1. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality, he'd tell them so.A. humble B. minor C. inferior D. awkward

[答案]C. inferior.

[注釋]inferior 比較差的；humble謙卑的，恭順的，低下的；awkward 尷尬的，別扭的， 笨手笨腳的；不好用的；

minor細小的：1)This cloth is inferior to that one .2)She feels inferior to her elder sister .3)He is of humble birth.4)He is very humble towards his superiors.5)he felt awkward and uncomfortable.6)He was an awkward carpenter.7)This is a very awkward question. We must ask that of Hery.

2. If you put too many potatoes in that paper-bag it will _____.A. fail B. explode C. crack D. burst

[答案]D. burst

[注釋] burst vt./vi.漲破，漲裂。Burst one's clothes。

3. One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.A.disposed B. deserted C. isolated D. abandoned

[答案]C. isolated

[注釋]isolated 孤立的。

Deserted被遺棄的；空無一人的；

abandoned丟棄的，如：abandoned cars。

Dispose of sth. 處理掉某物：He disposed of his old car .意為賣掉或扔掉等。

4. I'm afraid you have no _____ but to come along with us.A. possibility B. permission C. choice D. selection

[答案]C. choice.

[注釋]have no choice but 除了..沒有別的選擇；只能..：I have no choice but to obey.。

5. I shall never beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same _____.A. set B. band C. group D. class

[答案] D. class.

[注釋]be in the same class 水平相同。此句中class,意為“等級；種 類”。

6. As soon as Charles had _____ a little from his surprise, his one thought was to get away.A. returned B. absorbed C. dissolved D. recovered

[答案] D. recovered.

[注釋]recover from 從.....恢復過來

7. When I arrived in this country, I had to start learning the language from _____.A. scratch B. scrap C. snatch D. scrape

[答案] A. scratch.

[注釋]start from scratch 從頭開始，白手起家；John brought the radio from scratch.

8. The thieves _____ him _____ in the park, took his wallet and escaped.A. held .. back B. held .. upC. held .. on D. held .. out

[答案] B. held ... up.

[注釋]hold up sb.攔劫

9. Japan has to employ an increasing number of overseas workers because there is no easy solution to its labor _____.A. decline B. rarity C. vacancy D. shortage

[答案] D. shortage.

[注釋]labour shortage 勞動力短缺。Decline 下降。rarity稀少。vacancy 空缺，未占用.

10. The two dogs started to fight, so we tried to _____ them.A. split B. separate C. tear D. divide

[答案] B. separate.

[注釋]separate 意指將結合的東西“分開，拆散”，divide指把整體“分成”幾個部 分，split裂開，tear撕開，distinguish“區分，區別，辨別”。