1、A membership card _______ the holder to use the club’s facilities for a period of twelve months.
A.approves
B.authorizes
C.rectifies
D.endows
2、The vision of that big black car hitting the sidewalk a few feet from us will never be _______ from my memory.
A.ejected
B.escaped
C.erased
D.omitted
3、Sometimes the bank manager himself is asked to _______ cheques if his clerks are not sure about them.
A.credit
B.assure
C.certify
D.access
4、It is believed that the authorities are thinking of _______ new taxes to raise extra revenue.
A.impairing
B.imposing
C.invading
D.integrating
5、When she heard the bad news, her eyes _______ with tears as she struggled to control her emotions.
A.sparkled
B.twinkled
C.radiated
D.glittered
6、We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son’s illness had put him under great ______.
A. emotion
B. excitement
C. crisis
D. stress
7、They decided to leave the waiter a big ______ because the food and service had been excellent.
A. note
B. reward
C. tip
D. gift
8、Charles has not the least ______of giving up his research.
A. intention
B. idea
C. play
D. desire
參考答案:
第1題:B
解析:authorize“授權(quán),批準(zhǔn)”,authorize sb. to do sth授權(quán)某人做某事。其余三項(xiàng):approve“同意,贊成”,approve of sb/sth同意某人或某事;rectify“改正,矯正,糾正”,rectify a fault 改正缺點(diǎn);endow“(向?qū)W校等機(jī)構(gòu))捐錢(qián),捐贈(zèng),資助”,endow sb/sth with sth 認(rèn)為…具有某種品質(zhì);給予,賦予。
句意:會(huì)員卡授權(quán)持卡人使用俱樂(lè)部設(shè)施,有效期十二個(gè)月。
第2題:C
解析:erase (sth from sth)“抹去,消除”。其余三項(xiàng):eject (sb/sth from sth)“驅(qū)逐,趕出;排出”;escape“(從不愉快或危險(xiǎn)處境中)逃脫,擺脫,逃避”,常與from連用,容易選錯(cuò),但應(yīng)注意escape不用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài);omit (sb/sth from sth) “刪除,忽略,遺漏”,刪掉的對(duì)象也通常是具體事物。
句意:那輛黑色的大轎車在離我們幾英尺的地方撞上人行道的景象永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)從我的記憶中抹去。
第3題:C
解析:certify“證明,證實(shí)”。其余三項(xiàng):credit 表示相信(尤指令人驚奇或意外的事物)的意思時(shí),主要用在疑問(wèn)句和否定句;assure“保證,確信”,通常用于assure sb of sth結(jié)構(gòu)中表示使某人對(duì)某事確信;access作動(dòng)詞時(shí)表示“訪問(wèn),存。ㄓ(jì)算機(jī)文件)”。
句意:當(dāng)職員對(duì)支票不太確定時(shí)經(jīng)理得自己對(duì)支票進(jìn)行核實(shí)。
第4題:B
解析:impose“征稅,征收,強(qiáng)制執(zhí)行”。其余三項(xiàng):impair“損害,削弱”;invade“武裝入侵,侵略”;integrate“合并,成為一體 ”。
句意:人們認(rèn)為當(dāng)局正考慮征收新的稅項(xiàng)以提高額外收入。
第5題:A
解析:sparkle (with sth)“閃爍,閃耀”,常與淚光搭配。其余三項(xiàng):twinkle (with sth)“(眼睛因興奮或高興)閃光,發(fā)亮”;radiate“(使熱、光、能量)放射,發(fā)散,輻射”;glitter“閃亮,光彩奪目”。
句意:她聽(tīng)到壞消息時(shí),努力控制著自己的情緒,眼里閃爍著淚光。
第6題:D
解析:put sb under (great) stress“使某人處境(非常)緊張,使某人受(很大)壓力”。其余三項(xiàng):emotion“情感,情緒”;excitement“興奮,激動(dòng)”;crisis“危機(jī),危急關(guān)頭”。
句意:我們?cè)徚怂膲钠,因(yàn)槲覀冎浪麅鹤拥纳∈沟盟麎毫艽蟆?br />
第7題:C
解析:tip 本題中意為“小費(fèi)”。其余三項(xiàng):note“筆記,便條”;reward“報(bào)酬,報(bào)答”;gift “禮物”。
句意:他們決定留給服務(wù)員一大筆小費(fèi),因?yàn)槭澄锖芸煽,他的服?wù)也很周到。
第8題:A。
解析:have the intention of doing sth為固定搭配,意為“有做某事的意圖或意向”,not the least表示“絲毫不,一點(diǎn)也沒(méi)有”。其余三項(xiàng):idea“主意,想法”;play作名詞時(shí)意為“戲劇,劇本”;desire“欲望,渴望”。
句意:查爾斯從未想過(guò)要放棄他的研究。