1. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.A.admitted B.acknowledged C.absorbed D.considered

[答案] D. considered

[注釋] considered 考慮； admit 承認； absorb 吸收。

[注意]acknowledge

1) 承認， 供認； A. He acknowledged his mistake. B. 接動名詞 He acknowledged having beenbeaten.

2) 致謝;A. Mary acknowledged the gift with a pleasant letter. B. His long service with the company was acknowledged with a present.

2. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' _____.A. command B. conviction C. consent D. compromise

[答案] C. consent

[注釋] consent 同意， 贊成， 答應。conviction 深信, 確信。compromise 妥協， 折中。command 命令， 指令； 掌握， 運用能力。

3. Our research has focused on a drug which is so _____ as to be able to change brain chemistry.A. powerful B. influential C. monstrous D. vigorous

[答案] A. powerful

[注釋] powerful 強有力的。在這里四個形容詞中, 只有powerful 可與表示藥物的名詞搭配。influential 有影響的， 有勢力的， monstrous 異常大的， vigorous 精力旺盛的, 強健有力的。

4. The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.A. vanished B. abandoned C. scattered D. rejected

[答案] B. abandoned

[注釋] abandoned 放棄， 拋棄； 1) The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund. 2) The sailors abandoned the burning ship

[注意]abandon 暗指某人對其所拋棄的人或物將會發生什么事情不感興趣， 如把撞壞的汽車拋棄在路旁。

vanish vi.消失， 絕跡；1) The airplane vanished into the clouds.2) Many kinds of animals have vanished form the earth.

scatter  驅使, 使分散; The police scattered the crowed.   撒， 到處放；He scattered his clothes all over the room. reject  拒絕接受； She rejected my suggestion

5. Henry's news report covering the conference was so _____ that nothing had been omitted.A.understanding B.comprehensibleC.comprehensive D.understandable

[答案] C. comprehensive.

[注釋] comprehensive 完全的無所不包的； comprehensible 能懂的， 可以理解的; understandable 可以理解的， 主要用來指人的行為。understanding 用來指人時, 表示"善于理解別人或別人問題的 ."

注意下面的搭配：a comprehensive map ; a comprehensible remark ,an understandable mistake ; an understanding friend .

6. She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her _____ to Scotland.A. ticket B. place C. seat D. connection

[答案] D. connection

[注釋] lose one's connection to 誤了到。.....地方去的 聯運； The train was late and I missed my connection.

7. The ship was _____ in a storm off Jamaica.A. drowned B. sunk C. wrecked D. submitted

[答案] C. wrecked

[注釋] wreck vt. 撞壞， 毀壞；1) My son wrecked my car.2) My car was completely wrecked in the accident.

sink vt. 下沉， 沉沒， 該動詞也可作及物動詞用, 意為“使下沉”, 但按本題句意看， 用被動語態不妥。

drown 溺死， 淹死： He drowned his wife. He drowned in the river.

submit 1) 提交， 呈送 : Should a wife submit herself to her husband?  2) 提出 You must submit your request to the committee. 3) , give in) 屈服,投降：After being defeated, they submitted to the enemy.

8. No one has _____ been able to trace the author of the poem.A. still B. yet C. already D. just

[答案] B. yet

[注釋] yet 常用于現在完成時的否定句中， 意為“尚， 還”。

9. More than one-third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, _____ in San Francisco.A. previouslyB. predominantlyC practicallyD. permanently

[答案] B. predominantly.

[注釋] predominantly 主要地。

previously 先前, 早先； This is better than any solution previously.

practically 實際上。

permanently 永久地。

本題譯文：在美國， 華人中有三分之一居住在加利福尼亞洲， 其中主要是在舊金山。

10. The new secretary has written a remarkably _____ report only in a few pages but with all the details.A. concise B. clear C. precise D. elaborate

[答案] A. concise.

[注釋] concise 簡明扼要的：He gave a concise report of the meeting.

clear 清楚的。precise  精確的， 明白無誤的; Please tell me the precise measurements.

elaborate 精心制作的, 豐盛的：Peter worked out an elaborate scheme for raising the money.

孤立地看， 似乎4個形容詞均能修飾report, 但從句子的邏輯關系看， 后半句中有only in a few pages but with all the details, 故concise 是最貼切的選擇了。