200.?Alice?was?very?sorry?to?hear?that?her?grandmother?had?_____?two?days?? before.
A.?broken?off????B.?passed?off
C.?given?away????D.?passed?away

[答案]D.?passed?away.

[注釋]pass?away(=die)死亡，是“死亡”的委婉語(yǔ)。

break?off中斷；give?away給掉；泄露；pass?off中止，中斷。

201.?What?makes?the?space?shuttle?_____?is?that?it?takes?off?like?a?rocket?but?? lands?like?an?airplane.
A.?exceptional????B.?strange????C.?unique????D.?rare

[答案]C.?unique.

[注釋]unique(=being?the?only?one?of?its?type)同類事物中獨(dú)一無(wú)二的。如：This?stamp?is?unique;?all?others?like?it?have?been?lost?or?destroyed.

202.?People?cannot?but?feel?_____,?for?they?simply?cannot?understand?how?he?? could?have?made?such?a?stupid?mistake.
A.?puzzled????B.?delighted????C.?induced????D.?inspired

[答案]A.?puzzled.

[注釋]be?(feel,?get)?puzzled感到迷惑、為難。

本題譯文：人們不得不感到迷惑，因?yàn)樗麄兒?jiǎn)直不能理解，他怎么能犯這樣愚蠢的錯(cuò)誤。

203.?When?a?space?shuttle?has?accomplished?its?_____,?it?can?be?ready?for?? another?trip?in?about?two?weeks.
A.?venture??B.?mission?C.?commission?D.?responsibility

[答案]B.?mission.

[注釋]mission通常指一種特殊的、特定的且有一定難度的使命或工作，常與accomplish,?complete等詞搭配，如：accomplish?a?historic?mission完成一項(xiàng)歷史使命。Venture冒險(xiǎn)；常指商業(yè)上的冒險(xiǎn)投機(jī)。例如：He?declined?the?business?venture.?Commission委任；代理；傭金。He?often?goes?beyond?his?commission.(他時(shí)常越權(quán)。)responsibility責(zé)任。

本題譯文：當(dāng)航天飛機(jī)完成了它的使命，它能在大約兩周內(nèi)做好準(zhǔn)備再次航行。

204.?He's?the?kind?of?man?who?is?fond?of?_____?compliments?to?other?men's?? wives.
A.?paying??B.?saying??C.?expressing??D.?showing

[答案]A.?paying

[注釋]pay?a?compliment?(compliments)?to?sb.恭維某人。

205.?Radar?enables?the?pilot?of?an?airliner?to?take?off,?fly?and?land?in?_____.
A.?danger???B.?comfort??C.?continuity?D.?safety

[答案]D.?safety.

[注釋]in?safety安全地。從邏輯上看，其他選擇均不切題。

206.?The?map?was?drawn?to?the?standard?_____?of?1/100,000,?so?there?was?not?much?detail.
A.?route????B.?line????C.?rate????D.?scale

[答案]d.?scale.

[注釋]scale在此題中意指“（實(shí)物與地圖、圖解等代表物間的）比例，比例尺”.be?drawn?to?be?standard?scale?of?1/100,000(按照十萬(wàn)分之一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)比例尺繪制)。

207.?Our?Party?has?always?devoted?great?attention?to?raising?? the?living?_____?of?the?working?people.
A.?cost????B.?situation????C.?level????D.?standard

[答案]D.?standard.

[注釋]living?standard生活水準(zhǔn)。

208.?It?was?_____?by?the?railway?board?that?the?cost?of?rail?fares?would?be?? increased?by?ten?percent.
A.?noticed????B.?stated????C.?suggested????D.?noted

[答案]B.?stated.

[注釋]state此處意為“（=make?sth.?know,?announce）宣布，通告，聲明（口頭的或書面的）”，如：It?is?stated?that?all?the?accident?were?killed.(據(jù)宣布，事故中全部人員無(wú)一幸免。)suggest建議，是表示欲望意義的動(dòng)詞，從句中要用虛擬語(yǔ)氣（should?+動(dòng)詞原形）。Note(=notice)“注意到”，如：It?was?noted?that?the?temperature?rose?during?this?time.

209.?The?chances?of?discovering?life?on?Neptune?are?about?a?million?_____.
A.?at?one????B.?for?one????C.?to?one????D.?against?one

[答案]c.?the?one.

[注釋]a?million?to?one百萬(wàn)分之一，意為“幾乎沒有什么可能”。

210.?Everything?he?said?then?was?_____?by?what?happened?later.
A.?identified??B.?signified?C.?noticed???D.?verified

[答案]D.?verified.

[注釋]verify(=prove the truth of)證實(shí)，證明：1)It was easy to verify his statements.(很容易證實(shí)他說的話。) 2)Later findings verified the scientist's theory(后來的各種發(fā)現(xiàn)證明這位科學(xué)家的理論是對(duì)的。)
identify識(shí)別，鑒別；signify表示，意味，要緊；有重要性：1)He signified that he agreed by nodding.(他點(diǎn)頭表示同意。) 2)Never mind, it doesn't signify.(沒事兒，這無(wú)關(guān)緊要。)