1. When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he _____ to her and said she couldn't make him.A. gave way B. talked back C. looked up D. got down

[答案] B. talk back.

[注釋]talk back 頂嘴；1)Don't talk back to me! 2)Mary talked back when her mother told her to stop watching television,she said, “I don't have to if I don't want to.”

give way 讓路；look up查閱；get down從......下來；記下。

2. People _____ with anyone who is always talking about how wonderful he is.A. fall in B. get fed up C. keep company D. catch up

[答案] B. get fed up.

[注釋]get fed up with 討厭；I have had enough of his complaints,I'm fed up.

fall in with 符合，與......一致。Keep company with 與......交往，結伴；catch up with 趕上。

3. Margaret liked all her classes, but she liked sewing class _____.A. above all B. in general C. after all D. in particular

[答案] D. in particular.

[注釋]in particular 特別是：1) You should avoid eating fat meat, in particular pork. 2)The speaker talked about sports in general and about football in particular.

In general 是in particular 的反義結構，從上述例2)中可以看到。

about all最重要的；after all畢竟。

4. Walking down the street, she noticed a long _____ of houses, all exactly alike.A. queue B. rank C. train D. row

[答案] D. row.

[注釋]a row of houses 一排房子，戲院的“一排座位”即為a row of seats. queue 隊，隊伍。

Rank排、橫列。

train指“長列，隊列”；a long train of visitors。

5. The president has told his friends that he is sick but will not admit it _____.A. in private B. in secret C. in public D. in detail

[答案] C. in public.

[注釋]in public 公開地，當眾；in private 私下；in secret秘密地; in detail 詳細地。

6. The sailor _____ time to visit his family before the ship went to sea.A. put in for B. got round to C. ask after D. hold on to

[答案] A. put in for.

[注釋]put in for 提出申請或請求；May I put in for five days' leave?

get round to 找到時間作某事；

ask after 詢問，問候；

hold on to 堅持。

7. Throughout most of their lives, humans _____ learn and increase their mental capacity.A. actually B. readily C. fairly D. primarily

[答案] B. readily

[注釋]readily 容易地；They can readily be bought anywhere.

actually 實際上；fairly 公平地；相當，劃算；primarily主要地，首先；根本上。

8. Through exposure to air, water, and organic matter, rocks _____ changes known as weathering.A. undergo B. transform C. undertake D. suspend

[答案] A. undergo.

[注釋]undergo 經受：1)She underwent a thorough examination at the hospital. 2)The travelers underwent many difficulties.

undertake 從事，負責：1)He undertook the responsibility for changes. 2)At first we could only undertake repair jobs.3)We shall undertake the construction of this bridge.

transform 改變；suspend吊，懸掛；推遲，暫定。

本題譯文：由于暴露于空氣、水和有機物，巖石經受了稱之為風化的變化。

9. She tried to _____ out of the window to see the procession more clearly.A. bend B. lean C. bow D. slope

[答案] B. lean.

[注釋]lean vi. 倚，靠；lean out of the windowlean against a treelean back in a chair lean on a desk，指胸對桌子。

10. The problem had become _____ in his mind, and he could not decide what to do about it.A. simplified B. exaggerated C. matured D. isolated

[答案] B. exaggerated.

[注釋]exaggerate夸張，夸大：It was a rabbit, not a lion. You are exaggerating as usual.

simplify 簡化；mature使成熟；isolate使孤立。本題譯文：這個問題在他頭腦里夸大了，因此他無法決定該怎么辦。