1、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

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

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

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

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

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

　　A. limitations　　B. restraint　　C. requirements　　D. restrictions

　　5、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

　　參考答案&解析：

　　1、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，問題是他是否真正地做了。

　　2、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.

　　3、C. reset

　　[注釋]the rest (of)剩余部分，其余。remain作“剩余物”(=what is left)解時常用復(fù)數(shù)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(shù)，可作參考。）

　　4、D. restrictions.

　　[注釋]restriction(可數(shù)名稱)限制性規(guī)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(shù))：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。)

　　5、B. results.

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