3.We volunteered to collect money to help the ______ of the tsunami.

　　　 A. victims　　　　　　　　　　 B. folks　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. fellows　　　　　　　 D. villagers

　 A受害者。句子意思：我们志愿募集钱去帮助那些海啸中的受害者。

　 B人们、家属、亲属、民族/种族 C家伙、小伙子 D村民

2.If you spend enough money advertising, your product sales will surely_________.

A. expand　　　　　　　　 B. enlarge　　　　　　　　　　 C. extend　　　　　　　 D. increase

　 D增加。句子意思：如果你花足够的钱作广告，那么产品的销量就会增加。

　 A扩大、膨胀 B放大 C延伸、扩展

1.Pigeon is often considered a(n)________ of peace.

　　　 A. example　　　　　　　　　 B. sign　　 　　　　　　　　　　 C. mark　　　　　　　　 D. symbol

　 D.象征。句子意思：鸽子常常被人们当作和平的象征。

　 A.榜样 B信号、迹象 C标记、痕迹

60. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.

　 A. regard　　 B. account　　 C. thought　　 D. observation

B. account.

　take sth. into account(=consider)考虑到：We must take local conditions into accoutn.

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59. The illness from which Mary is suffering has now been _____ as hepatitis (肝炎).

　 A. diagnosed　　 B. determined　　 C. deduced　 D. discovered

A. diagnosed.

diagnose...as 把......诊断为......。

本题译文：玛丽的病现已诊断为肝炎。

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

　 A. set　　 B. left　　 C. had　　 D. put

B. left.

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

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

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

B. gap.

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

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

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

A. equivalent.

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。

55. He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground.

　 A. crashing　　 B. throwing　　 C. rushing　　 D. dropping

A. crashing.

crash(to the ground)猛跌(到地上)。Crash n.

常指飞机等的“失事”，如：He was killed in an aircraft crash.(他在飞机失事中丧生。)本句中用falling不妥，fall指“落下，掉下”，本身并不强调落下的速度，而crash使“猛跌”，故本题用crashing最佳。

54. They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake.

　 A. friendship　　 B. relations　　 C. intentions　　 D. terms

D. terms.

keep (be) on good terms with与......和睦相处。