1. Tom was extremely angry , but cool-headed enough to_____ storming into the

boss's office.

A. prevent B. prohibit C. refrain D. avoid

翻译：汤姆虽然十分生气， 但还算头脑冷静， 没有冲进老板的办公室。

答案是 D。根据搭配关系只有 avoid 后接动词 ing 形式。

2. A magician’s talk creates a(n) _____ of attention so that people don’t see how he does his tricks.

A. interaction B. illusion C. diversion D. difference

翻译：魔术师的讲话转移了观众的注意力以至于都没有看到他耍的伎俩。

答案是 C。本题考词义识别。注意力的“转移”用 diversion。

3. _____ you are here , I can leave.

A. So that B. Such that C. Now that D. In order that

翻译：既然你来了， 我就能走了。答案是 C。根据前后两句的逻辑关系应选择now that（既然） 。

4. Don’t be so _____ , I was only joking.

A. senseless B. sensible C. sentimental D. sensitive

翻译：不要如此敏感， 我只是开个玩笑而已。答案是 D。根据题意， 空白处应为“敏感的”。

5. Spare the rod, _____ the child.

A. harm B. frighten C. spoil D. hurt

翻译：孩子不打不成器。答案是 C。这是个英语谚语， ”孩子不打不成器”或“棍棒下出孝子”。

6. Johnnie's hard work and popularity led to his rise in salary and ____ in position.

A. privilege B. compliments C. promotion D. advantage

翻译：琼尼工作努力又有好人缘让他得以加薪升职。

答案是 C。与“加薪”相关的应为“晋爵”。故应选 C） 晋升。

7. The little girl woke up screaming because she had had a/n _______.

A. daydream B. fantasy C. nightmare D. illusion

翻译：那个小女孩惊叫着醒来因为她做了个噩梦。答案是 C。

8. He has no _______ of winning.

A. occasion B. luck C. chance D. fate

 翻译：他不可能赢。答案 C。本题考习惯用法。has no chance of winning 为“不可能赢”。

9. I can't find the book ______.

A. nowhere B. anywhere C. everywhere D. somewhere

翻译：我在哪儿也找不到这本书。答案是 B。本句为否定句， 空白处应为

“anywhere”。

10. Having lived in Italy for thirty years , Helen and her husband moved to make a___home in New York.

A. permanent B. possible C. determined D. worthwhile

翻译：在意大利住了三十年以后， 海伦和她的丈夫搬到美国定居。

答案是 A。本题考词义识别。根据题意． 空白处应为“永久的”。