1、One _____ needed when making a cake is flour, another is sugar.

　　A. container　B. ingredient　C. content　D. equivalent

　　2、They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been _____.

　　A. behind the times　B. behind schedule　C. ahead of time　D. in no time

　　3、Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.

　　A. hamper　B. support　C. assist　D. encourage

　　4、Her display of bad temper completely _____ the party.

　　A. harmed　B. damaged　C. spoilt　D. hurt

　　5、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

　　參考答案&解析：

　　1、B.ingredient.

　　[注釋]ingredient(混合物的)成分。container容器，含量;內(nèi)容(復(fù)數(shù))。equivalent:相等物。

　　2、B. behind schedule.

　　[注釋]behind schedule(=late, behind time)晚點(diǎn)：The train is running behind schedule today.(=The train is not on time today.)behind the times(=using things not in style; still following old ways; old fashioned)過(guò)時(shí)，跟不上時(shí)代，落后：

　　1)The store is behind the times.(=The store is old-fashioned; it looks as stores looked 40 years ago.)

　　2) Mary thinks her parents are behind the times because they still do the fox-trot and don't know any new dances.(=Mary's parents are old-fashioned in their dancings .) ahead of time提前： They have fulfilled their production plans ahead of time, in no time(=soon, quickly)立即，馬上：I'll be back in no time to see you home.

　　3、A. hamper.

　　[注釋]hamper(=hinder, prevent free movement or activity)阻礙：Lack of equipment is hampering our work.

　　本題譯文：他們兩人都認(rèn)為他不怎么樣并極力阻礙他工作。

　　Think highly of... 對(duì)...評(píng)價(jià)很高，認(rèn)為......很好。

　　4、C. spoilt.

　　[注釋]spoil指出意指“使...... 掃興，搞糟”，如：Quarrelling spoilt the picnic.(爭(zhēng)吵使這次野餐弄得很掃興。)hurt傷害，damage 損壞，harm危害，均不合題意。

　　5、D. stress.

　　[注釋]put sb. under(great) stress使某人處境(非常)緊張，使某人受(很大)壓力。

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