1.John cannot afford to go to university, ________ going abroad.

　　A) nothing but

　　B) anything but

　　C) not to speak of

　　D) nothing to speak of

　　2.Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ________ taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place.

　　A) involve

　　B) compose

　　C) enclose

　　D) attach

　　3.If you don’t like to swim, you ________ as well stay at home.

　　A) should

　　B) may

　　C) can

　　D) would

　　4.Dr. Smith was always ________ the poor and the sick, often providing them with free medical care.

　　A) reminded of

　　B) absorbed in

　　C) tended by

　　D) concerned about

　　5.Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth ________ of American Independence.

　　A) ceremony

　　B) occasion

　　C) occurrence

　　D) anniversary

　　6.A word processor is much better than a typewriter in that it enables you to enter and ________ your text more easily.

　　A) register

　　B) edit

　　C) propose

　　D) discharge

　　7.We don’t know why so many people in that region like to wear dresses of such ________ colors.

　　A) low

　　B) humble

　　C) mild

　　D) dull

　　8.The news has just ________ that the president is going to visit China next month.

　　A) come down

　　B) come up

　　C) come out

　　D) come about

　　9.The ________ that exists among nations could certainly be lessened if misunderstanding and mistrust were removed.

　　A) tension

　　B) strain

　　C) stress

　　D) intensity

　　10.The other day, Mum and I went to St. James’s Hospital, and they did lots and lots of tests on me, most of them ________ and frightening.

　　A) cheerful

　　B) horrible

　　C) hostile

　　D) friendly

答案:

　　給大家留一點作業,建議準備參加六月份考試的同學練習一下,主要是對以往節目內容的復習.

　　1, 翻譯:Some women ___________________(本來能夠掙一份很好的工資) in a job instead of staying home, but they decided not to work for the sale of the family.

　　2,翻譯:Though you stay in the sea for weeks, you will not____________(失去聯系) the outside world.

　　第一題：

　　nothing but:只不過是;除了..都沒有

　　anything but:決不，一點也不

　　not to speak of:更不用說

　　nothing to speak of:不值一提

　　第二題：

　　involve:vt. 使卷入，使參與，牽涉，包含，包括

　　compose:vt. 構成，組成，創作

　　enclose:v. 圍繞,放入封套,裝

　　attach: v. 附上,使依戀,愛慕

　　第四題：

　　remind of:使回想起

　　be absorbed in:全神貫注于

　　tend:v. 有某種的傾向,易于,移向(be tended by為被動結構)

　　concern about:關心

　　第五題：

　　ceremony:n. 典禮,儀式,禮節

　　occasion:n. 場合,機會,理由;v. 致使,惹起,引起

　　occurrence:n. 發生,事件,發現

　　anniversary:n. 周年紀念

　　第六題：

　　register:vt. 注冊，登記，(儀表等)顯示，將(郵件)掛號;vi. 登記，注冊;n. 登記薄，花名冊

　　edit:v. 編輯,編校,修訂

　　propose:v. 計劃,打算,向...提議

　　discharge:v. & n. 排出，放出，允許…離開，釋放，放電

　　第七題：

　　low:n. 低點,低價,低;a. 低的,消沉的,低等的

　　humble:a. 卑下的,謙遜的,粗陋的;v.使謙卑

　　mild:a. 溫柔的，文雅的，輕微的，不重的，(煙、酒)味淡的

　　dull:a. 枯燥的，遲鈍的，(天氣等)陰郁的，(顏色等)暗淡的

　　第八題：

　　come down:(物價)下跌;落魄,潦倒.

　　come up:發生,出現;走上前來

　　come out:出現,顯露;出版,發表;結果是

　　come about:發生;產生

　　第九題：

　　tension:n. 緊張,不安

　　strain:n. 極度緊張，張力，應力;vt. 拉緊，繃緊，扭傷，損傷

　　stress:n. 壓力，壓迫，(精神或肉體的)緊張，壓力，強調，重視;vt. 強調

　　intensity:n. 強烈,緊張,強度;

　　第十題：

　　cheerful:a. 快活的,高興的,興高采烈

　　horrible:a. 可怕的,極可憎的,極可厭的

　　hostile: a. 懷敵意的,敵對的

　　friendly:a. 友好的,親切的,互助的;ad. 友善地,溫和的