67. My brother likes eating very much but he isn't very _____ about the food he eats.

A. special　 B. peculiar　 C. particular　 D. unusual

[答案] C. particular.

[注释]be particular about对......讲究, 挑剔; She is very particular about what she wears. (她对她得穿着很讲究。) Mr. Smith was quite particular about my work. (史密斯先生对工作十分挑剔。)

66. I just managed to _____ a quick breath before I was sucked under the water by the passing boat.

　 A. snatch　　 B. scratch　　 C. scrape　　 D. scan

[答案] A. snatch.

[注释] snatch的原义是“攫取; 抓住; 夺得”。本题中snatch意指“匆忙间设法得到”, 如：He snatched an hour of sleep. (他匆匆睡了一小时觉。) snatch a quick breath (匆忙猛吸了一口气)。

65. John says that his present job does not provide him with enough _____ for his organizing ability.

　 A. scope　　 B. space　　 C. capacity　　 D. range

[答案] A. scope.

[注释]本题中scope (=opportunity; outlet) 施展机会, 发展余地, 是不可数名词, 如：Give someone scope to show his ability. Range意指“变动范围; 视听范围; 理解范围”, 如：the range of prices (价格变动范围).

64. The meeting was _____ when the chairman fell ill.

A.put down　 B.shut out　 C.cut short　　 D.taken off

[答案] C. cut short.

[注释]cut short (=interrupt) 打断, 中断：1) He made a suggestion, but I cut him short. (他提了个建议, 但我打断了他。) 2) He cut short his tour and returned home. (他中断旅行, 回家了。) shut off (=cut off, interrupt) 切断, 中断; 由指切断供应等, 如：The water was shut off for several hours while the plumber repaired the pipes. Shut out (=keep out; exclude; prevent form entering) 把......关在外面, 排除, 不让入内：1) He shut the cat out. (他把猫关在外面。) 2) The law was designed to shut out immigrants. (这项法律旨在拒绝移民入竟。) 3) They shut out the dust by having double windows. (他们用双层窗户防尘。) 4) They begin to speak French, shutting out the boy from their conversation. (他们讲起法语来, 使这个男孩无法参加他们的谈话。)

63. The members of the club wouldn't run a _____ in entrusting(委托) the organization to an unreliable person.

　 A. danger　　 B. risk　　 C. hazard　　 D. chance

[答案] B. risk.

[注释]run a risk (in) 冒险：You are running a big risk in trusting him.

本题译文：俱乐部成员不愿冒险把这个组织委托给一个不可靠的人管理。

62. Many new _____ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.

A. opportunitiesB.realitiesC.necessitiesD. probabilities

[答案] A. opportunities.

[注释]opportunity常指“ (难得的应抓住的) 机会”, 既可作可数名词, 也可以作不可数名词用, 如：I had few opportunities of meeting interesting people there. They had not much opportunity for hearing good music in the remote area.

61.It isn't quite _____ that he will be present at the meeting.

　 A. sure　　 B. right　　 C. exact　　 D. certain

[答案] D. certain.

[注释]I am sure that +从句。He is sure to come. = He is certain to come.但在it作形式主语, that引导主语从句时, 主句中表语只能用certain, 不能用sure.

60. John was very upset because he was _____ by the police with breaking the law.

A. accused　 B. arrested　 C. sentenced　 D.charged

[答案] D. charged.

[注释]be charged with受指控犯有......; He was charged with murder. (他受指控犯有凶杀罪。)

59. The child enjoyed _____ up the wooden bricks then knocking them down.

　 A. adding　　 B. pushing　　 C. piling　　 D. forming

[答案] C. piling.

[注释] pile up (=lay in a pile or as if in a pile) 把......放成一堆, 堆积：pile up the books on the table (把书堆在桌子上) 。Pile up作不及物动词用, 意为“积压; (若干汽车) 相撞”：1) Perishable goods are piling up at the docks. (码头上易腐烂的货物堆积如山。) 2) Several cars piled up after ignoring the fog warning on the motorway. (由于无视高速公路上的大雾警告, 有好几辆汽车相撞。)

58. Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister _____ charge of the house.

　 A. take　　 B. hold　　 C. make　　 D. get

[答案] A. take.

[注释]take charge of (=to be or become responsible for sb. or sth.) 负责、掌管、看管; He took charge of the department (or the children)