29. When you do exercises, your heart works better. It is able to______ more blood while beating more slowly.

A. produce　　　　　　　　　　 B. pump　　　　　　　　　　　 C. increase　　　　　　　　　　 D. bump

B.“泵入更多的血”。

A.“产生”；C.“增加”；D.“碰，撞”。

28.Before the final examination, many students have shown ____ of tension. Some have trouble in sleeping while others have lost their appetite.

A. anxiety　　　　 B. marks　　　　　　　 C. signs　　　　　　　　 D. remarks

anxiety与 tension 同义，意思为"紧张"；mark"记号，痕迹"； sign"迹象，现象，标记"； remark"评论"。根据句意，应为show signs of tension"表现出紧张的样子"。答案C。

27.It’s bad ____ for a man to smoke in the public places where smoking is not allowed.

A. behavior　　　　 B. action　　　　　　　 C. manner　　　　　　 D. movement

behavior意思为"举止，行为"；action "动作"；manner"方式"； movement "运动，行动"。答案A。

26. One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.

　 A. disposed　　 B. deserted　　 C. isolated　　 D. abandoned

C. isolated. isolated 孤立的。Deserted被遗弃的；空无一人的a deserted house 空无一人的房屋；abandoned丢弃的，如；abandoned cars(因报废而丢弃的汽车)。Dispose of sth. 处理掉某物：He disposed of his old car .(他把旧的汽车处理掉了。)意为卖掉或扔掉等。

25. The old man got into the _____ of storing money under the bed.

　 A. tradition　　 B. habit　　 C. use　　 D. custom

　 B. habit. get into the habit of doing sth.意为"养成了做......的习惯"。habit指个人的习惯,而custom则指社会的风俗习惯。tradition"传统

24. After dinner the minister made a short _____ to the guests.

　 A. delivery　　 B. pronunciation　　 C. conversation　　 D. speech

　D.speech. make a speech to sb.(向某人做演讲)。make conversation with sb.(和某人闲谈conversation常与下列动词搭配:get (enter) into conversation with(和......攀谈起来),have a conversation with(与......谈话),interr upt (break off) conversation(中断谈话),turn the conversation to other matters(把话题转到其他问题上)delivery常指"(演讲等的)说话方式,口才",如: His report was good, but his delivery was poor.( 他的报告内容很好,但他的口才太差)。

23. The car salesman took the customer for a driver in the new model in order to _____ its improved features.

　 A. advocate　　 B. demonstrate　　 C. exhibit　　 D. reveal

　B. demonstrate

demonstrate(=show clearly by giving proof or example)以实物说明，示范，展示 The salesman demonstrated the new personal computer. advocate拥护,提倡。exhibit展览,陈列。reveal揭示,暴露。

22. I caught a _____ of the car before it disappeared around the bend.

　 A. glance　　 B. glimpse　　 C. glare　　 D. stare

　B. glimpse

　catch (or get) a glimpse of瞥见(强调行为的结果) I caught a glimpse of her in the crowd. 我在人群中瞥见了他。take a glance (or look) at看一眼(强调行为过程本身)。Take a glance at the Tv programs 瞄一下电视节目

21. Alice _____ her father that both she and her husband would be happy if he would live with them.

　 A. convinced　　 B. reinforced　　 C. pledged　　 D. required

　A. convince

convince sb. +that从句意为"使……相信，说服……"。

convince sb of sth; I tried to convince them of his innocence. convince sb to do sth; We convinced him to go by car.

convinced adj Be convinced of/that; I am convinced of his guilt./I am convinced that he is guilty. convincing adj令人信服的

reinforce 加强，增强。pledge发誓，保证.

20. When college students _____ future employment, they often think of status, income, and prestige.

　 A. demand　　 B. assume　　 C. apply　　 D. anticipate

D. anticipate.

anticipate vt预料，期望，预望：The first question is one the John has anticipated. (第一个问题是约翰已经预料到的.)

anticipate +n/anticipate that; anticipate doing sth;I anticipated seeing you soon.