在職攻讀教育碩士學位英語詞匯題詳解(五)

81. I'm afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It's only a copy and so it's _____.
A. priceless B. invaluable C. unworthy D. worthless

[答案] D. worthless.
[注釋] worthless 無價值的, 無用的。Priceless 無價的, 貴重的, 無法估價的：a priceless treasure 無價之寶。Invaluable 無法估價的, 非常寶貴的。Unworthy 不值得的, 不配的; 無價值的。

82. The final _____ of the play will take place on Monday.
A. action B. performance C. view D. sight
[答案] B. performance.
[注釋]performance (話劇的) 一場演出。

83. It was a long time before the cut on my hand _____ completely.
A. healed B. cured C. improved D. recovered

[答案] A. healed.
[注釋] heal 1) 使痊愈, 治愈：The salve will help to heal the wound. (這種藥膏能治愈你的傷。) 2) 痊愈 (多指外傷) ：The cut on my leg has healed. (我腿上的傷口以痊愈。) 可見, 本題是heal的第二種用法。cure治療, 治好; The drug cured my fever. (這種藥使我退燒了。) This medicine should cure you of your cold. (這種藥定會治好你的感冒。) recover也可以表示“痊愈”, 意為“恢復正常”。例如：1) I think she will recover. (我認為她會痊愈的。) 2) He almost fell ill, but quickly recovered. (他差點病到, 但很快就痊愈了。) 也可以用recovered做表語表示“痊愈, 恢復正常：Are you completely recovered from your illness? (你的病是不是完全好了？)
[注意] recover vi. 用作“痊愈”時, 句子主語通常是人。Improve 改善, 此詞無“治療”或“痊愈”之意。
本題譯文：過了很長時間我手上的傷口才痊愈。

84. To get my travelers' checks I had to have the bank _____ a special check for the total amount.
A. make up B. make out C. make for D. make up for

[答案] B. make out.
[注釋] make out 辨別, 詳見III.123.注釋.

85. She said she was glad the difficulty had been _____.
A. cleared away B. cleared up
C. broken away D. broken down

[答案] B. cleared up.
[注釋] clear up 解釋, 澄清; 解決：1) I had some doubts, but now they are cleared up. (以前我有許多疑點, 但現在都解決了。) 2) The book has cleared up many difficulties for me. (這本書解決了我不少困難。) clear away 清除。詳見III.32.break away 和 break down 詳見Ⅲ.6,7,11.注釋.

86. I used to be able to play well but I'm _____ now.
A. out of date B. out of touch
C. out of practice D. out of place

[答案] C. out of practice.
[注釋] out of practice荒廢, 久不練習; out of date 過時, 老式; out of touch失去聯系; out of place詳見 III, 70注釋。

87. As soon as the children were _____, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.
A. woke B. waken C. wake D. awake

[答案] D. awake.
[注釋]awake adj.醒著的 (作表語) 。Awake, awaken, wake, waken都可以作及物和不及物動詞用, 但是awake多用作不及物動詞, 其中wake最常用。

88. Jim was so badly burnt that at first they began to _____ of his life.
A. despair B. designate C. disappoint D. despise

[答案] A. despair.
[注釋] despair of (=be in despair) 對.......失望：1) Don't despair: things will get better soon. 2) He began to despair of success. 3) He despaired of being able to repair the TV set. (他對能否修好這臺電視機表示失望。) designate指明, 指出, despise 輕視, 藐視。

89. The government's strong action demonstrated its _____ to crush the rebellion.
A. energy B. resistance C. courage D. determination

[答案] D. determination.
[注釋] determination意為“決心”, 后常接動詞不定式作定語。

90. New mineral resources may be discovered during the forthcoming Antarctic _____.
A. excursion B. execution C. extraction D. expedition

[答案] D. expedition.
[注釋]expedition 遠征, 探險; excursion 短途旅行, 游覽; execution 實施, 執行; extraction 提取。

91. Probability is the mathematical study of the _____ of an event's occurrence.
A. desire B. likelihood C. result D. effect

[答案] B. likelihood
[注釋] 句意：概率是對事件發生的可能性的數學研究。

92. Driving a car without insurance can have _____ consequences.
A. uncertain B. disastrous C. potential D. unworthy

[答案] B. disastrous.
[注釋] disastrous 災難性的。

93. The police refused to _____ the clues they were working on.
A. exhibit B. disclose C. expose D. discern

[答案] B. disclose.
[注釋]disclose (=uncover; allow to be seen; make known) 透露, 使顯露： 1) The lawyer disclosed the details of the case. 2) He disclosed that he had made arrangements to buy a new car. exhibit 展覽, 展出, 顯示, expose 暴露,discern 認出, 發現, 辨別,識別。
本題譯文：警方拒絕透露他們正在調查的線索。

94. What you have done is _____ the doctor's orders.
A. attached to B. resistant to
C. responsible to D. contrary to

[答案] D. contrary to.
[注釋] (be) contrary to與.......相反, 違反 (作表語) :What you wish to do is contrary to the regulations. contrary to也可以作狀語：a. If you act contrary to the doctor's advice, you won't get well again. b. Contrary to what I thought, he has proved to be successful. 2) 作定語：The boy was swimming in a direction contrary to the current. (這男孩朝著逆流方向游去。)

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

[答案] C. inferior
[注釋] inferior詳見III.400.注釋.
本題譯文：這位商店售貨員對顧客很坦率。如果貨物質量不好, 他就把情況告訴顧客。

96. The continuous rain was _____ for the exceptional poor harvest
A. blamed B. condemned C. accused D. charged

[答案] A. blamed.

[注釋] blame sb./sth. for ... 因.......埋怨、責怪 .......：He blames you for neglect of duty. (他責怪你玩忽職守。) condemn 譴責、判刑。Accuse sb. of控告某人犯有.......。charge sb. with控告某人犯有......。
97. The rocks are very big with _____ of colors on them.
A. bands B. marks C. rails D. shapes

[答案] A. bands.
[注釋] band (顏色與其余部分不同的) 條紋。Mark痕跡, 斑點; 記號, 標記。本題是講巖石上色彩不同的“條紋”, 故用bands. rail (軌道) ,shape (形狀) ,均不合題意。

98. There were no tickets _____ for Friday's performance.
A. preferable B. possible C. considerable D. available

[答案] D. available.

[注釋] available (=capable of being used; that may be obtained) 可利用的; 可以找到的：1) These tickets are available for one month. (這些票的有效期一個月。) 2) Is there a doctor available? (有否可以找到大夫？) 3) A limited number of seats are still available. (仍然還有少量座位。)

99. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the witness _____ that his story was true.
A. stuck out B. stood out C. kept down D. held up

[答案] A. stuck out.
[注釋]stick out 堅持。詳見III.400.注釋.

100. In a typhoon, winds _____ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.
A. assume B. accomplish C. attain D. assemble

[答案] C. attain.

[注釋] attain (=succeed in doing or getting) 達到 (目的等) ,取得 (成就等) :I hope you will attain your object, accomplish (順利) 完成。assume假定, 假設, 承擔。assemble集合; 裝配。