71. He stopped his ears with his hands to _____ the terrible noise.
A. show off??? B. cut out??? C. keep from??? D. shut out

[答案] D. shut out.

[注釋]shut out排除。參看IV.64。show off炫耀； cut out刪掉； keep from; 1) 隱瞞; She kept the truth from me. (她向我隱瞞真相。) 2) 不沾， 避開(kāi)； He keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。) 3) 使不做某事：She kept herself from laughing. (她沒(méi)有笑出來(lái)。)

72. My house is the only brick one on the street. It _____ and you can't miss it.
A. stands up? B. looks out? C. sticks out? D. wipes out

[答案] C. stick out.

[注釋]stick out (=protrude, project) 伸出, 突出； 顯露， 顯眼：1) The doctor asked him to stick his tongue out. 2) Spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. (這篇作文中拼寫(xiě)錯(cuò)誤很顯眼。) stick out (=endure to the end) 堅(jiān)持到底； If you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. (假如你能在堅(jiān)持一下， 一切都會(huì)好起來(lái)。)

wipe out 擦去， 消滅, 參看III.193.注釋。

73. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.
A. poured??? B. melted??? C. drew??? D. dismissed

[答案] A. poured.

[注釋]pour 此處意為：涌出， 涌來(lái)， 如：People poured out to the rally. (人們踴躍參加群眾大會(huì)。)

74. Although it is not our normal _____ to give credit, this time I think we should consider the matter more closely.
A. state??? B. intention??? C. occasion??? D. practice

[答案] D. practice.

[注釋]practice (=way of doing sth. That is common or habitual; sth. done regularly) 做法， 慣例：It is my practice always to rise early. To give credit 讓賒欠：No credit is given at this shop. (這家商店概不賒欠。)

75. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.
A. news??? B. print??? C. publication??? D. press

[答案] B. print.

[注釋]in print是習(xí)語(yǔ), 意指“印出來(lái)， 發(fā)表出來(lái)”, 如：She finally saw her novel in print. (她終于看到他的小說(shuō)出版了。) in print 的另一個(gè)意思是“在印行， 還在發(fā)行”, 如：This book is still in print. (這本書(shū)還在發(fā)行， 可以買(mǎi)到) 反義詞是out of print , 意指“不在印行， 買(mǎi)不到了?！比纾篢he book you speak of is out of print. (你說(shuō)到的那本書(shū)已不在發(fā)行了。)

76. The engineers have rejected the employers' proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in _____.
A. opposition? B. return C. sympathy D. readiness

[答案] C. sympathy.

[注釋] in sympathy 以示同情， come out 此處意為(=declare oneself) 表明態(tài)度, 所以come out in sympathy 意為“表示同情”。In return 作為報(bào)答， 如：I wanted nothing in return . (我不要什么報(bào)答。) collaboration協(xié)作， 如：work in collaboration with sb. (與某人協(xié)力合作) .Opposition 反對(duì)， 如：rise in opposition to (起來(lái)反對(duì)) .readiness 準(zhǔn)備(狀態(tài)); 待機(jī), 如：having everything in readiness for departure (做好一切準(zhǔn)備， 以便出發(fā))。

77. Her work is often very hard and she gets very tired. The work is _____.
ful? id? s? icent

[答案] C. tedious .

[注釋] tedious (=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting) "沉悶的， 厭煩的， 乏味的”。Splendid 壯麗的， 輝煌的， 極好的。magnificent 壯麗的， 宏偉的：It was a magnificent ceremony. (這是一次盛大隆重的儀式)。

78. With prices _____ so much, it's hard for the company to plan a budget.
ating? ng? ing

[答案] A. fluctuating

[注釋]本句前一部分是"with+名詞+現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)"的獨(dú)立結(jié)構(gòu)， 做狀語(yǔ)。Fluctuate (=move up and down) (指物價(jià), 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)等的) 波動(dòng)。如：Prices fluctuate from year to year. (物價(jià)年年波動(dòng)) wave飄揚(yáng)， 揮舞; 招手； (莊稼的) 波動(dòng)。Swing擺動(dòng), 搖擺； vibrate振動(dòng)?？梢?jiàn)， 根據(jù)題意， 只能選A. fluctuating.

79. Some teenagers have a generalized resentment against society, which _____ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.
A. deprives??? B. restricts??? C. rejects??? D. denies

[答案] D. denies.

[注釋]deny (=refuse to give or allow) 拒絕給予：He denied his children nothing . (孩子們要什么他就給什么。) deprive (=take away from) .剝奪。deprive sb. of sth.剝奪某人某物：They deprived women of the right to vote. (他們剝奪了婦女的投票權(quán)。) restrict (=keep within limits) The doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. (醫(yī)生限制他一天抽5支煙。) reject (refuse to accept ) 拒絕接受， 如：She rejected my suggestion.

本題譯文：一些十幾歲的孩子們往往對(duì)社會(huì)有普遍的逆反心理, 雖然他們發(fā)育成熟， 但社會(huì)拒絕給予他們同成年人一樣的權(quán)利和優(yōu)惠。

80. Though _____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.
A. raised??? B. grown??? C. developed??? D. cultivated

[答案] A. raised

[注釋]本句中Though raised in San Franciscos是省略的讓步狀語(yǔ)從句。Raise (=bring up) 撫養(yǎng)：grow種植； cultivate耕作; 培養(yǎng)(友誼等) .如cultivate后接某人， 則意為“培養(yǎng)與某人的感情”。如：John always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. (約翰一向喜歡與事業(yè)上對(duì)他有用的人來(lái)往。)?

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本題譯文：盡管在舊金山長(zhǎng)大, 但戴夫米切爾總是愿意把小鎮(zhèn)生活中平凡的事情記載下來(lái)。