20. His new appointment takes _____ from the beginning of next month.

A. place　　 B. effect　 C. post　　 D. office、

[答案] B. effect.　 [注釋]take effect 生效。

19. On this happy occasion, I'd like to say that we are _____ much obliged to you for your kind cooperation.

A. even so　 B. ever so　 C. as yet　 D. so far

[答案] B. ever so.

[注釋]ever so (=very) 非常; It's ever so cold.與名詞搭配時(shí)則用ever such, 如：She's ever such a nice girl. (她是一位非常好的姑娘。) even so (=although that is true, nevertheless; still) 即使如此：The fire was out, but even so, the smell of smoke was strong. (=The fire was out, but the smell was still there.)

18. The car was completely _____ and the driver seriously injured.

A. broken off B. taken off C. written off D. picked up

[答案] C. written off.[注釋] write off報(bào)廢, 參看III, 200.注釋; break off參看III.13.注釋; take off參看III.170.注釋; pick up參看III.130,129.注釋。

17. What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs. Richard _____ common.

A. nothing butB. anything butC. above all D.rather than

[答案] B. anything but.

[注釋] anything but (=far from being) 根本不; The boys knew they bad broken the rules, and they were anything but happy when they were called to the office. (=They were unhappy and afraid.) nothing but 只不過; Don't have him for a friend; he's nothing but a criminal. (不要把他當(dāng)朋友, 他只不過是個(gè)罪犯。) I have nothing but two dollars. (我只有2美元。) above all最重要的。rather than 而不是

16. The firemen managed to _____ the fire in time.

A. extinguish　　 B. prevent　　 C. suppress　　 D. ruin

[答案] A. extinguish.

[注釋] extinguish (=put out) vt. 撲滅 (火焰等) 。Stop the fire雖然也可以搭配, 但按本句題意用extinguish為最佳。

15. It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn't like.

A. attempt　　 B. trouble　 C. power　　 D. effort

[答案] D. effort.

[注釋] effort (作可數(shù)名詞用) (=vigorous attempt) 努力的嘗試：Does it require a great effort of will to give up smoking? (戒煙需要堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的毅力嗎？)

14. He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted.

A. eventually　　 B. yet　 　C. finally　　 D. accordingly

[答案] D. accordingly.

[注釋]accordingly (=for that reason, therefore) 因此, 所以。

13. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____ what color it was.

A. look out　 B. make out　 C. get across　 D. take after

[答案] B. make out　　　 [注釋] 詳見III,123注釋。

12. The worker agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands.

A. call for　　 B. call forth　　 C. call off　　 D. call up

　[答案] C. call off　　　 [注釋] 詳見III,25,26注釋。

11. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

A. guilt　　 B. charge　　 C. blame　 D. accusatio

[答案] C. blame.

[注釋]take the blame for 對(duì)......承擔(dān)責(zé)任。Take charge of 負(fù)責(zé)管理 (照顧) 。[注意]charge 前無冠詞the.