1. The Brownsville area in Texas figured _____ in the early stages of the United States' war with Mexico.

A. resolutely

B. indecisively

C. prematurely

D. prominently

2. Vicky has been sad recently, for her plan to go to college fell _____ at the last moment.

A. out

B. behind

C. in

D. through

3. We were astonished when we heard that the accused person had _____.

A. got off

B. got in

C. got on

D. got through

4. At the last committee meeting, the _____ that the library remain open until midnight was adopted.

A. notion

B. method

C. motion

D. mention

5. These concepts are still in their early stages of developement, but historians of the future may well _____ our time by such terms as the nuclear age, the computer age or the age of space travel.

A. add up to

B. refer to

C. contribute to

D. stand up to

答案：

1. D 參考譯文：德克薩斯州的Brownsville地區在美國與墨西哥戰爭的早期有著重要的地位。

resolutely 毅然地, 堅決地

indecisively 優柔寡斷地

prematurely 過早地, 早熟地

prominently 顯著地

2. D 參考譯文：Vicky 最近非常難過，因為她入大學的計劃在最后關頭未能實現。

fell out 爭吵,發生

fell behind 落后

fell in 排隊,到期

fell through 未能實現

3. A 參考譯文：當聽到那個被告逃脫懲罰的時候，我們都驚訝不已。

get off 下來，逃脫懲罰

get in 進入，收回

get on 騎上，有進展

get through 干完（工作），完成（任務），度過（時間）

4. A 參考譯文：在最后一次委員會議上，圖書館開放到午夜的方案被采納了。

notion 概念, 觀念, 想法, 意見, 打算, 主張

method 方法

motion 運動, 動作

mention 提及

5. B 參考譯文：雖然這些原子時代，計算機時代或者太空旅行時代還處于發展早期，但未來的歷史學家，或許能稱我們的時代為，原子時代，計算機時代或者太空旅行時代。

add up to 合計達

refer to 查閱, 提到, 談到, 打聽

contribute to 捐獻

stand up to 勇敢地抵抗