1、At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia's waving, but then it _____ his mind that she was trying to tell him something.

　　A. crossed　　B. passed　　C. occurred　　D. opened

　　2、His job at the hospital did not pay much, so he found another _____.

　　A. on the rise　　B. on the spot　　C. on the decline　　D. on the side

　　3、The filling station _____ because there were too many others on the street.

　　A. fell through　　B. went under　　C. fell out　　D. went through

　　4、Air and the sun's rays create much distortion, and whatever tends to _____ their influence is useful to the astronomer.

　　A. exclude　　B. eliminate　　C. extinguish　　D. impose

　　5、The lady who had invited us heard me telling my wife that the dinner was terrible so I was _____.

　　A. confused　　B. nervous　　C. shameful　　D. embarrassed

　　參考答案&解析：

　　1、A. crossed.

　　[注釋]cross one's mind 想起：1)A sudden thought crossed my mind. 2)It never crossed my mind that he might refuse the request. (我從來沒有想到他可能會拒絕這個請求。)

　　如用pass則應(yīng)加through, 例如：When Jane did not come home by midnight, many terrible fears passed through Mother's mind. (=Mother thought of many things that might have happened to Jane.)

　　occur的用法如下：1)That view of the case did not occur to me before. (對這個案件的那種看法以前我沒有想到過。)2)It occurred to her that she might adopt a homeless child.(她想到，她可以收養(yǎng)一個無家可歸的孩子。)

　　關(guān)于“想起”的以上三種表達(dá)法考生務(wù)必弄懂熟記。這些詞組和句形不僅在詞匯測試中經(jīng)常遇到，而且在短文寫作時也可以使用。

　　2、D. on the side.

　　[注釋]on the side(=in addition to a main thing) 額外;作為兼職：1)He ordered a hamburger with onions and French fries on the side. (=He ordered a hamburger with onions and French fries extra.) 2)He does some house-keeping work on the side.(他幫人家做些家務(wù)活作為兼職。)

　　on the rise(作表語)在上升;on the spot 現(xiàn)場;on the decline (做表語)在下降：The population in the country is on the decline. (這個國家的人口在下降。)

　　3、B. went under.

　　[注釋]go under 破產(chǎn)，失敗。fall through 也有“失敗”之意，但多半指計劃、想法等“落空”。

　　4、A. exclude.

　　[注釋]exclude 排除。extinguish撲滅;eliminate消除。impose 把......強加給：Don't impose your wishes on us.(不要把你的意思強加給我們。)

　　5、D. embarrassed.　　[注釋]be embarrassed 感到窘迫。