a result     B. By the way

　　   C. On the whole    D. In a word

　　[答案]D. In a word.

　　[注釋]in a word(=in short)總之，簡(jiǎn)言之。

　　本題是測試“過(guò)度詞”，考生務(wù)必根據上下文的邏輯關(guān)系來(lái)選擇適當的過(guò)渡詞，使句子的意思前后連貫。

　　156. Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to _____ a scientific theory.

　　   A. confirm    B. confine    C. conform    D. conceive

　　[答案]A. confirm.

　　[注釋] confirm(=support; make certain; give proof of)證實(shí)，確實(shí)：1)Please confirm your telephone message in writing.(請把你電話(huà)中所說(shuō)的話(huà)再用文字復述一篇。) 2)The king confirmed that the election would be on June 20th.(國王確認，這次選擇將于六月二十日舉行。)confine...to把......限制于：Please confine your remarks to the subject we are talking about.(請把你的話(huà)限止于我們正在談?wù)摰念}目。)conform (to)使一致，符合，遵守。Conceive 1)想到，想出：He very quickly conceived a new plan.[注意]conceive of想象:They could not conceive of the possibility of failure.(他們不能想象失敗的可能。)

　　157. Political parties often differ in their views on various _____ concerning their own countries.

　　A. ways    B. measures    C. issues    D. patterns

　　[答案]c. issues.

　　[注釋]issue此處意為“重大問(wèn)題”。measure措施，雖然填入本題也說(shuō)得過(guò)去，但不夠貼切。pattern模式，圖案，圖樣。與題意不符，不能入選。way 方法，方式。

　　158. _____ his knowledge of the mountainous country, John Smith was appointed as our guide.

　　   A. In spite of      B. On account of

　　   C. Regardless of    D. Instead of

　　[答案]B. On account of

　　[注釋]on account of(=because of)由于，因為。regardless of(=without worrying about)不顧；Regardless of danger, he climbed the tower.

　　159. The lawyer was expected to _____ some proposals after reading all those documents.

　　   A. come up with    B. put up with

　　   C. look up to      D. keep up with

　　[答案]A. come up with.

　　[注釋]come up with提出。參閱Ⅲ，33。注釋。Put up with忍受；keep up with跟上，與......保持一致；look up to尊敬。

　　160. While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping _____ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.

　　   A. occasionally    B. simultaneously

　　   C. eventually      D. directly

　　[答案]A. occasionally.

　　[注釋]occasionally 偶爾。參閱IV。137注釋。Simultaniously同時(shí)地；  directly直接

　　161. In my opinion, you can widen the _____ of these improvements through your active participation.

　　   A. dimension    B. volume    C. magnitude    D. scope

　　[答案]D. scope.

　　[注釋]scope(=the area within the limits of a questions, subject ect. ; range)(活動(dòng))范圍，機會(huì )，余地：The politics of a country would be outside the scope of a book for tourists.(一個(gè)國家的政治不屬于旅游手冊的內容范圍之內。)

　　dimension尺寸，尺度；magnitude大小，數量；volume體積。均不切題，不能入選。

　　本題譯文：依我看，通過(guò)你的積極參與，你能夠擴大這些改進(jìn)措施的范圍。

　　162. The noise was so _____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.

　　   A. dim    B. soft    C. faint    D. gentle

　　[答案]c. faint.

　　[注釋]faint(=weak, indistinct; not clear)“微弱的，模糊的，不清楚的”。Dim(=not bright, not clearly to be seen)不亮的，看不清的；the dim light of a candle(微弱的燭光)。

　　163. If he refuses to _____ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative.

　　   A. put up with     B. fall in with

　　   C. do away with    D. get along with

　　[答案]B. fall in with.

　　[注釋]fall in with(=agree to)同意：Is it true that you have fallen in with them?(你真的同意他們的意見(jiàn)嗎？)put up with忍受。do away with廢除；殺死。get along with進(jìn)行，進(jìn)展；相處。

　　本題譯文：如果他不肯同意我的計劃，我或許能找一個(gè)更能合作的人。

　　164. Some people either _____ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

　　A. violently B. sincerely  C. properly  D. deliberately

　　[答案]D. deliberately.

　　[注釋]deliberately(=on purpose)故意地。Sincerely真誠地；violently強暴的，激烈的，暴力引起的。properly 1)好好地，恰當地；She never makes any attempt to clean it properly.(她從來(lái)也不打算好好地把它擦干凈。) 2)嚴格地：Properly speaking, a whale is not a fish.(嚴格地說(shuō)，鯨魚(yú)不是魚(yú)。)

　　165. Her skirt had been so _____ in packing that she had to iron it before going out.

　　   A. faded    B. torn    C. dirty    D. crushed

　　[答案]D. crushed.

　　[注釋]crush把......弄皺。因為后半句中iron指“熨平”，所以不能選其他答案了。

　　166. His landlady gave him a week's _____ to leave the flat.

　　   A. threat    B. notice    C. advice    D. caution

　　[答案]B. notice.

　　[注釋]notice預先通知（尤用雇主、雇員或房東、房客之間）：give one's employee a month's notice (通知雇員一個(gè)月后離職)。

　　本題譯文：他的女房東通知他一周后從套間搬走。

　　167. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store.

　　A. anyone    B. the others    C. that    D. the ones

　　[答案]D. the ones

　　[注釋]代詞one可以用來(lái)替代前面提到過(guò)的名詞，以避免重復。如果它替代的名詞是復數，則用ones。本題中它代替refrigerators；因特指，故用the ones.

　　168. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.

　　A. average    B. ordinary    C. regular    D. normal

　　[答案]D. normal

　　[注釋]normal正常的；ordinary普通的；usual平常的；regular有規律的，定期的。

　　169. With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is _____ rapidly transformed.

　　A. anything but B. more or less  C. at large  D. any more

　　[答案]B. more or less.

　　[注釋]more or less 或多或少地；anything but根本不；at large大體上；逍遙法外；詳細地。

　　本題譯文：隨著(zhù)經(jīng)濟基礎的改變，整個(gè)龐大的上層建筑也或多或少地發(fā)生變革。

　　170. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

　　A. acquainted B. informed  C. enlightened  D. advised

　　[答案]A. acquainted.

　　[注釋]be acquainted with熟悉，be well informed of(about)對......消息靈通?？梢?jiàn)，此題中應用acquainted,因為后面地介詞是with.

　　171. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.

　　 A. process   B. attention    C. measure    D. part

　　[答案]D. part.

　　[注釋]take part in參加。

　　本題譯文：顯然，整個(gè)世界正經(jīng)歷著(zhù)一場(chǎng)社會(huì )革命；科學(xué)家和技術(shù)人員必定是這場(chǎng)革命地主要參加者。

　　172. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more _____.

　　 A. at length    B. at last    C. at stake    D. at ease

　　[答案]C. at stake.

　　[注釋]at stake(=to be won or lost; risked, depending upon the result of sth.)在危險中；利害攸關(guān)；His life itself was at stake.(他的生命本身瀕臨危險。);  at last最終；at length詳細地；at ease安詳，自在，隨便，不拘束：She knew he was not at ease.(她知道，他并不自在。)

　　本題譯文：農民們比城里人更渴望魚(yú)，因為雨水對農民來(lái)說(shuō)關(guān)系更大。

　　173. When the big bills for mother's hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____.

　　   A. fall short of    B. fall through

　　   C. fall back on     D. fall in with

　　[答案]C. fall back on.

　　[注釋]fall back on求助于。參閱Ⅲ.48注釋。

　　Fall short of沒(méi)達到，低于：1)He fell short of what we had expected.(他沒(méi)有達到我們的期望。) 2)The measures proposed fall far short of what is required.(所提出的這些措施遠沒(méi)達到需要的 目標。)Fall in with與......一致，符合；同意，贊成，支持。Fall through落空。參閱Ⅲ.49注釋。

　　本題譯文：母親在醫院就醫的各種帳單送來(lái)時(shí)，父親高興的是他可用銀行里的存款來(lái)支付。

　　174. These plastic flowers look so _____ that many people think they are real.

　　A. beautiful    B. natural    C. artificial    D. similar

　　[答案]B. natural.

　　[注釋]natural自然的，與后半句“許多人認為它們是真的”相呼應。

　　175. The managing director promised that he would _____ me as soon as he had any further information.

　　   A. communicate    B. notice    C. notify    D. note

　　[答案]C. notify.

　　[注釋]notify通知。Notice n.通知；v.注意到；note n.筆記；v.記下，摘下。

176. When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had _____ to visit London on business.

　　A. opportunity B. possibility  C. occasion D. chance

　　[答案]C. occasion

　　[注釋] occasion 作可數名詞時(shí)，意為“時(shí)機”，作不可數名詞時(shí)，意為“必要”，本題中occasion意為“必要”。從句語(yǔ)法結構上看，本句中用opportunity(難得的)機會(huì )，chance（偶然的）機會(huì )均可，但按邏輯意思，應用occasion.

　　177. The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

　　  A. element   B. spot    C. sense    D. point

　　[答案]D. point.

　　[注釋]point(=chief idea of sth. said, done, or planned)要點(diǎn)；論點(diǎn)，主旨：I don't see your point.(我不明白你的意思。)He said nothing to the point.(他說(shuō)的不切題。)

　　178. It has always been the _____ of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities.

　　A. plan    B. campaign    C. procedure    D. policy

　　[答案]D. policy.

　　[注釋]policy(尤指政黨、政府、大企業(yè)、商行等的)政策，方針。Campaign(政治或競選的)運動(dòng)；（軍事的）行動(dòng)，procedure做事的手續、程序，rule規則，plan計劃，均不合題意。

　　本題譯文：本公司的一貫方針是鼓勵工人參加社會(huì )活動(dòng)。

　　179. The climbers _____ their ambition by reaching the summit of the mountain.

　　A. obtained  B. sustained  C. maintained  D. realized

　　[答案]D. realised.

　　[注釋]realise sth. by doing sth. else通過(guò)做......來(lái)實(shí)現.......。

　　180. I remember her face but I cannot _____ where I met her.

　　A. recall    B. remind    C. remember    D. remark

　　[答案]A. recall.

　　[注釋]recall(=bring back to the mind)想起，回憶起：But I really cann't recall your name at his moment.

　　Remind sb. of ...使......想起：1)The photo reminds me of my late father.(這張照片使我想起已故的父親。) 2)The sight of the clock reminded me that I was late.Remind sb. to sth.提醒......做......；Please remind me to write the letter.

　　181. He has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it.

　　   A. purpose    B. intention    C. aim    D. meaning

　　[答案]A. purpose.

　　[注釋]on purpose是介詞習語(yǔ)，意為“故意地”。如用intention,則應說(shuō)by intention故意地。

　　182. The magician picked several persons from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.

　　   A. by accident    B. on occasion

　　   C. at random      D. on an average

　　[答案]C. at random.

　　[注釋]at random(=without aim or purpose)隨便地，胡亂地：His clothes were scattered about the room at random.

　　By accident意外地；on occasion偶爾；on an average平均計算。

　　183. The open university was started in order to help those who _____ having a university education when they were young.

　　   A. stopped    B. failed    C. missed    D. ceased

　　[答案]C. missed.

　　[注釋]miss doing sth.沒(méi)有做某事：I missed seeing the film when it was shown at school.(學(xué)校放映那部電影時(shí)，我沒(méi)有能去看。)

　　184. His _____of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly.

　　   A. shape    B. pattern    C. design    D. model

　　[答案]D. model.

　　[注釋]model此句中意為“（飛機的）模型”。

　　185. If you _____ your demand, then maybe you will have more chance of getting what you want.

　　   A. conduct    B. dismiss    C. grant    D. moderate

　　[答案]D. moderate.

　　[注釋]moderate(=make or become less violent or extreme)節制，緩和，減輕。

　　186. Don't _____ the news to the public until we give you the go-ahead (許可，準許).

　　   A. release    B. discard    C. relieve    D. retain

　　[答案]A, release.

　　[注釋]release(=allow news to be published)發(fā)布（新聞）：Details of the scheme have not yet been released to the public.(這項計劃的細節尚未向公眾發(fā)布。)relieve 1)減輕（痛苦，緊張情緒等）：What will relieve a headache? This will help to relieve our hardship. 2)使放心，使寬慰：The good news relieved us, for we had been very anxious. 3)賑濟，救濟：The fund is for relieving distress among the flood victims. 4)relieve...from(of)解除，免除； a. This medicine will help to relieve you from your pain. b. He was relieved of his duties.retain(= keep; continue to have or hold)保持，繼續保有：1)She retains a clear memory of her schooldays. 2)You must retain your tickets.

　　187. The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _____ of vegetables in the coming days.

　　A. rarity   B. scarcity  C. invalidity  D. variety

　　[答案]B. scarcity.

　　[注釋]scarcity(=the state of being scarce)缺乏；不足（指原本充足之物暫時(shí)在數量上的缺乏）。例如：The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.(水果的供應不足是干旱所引起的。)rarity(=sth. uncommon, unusual or sth. valued because rare)珍稀，稀少：Snow is a rarity around the equator.(雪在赤道周?chē)呛币?jiàn)之物。)invalidity(=making weak by illness; not suitable for use)無(wú)效性，喪失工作能力。Variety(=difference of condition or quality)變化，多樣化。

　　本題譯文：目前席卷這一地區的暴風(fēng)雨今后肯定會(huì )引起蔬菜短缺。

　　188. Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to _____ until help came.

　　 A. keep on   B. catch on  C. count on    D. hang on

　　[答案]D. hang on.

　　[注釋]hang on(=hold fast, keep hold)牢牢抓住，抓緊不放：Help! I can't hang on much longer.(救命??！我支持不住啦。)keep on(doing sth.)繼續（做......）；catch on 理解；count on 指望，依賴(lài)。

　　本題譯文：杰克差點(diǎn)從懸崖上掉下來(lái)，但得以抓住不放直到得救。

　　189. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to _____ healthy.

　　A. preserve    B. stay    C. maintain    D. reserve

　　[答案]B. stay.

　　[注釋]preserve, stay, maintain, reserve這4個(gè)詞均有“保持”，“維持”之意。stay后可接形容詞作表語(yǔ)：The weather stayed wet for three days.其他3個(gè)詞均為及物動(dòng)詞。Preserve(=keep safe from decay, risk, harm, danger, going bad etc.)保存，保護：1)Policemen preserve order in the streets.(警察在街上維持秩序。) 2)We must preserve our natural resources.(我們必須保護自然資源。)3)You paint woodwork to preserve it.(你油漆木制品以防腐爛。)Maintain(=keep up)保持，維持，維修。Reserve(=keep for a special purpose; store)保留，預定：1)I'll reserve my opinion at his time,(這時(shí)我將保留我的看法。) 2)I'll phone up today and reserve a room.(我今天將打電話(huà)預定一個(gè)房間。)

　　本題譯文：專(zhuān)家們說(shuō)，步行是一個(gè)人保持健康的最好方法之一。

　　190. Expected noises are usually more _____ than unexpected ones of the like magnitude.

　　   A. manageable    B. controllable

　　   C. tolerable     D. perceivable

　　[答案]C. tolerable.

　　[注釋]tolerable(=fairly good, not too bad)可忍受的：The pain has become tolerable. manageable可處理的；可管理的；controllable可控制的；perceivable可覺(jué)察的。

　　本題譯文：料想到的嗓音通常情況下比起等量的意外嗓音來(lái)說(shuō)是可以忍受的。

　　191. It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____.

　　   A. above all    B. in all    C. at all    D. after all

　　[答案]C. at all.

　　[注釋]at all全然，真地（常用于肯定句中）：If you do it at all, do it well.(你若真做，就得做好。)not...at all全不，毫不：He doesn't seem at all interested in my plane.(他似乎對我的計劃毫無(wú)興趣。)above all(=most important of all)最重要的。in all總計：We were fifteen in all.(我們總計15人。)after all畢竟，終究。

　　本題譯文：他是否努力工作到并不重要，問(wèn)題是他是否真正地做了。

　　192. Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want.

　　   A. efforts    B. pains    C. attempts    D. endeavors

　　[答案]B. pains.                

　　[注釋]take pains to do sth.下苦功夫做某事：I'm grateful because you have taken pains to show me how to do the work.

　　193. He ate what he could, and gave the _____ of the food to the birds.

　　A. remain    B. uneaten    C. rest    D. part

　　[答案]C. reset

　　[注釋]the rest (of)剩余部分，其余。remain作“剩余物”(=what is left)解時(shí)常用復數形式，如：the remains of a meal(殘羹剩飯)。[ALI]《新英漢辭典》認為也可以用單數，可作參考。

　　194. The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.

　　   A. limitations     B. restraint

　　   C. requirements    D. restrictions

　　[答案]D. restrictions.

　　[注釋]restriction(可數名稱(chēng))限制性規定：It is a club with rigid restrictions on its membership.Limitation局限性，不足之處，不利之處（可數）：1)I know my limitations.(我了解我的不足之處。) 2)Every from of art has its limitations.（每種藝術(shù)形式都有其局限性。）

　　195. We won't know whether it will be successful. We won't know whether there will be good _____.

　　   A. ends    B. results    C. effects    D. causes

　　[答案]B. results.

　　[注釋]result意為“由某種活動(dòng)或某種原因所產(chǎn)生的結果”，如：obtain(=get, attain, gain win, secure)good results（取得好結果），publish the results（公布成績(jì)）。

　　196. No one imagined that the apparently _____ businessman was really a criminal.

　　A. respectful B. respectable C. respective  D. respected

　　[答案]B. respectable.

　　[注釋]respectable受到尊敬的。詳見(jiàn)117.注釋。

　　本題譯文：沒(méi)有一個(gè)想象到這個(gè)看起來(lái)令人尊敬的商人竟是一個(gè)罪犯。

　　197. At first the institute refused to purchase the telescope, but this decision was _____ revised.

　　   A. occasionally    B. consequently

　　   C. successively    D. subsequently.

　　[答案]D. subsequently.

　　[注釋]subsequently(=afterwards)隨后，其后。

　　198. The speaker _____ several other subjects in the course of his talk but mostly kept himself to the main topic.

　　   A. held on    B. worked out    C. touched on    D. kept out of

　　[答案]C. touched on

　　[注釋]touch on簡(jiǎn)單談到。參閱Ⅲ.178注釋。

　　199. Comrade Li Dazhao, _____ librarian of Beijing University, was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party.

　　A. sometimes B. sometime  C. some time  D. some times

　　[答案]B. sometime.

　　[注釋]sometime(=former)過(guò)去的，以前的：Alice Brown, a sometime pupil of our school, is now a teacher there.

　　200. Alice was very sorry to hear that her grandmother had _____ two days before.

　　   A. broken off    B. passed off

　　   C. given away    D. passed away

　　[答案]D. passed away.

　　[注釋]pass away(=die)死亡，是“死亡”的委婉語(yǔ)。

　　break off中斷；give away給掉；泄露；pass off中止，中斷。