1. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality, he'd tell them so.
A. humble B. minor C. inferior D. awkward

[答案]C. inferior.

[注釋]inferior 比較差的；humble謙卑的，恭順的，低下的；awkward 尷尬的，別扭的， 笨手笨腳的；不好用的；

minor細小的：
1)This cloth is inferior to that one .（這塊布比那塊質(zhì)量差）
2)She feels inferior to her elder sister .（她感到比姐姐差的多。）
3)He is of humble birth.（她出身低微。）
4)He is very humble towards his superiors.（ 他對上司低三下四。）
5)he felt awkward and uncomfortable.（他感到尷尬不自在）
6)He was an awkward carpenter.（他是個笨手笨腳的木匠）
7)This is a very awkward question. We must ask that of Hery.（這個問題不好對付，我們必須去問問亨利）

2. If you put too many potatoes in that paper-bag it will _____.
A. fail B. explode C. crack D. burst

[答案]D. burst

[注釋] burst vt./vi.漲破，漲裂。Burst one's clothes（撐破衣服）。

3. One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.
ed B. deserted C. isolated D. abandoned

[答案]C. isolated

[注釋]isolated 孤立的。

Deserted被遺棄的；空無一人的；

abandoned丟棄的，如：abandoned cars(因報廢而丟棄的汽車)。

Dispose of sth. 處理掉某物：He disposed of his old car .（他把舊的汽車處理掉了。）意為賣掉或扔掉等。

4. I'm afraid you have no _____ but to come along with us.
A. possibility B. permission C. choice D. selection

[答案]C. choice.

[注釋]have no choice but 除了..沒有別的選擇；只能..：I have no choice but to obey.(我只能服從)。

5. I shall never beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same _____.
A. set B. band C. group D. class

[答案] D. class.

[注釋]be in the same class 水平相同。此句中class,意為“(高低、優(yōu)劣的)等級；種 類”。

6. As soon as Charles had _____ a little from his surprise, his one thought was to get away.
A. returned B. absorbed C. dissolved D. recovered

[答案] D. recovered.

[注釋]recover from 從.....恢復(fù)過來

7. When I arrived in this country, I had to start learning the language from _____.
A. scratch B. scrap C. snatch D. scrape

[答案] A. scratch.

[注釋]start from scratch (=from the beginning, from nothing) 從頭開始，白手起家；
John brought the radio from scratch. (=John bought the parts and put them together himself.)

8. The thieves _____ him _____ in the park, took his wallet and escaped.
A. held .. back B. held .. up
C. held .. on D. held .. out

[答案] B. held ... up.

[注釋]hold up sb.攔劫

9. Japan has to employ an increasing number of overseas workers because there is no easy solution to its labor _____.
A. decline B. rarity C. vacancy D. shortage

[答案] D. shortage.

[注釋]labour shortage 勞動力短缺。Decline 下降。rarity稀少。vacancy 空缺，未占用.

10. The two dogs started to fight, so we tried to _____ them.
A. split B. separate C. tear D. divide

[答案] B. separate.

[注釋]separate 意指將結(jié)合的東西“分開，拆散”，divide指把整體“分成”幾個部 分，split（沿一條線-）裂開，tear撕開，distinguish“區(qū)分，區(qū)別，辨別”。