18. With hard work over the past half century and more, China has _________ great progress.

A.　　　 acquired 　　　　　　　　　 B. obtained 　　　　　　　 C. achieved 　　　　　　 D. gained

C　 近义词的辨析是新课标考查的重点。 [详细解析]句意“经过半个多世纪的努力，中国已经取得巨大的进步”。achieve great progress“取得巨大的进步”主要强调由于极大的努力,克服困难后达到目标；acquire 指经过不懈努力才获得的技术,知识等抽象的东西,也指养成习惯等；obtain 指经过努力或付出代价或经过很长时间儿得到所需要的东西；gain 指需要做出比obtain更大的努力,往往指通过竞争获得某些有价值的东西。

17. And you find that you're not to be _____ with a position of real responsibility.

　 A. offered　　 B. trusted　　 C. furnished　　 D. retained

B. trusted。

trust sb. with sth. 把某事托付给某人 trust sth to sb ：I can't trust him with my car.(我不能把我的车托付给他。)本题译文：你认为不会把真正有责任的工作托付给你。

16.The patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them _____.

　 A. correct　　 B. perfect　　 C. right　　 D. well

C. right。

put sth. /sb. right 纠正；治好，使恢复健康：Since man has done so much damage, it is up to man to put the matters right. (既然人类已造成了如此巨大的损害，人类有责任纠正这种状况。)又如：This medicine will soon put you right. (这药很快会使你恢复健康。)其他3个选择均不能与put 构成习语，故不能入选。本题译文：病人相信医生清楚地知道怎样治好他的病。

15．Working in a team, we have to ________ how each individual member works best.

　　　 A. take into account　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. account for

C. make up for　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. make out

A．take　into　account　把…考虑进去。 account for“解释,说明”；make up for“弥补”；make out“开列；书写；辩认出　”。根据句意“在一个团队工作，我们必须把怎样使大家更好的发挥作用考虑进去”，可看出应选A。　

14. The newcomer was so ____ at the news that she didn’t know what to do. 　

A. admired 　　　　　　　　 B. amazed　　　　　　　　　 C. amused 　　　　　　　　　 D. curious　

B。　词义辨析。

[详细解析]考查学生对几个形容词近义词的辨认。admired 敬慕的,amused 被逗乐的，curious好奇的，be amazed at 对……很震惊。句意为“听到消息，这位新手震惊得不知所措。”　

13. The open university was started in order to help those who _____ having a university education when they were young.

　 A. stopped　　 B. failed　　 C. missed　　 D. ceased

C. missed.

miss doing sth.没有做某事：I missed seeing the film when it was shown at school.(学校放映那部电影时，我没有能去看。)

12. He has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it.

　 A. purpose　　 B. intention　　 C. aim　　 D. meaning

A. purpose.

on purpose是介词习语，意为“故意地”。如用intention,则应说by intention故意地。

11. I remember her face but I cannot _____ where I met her.

　 A. recall　　 B. remind　　 C. remember　　 D. remark

A. recall.

recall(=bring back to the mind)想起，回忆起：But I really can't recall your name at his moment.

remind sb. of ...使......想起：1)The photo reminds me of my late father.(这张照片使我想起已故的父亲。) 2)The sight of the clock reminded me that I was late.

remind sb. to sth.提醒......做......；Please remind me to write the letter.

10. He wonders if it is the same to apply for a part-time job online as a full-time one.

　　　 A. appeal to　　　　　 B. intend to　　　　　　　　　 C. lead to　　　　　　　　　　 D. apply for

D。apply for“申请”.

appeal to“吸引某人，使某人感兴趣”；intend to do sth.“打算做某事”；lead to“导致，通向”，根据句意“他想知道在线申请兼职工作是否和(申请)全职工作一样。”可知答案选D。

9. The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

　 A. element　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. spot　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. sense　　 　　　　　 D. point

D. point.

point(=chief idea of sth. said, done, or planned)要点；论点，主旨：I don't see your point.(我不明白你的意思。)He said nothing to the point.(他说的不切题。)