1. When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he _____ to her and said she couldn't make him.
A. gave way
B. talked back
C. looked up
D. got down
[答案] B. talk back.
[注释]talk back 顶嘴;1)Don't talk back to me! (别对我顶嘴!)2)Mary talked back when her mother told her to stop watching television; she said, "I don't have to if I don't want to."
give way 让路;look up 查阅;get down 从......下来;记下。
2. People _____ with anyone who is always talking about how wonderful he is.
A. fall in
B. get fed up
C. keep company
D. catch up
[答案] B. get fed up.
[注释]get (be) fed up with (=having had too much of something; at the end of your patience; disgusted; bored; tired)讨厌;I have had enough of his complaints. I'm fed up. (=I have heard all of the complaints I can stand.)
fall in with 符合，与......一致。参阅III.51 注释。Keep company with 与......交往，结伴;catch up with 赶上。
3. Margaret liked all her classes, but she liked sewing class _____.
A. above all
B. in general
C. after all
D. in particular
[答案] D. in particular.
[注释]in particular (=especially, particularly) 特别是：1) You should avoid eating fat meat, in particular pork. (你应该避免吃脂肪多的肉类，特别是猪肉。2)The speaker talked about sports in general and about football in particular.
In general 是in particular 的反义结构，从上述例2)中可以看到。about all 最重要的;after all毕竟。
4. Walking down the street, she noticed a long _____ of houses, all exactly alike.
A. queue
B. rank
C. train
D. row
[答案] D. row.
[注释]a row of houses (desks, books etc.) 一排房子(书桌、书等)，戏院的“一排座位”即为a row of seats. queue (乘车，购物的)队，队伍。Rank(军队队列中的)排、横列。train 指“(行进中的)长列，队列”;a long train of visitors(一长列参观者)。
5. The president has told his friends that he is sick but will not admit it _____.
A. in private
B. in secret
C. in public
D. in detail
[答案] C. in public.
[注释]in public 公开地，当众;in private 私下;in secret秘密地; in detail 详细地。
