137. I must go now. _____, if you want that book I'll bring it next time.

　 A. Incidentally　　 B. Accidentally

　 C. Occasionally　　 D. Subsequently

[答案]A. Incidentally.

[注释]incidentally(=by the way)附带地，顺便：Fred said, incidentally, that he had no dinner.(顺便提一下，福来德那时说，他还没吃晚饭。)accidentally(=by chance)偶然地：I met with an old friend of mine accidentally last week.(上星期我偶然碰到一位老朋友。)occasionally (=from time to time, not regularly)不时地，偶尔：We get visitors here occasionally.(我们偶尔在此接游客。)subsequently(=afterwards, later) At first we thought we would go; but subsequently we learned we were needed at home.(起初,我们想离开；但随后我们得知家里需要我们。)

136. Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is not a mysterious _____　 without scientific basis.

A. process　　 B. practice　　 C. procedure　　 D. program

[答案]A. process.

[注释]process(=connected series of actions, or series of operations) 过程：By what process is cloth made form wool?(经过什么过程羊毛织成呢料？)practice(=the doing of something of, performance or repeated exercise, etc.)实习，练习；开业: She is doing her practice at the piano.(她在练习弹钢琴。)procedure(=the regular order of doing things)程序：the usual procedure at a meeting(开会的通常程序)。Program(=plan of what is to be done or list of items or events)课程，计划，大纲：What is the program for tomorrow ?(明天上什么课?)

135. They were so far away that I couldn't _____ their faces clearly.

A. see through　 B. make up　 C. see off　 D. make out

[答案]D. make out.

[注释]make out(=identify and see with effort or difficulty)辨认出。see through参阅Ⅲ，151,注释:此处see through还可表示“看穿......(=understand the real meaning of or reason for; realize the falseness of)”： 1)The teacher saw through the boy's story of having to help at home. (=The teacher knew his story was not true; it was just an excuse.) 2) He can't fool her. She sees him through every time.

see off送行；make up构成，组成，拼凑；弥补，赔偿；化装，编造：1)编造：John made up the joke about the talking dog. 2)弥补：Bob must make up the work he missed. 3)凑足： We need one more to make up the dozen. 4)化装： The actors were making up when we arrived. 5)构成：Nine players make up a team.

134. If the boy had _____ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him.

　 A. set　　 B. left　　 C. had　　 D. put

[答案]B. left.

[注释]leave sb./sth. alone不惹，不管，不碰：Leave the box alone.(别碰那个盒子。)

133. The generation _____ makes it difficult for parents to understand their children's opinions.

　 A. division　　 B. gap　　 C. separation　　 D. interval

[答案]B. gap.

[注释]generation gap 代沟。

division分，划分；separation分开；interval间隔，间隙；(幕间或工间)休息。at intervals 不时，时时

132. With sufficient scientific information a manned trip to Mars should be _____.

A. obtainable B. potential C. considerable D. feasible

[答案]D. feasible.

[注释]feasible(=that can be done)可行的，可做到的：1)Your plan sounds quite feasible.(你的计划听起来很可行。) 2)It's not feasible to make the trip in one day.(一天内要进行这次旅行是做不到的。)obtainable可得到的；considerable相当的，可观的；potential潜在的，可能的。

131. _____ inviting guests and not treating them properly!

　 A. Strangely　 　　B. Fantastically

　 C. Surprisingly　　 D. Fancy

[答案]D. Fancy.

[注释]fancy doing 没想到.......竟然：1)Fancy your him!(没想到你竟然认识他！) 2)Fancy spending the day in here!(没想到竟在这里过了一天！)

本题译文：没想到邀请了客人竟没有好好招待！

130. _____ it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time.

A. By the way　 B. In a way　 C. In the way　 D. In no way

[答案]B. In a way.

[注释]in a way(-to some extent)在某种程度上；in no way决不；by the way 顺便提一下；in the way 碍事。此题不能选by the way，因为by the way 做插入语其后应加逗号。

本题译文：我没有得到我申请得工作在某种程度上说是件好事，尽管我承认当时我很失望。

129. The two things are the same in outward form but different _____.

A. in addition B. in brief　 C. in common　 D. in essence

[答案]D. in essence.

[注释]in essence本质上；in addition此外；in brief简短地，简言之；in common共同。

128. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.

A. equivalent　　 B. uniform　　 C. alike　　 D. likely

[答案]A. equivalent.

[注释]equivalent相等的，相当的：He exchanged his pounds for the equivalent amount of dollars. uniform 相同的,一样的。Likely adj.很可能的，有希望的。Alike(表语形容词)相同的，相象的。