111. The reference she made to her friend, the poet, was interesting but too _____ for anyone to appreciate.

　 A. drastic　　 B. dull　　 C. obscure　 D. distinct

[答案]C. obscure.

[注釋]obscure(=not clearly seen or understood)模糊難懂得。drastic激烈的，嚴厲的；dull單調的；distinct清楚的，明顯的；截然不同的(from)。

本題譯文：她提到她的朋友----詩人時所說的話是令人感興趣，但沒有說清楚，以致沒有人為此感激。

110. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great _____.

　 A. emotion　　 B. excitement　　 C. crisis　　 D. stress

[答案]D. stress.　 [注釋]put sb. under(great) stress使某人處境(非常)緊張，使某人受(很大)壓力。

109. Her display of bad temper completely _____ the party.

　 A. harmed　　 B. damaged　　 C. spoilt　　 D. hurt

[答案]C. spoilt.

[注釋]spoil指出意指“使...... 掃興，搞糟”，如：Quarrelling spoilt the picnic.(爭吵使這次野餐弄得很掃興。)hurt傷害，damage 損壞，harm危害，均不合題意。

108. Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.

　 A. hamper　　 B. support　　 C. assist　　 D. encourage

[答案]A. hamper.

[注釋]hamper(=hinder, prevent free movement or activity)阻礙：Lack of equipment is hampering our work.

本題譯文：他們兩人都認為他不怎么樣并極力阻礙他工作。

Think highly of... 對...評價很高，認為......很好。

107. They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been _____.

　 A. behind the times　　 B. behind schedule

　 C. ahead of time　　　 D. in no time

[答案]B. behind schedule.

[注釋]behind schedule(=late, behind time)晚點：The train is running behind schedule today.(=The train is not on time today.)behind the times(=using things not in style; still following old ways; old fashioned)過時，跟不上時代，落后：1)The store is behind the times.(=The store is old-fashioned; it looks as stores looked 40 years ago.) 2) Mary thinks her parents are behind the times because they still do the fox-trot and don't know any new dances.(=Mary's parents are old-fashioned in their dancings .) ahead of time提前： They have fulfilled their production plans ahead of time, in no time(=soon, quickly)立即，馬上：I'll be back in no time to see you home.

106. One _____ needed when making a cake is flour; another is sugar.

A. container　 B. ingredient C. content　 D. equivalent

[答案]B. ingredient.

[注釋]ingredient(混合物的)成分。container容器，含量；內容(復數(shù))。equivalent:相等物。

105. The _____ of the trees in the water was very clear.

A. mirror　 B. sight　 C. reflection　 D. shadow

[答案]C. reflection.

[注釋]reflection此處意為“映在水中的倒影”，而不是“影子”或“陰影”，故不能用shadow。其他選擇均不合題意。

104. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.

A. facilities B. appliances　 C. instruments D. equipment

[答案]B. appliances.

[注釋]electric appliances電器用具，facilities公用設備。equipment設備,裝備，是集合名詞，指“設備”的總稱，只有當數(shù)形式。instrument儀器。

103. The thief _____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.

A. abandoned　 B. vanished C. scattered　 D. deserted

[答案]C. scattered.

[注釋]scatter(=throw or put in various directions, or here and there)撒。abandon放棄，拋棄。desert遺棄(而離開)。vanish消亡，滅亡。本題句意是將小偷在搜尋錢時的情景，所以應選scattered(撒)。

102. Pack the cake in a strong box, or it might get _____ in the post.

　 A. splashed　　 B. spilt　　 C. crushed　　 D. crashed

[答案]C. crushed.

[注釋]crush壓壞，壓碎；弄皺；輾散；1)Don't crush this box; there are flowers inside.(不要把這個盒子壓壞了，里面有鮮花。) 2)Her dress was crushed.(她的衣服弄皺了。) 3)The machine crushes wheat grain to make floor.(這臺機器把麥粒輾成面粉。)splash濺，潑；split(中間)裂開；crash(向下)猛跌；(飛機)失事。