1. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault. A. guilt B. charge C. blame D. accusation [答案] C. blame. [注释]take the blame for 对......承担责任。Take charge of 负责管理 (照顾) 。[注意]charge 前无冠词the. 2. The worker agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands. A. call for B. call forth C. call off D. call up [答案] C. call off [注释] 详见III,25,26注释。 3. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn’t _____ what color it was. A. look out B. make out C. get across D. take after [答案] B. make out [注释] 详见III,123注释。 4. He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted. A. eventually B. yet C. finally D. accordingly [答案] D. accordingly. [注释]accordingly (=for that reason, therefore) 因此, 所以。 5. It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn’t like. A. attempt B. trouble C. power D. effort [答案] D. effort. [注释] effort (作可数名词用) (=vigorous attempt) 努力的尝试:Does it require a great effort of will to give up smoking? (戒烟需要坚强的毅力吗?) 6. The firemen managed to _____ the fire in time. A. extinguish B. prevent C. suppress D. ruin [答案] A. extinguish. [注释] extinguish (=put out) vt. 扑灭 (火焰等) 。Stop the fire虽然也可以搭配, 但按本句题意用extinguish为最佳。 7. What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs. Richard _____ common. A. nothing but B. anything but C. above all D. rather than [答案] B. anything but. [注释] anything but (=far from being) 根本不. The boys knew they bad broken the rules, and they were anything but happy when they were called to the office. (=They were unhappy and afraid.) nothing but 只不过. Don’t have him for a friend. he’s nothing but a criminal. (不要把他当朋友, 他只不过是个罪犯。) I have nothing but two dollars. (我只有2美元。) above all最重要的。rather than 而不是. 8. The car was completely _____ and the driver seriously injured. A. broken off B. taken off C. written off D. picked up [答案] C. written off. [注释] write off报废, 参看III, 200.注释. break off参看III.13.注释. take off参看III.170.注释. pick up参看III.130,129.注释。 9. On this happy occasion, I’d like to say that we are _____ much obliged to you for your kind cooperation. A. even so B. ever so C. as yet D. so far [答案] B. ever so. [注释]ever so (=very) 非常. It’s ever so cold.与名词搭配时则用ever such, 如:She’s ever such a nice girl. (她是一位非常好的姑娘。) even so (=although that is true, nevertheless. still) 即使如此:The fire was out, but even so, the smell of smoke was strong. (=The fire was out, but the smell was still there.) 10. His new appointment takes _____ from the beginning of next month. A. place B. effect C. post D. office [答案] B. effect. [注释]take effect 生效。