321. We finally managed to _____ the committee's approval of our plans.

A. secure　　 B. arouse　　 C. acquire　　 D. exert

[答案] A. secure.

[注释] secure 与 acquire 钧有“得到”的含义，但 secure vt. 此处的意思是(=succeed in getting sth. for which there is a great demand)“获得(所需之物)”.acquire“获得，求得”，尤其指由于自己的努力，能力，技术而使原有的东西变得更多，并表示一经求得，即成永久的所有物: The boy has acquire a fire knowledge of geography.(这男孩已得到一点地理知识.)可见，根据题意应选secure.

320. She chose cushions of a color which would _____ her carpet.

A. equal　 B. agree　 C. help　 D. match

[答案] D. match.

[注释] match vt. 匹配；相配: 1 You can't match him in his knowledge of wild plants.(在野生植物知识方面，你无阀于他相比.) 2 Her hat does match her dress.(她的帽子与她的衣服不配.)match vi. 相配: These gloves don't match.

319. Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.

A.hamper　 B.support　 C.depress　 D.prevent

[答案] A. hamper.

[注释] hamper(=hinder)阻碍。prevent 防止，后接from.

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

vinced　 B.reinforced　 C.pledged　 D.required

[答案] A. convince

[注释]convince sb. +that从句意为“使……相信，说服……”。reinforce 加强，增强。pledge发誓，保证.

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

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

[答案] D. anticipate.

[注释] anticipate 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)

316. My house is very _____ for getting to work as it is only a few minutes from the station.

A. comfortable B. suitable　 C. convenient　 D. available

[答案] C. convenient.

[注释]convenient 方便的。suitable也可接for，但其词义和本题不符，故不能选.

315. Having made his first film earlier this year, he is _____ starting in a new one.

A. currently　　 B. actually　 C. recently　 D. lately

[答案] A. currently.

[注释] currently 目前；actually 实际上；recently 近来；lately(=recently) 近来.start in(on) 开始(做某事)，常用于口语中，如: 1 Fred started in wedding the garden. (弗雷得开始在花园里除草.) 2 If we start in at once，we shall get the job finished early. (如果我们马上开始，我们可以早点完成这项工作.)

314. Julie is one of those women who always _____ the latest fashions.

　 A. put up with　　 B. come up with

　 C. get on with　　 D. keep up with

[答案] D. keep up with.

[注释] keep up with 跟上，与……并驾齐驱；及时了解。put up with 忍受；get on with有进展；生活得……；come up with 提出.

本题译文: 朱莉是那些总赶时髦的女子之一.

313. The author had qualified as a doctor but later gave up the _____ of medicine for full-time writing.

A. prescriptionB. procedure C. treatment　 D. practice

[答案] D. practice.

[注释] practice(医生或律师的)业务，生意: 1 The lawer has a very good practice. 2 We call a doctor's work and the number of patients he look after his practice.(我们把医生的工作和医治病人的数目称为开业状况.)

prescription 药方；procedure 程序，手续；treatment 治疗，待遇.

本题译文: 这位作者当过医生，但后来放弃开业，专搞写作.

312. What I'm telling you is strictly _____. Do not let anyone know of it.

A. secretive　 B. special　fidential

[答案] D. confidential.

[注释] confidential(=spoken or written in secret) 机密的，应保密的:The information is confidential. special 专门的，专用的: a special car(专车).individual 个别的，单个的。secretive(=fond of keeping secrets) 爱保密的，守口如瓶的.

本题译文: 我现在告诉你的事是保密的，千万别让人知道.