321. We finally managed to _____ the committee's approval of our plans.

A. secure　　 B. arouse　　 C. acquire　　 D. exert

[答案] A. secure.

[注釋] secure 與 acquire 鈞有“得到”的含義，但 secure vt. 此處的意思是(=succeed in getting sth. for which there is a great demand)“獲得(所需之物)”.acquire“獲得，求得”，尤其指由于自己的努力，能力，技術而使原有的東西變得更多，并表示一經求得，即成永久的所有物: The boy has acquire a fire knowledge of geography.(這男孩已得到一點地理知識.)可見，根據題意應選secure.

320. She chose cushions of a color which would _____ her carpet.

A. equal　 B. agree　 C. help　 D. match

[答案] D. match.

[注釋] match vt. 匹配；相配: 1 You can't match him in his knowledge of wild plants.(在野生植物知識方面，你無閥于他相比.) 2 Her hat does match her dress.(她的帽子與她的衣服不配.)match vi. 相配: These gloves don't match.

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

A.hamper　 B.support　 C.depress　 D.prevent

[答案] A. hamper.

[注釋] hamper(=hinder)阻礙。prevent 防止，后接from.

318. Alice _____ her father that both she and her husband would be happy if he would live with them.

vinced　 B.reinforced　 C.pledged　 D.required

[答案] A. convince

[注釋]convince sb. +that從句意為“使……相信，說服……”。reinforce 加強，增強。pledge發(fā)誓，保證.

317. When college students _____ future employment, they often think of status, income, and prestige.

A. demand　　 B. assume　　 C. apply　　 D. anticipate

[答案] D. anticipate.

[注釋] anticipate 預料，期望，預望：The first question is one the John has anticipated. (第一個問題是約翰已經預料到的)

316. My house is very _____ for getting to work as it is only a few minutes from the station.

A. comfortable B. suitable　 C. convenient　 D. available

[答案] C. convenient.

[注釋]convenient 方便的。suitable也可接for，但其詞義和本題不符，故不能選.

315. Having made his first film earlier this year, he is _____ starting in a new one.

A. currently　　 B. actually　 C. recently　 D. lately

[答案] A. currently.

[注釋] currently 目前；actually 實際上；recently 近來；lately(=recently) 近來.start in(on) 開始(做某事)，常用于口語中，如: 1 Fred started in wedding the garden. (弗雷得開始在花園里除草.) 2 If we start in at once，we shall get the job finished early. (如果我們馬上開始，我們可以早點完成這項工作.)

314. Julie is one of those women who always _____ the latest fashions.

　 A. put up with　　 B. come up with

　 C. get on with　　 D. keep up with

[答案] D. keep up with.

[注釋] keep up with 跟上，與……并駕齊驅；及時了解。put up with 忍受；get on with有進展；生活得……；come up with 提出.

本題譯文: 朱莉是那些總趕時髦的女子之一.

313. The author had qualified as a doctor but later gave up the _____ of medicine for full-time writing.

A. prescriptionB. procedure C. treatment　 D. practice

[答案] D. practice.

[注釋] practice(醫(yī)生或律師的)業(yè)務，生意: 1 The lawer has a very good practice. 2 We call a doctor's work and the number of patients he look after his practice.(我們把醫(yī)生的工作和醫(yī)治病人的數目稱為開業(yè)狀況.)

prescription 藥方；procedure 程序，手續(xù)；treatment 治療，待遇.

本題譯文: 這位作者當過醫(yī)生，但后來放棄開業(yè)，專搞寫作.

312. What I'm telling you is strictly _____. Do not let anyone know of it.

A. secretive　 B. special　fidential

[答案] D. confidential.

[注釋] confidential(=spoken or written in secret) 機密的，應保密的:The information is confidential. special 專門的，專用的: a special car(專車).individual 個別的，單個的。secretive(=fond of keeping secrets) 愛保密的，守口如瓶的.

本題譯文: 我現在告訴你的事是保密的，千萬別讓人知道.