16. When Ann broke the dish she tried to put the ____ back together.
A. fragments B. pieces C. bits D. slices
17. Jane tried to ____the doorman with money, but she failed.
A. bribe B. corrupt C. award D. endow
18. Classification is a useful____to the organization of knowledge in any field.
A. means B. approach C. mode D. manner
19. The human race has already paid a heavy price for its slow ____ to environmental threats.
A. response B. responsibility? C. resolution D. resistance
20. We have a high regard for Prof. Joseph because he always ____ his principles.
A. lives on B. lives up to? C. lives through D. lives with
21. My grandfather accidentally ____ fire to the house.
A.put B. took C.set D. got
22. We enjoyed the holiday____the expense.
A.except B. besides C. in addition to D. except for
23. If you want children to work hard you must ____their interests instead of their sense of duty.
A. appeal to B. look into C. give rise to D. go in for
24. Basically a robot is a machine which moves, manipulates, joins or processes ____in the same way as human hand or arm.
A. characters B. components C.catalogues D. collections
25. Of course, talking about something which affects them personally is ____motivating for students.
A. chiefly B. correctly C. currently D. eminently
试题答案与解析
1. A) 【句意】白天的工作不顺心，回到家里拿老婆孩子出气，这是不公平的。
【难点】take it out on sb. 意为“拿某人出气”，其中it是无人称代词，无所指，这是一个固定的结构。
2. B) 【句意】由于害怕孩子感冒，她在孩子身上又盖了一条毯子。
【难点】for fear that 后接虚拟语气，(should)+动词原形。
3. C) 【句意】我们的教师建议我们参观博物馆的时候注意力应尽可能集中。
【难点】recommend,command ,suggest 等词后接的宾语从句应用虚拟语气，即(should)+动词原形。
4. B) 【句意】你没有权力干涉我们的事情。
【难点】have no business doing /to do something 意为“没有权力，没有理由做某事”
5. C) 【句意】利率再次下调旨在促进国内投资。
【难点】be meant to do 意为“旨在做 ”;mean to do 意为“打算做，企图做”;lead to 意为“导致”，后接名词。