11. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.
A. guilt??? B. charge??? C. blame?? D. accusatio

[答案] C. blame.

[注釋]take the blame for 對。.....承擔(dān)責(zé)任。Take charge of 負(fù)責(zé)管理(照顧) .[注意]charge 前無冠詞the.

12. The worker agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands.
A. call for??? B. call forth??? C. call off??? D. call up

[答案] C. call off?????

[注釋] 詳見III,25,26注釋。

13. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____ what color it was.
A. look out? B. make out?? C. get across?? D. take after

[答案] B. make out????? [注釋] 詳見III,123注釋。

14. He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted.
A. eventually??? B. yet??? C. finally??? D. accordingly

[答案] D. accordingly.

[注釋]accordingly (=for that reason, therefore) 因此， 所以。

15. It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn't like.
A. attempt??? B. trouble?? C. power??? D. effort

[答案] D. effort.

[注釋] effort (作可數(shù)名詞用) (=vigorous attempt) 努力的嘗試：Does it require a great effort of will to give up smoking? (戒煙需要堅強(qiáng)的毅力嗎？)

16. The firemen managed to _____ the fire in time.
A. extinguish??? B. prevent??? C. suppress??? D. ruin

[答案] A. extinguish.

[注釋] extinguish (=put out) vt. 撲滅(火焰等) .Stop the fire雖然也可以搭配, 但按本句題意用extinguish為最佳。

17. What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs. Richard _____ common.
A. nothing butB. anything butC. above all than

[答案] B. anything but.

[注釋] anything but (=far from being) 根本不； The boys knew they bad broken the rules, and they were anything but happy when they were called to the office. (=They were unhappy and afraid.) nothing but 只不過； Don't have him for a friend; he's nothing but a criminal. (不要把他當(dāng)朋友， 他只不過是個罪犯。) I have nothing but two dollars. (我只有2美元。) above all最重要的。rather than 而不是

18. The car was completely _____ and the driver seriously injured.
A. broken off B. taken off C. written off D. picked up

[答案] C. written off.[注釋] write off報廢， 參看III, 200.注釋； break off參看III.13.注釋； take off參看III.170.注釋； pick up參看III.130,129.注釋。

19. On this happy occasion, I'd like to say that we are _____ much obliged to you for your kind cooperation.
A. even so?? B. ever so?? C. as yet?? D. so far

[答案] B. ever so.

[注釋]ever so (=very) 非常; It's ever so cold.與名詞搭配時則用ever such, 如：She's ever such a nice girl. (她是一位非常好的姑娘。) even so (=although that is true, nevertheless; still) 即使如此：The fire was out, but even so, the smell of smoke was strong. (=The fire was out, but the smell was still there.)

20. His new appointment takes _____ from the beginning of next month.
A. place??? B. effect?? C. post??? D. office

[答案] B. effect.? [注釋]take effect 生效。