97. The rocks are very big with _____ of colors on them.

　 A. bands　　 B. marks　　 C. rails　　 D. shapes

[答案] A. bands.

[注释] band (颜色与其余部分不同的) 条纹。Mark痕迹, 斑点; 记号, 标记。本题是讲岩石上色彩不同的“条纹”, 故用bands. rail (轨道) ,shape (形状) ,均不合题意。

96. The continuous rain was _____ for the exceptional poor harvest

　 A. blamed　　 B. condemned　　 C. accused　　 D. charged

[答案] A. blamed.

[注释] blame sb./sth. for ... 因.......埋怨、责怪 .......：He blames you for neglect of duty. (他责怪你玩忽职守。) condemn 谴责、判刑。Accuse sb. of控告某人犯有.......。charge sb. with控告某人犯有......。

95. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality, he'd tell them so.

　 A. minor　　 B. humble　　 C. inferior　　 D. awkward

[答案] C. inferior

[注释] inferior详见III.400.注释.

本题译文：这位商店售货员对顾客很坦率。如果货物质量不好, 他就把情况告诉顾客。

94. What you have done is _____ the doctor's orders.

　 A. attached to　 　　　B. resistant to

　 C. responsible to 　　D. contrary to

[答案] D. contrary to.

[注释] (be) contrary to与.......相反, 违反 (作表语) :What you wish to do is contrary to the regulations. contrary to也可以作状语：a. If you act contrary to the doctor's advice, you won't get well again. b. Contrary to what I thought, he has proved to be successful. 2) 作定语：The boy was swimming in a direction contrary to the current. (这男孩朝着逆流方向游去。)

93. The police refused to _____ the clues they were working on.

A. exhibit　　 B. disclose　　 C. expose　　 D. discern

[答案] B. disclose.

[注释]disclose (=uncover; allow to be seen; make known) 透露, 使显露： 1) The lawyer disclosed the details of the case. 2) He disclosed that he had made arrangements to buy a new car. exhibit 展览, 展出, 显示, expose 暴露,discern 认出, 发现, 辨别,识别。

本题译文：警方拒绝透露他们正在调查的线索。

92. Driving a car without insurance can have _____ consequences.

A. uncertain B. disastrous　 C. potential　 D. unworthy

[答案] B. disastrous.

[注释] disastrous 灾难性的。

91. Probability is the mathematical study of the _____ of an event's occurrence.

A. desire　 B. likelihood　 C. result　 D. effect

[答案] B. likelihood

[注释] 句意：概率是对事件发生的可能性的数学研究。

90. New mineral resources may be discovered during the forthcoming Antarctic _____.

A. excursion　 B. execution　 C. extraction　 D. expedition

[答案] D. expedition.

[注释]expedition 远征, 探险; excursion 短途旅行, 游览; execution 实施, 执行; extraction 提取。

89. The government's strong action demonstrated its _____ to crush the rebellion.

A. energy B. resistance　 C. courage D. determination

[答案] D. determination.

[注释] determination意为“决心”, 后常接动词不定式作定语。

88. Jim was so badly burnt that at first they began to _____ of his life.

A. despair　 B. designate　 C. disappoint　 D. despise

[答案] A. despair.

[注释] despair of (=be in despair) 对.......失望：1) Don't despair: things will get better soon. 2) He began to despair of success. 3) He despaired of being able to repair the TV set. (他对能否修好这台电视机表示失望。) designate指明, 指出, despise 轻视, 藐视。