196. No one imagined that the apparently _____ businessman was really a criminal.

   A. respectful    B. respectable    C. respective    D. respected

[答案]B. respectable.

195. We won't know whether it will be successful. We won't know whether there will be good _____.

   A. ends    B. results    C. effects    D. causes

[答案]B. results.

[注释]result意为"由某种活动或某种原因所产生的结果"，如：obtain(=get, attain, gain win, secure)good results（取得好结果），publish the results（公布成绩）。

194. The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.

   A. limitations     B. restraint

   C. requirements    D. restrictions

[答案]D. restrictions.

[注释]restriction(可数名称)限制性规定：It is a club with rigid restrictions on its membership.

Limitation局限性，不足之处，不利之处（可数）：1)I know my limitations.(我了解我的不足之处。) 2)Every from of art has its limitations.（每种艺术形式都有其局限性。）

193. He ate what he could, and gave the _____ of the food to the birds.

   A. remain    B. uneaten    C. rest    D. part

[答案]C. reset

[注释]the rest (of)剩余部分，其余。remain作"剩余物"(=what is left)解时常用复数形式，如：the remains of a meal(残羹剩饭)。[ALI]《新英汉辞典》认为也可以用单数，可作参考。

192. Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want.

   A. efforts    B. pains    C. attempts    D. endeavors

[答案]B. pains.     

[注释]take pains to do sth.下苦功夫做某事：I'm grateful because you have taken pains to show me how to do the work.

191. It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____.

   A. above all    B. in all    C. at all    D. after all

[答案]C. at all.

[注释]at all全然，真地（常用于肯定句中）：If you do it at all, do it well.(你若真做，就得做好。)not...at all全不，毫不：He doesn't seem at all interested in my plane.(他似乎对我的计划毫无兴趣。)above all(=most important of all)最重要的。in all总计：We were fifteen in all.(我们总计15人。)after all毕竟，终究。

本题译文：他是否努力工作到并不重要，问题是他是否真正地做了。

190. Expected noises are usually more _____ than unexpected ones of the like magnitude.

   A. manageable    B. controllable

   C. tolerable     D. perceivable

[答案]C. tolerable.

[注释]tolerable(=fairly good, not too bad)可忍受的：The pain has become tolerable. manageable可处理的；可管理的；controllable可控制的；perceivable可觉察的。

本题译文：料想到的嗓音通常情况下比起等量的意外嗓音来说是可以忍受的。

189. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to _____ healthy.

   A. preserve    B. stay    C. maintain    D. reserve

[答案]B. stay.

[注释]preserve, stay, maintain, reserve这4个词均有"保持"，"维持"之意。stay后可接形容词作表语：The weather stayed wet for three days.其他3个词均为及物动词。

Preserve(=keep safe from decay, risk, harm, danger, going bad etc.)保存，保护：1)Policemen preserve order in the streets.(警察在街上维持秩序。) 2)We must preserve our natural resources.(我们必须保护自然资源。)3)You paint woodwork to preserve it.(你油漆木制品以防腐烂。)

Maintain(=keep up)保持，维持，维修。

Reserve(=keep for a special purpose; store)保留，预定：1)I'll reserve my opinion at his time,(这时我将保留我的看法。) 2)I'll phone up today and reserve a room.(我今天将打电话预定一个房间。)

本题译文：专家们说，步行是一个人保持健康的最好方法之一。

188. Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to _____ until help came.

   A. keep on    B. catch on    C. count on    D. hang on

[答案]D. hang on.

[注释]hang on(=hold fast, keep hold)牢牢抓住，抓紧不放：Help! I can't hang on much longer.(救命啊！我支持不住啦。)keep on(doing sth.)继续（做......）；catch on 理解；count on 指望，依赖。

本题译文：杰克差点从悬崖上掉下来，但得以抓住不放直到得救。

187. The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _____ of vegetables in the coming days.

   A. rarity    B. scarcity    C. invalidity    D. variety

 [答案]B. scarcity.

[注释]scarcity(=the state of being scarce)缺乏；不足（指原本充足之物暂时在数量上的缺乏）。例如：The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.(水果的供应不足是干旱所引起的。)rarity(=sth. uncommon, unusual or sth. valued because rare)珍稀，稀少：Snow is a rarity around the equator.(雪在赤道周围是罕见之物。)invalidity(=making weak by illness; not suitable for use)无效性，丧失工作能力。Variety(=difference of condition or quality)变化，多样化。

本题译文：目前席卷这一地区的暴风雨今后肯定会引起蔬菜短缺。