9. His new appointment takes _____ from the beginning of next month.

A. place　　 B. effect　 C. post　　 D. office

　B. effect.　 take effect 生效。

8. It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn't like.

A. attempt　　 B. trouble　 C. power　　 D. effort

　D. effort.

　effort (作可数名词用) (=vigorous attempt) 努力的尝试：Does it require a great effort of will to give up smoking? (戒烟需要坚强的毅力吗？)

7. He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted.

A. eventually　　 B. yet　　 C. finally　　 D. accordingly

　 D. accordingly.

accordingly (=for that reason, therefore) 因此, 所以。

6. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

A. guilt　　 B. charge　　 C. blame　 D. account

　 C. blame.

　take the blame for 对......承担责任。Take charge of 负责管理 (照顾) 。[注意]charge 前无冠词the.

5. No one has _____ been able to trace the author of the poem.

A. still　 B. yet　 C. already　 D. just

　B. yet

4. Henry's news report covering the conference was so _____ that nothing had been omitted.

A. understanding　　　　 B. comprehensible　 C. comprehensive　　　 D. understandable

　C. comprehensive.

　comprehensive 完全的无所不包的; comprehensible 能懂的, 可以理解的; understandable 可以理解的, 主要用来指人的行为。understanding 用来指人时, 表示"善于理解别人或别人问题的 (人) 。"注意下面的搭配：a comprehensive map (街区详图) ; a comprehensible remark (听得懂的话) ,an understandable mistake (可以理解的错误) ; an understanding friend (一位能理解人的朋友) 。

3. The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.

A. vanished　　 B. abandoned　　 C. scattered　　 D. rejected

　B. abandoned

　 abandoned (=give up completely) 放弃, 抛弃; 1) The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund. 2) The sailors abandoned the burning ship.

[注意]abandon 暗指某人对其所抛弃的人或物将会发生什么事情不感兴趣, 如把撞坏的汽车抛弃在路旁。vanish (=suddenly disappear; go out of existence) vi.消失, 绝迹; 1) The airplane vanished into the clouds.2) Many kinds of animals have vanished form the earth. (许多种类的动物以在地球上绝迹。)　 scatter (=send, go in different direction) 驱使, 使分散; The police scattered the crowed. (警察驱散人群。) (=throw or put in various directions) 撒, 到处放; He scattered his clothes all over the room. reject (=refuse to accept) 拒绝接受; She rejected my suggestion.

2. American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

　 A. ignored　　 B. refused　　 C. neglected　　 D. denied

D. denied.

　deny 1)否认：A. He didn't deny the facts. B. They couldn't

deny that it was a serious blow to them. C. He denied having ever there.(他否认曾到过那里。) 2)(=say 'no' to a request; refuse to give sth. asked for or needed)不给予；Lots of people were denied the right to vote.(许多人被剥夺了选举权。)He denies his wife nothing.(他对他的妻子有求必应。)

1. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.

A. admitted　 B. acknowledged　 C. absorbed　 D. considered

　 D. considered

　 considered 考虑; admit 承认; absorb 吸收。

　[注意]acknowledge 1) (=agree or admit the truth of; confess) 承认, 供认; A. He acknowledged his mistake. (他承认了他的错误。) B. 接动名词 He acknowledged having been beaten. (他承认被打败了。) 2) (express thanks for) 致谢; A. Mary acknowledged the gift with a pleasant letter. (玛丽致函感谢馈赠的礼物。) B. His long service with the company was acknowledged with a present. (向他赠送礼品以感谢他长期来对公司的服务。)

60.As civilization______, more and more people have realized the importance of preserving rare animals from extinction.

A. stretches　　　　　　　　　 B. spreads　　　　　　　　　　 C.extends　　　　　　　　　　 D. expands

B“传播，扩散”。

A“伸展”；C“延长”；D“膨胀，扩大”。

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