1. A promotion of a country 's international trade position is associated with _________ of its currency.
A. appreciation B. boom
C. spiral D. prosperity
2, A minor is going _________ the school that we will have three days off for this week.
A. by B. ahead
C. round D. down
3. A small child has to learn to keep its __________ before it can walk far.
A. weight B. scale
C. balance D. stability
4. A standard test is supposed to be _________ because the marking is not affected by individual preferences.
A. subjective B. objective
C. transparent D. influential
5. A student sticking closely to the _________of the school is often praised by teachers.
A.orders B. regulations
C. principles D. interests
6. A week after her husband died, Mary broke ________ completely and had to go into hospital.
A. up B. in
C. down D. oat
7. A wooden bridge is not strong enough to _________a railway train.
A. retain B. support
C. maintain D. obtain
8. A year ago the firm had a _________ loss of 4.3 million dollars or 20 cents a share after all necessary deduction.
A. total B. gross
C. net D. clear
9. Able placed too much _________ on sports mad not enough on his studies.
A. importance B. emphasis
C. interest D. worth
10. According to Nobel’s famous will, the interest on his fund will be _________ to five people who have made great contributions to mankind daring the previous year.
A. contributed B. devoted
C. distributed D. allocated
答案精解
1.[答案]A
[翻译]一个国家的外贸地位同它货币的增值有关。
[分析]appreciation的意思是“增值”;boom的意思是“繁荣”;spiral的意思是“螺旋式上升”;prosperity的意思是“繁荣”。
2.[答案]C
[翻译]关于这个星期我们将休息3天的谣言传遍了整个学校。
[分析]go round 的意思是“四处走动，绕道”go by的意思是“(时间)过去，经过”;go ahead 的意思是“继续下去，开始”;go down的意思是“下沉，下降”。
3.[答案]C
[翻译]小孩在学会走远之前，要学会保持平衡。
[分析]balance的意思是“平衡”;weight的意思是“重量”;scale的意思是“刻度”;stability
的意思是“稳定性”。
4.[答案]B
[翻译]标准化测试应该具有客观性，因为判分不受到个人好恶的影响。
[分析]objective的意思是“客观的”;subjective的意思是“主观的”;transparent的意思是“透明的，极薄的”;influential的意思是“有权力的，有势力的”。
5.[答案]B
[翻译]严格遵守规章制度的学生经常受到老师的表扬。
[分析]regulation的意思是“规章制度”;order的意思是“命令”;principle的意思是“原则”;interest单数的时候意思是“兴趣，趣味，爱好”。
6.[答案]C
[翻译]她的父亲死后一个星期，Mary彻底崩溃了，不得不被送往医院。
[分析]break down的意思是“(由于过于劳累或焦虑，体力、精神)衰退，支持不住”;bread up的意思是“打碎，中断”;bread in的意思是“闯入”;bread out的意思是“爆发，突然发生。”。
7.[答案]B
[翻译]木桥之力不足以支撑一列火车。
[分析]support的意思是“支持，支撑”;retain的意思是“保持，保留”;maintain的意思是“维持，维修，主张”;obtain的意思是“获得”。
8.[答案]C
[翻译]一年前该公司的净亏捐损为430万美元或者说在做出必要的扣除之后，一股净亏20美分。
[分析]net的意思是“纯的，净的”;total的意思是“全部的”;gross的意思是“总的”;clear的意思是“以清偿债务的”。
9.[答案]B
[翻译]Able放在体育运动上精力过多，而放在学习上的时间不够。
[分析]place emphasis on表示“强调……”或“重视……”;importance的意思是“重要性”;interest的意思是“兴趣”;worth的意思是“价值”;importance，interest和worth都不能和place…on搭配。
10. [答案]C
[翻译]根据诺贝尔的着名遗愿，他的基金的利息将分发给上一年为人类做出重大贡献的五个人。
