1. George was introduced to ____activities at a young age, when she was hire to act as a lookout for drugdealers.

A. illegal B. lawful C. faithful D. peaceful

2. An institution that properly carries the name university is a more comprehensive and complex institution than any other kind of higher education____.

A. settlement B. establishment C. costruction D. structure

3. People’s status in society is frequently ____by how much they own.

A. measured B. examined C. tested D. questioned

4. Jack is so ____to his appearance that he never has his clothes pressed.

A. adverse B. anonymous C. indifferent D. casual

5. There is an increasing ____to make movies describing violence.

A. strength B. direction C. tradition D. trend

6. Outside my office window there is a fire ____ on the right.

A. escape B. ladder C. steps D. stairs

7. I ____with the Browns during my stay in New York City.

A. put in B. put down C. put on D. put up

8. Operations which left patients ____ and in need of long periods of discovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.

A. exhausted B. unhealthy C. upset D. fearful

9. Farmers are allowed to grow small gardens of their own and they sell their vegetables ____ the black market.

A. on B. at C. in D. for

10. The electric fan does not work because of the ____of service.

A. pause B. break C. interruption D. breakdown

答案解析;

1. A) 【句意】很小的時候，喬治被介紹參與了非法活動，他受雇為毒販子放哨。

【難點】illegal 意為“不合法的，非法的”;lawful 意為“依法的，守定的”;faithful意為“忠實的，守信的”;peaceful 意為“平靜的;安寧的”。

2. B) 【句意】能稱得上大學(xué)稱號的機構(gòu)是一個比其他種類高等教育機構(gòu)都更復(fù)雜更綜合的機構(gòu)。

【難點】establishment 意為“企業(yè)，設(shè)施(公司，學(xué)校，醫(yī)院，教會等)”;settlement 意為“定居點;殖民地”;construction意為“建造;建筑物”;structure是“結(jié)構(gòu)，構(gòu)造”。

3. A) 【句意】人的社會地位常常由他們擁有的財富的多少來衡量。

【難點】measure 意為“估量，衡量”;examine 意為“檢查;仔細觀察”;test意為“試驗，測試”;question意為“詢問，審問”。

4. C) 【句意】杰克從不注意自己的外表，衣服從來不燙。

【難點】indifferent意為“漠不關(guān)心的”; adverse意為“不利的，反對的”;anonymous 意為“匿名的”; casual意為“非正式的，不拘禮節(jié)的”。

5. D) 【句意】暴力片的拍攝大有上升趨勢。

【難點】trend意為“傾向，趨勢”;strength意為“力量，實力”;direction意為“方向”;tradition 意為“傳統(tǒng)”。

6. A) 【句意】我辦公室的窗外右側(cè)有一個救生樓梯。

【難點】fire escape 意為“防火安全樓梯(位于樓房的外側(cè)面)”;ladder意為“梯子”;steps意為“臺階”;stairs意為“樓梯”，指室內(nèi)的。

7. D) 【句意】我在紐約市逗留期間和布朗一家人過了一夜。

【難點】put up意為“宿夜”;put in 意為“度過，消磨(時間等)”;put down意為“寫下，記錄”;put on 意為“上演，演出”。

8. A) 【句意】以前，病人手術(shù)后精疲力竭，需長時間才能恢復(fù)，現(xiàn)在手術(shù)的病人卻感到既輕松又舒適。

【難點】exhausted 意為“精疲力竭的”;unhealthy意為“不健康的”;upset意為“苦惱的，不適的”;fearful 意為“擔(dān)心的，可怕的”。

9. A) 【句意】農(nóng)夫們被允許在自己的菜園耕種，并將蔬菜拿到黑市上去賣。

【難點】on the market 意為“上市， 出售中”，其它介詞搭配不合適。

10. C) 【句意】由于中止了服務(wù)，所以電扇不轉(zhuǎn)了。

【難點】interruption 意為“中止，中斷”;pause 意為“暫停，間歇”;break意為“停頓，間歇”;breakdown意為“損壞，故障”。