1.Loud noises can be annoying.

　　A) hateful

　　B)painful

　　C)horrifying

　　D)irritating

　　2.Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree to which they can be deliberately controlled and modified.

　　A) sufficiently

　　B)noticeably

　　C)intentionally

　　D)absolutely

　　3.The Constitutions vague nature has given it the flexibility to be adapted when circumstances change.

　　A) imprecise

　　B)concise

　　C) unpolished

　　D)elementary

　　4.The expedition reached the summit at 10：30 that morning.

　　A)top of the mountain

　　B)bottom of the mountain

　　C)starting point

　　D)site

　　5.The latest census is encouraging.

　　A) count

　　B)statement

　　C)agreement

　　D)estimate

　　6.Academic records from otller instimtions often become part of a universitys official file and can neither be returned to a student nor duplicated.

　　A)borrowed

　　B)purchased

　　C)copied

　　D)rewritten

　　7.While serving in the Senate in the early 1970s，Barbara Jordan supported legislation to ban discrimination and to deal with environmental problems.

　　A)list

　　B)forbid

　　C)handle

　　8.Gambling is lawful in Nevada.

　　A)legal

　　B)irresistible

　　C)enjoyable

　　D) profitable

　　9.They always mock me because I am ugly.

　　A) smile at

　　B)look down on

　　C)belittle

　　D) laugh at

　　10.These are our motives for doing it.

　　A) reason

　　B)arguments

　　C)targets

　　D)stimuli

　　11.It was a question of making sure that certain needs were addressed，notably in the pensions area.

　　A) noticeably

　　B)remarkably

　　C)particularly

　　D)significantly

　　12.His new girlfriend had omitted to tell him that she was married.

　　A)forgotten

　　B)failed

　　C)deleted

　　D)left out

　　13.Many of their ideas are being incorporated into orthodox medical treatment

　　A) acceptable

　　B)conservative

　　C)western

　　D)conventional

　　14.Charges for local telephone calls are outrageous

　　A) unheard of

　　B)unacceptable

　　C)unbelievable

　　D)ridiculous

　　15.Guests were scared when the bomb exploded.

　　A)frightened

　　B)killed

　　C)endangered

　　D)rescued

　　答案及解析：

　　1.D。annoying和irritating意思最相近，有使煩惱的使人不愉快的等意思。hateful有可恨的心懷不滿的等意思。He is hateful to me.我覺得他可恨。Dont be so hateful.別這么怨天尤人。painful：痛苦的。I dont like hispainful look.我不喜歡他那副痛苦的表情。horrifying是恐怖的使震驚的意思。These were horrifying experiences.這些經(jīng)歷不堪回首。

　　2.C deliberately和intentionally意思相同：故意，蓄意地。sufficient： 足夠的，充分的。This is sufficient for my needs.足夠我用了。noticeable：明顯的，易見的。There is no noticeable difference.二者之間沒有顯著差異。absolutely：絕對地。Hes absolutely correct.他絕對正確。

　　3.A vague：模糊的，含糊的。imprecise：不確切的，不明確的。concise：簡明扼要的。Her letter was concise，omitting everything not pertinent to thejob for which she was applying.她的信很簡明，省去了所有跟申請就業(yè)不相關(guān)的東西。unpolished：未經(jīng)修飾的。She is reading an unpolished poem.她在讀一首未經(jīng)潤色的詩。elementary：基本的，初級的。How can you expect to succeed without even the most elementary knowledge ofthe field?連該領(lǐng)域中的基本知識都沒有，你還能成功?

　　4.A探險隊在那天上午10：30到達了山頂。summit指山頂，與top the mountain意思相近。選項B意思與之相反。選項c指的是起點。D則指的是地點。

　　5.A census指的是all official count of the people who live in a country including information about their ages，jobs，ete.，即人I：1普查，與eotmt意思最接近。B的意思是陳述報告C的意思是同意;D的意思是估計。這幾個詞的詞義與census相去甚遠。

　　6.C duplicate和copy意思近似，表示復制。borrow：借。purchase：買。rewrite：改寫。

　　7.B ban和forbid意思相近，表示禁止。list：列出。list a few reasons：列舉幾條理由。handle：對待，應付。 The speaker handled his subject concisely.演講者對主題作了簡要的論述。investigate：調(diào)查。

　　8.A lawful：合法的。legal：合法的。what I did was perfectly legal.我所做的完全合法。irresistible：不可抵擋的。tmusic is irresistible.音樂太動聽了。enjoyable：有樂趣的。Was it all enjoyable movie? 這部電影有意思嗎?profitable：有益的;有利可圖的。We had a profitable talk.我們的談話是有益的。

　　9.D mock：取笑，嘲笑。laugh at：取笑，嘲笑。It is unkind to laugh at a person who is in trouble.嘲笑有困難的人是不好的。smile at：笑。what are you smiling at?你在笑什么?look down on：看不起。Small boys usually look down on little girls and refuse to play with them.小男孩常常看不起小女孩，因此不愿意跟她們玩。befittle.：貶低;低估。Dont belittle what he has achieved.不要貶低他所取得的成績。

　　10.A motive：動機。lllff,,~on..理由。There is nO reason to doubt his word.沒有理由不相信他的話。argument：論據(jù)。There are many arguments against smoking.有許多論據(jù)可以證明吸煙是有害的。target：目標。ttarget of the new plan is primary education for all children.新計劃要取得的目標是使所有的孩子都得到初等教育。stimulus：刺激。stimuli是其復數(shù)形式。Reduced tariffs are a stimulus to foreign trade.降低關(guān)稅可以促進外貿(mào)。

　　11.C notably：值得注意地;特別。particularly：尤其，特別。I often do absent.minded things，particularly when Im worried.我常干些心不在焉的事，特別是當我焦慮的時候。noticeably：顯而易見地。Standards of riving are deteriorating rather noticeably.生活水平正在明顯下降。remarkably：顯著地。Working conditions have been remarkably improved.工作條件得到了顯著改善。significantly：顯著地，在相當大的程度上。Sales levels are significantly lower than last year.銷售額比去年大幅下降了。

　　12.B omit：疏忽，遺漏。fail：失敗;沒有能夠。He failed to understand the real significance of it.他沒有理解它的真正意義。forget：忘記。I forgot to wind my watch last night.昨晚我忘了給手表上發(fā)條。delete：消去;刪除。t patients high fever deleted most of his memories.病人的高燒使他的記憶差不多喪失殆盡。leave out：遺漏;省略。She left out all important detail in her account.她在敘述中漏掉了一個重要的細節(jié)。

　　13.D orthodox：正統(tǒng)的;傳統(tǒng)的。conventional：常見的;傳統(tǒng)的。People still wear conventional clothes here.這兒的人仍穿傳統(tǒng)的衣服。acceptable：可接受的。Some of the suggestions are acceptable.有些建議是可以接受的。conservative：保守的。Great Britain has three patties-te Conservative.the Liberal and the Labor Party.英國有三個黨-保守黨、自由黨和工黨。western：西方的。I dont like Western food.我不喜歡西餐。

　　14.B outrageous：兇暴的;令人不能容忍的。unacceptable：不可接受的。Mary left her husband because of his unacceptable behavior.因為丈夫的行為不可接受，瑪麗離開了他。 unheard of：沒有聽說過的。You Callt do that-its unheard of.你不可干此事，從未聽說有人干過。unbelievable：難以置信的。His guitar solos.are just unbelievable 他的吉他獨奏曲實在太棒了。ridiculous：可笑的。That hat makes you look ridiculous.你戴上那頂帽子，看上去很滑稽。

　　15.A scared：受到驚嚇的，恐懼的。frightened：害怕的，受驚的。killed：被殺死。All her five sons were killed in the earthquake.她的5個兒子都在地震中身亡。endanger：使遭到危險，使瀕于滅亡。You will endanger your health if you work so hard.你太賣力的話會損害自己健康的。rescued：被營救的。She was rescued nine days after the plane crash.飛機失事9天后她被人營救。

　　1.Loud noises can be annoying.

　　A) hateful

　　B)painful

　　C)horrifying

　　D)irritating

　　2.Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree to which they can be deliberately controlled and modified.

　　A) sufficiently

　　B)noticeably

　　C)intentionally

　　D)absolutely

　　3.The Constitutions vague nature has given it the flexibility to be adapted when circumstances change.

　　A) imprecise

　　B)concise

　　C) unpolished

　　D)elementary

　　4.The expedition reached the summit at 10：30 that morning.

　　A)top of the mountain

　　B)bottom of the mountain

　　C)starting point

　　D)site

　　5.The latest census is encouraging.

　　A) count

　　B)statement

　　C)agreement

　　D)estimate

　　6.Academic records from otller instimtions often become part of a universitys official file and can neither be returned to a student nor duplicated.

　　A)borrowed

　　B)purchased

　　C)copied

　　D)rewritten

　　7.While serving in the Senate in the early 1970s，Barbara Jordan supported legislation to ban discrimination and to deal with environmental problems.

　　A)list

　　B)forbid

　　C)handle

　　8.Gambling is lawful in Nevada.

　　A)legal

　　B)irresistible

　　C)enjoyable

　　D) profitable

　　9.They always mock me because I am ugly.

　　A) smile at

　　B)look down on

　　C)belittle

　　D) laugh at

　　10.These are our motives for doing it.

　　A) reason

　　B)arguments

　　C)targets

　　D)stimuli

　　11.It was a question of making sure that certain needs were addressed，notably in the pensions area.

　　A) noticeably

　　B)remarkably

　　C)particularly

　　D)significantly

　　12.His new girlfriend had omitted to tell him that she was married.

　　A)forgotten

　　B)failed

　　C)deleted

　　D)left out

　　13.Many of their ideas are being incorporated into orthodox medical treatment

　　A) acceptable

　　B)conservative

　　C)western

　　D)conventional

　　14.Charges for local telephone calls are outrageous

　　A) unheard of

　　B)unacceptable

　　C)unbelievable

　　D)ridiculous

　　15.Guests were scared when the bomb exploded.

　　A)frightened

　　B)killed

　　C)endangered

　　D)rescued

　　答案及解析：

　　1.D。annoying和irritating意思最相近，有使煩惱的使人不愉快的等意思。hateful有可恨的心懷不滿的等意思。He is hateful to me.我覺得他可恨。Dont be so hateful.別這么怨天尤人。painful：痛苦的。I dont like hispainful look.我不喜歡他那副痛苦的表情。horrifying是恐怖的使震驚的意思。These were horrifying experiences.這些經(jīng)歷不堪回首。

　　2.C deliberately和intentionally意思相同：故意，蓄意地。sufficient： 足夠的，充分的。This is sufficient for my needs.足夠我用了。noticeable：明顯的，易見的。There is no noticeable difference.二者之間沒有顯著差異。absolutely：絕對地。Hes absolutely correct.他絕對正確。

　　3.A vague：模糊的，含糊的。imprecise：不確切的，不明確的。concise：簡明扼要的。Her letter was concise，omitting everything not pertinent to thejob for which she was applying.她的信很簡明，省去了所有跟申請就業(yè)不相關(guān)的東西。unpolished：未經(jīng)修飾的。She is reading an unpolished poem.她在讀一首未經(jīng)潤色的詩。elementary：基本的，初級的。How can you expect to succeed without even the most elementary knowledge ofthe field?連該領(lǐng)域中的基本知識都沒有，你還能成功?

　　4.A探險隊在那天上午10：30到達了山頂。summit指山頂，與top the mountain意思相近。選項B意思與之相反。選項c指的是起點。D則指的是地點。

　　5.A census指的是all official count of the people who live in a country including information about their ages，jobs，ete.，即人I：1普查，與eotmt意思最接近。B的意思是陳述報告C的意思是同意;D的意思是估計。這幾個詞的詞義與census相去甚遠。

　　6.C duplicate和copy意思近似，表示復制。borrow：借。purchase：買。rewrite：改寫。

　　7.B ban和forbid意思相近，表示禁止。list：列出。list a few reasons：列舉幾條理由。handle：對待，應付。 The speaker handled his subject concisely.演講者對主題作了簡要的論述。investigate：調(diào)查。

　　8.A lawful：合法的。legal：合法的。what I did was perfectly legal.我所做的完全合法。irresistible：不可抵擋的。tmusic is irresistible.音樂太動聽了。enjoyable：有樂趣的。Was it all enjoyable movie? 這部電影有意思嗎?profitable：有益的;有利可圖的。We had a profitable talk.我們的談話是有益的。

　　9.D mock：取笑，嘲笑。laugh at：取笑，嘲笑。It is unkind to laugh at a person who is in trouble.嘲笑有困難的人是不好的。smile at：笑。what are you smiling at?你在笑什么?look down on：看不起。Small boys usually look down on little girls and refuse to play with them.小男孩常常看不起小女孩，因此不愿意跟她們玩。befittle.：貶低;低估。Dont belittle what he has achieved.不要貶低他所取得的成績。

　　10.A motive：動機。lllff,,~on..理由。There is nO reason to doubt his word.沒有理由不相信他的話。argument：論據(jù)。There are many arguments against smoking.有許多論據(jù)可以證明吸煙是有害的。target：目標。ttarget of the new plan is primary education for all children.新計劃要取得的目標是使所有的孩子都得到初等教育。stimulus：刺激。stimuli是其復數(shù)形式。Reduced tariffs are a stimulus to foreign trade.降低關(guān)稅可以促進外貿(mào)。

　　11.C notably：值得注意地;特別。particularly：尤其，特別。I often do absent.minded things，particularly when Im worried.我常干些心不在焉的事，特別是當我焦慮的時候。noticeably：顯而易見地。Standards of riving are deteriorating rather noticeably.生活水平正在明顯下降。remarkably：顯著地。Working conditions have been remarkably improved.工作條件得到了顯著改善。significantly：顯著地，在相當大的程度上。Sales levels are significantly lower than last year.銷售額比去年大幅下降了。

　　12.B omit：疏忽，遺漏。fail：失敗;沒有能夠。He failed to understand the real significance of it.他沒有理解它的真正意義。forget：忘記。I forgot to wind my watch last night.昨晚我忘了給手表上發(fā)條。delete：消去;刪除。t patients high fever deleted most of his memories.病人的高燒使他的記憶差不多喪失殆盡。leave out：遺漏;省略。She left out all important detail in her account.她在敘述中漏掉了一個重要的細節(jié)。

　　13.D orthodox：正統(tǒng)的;傳統(tǒng)的。conventional：常見的;傳統(tǒng)的。People still wear conventional clothes here.這兒的人仍穿傳統(tǒng)的衣服。acceptable：可接受的。Some of the suggestions are acceptable.有些建議是可以接受的。conservative：保守的。Great Britain has three patties-te Conservative.the Liberal and the Labor Party.英國有三個黨-保守黨、自由黨和工黨。western：西方的。I dont like Western food.我不喜歡西餐。

　　14.B outrageous：兇暴的;令人不能容忍的。unacceptable：不可接受的。Mary left her husband because of his unacceptable behavior.因為丈夫的行為不可接受，瑪麗離開了他。 unheard of：沒有聽說過的。You Callt do that-its unheard of.你不可干此事，從未聽說有人干過。unbelievable：難以置信的。His guitar solos.are just unbelievable 他的吉他獨奏曲實在太棒了。ridiculous：可笑的。That hat makes you look ridiculous.你戴上那頂帽子，看上去很滑稽。

　　15.A scared：受到驚嚇的，恐懼的。frightened：害怕的，受驚的。killed：被殺死。All her five sons were killed in the earthquake.她的5個兒子都在地震中身亡。endanger：使遭到危險，使瀕于滅亡。You will endanger your health if you work so hard.你太賣力的話會損害自己健康的。rescued：被營救的。She was rescued nine days after the plane crash.飛機失事9天后她被人營救。