1. The writer was always looking for suitable _____ to use in his next story.
A. contents B. articles C. notions D. ideas

[答案] D. ideas.

[注釋] idea(= thought； picture in mind)念頭，思想，想法。

2. He gave me some very _____ advice on buying a house.
A. precious B. worthy C. precise D. valuable

[答案] D. valuable.

[注釋] valuable 寶貴的，有價(jià)值的，?？尚揎梐dvice， suggestion， assistance， discovery等名詞。

precious“貴重的”如: precious metals(貴金 屬)，precious stone(寶石)。

3. You will get to the church more quickly if you take this _____ across the fields.
A. track B. passage C. method D. journey

[答案] A. track.

[注釋] track(=path made by frequent use)意指“(常走而踏成的)小徑”，如:
a track across the moor(越過荒野的小徑)。

passage“通路”，如:force a passage through a crowd(在人群中擠出的一條通路). 可見此處選passage不妥.

4. A landing on Mars is within the _____ of current physical theory.
A. scheme B. scope C. scrap D. scale

[答案] B. scope.

[注釋] scope 范圍，活動(dòng)范圍，理解犯圍:
1 Many words are outside the scope of this dictionary. (許多單詞是超出了這本詞典的范圍.)
2 Very hard words are not within the scope of a child's understanding。(非常難懂的 詞是超出了一個(gè)孩子的理解范圍.)
3 Economics is beyond the scope of a child's mind.(經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)是孩子理解不了的.)

5. He was _____ by a bee when he was collecting the honey.
A. scratched B. pricked C. stung D. bitten

[答案] C. stung.

[注釋] sting 刺，蟄，叮。在英語(yǔ)中蜜蜂蟄用 sting ；
而蚊子“叮”用 bite， 如: A mosquito just bit me.(狗、蛇，咬)，鈞用 bite ，scratch 搔，prick vt. 扎(穿)，刺(穿)

6. Don't go too far into the sea, children, or the waves will _____ you off your feet.
A. flow B. cut C. press D. sweep

[答案] D. sweep.

[注釋] sweep sb，off sb's feet 有兩層意思，直義為“(浪等)把某人沖倒”， 轉(zhuǎn)義是“使產(chǎn)生強(qiáng)烈的好感，使完全信服”，如: His speech swept them off their feet。(他的演說(shuō)使他們五體投地.)

7. The store had no more red shoes _____, so Mary chose brown ones instead.
A. in demand B. in store C. in need D. in stock

[答案] D. in stock.

[注釋] in stock(=having sth. ready to sell or use；in present supply) 有 現(xiàn)貨供應(yīng):
The shop has suger in stock.(這個(gè)商店有白糖供應(yīng).)

in demand(=needed；wanted；) 有需求:
The book about dogs was much in demand in the library.(=Many people wanted to read the book about dogs that in the library.)

in need(=in poverty，in trouble)在貧困中，在困難中:
A friend in need is a friend indeed。(A friend who helps when one is in trouble is areal friend.)

in store(=saved up in case of need； ready for use for some purpose) 儲(chǔ)備待用于:
If the electricity goes off，we have candles in the closet.(=We have candles put away if we need them for light.)(如果電燈滅了，我們壁櫥里還備有蠟燭.)

[注意] in stock 強(qiáng)調(diào)商店備有現(xiàn)貨以供出售，而 in store 則指儲(chǔ)備物品以供急 需使用。
此外 in store 還可以表示“等待著，必將發(fā)生”。例如:
I have a surprise in store for you.(我有一個(gè)你料想不到的消息要告訴你。)
本題譯文: 這家商店沒有紅鞋供應(yīng)，所以瑪麗買了一雙宗色的鞋.

8. Bill is not a fast runner and he doesn't have a chance of winning the marathon, but he will _____ the race even if he finishes last.
A. keep on B. keep to C. stick out D. stick to

[答案] C. stick out.

[注釋] stick out(=keep on doing sth。until it is done，no matter how long，hard，or unpleasant) 堅(jiān)持下去:
Mathematics is hard，but if you stick it out you will understanding it(=Mathematics is hard，but if you keep on working hard at it you will learn it.)

此外，stick on 還可表示 (stand out) 突出: The skyscraper sticks out against the bkue sky.(這幢摩 天大樓映著藍(lán)圖顯得格外突出.)

[注意] stick out與keep to 均有“堅(jiān)持”的含義。

stick out 特指“堅(jiān)持下功夫 干一件事，不完成決不收兵”；

而keep to 則強(qiáng)調(diào)“堅(jiān)持、遵守、堅(jiān)守”諾言、 規(guī)則、原則、精神、崗位。
可見，keep to 的英文釋義為 ability by；adhere to，stick closely to。

例如: keep to one's promise(遵守諾言)；
keep to the rules of a game(遵守比賽規(guī)則)；
keep to a principle(堅(jiān)持原則)；
keep one's pos(堅(jiān)守崗位)。
因此，我們可以說(shuō)keep to相當(dāng)于 stick to，而區(qū)別于 stick out.

9. Can you _____ me _____ two hundred copies of this article by tomorrow.
A. give .. out B. send .. in
C. write .. off D. run .. off

[答案] D. run…off.

[注釋] run off(=produce with a printing press or duplicating machine)印刷，復(fù)?。?br> The print shop ran off a thousand copies of the newspaper.(=The print shop printed 1000 copies of the newspaper.)

write off報(bào)廢，勾銷

give out分發(fā)，發(fā)出

send in 呈報(bào)，遞交，送上:
1 Have you sent in your application?(你是否已遞交了你的申請(qǐng)書?)
2 He sent in two oil paintings for the exhibition.(他送上兩幅油畫參展.)

10. The current political _____ of our country is favorable for foreign investments.
A. climate B. weather C. state D. occasion

[答案] A. climate.

[注釋] climate 指某一地區(qū)的長(zhǎng)期氣侯，而weather則指某一天的“天氣”。
本題中的climate(=the general temper or opinion of a group of the people or period of history) 指“某一團(tuán)體歷史時(shí)期的總的狀況和民意”。例如:
climate of the political unrest 不穩(wěn)定的政治狀況.

state(=condition) 狀態(tài)；be in a state of 處于某種狀態(tài). 例如:
1 The room was in a very dirty state.
2 She is in a state of confusion.(她處于慌亂狀態(tài).) 由上可見，climate 最合題意.
本題譯文: 我國(guó)目前的政治氣候有利于外國(guó)的投資.