8. The tomato juice left brown ____ on the front of my jacket.

A. sign　　　　　 B. point　 C. symbol　　　 D. spot

[解析]选D。考查名词词义辨析。sign标记；point点；symbol象征；spot点，斑点。

7. I can’t　 ____myself for not being able to look after her at that time.

A. excuse　　　 B. forget C. forgive　　　 D. reason

[解析]选C。考查动词词义辨析。forgive sb.　 for sth. 因某事而原谅某人；excuse侧重指原谅轻微的过错、失礼等，不涉及到处理、惩罚，或找借口；forget忘记。

6. -You really helped us out when we lost our belongings.

-______

A. It was the least I could do.

B. You mustn’t say that.

C. So what?

D. Take it easy.

[解析]选A。考查日常交际用语。A项“那是我仅能做的”，在此用来回答别人的感谢。

5. Our English teacher is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent;_____ , I can’t speak too highly of her.

A. by the way　　　　 B. on the contrary

C. as a result　　　　　 D. in a word

[解析]选D。考查词组辨析。by the way顺便说，on the contrary相反地，as a result结果，in a word总而言之。后半句意为：总而言之，我再怎么称赞她也不为过。

4. Remember, a recent photo should be ____ your application form.

A. addicted to　　　　 B. appealed to

C. attached to　　　　 D. belonged to

[解析]选C。句意为：记住要把你近期的照片粘到申请表上。be addicted to对……上瘾；appeal to吸引；belong to属于；attach to附上，贴上，符合句意。

3. I can’t bear____with Jane in the same office. She just refuses____talking while she works.

A. working; stopping　　　　　　 B. to work; stopping

C. working; to stop　　　　 D. to work; to stop

[解析]选C。bear doing sth. “容忍做某事”; refuse to do sth. “拒绝做某事”。句意：我不能容忍跟珍妮在一个办公室工作，她工作时总是喋喋不休。

2. Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a____.

A. majority　　 B. minority　　 C. quantity　　 D. quality

[解析]选B。考查名词词义辨析。majority多数；minority少数；quantity数量; quality质量。由前面的most及but可知，填上的词须与most意义相反。

1. Americans often say, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch. ”______, everything costs something and everything has to be paid for by someone.

A. In addition　　　　 B. As a result

C. For example　　　 D. In other words

[解析]选D。考查词组辨析。in addition加之，除外，并且；as a result结果；for example例如；in other words换句话说。句意为：美国人经常说“没有免费的午餐”，也就是说，所有的东西都要花钱，都要由某人付钱，故选D。

5. On the contrary(相反), he stood silently instead of getting angry.

4. A bottle of wine would make a pleasant addition(增加物) to the meal.