171. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.

　A. process　 B. attention　　 C. measure　　 D. part

[答案]D. part.

[注釋]take part in參加。

本題譯文：顯然，整個(gè)世界正經(jīng)歷著一場社會革命；科學(xué)家和技術(shù)人員必定是這場革命地主要參加者。

170. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

A. acquainted B. informed　 C. enlightened　 D. advised

[答案]A. acquainted.

[注釋]be acquainted with熟悉，be well informed of(about)對......消息靈通。可見，此題中應(yīng)用acquainted,因?yàn)楹竺娴亟樵~是with.

169. With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is _____ rapidly transformed.

A. anything but B. more or less　 C. at large　 D. any more

[答案]B. more or less.

[注釋]more or less 或多或少地；anything but根本不；at large大體上；逍遙法外；詳細(xì)地。

本題譯文：隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)基礎(chǔ)的改變，整個(gè)龐大的上層建筑也或多或少地發(fā)生變革。

168. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.

A. average　　 B. ordinary　　 C. regular　　 D. normal

[答案]D. normal

[注釋]normal正常的；ordinary普通的；usual平常的；regular有規(guī)律的，定期的。

167. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store.

A. anyone　　 B. the others　　 C. that 　　D. the ones

[答案]D. the ones

[注釋]代詞one可以用來替代前面提到過的名詞，以避免重復(fù)。如果它替代的名詞是復(fù)數(shù)，則用ones。本題中它代替refrigerators；因特指，故用the ones.

166. His landlady gave him a week's _____ to leave the flat.

　 A. threat　　 B. notice　　 C. advice　　 D. caution

[答案]B. notice.

[注釋]notice預(yù)先通知(尤用雇主、雇員或房東、房客之間)：give one's employee a month's notice (通知雇員一個(gè)月后離職)。

本題譯文：他的女房東通知他一周后從套間搬走。

165. Her skirt had been so _____ in packing that she had to iron it before going out.

　 A. faded　　 B. torn　　 C. dirty　　 D. crushed

[答案]D. crushed.

[注釋]crush把......弄皺。因?yàn)楹蟀刖渲衖ron指“熨平”，所以不能選其他答案了。

164. Some people either _____ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

A. violently B. sincerely　 C. properly　 D. deliberately

[答案]D. deliberately.

[注釋]deliberately(=on purpose)故意地。Sincerely真誠地；violently強(qiáng)暴的，激烈的，暴力引起的。properly 1)好好地，恰當(dāng)?shù)兀籗he never makes any attempt to clean it properly.(她從來也不打算好好地把它擦干凈。) 2)嚴(yán)格地：Properly speaking, a whale is not a fish.(嚴(yán)格地說，鯨魚不是魚。)

163. If he refuses to _____ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative.

　 A. put up with　　 B. fall in with

　 C. do away with　　 D. get along with

[答案]B. fall in with.

[注釋]fall in with(=agree to)同意：Is it true that you have fallen in with them?(你真的同意他們的意見嗎？)put up with忍受。do away with廢除；殺死。get along with進(jìn)行，進(jìn)展；相處。

本題譯文：如果他不肯同意我的計(jì)劃，我或許能找一個(gè)更能合作的人。

162. The noise was so _____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.

　 A. dim　　 B. soft　　 C. faint　　 D. gentle

[答案]c. faint.

[注釋]faint(=weak, indistinct; not clear)“微弱的，模糊的，不清楚的”。Dim(=not bright, not clearly to be seen)不亮的，看不清的；the dim light of a candle(微弱的燭光)。