270. John always tries to _____ people who are useful to him professionally.

A. develop B. provoke C. correspond　 D. cultivate

[答案]D. cultivate.

[注释]cultivate sb.结识(有地位的人)，培养与......的友谊：He always tries to cultivate rich and famous people.(他总是极力结识有钱的知名人士。)

本题译文：约翰总是力图结识在职业方面对他有用的人。

269. What a terrible experience! _____ , you are safe, that's the main thing.

A. Somehow　 B. Anyhow　 C. Somewhat　 D. Anywhere

[答案]B. Anyhow.

[注释]anyhow(at= any rate; in any case)无论如何，不管怎样。

268. He has recently _____ chess to provide himself with some relaxation.

A. taken on B. taken up　 C. held on D. held up

[答案]B. taken up.

[注释]take up开始从事。take on参阅Ⅲ，162,171注释。hold on, hold up参阅Ⅲ，162,171注释。

267. It has been decided that this company has the _____ right to print Mr. Smith's novels.

A.eventual　 B.versatile　 C.extensive　 D.exclusive

[答案]D. exclusive.

[注释]exclusive(=reserved to the person(s) concerned)独有的；This bathroom is for the president's exclusive use.

eventual最终的；versatile通用的，万用的；extensive广泛的。

266. Jim's close _____ to his brother made people mistake them for one another.

A. confusion　 B. similarity　 C. resemblanceD. imitation

[答案]C. resemblance.

[注释]resemblance n. 像(to)。 resemble(vt.)像; She resembles her mother.(=She takes after her mother.)

imitation模仿；仿效；confusion混乱，混淆；similarity相似性。

265. I think we should let Maria go camping with her boyfriend. _____, she's a big girl now.

A. Above all B. After all C. First of all D. For all

[答案]B. After all.

[注释]after all毕竟。

“for all + 名词”意为“尽管”: For all his wealth, he was unhappy.(尽管他富有，但他并不幸福。)

264. During World War II Malta managed to _____ most of Italian and German bombers by throwing up an effective anti-aircraft screen.

A. put out　 B. shut out　 C. come across D. get across

[答案]B. shut out.

[注释]shut out(=prevent from coming in; block)排除，排斥：They shut out our dust by having double windows.(他们用双层窗户防尘。)

put out扑灭；get across越过；使人了解；come across偶然遇到。

本题译文：第二次世界大战中，马耳他建立了有效的防空屏障以防止意大利和德国的轰炸机侵入。

263. The room was so quiet that she could hear the _____ of her heart.

A. hitting　　 B. beating　　 C. tapping　 D. knocking

[答案]B. beating.

[注释]beating 此处是动名词，指“(心)跳”：Her heart was beating furiously.

262. The new safety regulations were agreed on after _____ with the work-force.

　 A. conference　　　 B. participation

　 C. intervention　　 D. consultation

[答案]D. consultation.

[注释]consultation商议：hold a consultation with sb. about sth.(与某人商谈某事)。

conference讨论会；participation参加，参与；intervention干预，干涉。

261. His test results are not very _____. He does well one week and badly the next.

A. invariable　 B. consequent C. continuous D. consistent

[答案]D. consistent.

[注释]consistent 1)始终如一，前后一致：He is not consistent in his statements.(他的话并不前后一致。) 2)与......一致：The story is not consistent with the facts. What you say is not consistent with what you do.