39. I'm afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It's only a copy and so it's _____.

　 A. priceless　　 B. invaluable　　 C. unworthy　　 D. worthless

　D. worthless.

　　 worthless 无价值的, 无用的。Priceless 无价的, 贵重的, 无法估价的：a priceless treasure 无价之宝。Invaluable 无法估价的, 非常宝贵的。Unworthy 不值得的, 不配的; 无价值的。

38. Though _____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

　 A. raised　　 B. grown　　 C. developed　　 D. cultivated

　A. raised

　 本句中Though raised in San Francisco是省略的让步状语从句。Raise (=bring up) 抚养：grow种植; cultivate耕作; 培养 (友谊等) 。如cultivate后接某人, 则意为“培养与某人的感情”。如：John always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. (约翰一向喜欢与事业上对他有用的人来往。)

本题译文：尽管在旧金山长大, 但戴夫米切尔总是愿意把小镇生活中平凡的事情记载下来。

37. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.

　 A. poured　　 B. melted　　 C. drew　 　D. dismissed

　A. poured.

pour 此处意为：涌出, 涌来, 如：People poured out to the rally. (人们踊跃参加群众大会。)

36. Voices were _____ as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered.

　 A. spoken　　 B. raised　　 C. developed　　 D. increased

　B. raised.

　 raise (=lift up) one's voice提高嗓门, 高声叫喊。Raise one's voice against sth. 意为“为抗议某事而大声疾呼”, 如：As no one raised his voice against the plan, it was agreed on. (因为没有人发表反对意见, 该计划就一致通过了。) voice的常用习语有：the public voice (舆论) , under one's voice (小声地) , with one voice (异口同声地,一致地) ,lose one's voice (嗓子哑了, 说不出话来) , have no voice with (对某事无发言权)。

35. My brother likes eating very much but he isn't very _____ about the food he eats.

　 A. special　　 B. peculiar　　 C. particular　　 D. unusual

　C. particular.

　 be particular about对......讲究, 挑剔; She is very particular about what she wears. (她对她得穿着很讲究。) Mr. Smith was quite particular about my work. (史密斯先生对工作十分挑剔。)

34. The members of the club wouldn't run a _____ in entrusting(委托) the organization to an unreliable person.

　 A. danger　　 B. risk　　 C. loose　　 D. chance

　B. risk.

　 run a risk (in) 冒险：You are running a big risk in trusting him.

　 本题译文：俱乐部成员不愿冒险把这个组织委托给一个不可靠的人管理。

33. It isn't quite _____ that he will be present at the meeting.

　 A. sure　　 B. right　　 C. exact　　 D. certain

　D. certain.

　 I am sure that +从句。He is sure to come. = He is certain to come.但在it作形式主语, that引导主语从句时, 主句中表语只能用certain, 不能用sure.

32. John was very upset because he was _____ by the police with breaking the law.

　 A. accused　　 B. arrested　　 C. sentenced　　 D. charged

　D. charged.

　 be charged with受指控犯有......; He was charged with murder. (他受指控犯有凶杀罪。)

31. The child enjoyed _____ up the wooden bricks then knocking them down.

　 A. adding　　 B. pushing　　 C. piling　　 D. forming

　C. piling.

　　 pile up (=lay in a pile or as if in a pile) 把......放成一堆, 堆积：pile up the books on the table (把书堆在桌子上) 。Pile up作不及物动词用, 意为“积压; (若干汽车) 相撞”：1) Perishable goods are piling up at the docks. (码头上易腐烂的货物堆积如山。) 2) Several cars piled up after ignoring the fog warning on the motorway. (由于无视高速公路上的大雾警告, 有好几辆汽车相撞。)

30. Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister _____ charge of the house.

　 A. take　　 B. hold　　 C. make　　 D. get

　A. take.

　 take charge of (=to be or become responsible for sb. or sth.) 负责、掌管、看管; He took charge of the department (or the children) .