1、I used to be able to play well but I'm _____ now.

　　A. out of date　　B. out of touch

　　C. out of practice　　D. out of place

　　2、As soon as the children were _____, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.

　　A. woke　　B. waken　　C. wake　　D. awake

　　3、Jim was so badly burnt that at first they began to _____ of his life.

　　A. despair　　B. designate　　C. disappoint　　D. despise

　　4、The government's strong action demonstrated its _____ to crush the rebellion.

　　A. energy　　B. resistance　　C. courage　　D. determination

　　5、New mineral resources may be discovered during the forthcoming Antarctic _____.

　　A. excursion　　B. execution　　C. extraction　　D. expedition

　參考答案&解析：

　　1、C. out of practice.

　　[注釋] out of practice荒廢, 久不練習(xí); out of date 過(guò)時(shí), 老式; out of touch失去聯(lián)系。

　　2、D. awake.

　　[注釋]awake adj.醒著的 (作表語(yǔ)) 。Awake, awaken, wake, waken都可以作及物和不及物動(dòng)詞用, 但是awake多用作不及物動(dòng)詞, 其中wake最常用。

　　3、A. despair.

　　[注釋] despair of (=be in despair) 對(duì).......失望：1) Don't despair: things will get better soon. 2) He began to despair of success. 3) He despaired of being able to repair the TV set. (他對(duì)能否修好這臺(tái)電視機(jī)表示失望。) designate指明, 指出, despise 輕視, 藐視。

　　4、D. determination.

　　[注釋] determination意為“決心”, 后常接動(dòng)詞不定式作定語(yǔ)。

　　5、D. expedition

　　[注釋]expedition 遠(yuǎn)征, 探險(xiǎn); excursion 短途旅行, 游覽; execution 實(shí)施, 執(zhí)行; extraction 提取。