7. With sufficient scientific information a manned trip to Mars should be ______.
A.obtainable
B.potential
C.considerable
D.feasible
A B C D
D
[解析] feasible(=that can be done)“可行的，可做到的”：1)Your plan sounds quite feasible.(你的计划听起来很可行。)2) It's not feasible to make the trip in one day. (一天内完成这次旅行是做不到的。)obtainable“可得到的”；considerable“相当的，可观的”；potential“潜在的，可能的”。
8. I didn't ______ to take a taxi but I had to as I was late.
11. The island where these rare birds nest has been declared a ______.
A.observation
B.reservation
C.preservation
D.conservation
A B C D
D
[解析] conservation“保存(自然资源等)”，the conservation of soft and water“水土保持”；the law of conservation of energy“能量守恒定律”；observation“观察”；reservation“(旅馆房间、戏院座位等的)预订；保留(意见)”；preservation“保存，保护，保持”。
12. He said that the medicine the doctor gave him brought ______ to his headache.
15. Mary had taken pains to ______ that her guests had everything they could possibly want.
A.see
B.know
C.feel
D.learn
A B C D
A
[解析] see“看见，了解，领会，注意，留心，经历，阅历”。这里考查了see这个单词一个不太常用的意思“务必，确保”，如：See that everything gets done right away.确保可以立刻完成所有事。know v.“知道，了解，认识，熟悉，认出，分辨，确信”。feel v.“试探，感觉，觉得，触摸，以为”。learn v.“学习，认识，获悉”。
16. The members of the club wouldn't run a ______ in entrusting (委托) the organization to an unreliable person.
A.danger
B.risk
C.hazard
D.chance
A B C D
B
[解析] run a risk(in)“冒险”：You are running a big risk in trusting him.(你相信他是在冒很大的风险。)
17. The meeting was ______ when the chairman fell ill.
A.put down
B.shut out
C.cut short
D.taken off
A B C D
C
[解析] cut short(=interrupt)“打断，中断”：He made a suggestion, but I cut him short.(他提了个建议，但我打断了他。)；put down“记下，放下，镇压”；shut out(=keep out；exclude；prevent from entering)“把……关在外面，排除，不让入内”；take off“拿走，取下；去掉”。
18. John says that his present job does not provide him with enough ______ for his organizing ability.
A.scope
B.space
C.capacity
D.range
A B C D
A
[解析] 本题中scope(=opportunity；outlet)“施展机会，发展余地”，是不可数名词；range意指“变动范围；视听范围；理解范围”，如：the range of prices(价格变动范围)。space“空间，尤其指实质空间”；capacity“能力”。
19. I just managed to ______ a quick breath before I was sucked under the water by the passing boat.
A.snatch
B.scratch
C.scrape
D.scan
A B C D
A
[解析] snatch的原意是“攫取；抓住；夺得”，尤指“匆忙间设法得到”，snatch a quick breath(匆忙猛吸了一口气)；scratch“抓破，划破；抓伤，划伤”；scrape“刮，擦”；scan“细看；审视”。
20. My brother likes eating very much but he isn't very ______ about the food he eats.
A.special
B.peculiar
C.particular
D.unusual
A B C D
C
[解析] be particular about“对……讲究，挑剔”；She is very particular about what she wears. (她对穿着很讲究。)peculiar“特别的，特殊的”。
21. I don't think the charge for overhauling (大修) the equipment is excessive in ______ to its size.
A.correspondence
B.equation
C.proportion
D.dimension
A B C D
C
[解析] in proportion to是固定搭配，意为“与……成比例，与……相称”。反义语：out of proportion“不成比例，不相称”。
22. Voices were ______ as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered.
A.swollen
B.raised
C.developed
D.increased
A B C D
B
[解析] raise(=lift up)one's voice“提高嗓门，高声叫喊”。raise one's voice against sth.意为“为抗议某事而大声疾呼”，如：As no one raised his voice against the plan, it was agreed on.(因为没有人发表反对意见，该计划就一致通过了。)voice的常用习语有：the pubic voice(舆论)，under one's voice(小声地)，with one voice(异口同声地，一致地)，lose one's voice(嗓子哑了，说不出话来)，have no voice with(对某事无发言权)。
23. Having lived in the town for quite a few years, Mr. Johnson no longer felt ______ among the local people.
A.out of order
B.out of place
C.out of control
D.out of the question
A B C D
B
[解析] out of place(=in the wrong place or at the wrong time; not suitable; improper)(作表语用)不适宜，不得体，此外out of place(=not in the right usual place or position)(作状语用)不在原来通常的地方；out of order发生故障；失调；out of control失去控制；out of the question不可能的。
24. He stopped his ears with his hands to ______ the terrible noise.
A.show off
B.cut out
C.keep from
D.shut out
A B C D
D
[解析] shut out(=keep out; exclude; prevent form entering)“把……关在外面，排除，不让入内”；show off“炫耀”；cut out“删掉”；keep from：①隐瞒：She kept the truth from me. (她向我隐瞒真相。)②不沾，避开：He keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。)③使不做某事：She kept herself from laughing. (她没有笑出来。)
25. My house is the only brick one on the street. It ______ and you can't miss it.
A.stands up
B.looks out
C.sticks out
D.wipes out
A B C D
C
[解析] stick out(=protrude, project)“伸出，突出；显露，显眼”：Spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. (这篇作文中拼写错误很明显。)wipe out“擦去，消灭”；stand up“站立”；look out“向外看，面向，当心”。
26. So many directors ______ the board meeting had to be put off.
27. I don't mind ______ the decision as long as it won't be prolonged till Friday.
A.you to delay making
B.your delaying making
C.your delaying to make
D.you delay to make
A B C D
B
[解析] 这是一个带有逻辑主语的动名词结构。mind sb. doing sth.意为“介意某人做了某事”，此处的sb.即为doing的逻辑主语。sb.也可以换成形容词性的物主代词。delay后常接动名词作宾语。故答案为B。
28. ______ along the quiet road at forty miles an hour, and then an old man suddenly started to cross the road in front of me.
A.Driving
B.I was driving
C.Having driven
D.When I was driving
A B C D
B
[解析] 因句中有连词and，所以and之前必须是一个并列关系的分句。
29. As the air conditioner does not work very well, they are going to have the service man ______ an electric fan in the office tomorrow.
A.install
B.to install
C.to be installed
D.installed
A B C D
A
[解析] have之后的宾语如果是补足语的发出者时，则应使用动词原形。
30. These surveys indicate that many crimes go ______ by the police, mainly because some victims always swallow their anger and do not report the crime.
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