16. 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。

15. 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？)

14. 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。

13. 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　　

12. 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　　

11. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

A. guilt　 　B. charge　 　C. blame 　D. accusatio

[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.

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

[注释] concise (=brief; giving much information in few words) 简明扼要的：He gave a concise report of the meeting. (他对会议作了简明扼要的报道。) clear 清楚的。precise (=exact; correctly stated; free form error) 精确的, 明白无误的; Please tell me the precise measurements. (请告诉我精确的尺寸。) elaborate (=worked out with much care; carefully prepared) 精心制作的, 丰盛的：Peter worked out an elaborate scheme for raising the money. (彼得制定了一项详尽得计划来筹集着笔款项。) 孤立地看, 似乎4个形容词均能修饰report, 但从句子的逻辑关系看, 后半句中有only in a few pages but with all the details, 故concise 是最贴切的选择了。

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

[注释] predominantly (=mostly; mainly) 主要地。 previously (=coming earlier in time or order) 先前, 早先; This is better than any solution previously. (这个办法比以前提出的任何解决办法都好。) practically (=really; in a practical way) 实际上。permanently (=going on for a long time) 永久地。

本题译文：在美国, 华人中有三分之一居住在加利福尼亚洲, 其中主要是在旧金山。

8. No one has _____ been able to trace the author of the poem.

A. still 　B. yet 　C. already 　D. just

[注释] yet 常用于现在完成时的否定句中, 意为“尚, 还”。

7. The ship was _____ in a storm off Jamaica.

A. drowned 　　B. sunk 　C. wrecked 　D. submitted

[注释] wreck vt. 撞坏, 毁坏; 1) My son wrecked my car. 2) My car was completely wrecked in the accident.

sink vt. 下沉, 沉没, 该动词也可作及物动词用, 意为“使下沉”, 但按本题句意看, 用被动语态不妥。 drown 溺死, 淹死： (vt.) He drowned his wife. (vi) He drowned in the river. (他在河里淹死了。) submit 1) (=put oneself under the control of another) 提交, 呈送 (to) ： Should a wife submit herself to her husband? (妻子应顺从他丈夫吗？) 2) (=put forward for option, discussion, decision ect.) 提出 (供评论、讨论决定等) 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. (打败后, 他们向敌人投降了。)