練習題一
1. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.
A. admitted B. acknowledged C. absorbed D. considered
[答案] D. considered
[註釋] considered 考慮; admit 承認; absorb 吸收。
[注意]acknowledge 1) (=agree or admit the truth of; confess) 承認, 供認; A. He acknowledged his mistake. (他承認了他的錯誤。) B. 接動名詞 He acknowledged having been beaten. (他承認被打敗了。) 2) (express thanks for) 致謝; A. Mary acknowledged the gift with a pleasant letter. (瑪麗致函感謝饋贈的禮物。) B. His long service with the company was acknowledged with a present. (向他贈送禮品以感謝他長期來對公司的服務。)
2. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' _____.
A. command B. conviction C. consent D. compromise
[答案] C. consent
[註釋] consent 同意, 贊成, 答應。conviction 深信, 確信。compromise 妥協, 折中。command 命令, 指令; 掌握, 運用能力。
3. Our research has focused on a drug which is so _____ as to be able to change brain chemistry.
A. powerful B. influential C. monstrous D. vigorous
[答案] A. powerful
[註釋] powerful (=having or producing great power) 強有力的。在這裡四個形容詞中, 只有powerful (有效力的) 可與表示藥物的名詞搭配。influential 有影響的, 有勢力的, monstrous 異常大的, vigorous 精力旺盛的, 強健有力的'。
4. The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.
A. vanished B. abandoned C. scattered D. rejected
[答案] B. abandoned
[註釋] abandoned (=give up completely) 放棄, 拋棄; 1) The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund. 2) The sailors abandoned the burning ship.
[注意]abandon 暗指某人對其所拋棄的人或物將會發生什麼事情不感興趣, 如把撞壞的汽車拋棄在路旁。vanish (=suddenly disappear; go out of existence) vi.消失, 絕跡; 1) The airplane vanished into the clouds.2) Many kinds of animals have vanished form the earth. (許多種類的動物以在地球上絕跡。) scatter (=send, go in different direction) 驅使, 使分散; The police scattered the crowed. (警察驅散人群。) (=throw or put in various directions) 撒, 到處放; He scattered his clothes all over the room. reject (=refuse to accept) 拒絕接受; She rejected my suggestion.
5. Henry's news report covering the conference was so _____ that nothing had been omitted.
A. understanding B. comprehensible
C. comprehensive D. understandable
[答案] C. comprehensive.
[註釋] comprehensive 完全的無所不包的; comprehensible 能懂的, 可以理解的; understandable 可以理解的, 主要用來指人的行為。understanding 用來指人時, 表示"善於理解別人或別人問題的 (人) 。"注意下面的搭配：a comprehensive map (街區詳圖) ; a comprehensible remark (聽得懂的話) ,an understandable mistake (可以理解的錯誤) ; an understanding friend (一位能理解人的朋友) 。
6. She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her _____ to Scotland.
A. ticket B. place C. seat D. connection
[答案] D. connection
[註釋] lose one's connection to 誤了到......地方去的 (汽車、火車、輪船的) 聯運; The train was late and I missed my connection.
7. The ship was _____ in a storm off Jamaica.
A. drowned B. sunk C. wrecked D. submitted
[答案] C. wrecked
[註釋] wreck vt. 撞壞, 毀壞; 1) My son wrecked my car. 2) My car was completely wrecked in the vt. 下沉, 沉沒, 該動詞也可作及物動詞用, 意為“使下沉”, 但按本題句意看, 用被動語態不妥。 drown 溺死, 淹死： (vt.) He drowned his wife. (vi) He drowned in the river. (他在河裡淹死了。) submit 1) (=put oneself under the control of another) 提交, 呈送 (to) ： Should a wife submit herself to her husband? (妻子應順從他丈夫嗎?) 2) (=put forward for option, discussion, decision ect.) 提出 (供評論、討論決定等) You must submit your request to the committee. 3) (=surrender (to) , give in) 屈服,投降：After being defeated, they submitted to the enemy. (打敗後, 他們向敵人投降了。)
8. No one has _____ been able to trace the author of the poem.
A. still B. yet C. already D. just
[答案] B. yet
[註釋] yet 常用於現在完成時的否定句中, 意為“尚, 還”。
9. More than one-third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, _____ in San Francisco.
A. previously B. predominantly C practically D. permanently
[答案] B. predominantly.
[註釋] predominantly (=mostly; mainly) 主要地。 previously (=coming earlier in time or order) 先前, 早先; This is better than any solution previously. (這個辦法比以前提出的任何解決辦法都好。) practically (=really; in a practical way) 實際上。permanently (=going on for a long time) 永久地。
本題譯文：在美國, 華人中有三分之一居住在加利福尼亞洲, 其中主要是在舊金山。
10. The new secretary has written a remarkably _____ report only in a few pages but with all the details.
A. concise B. clear C. precise D. elaborate
[答案] A. concise.
[註釋] concise (=brief; giving much information in few words) 簡明扼要的：He gave a concise report of the meeting. (他對會議作了簡明扼要的報道。) clear 清楚的。precise (=exact; correctly stated; free form error) 精確的, 明白無誤的; Please tell me the precise measurements. (請告訴我精確的尺寸。) elaborate (=worked out with much care; carefully prepared) 精心製作的, 豐盛的：Peter worked out an elaborate scheme for raising the money. (彼得制定了一項詳盡得計劃來籌集著筆款項。) 孤立地看, 似乎4個形容詞均能修飾report, 但從句子的邏輯關係看, 後半句中有only in a few pages but with all the details, 故concise 是最貼切的選擇了。