1. _____ inviting guests and not treating them properly!
A. Strangely B. Fantastically
C. Surprisingly D. Fancy

[答案]D. Fancy.

[注释]fancy doing 没想到.......竟然:
1)Fancy your him!(没想到你竟然认识他!)
2)Fancy spending the day in here!(没想到竟在这里过了一天!)
本题译文:没想到邀请了客人竟没有好好招待!

2. With sufficient scientific information a manned trip to Mars should be _____.
A. obtainable B. potential C. considerable D. feasible

[答案]D. feasible.

[注释]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.(一天内要进行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。

3. The generation _____ makes it difficult for parents to understand their children's opinions.
A. division B. gap C. separation D. interval

[答案]B. gap.

[注释]generation gap 代沟。
division分,划分;separation分开;interval间隔,间隙;(幕间或工间)休息。at intervals 不时,时时

4. If the boy had _____ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him.
A. set B. left C. had D. put

[答案]B. left.

[注释]leave sb./sth. alone不惹,不管,不碰:Leave the box alone.(别碰那个盒子。)

5. They were so far away that I couldn't _____ their faces clearly.
A. see through B. make up C. see off D. make out

[答案]D. make out.

[注释]make out(=identify and see with effort or difficulty)辨认出。

see through此处see through还可表示“看穿......(=understand the real meaning of or reason for; realize the falseness of)”:
1)The teacher saw through the boy's story of having to help at home. (=The teacher knew his story was not true; it was just an excuse.)
2) He can't fool her. She sees him through every time.

see off送行;

make up构成,组成,拼凑;弥补,赔偿;化装,编造:
1)编造:John made up the joke about the talking dog.
2)弥补:Bob must make up the work he missed.
3)凑足: We need one more to make up the dozen.
4)化装: The actors were making up when we arrived.
5)构成:Nine players make up a team.

6. Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is not a mysterious _____ without scientific basis.
A. process B. practice C. procedure D. program

[答案]A. process.

[注释]process(=connected series of actions, or series of operations) 过程:
By what process is cloth made form wool?(经过什么过程羊毛织成呢料?)

practice(=the doing of something of, performance or repeated exercise, etc.)实习,练习;开业:
She is doing her practice at the piano.(她在练习弹钢琴。)

procedure(=the regular order of doing things)程序:
the usual procedure at a meeting(开会的通常程序)。

Program(=plan of what is to be done or list of items or events)课程,计划,大纲:
What is the program for tomorrow ?(明天上什么课?)

7. I must go now. _____, if you want that book I'll bring it next time.
A. Incidentally B. Accidentally
C. Occasionally D. Subsequently

[答案]A. Incidentally.

[注释]incidentally(=by the way)附带地,顺便:
Fred said, incidentally, that he had no dinner.(顺便提一下,福来德那时说,他还没吃晚饭。)

accidentally(=by chance)偶然地:
I met with an old friend of mine accidentally last week.(上星期我偶然碰到一位老朋友。)

occasionally (=from time to time, not regularly)不时地,偶尔:
We get visitors here occasionally.(我们偶尔在此接游客。)

subsequently(=afterwards, later) 随后:
At first we thought we would go; but subsequently we learned we were needed at home.(起初,我们想离开;但随后我们得知家里需要我们。)

8. A completely new situation is likely to _____ when the school leaving age is raised to 16.
A. arouse B. rise C. arise D. abide

[答案]C. arise.

[注释]arise(=come into being, appear, happen)产生,发生:Difficulties will arise as we do the work.(我们做这项工作时将会发生困难。)
arouse 唤起,激起,唤醒;rise 上升;abide (by)遵守。
本题译文:当中学毕业年龄上升到16岁时,很可能产生完全新的情况。

9. The illness from which Mary is suffering has now been _____ as hepatitis (肝炎).
A. diagnosed B. determined C. deduced D. discovered

[答案]A. diagnosed.

[注释]diagnose...as 把......诊断为......。
本题译文:玛丽的病现已诊断为肝炎。

10. These continual _____ in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear.
A. alterations B. vibrations C. waves D. fluctuations

[答案]D. fluctuations.

[注释]fluctuations波动;waves波浪;alterations(部分)改变,变更;vibrations(物理学上)振动。