1. The writer was always looking for suitable _____ touse in his next story.
A. contents B. articles C. notions D. ideas
[答案] D. ideas.
[注釋] idea(= thought； picture in mind)念頭，思想，想法。
2. He gave me some very _____ advice on buying ahouse.
A. precious B. worthy C. precise D. valuable
[答案] D. valuable.
[注釋] valuable 寶貴的，有價(jià)值的，?？尚揎梐dvice， suggestion，assistance， discovery等名詞。
precious“貴重的”如: precious metals(貴金 屬)，preciousstone(寶石)。
3. You will get to the church more quickly if you takethis _____ across the fields.
A. track B. passage C. method D. journey
[答案] A. track.
[注釋] track(=path made by frequentuse)意指“(常走而踏成的)小徑”，如:
a track across the moor(越過(guò)荒野的小徑)。
passage“通路”，如:force a passage through acrowd(在人群中擠出的一條通路). 可見(jiàn)此處選passage不妥.
4. A landing on Mars is within the _____ of currentphysical theory.
A. scheme B. scope C. scrap D. scale
[答案] B. scope.
[注釋] scope 范圍，活動(dòng)范圍，理解犯圍:
1 Many words are outside the scope of this dictionary.(許多單詞是超出了這本詞典的范圍.)
2 Very hard words are not within the scope of a child'sunderstanding。(非常難懂的 詞是超出了一個(gè)孩子的理解范圍.)
3 Economics is beyond the scope of a child'smind.(經(jīng)濟學(xué)是孩子理解不了的.)
5. He was _____ by a bee when he was collecting thehoney.
A. scratched B. pricked C. stung D. bitten
[答案] C. stung.
[注釋] sting 刺，蟄，叮。在英語(yǔ)中蜜蜂蟄用 sting ；
而蚊子“?！庇?bite， 如: A mosquito just bit me.(狗、蛇，咬)，鈞用 bite ，scratch搔，prick vt. 扎(穿)，刺(穿)
6. Don't go too far into the sea, children, or the waveswill _____ you off your feet.
A. flow B. cut C. press D. sweep
[答案] D. sweep.
[注釋] sweep sb，off sb's feet 有兩層意思，直義為“(浪等)把某人沖倒”，轉義是“使產(chǎn)生強烈的好感，使完全信服”，如: His speech swept them off theirfeet。(他的演說(shuō)使他們五體投地.)
7. The store had no more red shoes _____, so Mary chosebrown ones instead.
A. in demand B. in store C. in need D. in stock
[答案] D. in stock.
[注釋] in stock(=having sth. ready to sell oruse；in present supply) 有 現貨供應:
The shop has suger in stock.(這個(gè)商店有白糖供應.)
in demand(=needed；wanted；) 有需求:
The book about dogs was much in demand in the library.(=Many peoplewanted to read the book about dogs that in the library.)
in need(=in poverty，in trouble)在貧困中，在困難中:
A friend in need is a friend indeed。(A friend who helps when one isin trouble is areal friend.)
in store(=saved up in case of need； ready foruse for some purpose) 儲備待用于:
If the electricity goes off，we have candles in the closet.(=We havecandles put away if we need them forlight.)(如果電燈滅了，我們壁櫥里還備有蠟燭.)
[注意] in stock 強調商店備有現貨以供出售，而 in store 則指儲備物品以供急需使用。
此外 in store 還可以表示“等待著(zhù)，必將發(fā)生”。例如:
I have a surprise in store for you.(我有一個(gè)你料想不到的消息要告訴你。)
本題譯文: 這家商店沒(méi)有紅鞋供應，所以瑪麗買(mǎi)了一雙宗色的鞋.
8. Bill is not a fast runner and he doesn't have achance of winning the marathon, but he will _____ the race even ifhe finishes last.
A. keep on B. keep to C. stick out D. stick to
[答案] C. stick out.
[注釋] stick out(=keep on doing sth。until it isdone，no matter how long，hard，or unpleasant) 堅持下去:
Mathematics is hard，but if you stick it out you will understandingit(=Mathematics is hard，but if you keep on working hard at it youwill learn it.)
此外，stick on 還可表示 (stand out) 突出: The skyscrapersticks out against the bkue sky.(這幢摩 天大樓映著(zhù)藍圖顯得格外突出.)
[注意] stick out與keep to均有“堅持”的含義。
stick out 特指“堅持下功夫 干一件事，不完成決不收兵”；
而keep to 則強調“堅持、遵守、堅守”諾言、 規則、原則、精神、崗位。
可見(jiàn)，keep to 的英文釋義為 ability by；adhere to，stick closely to。
例如: keep to one's promise(遵守諾言)；
keep to the rules of a game(遵守比賽規則)；
keep to a principle(堅持原則)；
keep one's pos(堅守崗位)。
因此，我們可以說(shuō)keep to相當于 stick to，而區別于 stick out.
9. Can you _____ me _____ two hundred copies of thisarticle by tomorrow.
A. give .. out B. send .. in
C. write .. off D. run .. off
[答案] D. run…off.
[注釋] run off(=produce with a printing press orduplicating machine)印刷，復?。?br>The print shop ran off a thousand copies of the newspaper.(=Theprint shop printed 1000 copies of the newspaper.)
write off報廢，勾銷(xiāo)
give out分發(fā)，發(fā)出
send in 呈報，遞交，送上:
1 Have you sent in your application?(你是否已遞交了你的申請書(shū)?)
2 He sent in two oil paintings for the exhibition.(他送上兩幅油畫(huà)參展.)
10. The current political _____ of our country isfavorable for foreign investments.
A. climate B. weather C. state D. occasion
[答案] A. climate.
[注釋] climate指某一地區的長(cháng)期氣侯，而weather則指某一天的“天氣”。
本題中的climate(=the general temper or opinion of a group of the peopleor period of history) 指“某一團體歷史時(shí)期的總的狀況和民意”。例如:
climate of the political unrest 不穩定的政治狀況.
state(=condition) 狀態(tài)；be in a state of 處于某種狀態(tài).例如:
1 The room was in a very dirty state.
2 She is in a state of confusion.(她處于慌亂狀態(tài).) 由上可見(jiàn)，climate最合題意.
本題譯文: 我國目前的政治氣候有利于外國的投資.
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