231.?The?government?has?lost?a?great?deal?of?_____?because?of?the?large?? increase?in?food?pries.
A.?strength????B.?support????C.?agreement????D.?vote

[答案]B.?support.

[注釋]lose?support失去支持。vote作為“選票”解時(shí)，是可數(shù)名稱，所以不能與a?great?deal?of搭配。

232.?The?branches?could?hardly?_____?the?weight?of?the?fruit.
A.?retain????B.?maintain???C.?sustain????D.?remain

[答案]C.?sustain.

[注釋]sustain(=hold up the weight of)承住，支撐：An old wall cannot sustain a new building.

233.?He?thought?this?was?the?first?pair?of?shoes?that?had?fitted?him?_____.
A.?perfectly????B.?justly????C.?fairly????D.?rightly

[答案]A.?perfectly.

[注釋]perfectly(=quite well, completely)十分，完全地。
justly公正地，正當(dāng)?shù)?，?yīng)得地；rightly正確地，恰當(dāng)?shù)?，正直地；fairly公正地，正當(dāng)?shù)?；相?dāng)，還算；清楚地。

234.?I?feel?sure?that?_____?qualification,?ability?and?experience,?you?are?? abundantly?suited?to?the?position?we?have?in?mind.
A.?in?case?of???????????B.?in?terms?of
C.?in?the?opinion?of????D.?in?the?course?of

[答案]B.?in?terms?of.

[注釋]in?terms?of依據(jù)，按照。In?case?of萬一......；in?the?opinion?of按照......的看法；in?the?course?of在......的過程中，在......期間。以上4個(gè)習(xí)語均為大綱規(guī)定之列，考生應(yīng)熟記、活用。Have...in?mind心中想到。

本題譯文：我肯定，根據(jù)資格、能力和經(jīng)驗(yàn)，你完全適合我們心中想到的工作。

235.?So?far?as?he?could,?John?had?always?tried?to?_____?the?example?he?saw?in?? Lincoln.
A.?live?up?to?B.?set?forth?C.?call?for??D.?cut?out

[答案]A.?live?up?to.

[注釋]live?up?to不辜負(fù)，作到；參閱Ⅲ，102注釋,?set?forth闡明，提出，列舉；參閱Ⅲ，154注釋,?cut?out刪去；參閱Ⅲ，38注釋,?call?for需要，要求；參閱Ⅲ，26注釋。

本題譯文：只要約翰能夠，他總是努力做到他在林肯身上所看到的榜樣。

236.?It?would?be?_____?a?risk?to?let?the?child?go?to?school?by?himself.
A.?following??B.?passing??C.?running????D.?carrying

[答案]C.?running.

[注釋]run(take)?a?risk?冒風(fēng)險(xiǎn)：You?are?running?a?big?risk?in?trusting?him.(你信任他是冒極大的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。)?by?oneself(=alone)單獨(dú)，獨(dú)立地。

237.?Children?who?are?over-protected?by?their?parents?may?become?_____.
A.?hurt????B.?spoiled????C.?damaged????D.?harmed

[答案]B.?spoiled.

[注釋]spoil(=make?a?child?selfish?from?having?too?much?attention?or?praise)寵壞，慣壞；Spare?the?rod,?spoil?the?child.(省下了棍子，慣壞了孩子。)這是英國諺語，意為“棒頭上出孝子”。

238.?Paper?making?began?in?China?and?from?there?it?_____?to?North?Africa?and ? Europe.
A.?sprang????B.?spilled????C.?carried????D.?spread

[答案]D.?spread.

[注釋]spread?vt./vi.?此處意指“傳播”，如：1)The?news?spread?quickly.?2)Files?spread?disease.(蒼蠅傳播疾病。)carry是及物動(dòng)詞，意為把某人從一處帶到他處，故也有“傳送”的含義，如：He?carried?the?news?to?everyone?in?the?village.?當(dāng)carry?vt.?在本句中與句子的語法結(jié)構(gòu)不符。Carry作vi.用時(shí)，指“（發(fā)射物、聲音等）能射到，能傳到”，如：His?voice?carries?far.?(他的聲音能傳得很遠(yuǎn)。)

239.?When?the?entire?class?worked?together?they?finished?the?project?_____.
A.?in?no?way???????B.?in?no?time
C.?on?no?account???D.?in?no?case

[答案]B.?in?no?time.

[注釋]in no time (=in a very little time, soon, quickly)立即，馬上：The bus filled with students in no time. (這輛公共汽車很快就被學(xué)生擠滿了。)

240.?The?_____?of?his?clothes?indicated?too?clearly?that?he?had?been?playing?? football.
A.?state??B.?condition?C.?occasion???D.?situation

[答案]A.?state.

[注釋]state n. 狀況，狀態(tài)。例如：She is in a poor state of health. Situation處境，形勢，局面，情況，工作：He was in a hopeless situation. condition 情況（多用復(fù)數(shù)）： Economic conditions were bad. occasion 場合，時(shí)機(jī)。