1， The pursuit of leisure on the part of the employees will certainly not _____ their prospect of promotion.
A. spur
B. further
C. induce
D. reinforce

2，In what _____ to a last minute stay of execution, a council announced that emergency funding would keep alive two aging satellites.
A. applies
B. accounts
C. attaches
D. amounts

3，The teacher told the class he would _____ their homework that evening.
A. let them go
B. let them loose
C. let them off
D. let them out

4， _____ of people are assembling in the street. What happened?
A. An attitude
B. An aptitude
C. An altitude
D. A multitude

5， The museum had _____ copies for the original manuscripts to save wear and tear on the latter.
A. tackled
B. substituted
C. tickled
D. testified

答案：
1， B 參考譯文：對于職員來說，追求安逸將不會促進(jìn)他們對升職的期望。
spur 鞭策, 刺激, 疾馳, 驅(qū)策
further 促進(jìn), 增進(jìn), 助長
induce 勸誘, 促使, 導(dǎo)致, 引起, 感應(yīng)
reinfor 加強(qiáng), 增援, 補(bǔ)充, 增加...的數(shù)量, 修補(bǔ), 加固

2， D 參考譯文：在構(gòu)成最關(guān)鍵的執(zhí)行停留中，委員會宣布緊急情況基金將會維持兩個老化的衛(wèi)星。
apply to 將...應(yīng)用于
account 說明, 總計(jì)有, 認(rèn)為, 得分
attach to 使依戀, 把...放在
amount to 總計(jì)

3，C 參考譯文：老師告訴全班今天晚上沒有功課。
let go 放開, 釋放, 發(fā)射
let loose 釋放, 放出, 放任
let off 放出, 饒恕, 準(zhǔn)許...暫停工作
let out 放掉, 泄露, 放大, 出租

4， D 參考譯文：一大群人集中在街上，發(fā)生了什么事？
attitude 姿勢, 態(tài)度, 看法, 意見
aptitude 恰當(dāng), 智能, 聰明, 自然傾向
altitude (尤指海拔)高度, 高處(海拔甚高的地方), (等級, 地位等)高等
multitude 多數(shù), 群眾

5， B 參考譯文：為了避免對原稿的磨損，博物館用副本取代了原稿。
tackle 固定, 應(yīng)付(難事等), 處理, 解決, 抓住
substitute A for B 用A替B
tickle 胳肢, 逗笑, 使高興, 使發(fā)癢
testify 證明, 證實(shí), 作證