[1]

Why should anyone want to read _______ of books by great authors when the real pleasure comes from reading the originals?

A) digests

B) insights

C) themes

D) leaflets

注：1. digest 摘要

ingest 攝入

congest 堵塞，擁擠

2. theme 主題

3. insight 洞察力，理解力，觀察事物的角度

4. leaflet 小散頁

booklet 小冊子

lakelet 小湖

[2]

Parents have a legal _______ to ensure that their children are provided with efficient education suitable to their age.

A) impulse

B) obligation

C) influence

D) sympathy

注：1. obligation 責任，義務

2. impulse 沖動

pulse 脈搏

repulse 憎惡，排斥

repulsive 令人厭惡的

instinct 本能

extinct 滅絕的

distinct 區別的，截然不同的

distinction (特征上的)區別

separation (具體形態上的)分離

break off 部分從整體上剝離下來

break up 捏碎，打碎

shatter 粉碎

[3]

Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a _______.

A) scarcity

B) shortage

C) minimum

D) minority

注：1. minority 少數，少數民族

2. scarcity 物質方面的缺乏

3. shortage 短缺

4. minimum 最小的，最低的

minimize 將……降到最小

miniature 縮微模型

minister 大臣

administer 管理

maximum 最大的，最高的，最多的

[4]

David likes country life and has decided to _______ farming.

A) go back on

B) go in for

C) go through with

D) go along with

注：1. go in for 從事，追求，參加，贊成

2. go back on 違背，背棄

3. go through with 經歷了困難而完成……

4. go along with 陪伴

[5]

Jack was about to announce our plan but I _______ .

A) cut him short

B) turned him out

C) gave him up

D) put him through

注：1. cut him short 打斷講話

cut my hair short 剪斷頭發

cut my hair 剃光頭

2. turn him out 驅逐出去

3. give him up 放棄，甩掉，斷絕關系

4. put him through 讓某人經歷考驗

[6]

I am sure I can _______ him into letting us stay in the hotel for the night.

A) speak

B) talk

C) say

D) tell

注：talk sb. into doing sth. 勸說某人做某事

[7]

The joys of travel, having long _______ the disabled, are opening up to virtually anyone who has the means.

A) omitted

B) neglected

C) missed

D) discarded

注：1. neglect 忽視

elect 選舉

negative 否定的

relieve 緩解

2. omit 省略;刪除

emit 放射

submit 提交

3. miss 錯過;省略 miss out

4. discard 扔，拋

revenue 收入，稅收

avenue 林蔭路

[8]

Fewer and fewer of today's workers expect to spend their working lives in the same field, _______ the same company.

A) all else

B) much worse

C) let alone

D) less likely

注：1. let alone 更不要說

2. all else 其他一切

3. much worse 更糟糕的是

4. less likely 最不可能的是

[9]

When he finally emerged from the cave after thirty days, John was _______ pale.

A) startlingly

B) enormously

C) uniquely

D) dramatically

注：1. startlingly 驚人地

2. enormously (具體形態)巨大地;(變化)巨大地

3. uniquely 獨特地，唯一地

[10]

Thank you for applying for a position with our firm. We do not have any openings at this time, but we shall keep your application on _______ for two months.

A) pile

B) segment

C) file

D) sequence

注：1. application package 申請包裹

2. pile 堆

3. segment 部分;切片;章節

4. sequence 次序，順序

【答案】1-10 ABDBA BBCAC