练习题二

　　1. What makes the space shuttle _____ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an airplane.

　　A. exceptional B. strange C. unique D. rare

　　[答案]C. unique.

　　[注释]unique(=being the only one of its type)同类事物中独一无二的。如：This stamp is unique; all others like it have been lost or destroyed.

　　2. People cannot but feel _____, for they simply cannot understand how he could have made such a stupid mistake.

　　A. puzzled B. delighted C. induced D. inspired

　　[答案]A. puzzled.

　　[注释]be (feel, get) puzzled感到迷惑、为难。

　　本题译文：人们不得不感到迷惑，因为他们简直不能理解，他怎么能犯这样愚蠢的错误。

　　3. When a space shuttle has accomplished its _____, it can be ready for another trip in about two weeks.

　　A. venture B. mission C. commission D. responsibility

　　[答案]B. mission.

　　[注释]mission通常指一种特殊的、特定的且有一定难度的使命或工作，常与accomplish, complete等词搭配，如：accomplish a historic mission完成一项历史使命。Venture冒险;常指商业上的冒险投机。例如：He declined the business venture. Commission委任;代理;佣金。He often goes beyond his commission.(他时常越权。)responsibility责任。

　　本题译文：当航天飞机完成了它的使命，它能在大约两周内做好准备再次航行。

　　4. He's the kind of man who is fond of _____ compliments to other men's wives.

　　A. paying B. saying C. expressing D. showing

　　[答案]A. paying

　　[注释]pay a compliment (compliments) to sb.恭维某人。

　　5. Radar enables the pilot of an airliner to take off, fly and land in _____.

　　A. danger B. comfort C. continuity D. safety

　　[答案]D. safety.

　　[注释]in safety安全地。从逻辑上看，其他选择均不切题。

　　6. The map was drawn to the standard _____ of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail.

　　A. route B. line C. rate D. scale

　　[答案]d. scale.

　　[注释]scale在此题中意指“(实物与地图、图解等代表物间的)比例，比例尺”.be drawn to be standard scale of 1/100,000(按照十万分之一标准比例尺绘制)。

　　7. Our Party has always devoted great attention to raising the living _____ of the working people.

　　A. cost B. situation C. level D. standard

　　[答案]D. standard.

　　[注释]living standard生活水准。

　　8. It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent.

　　A. noticed B. stated C. suggested D. noted

　　[答案]B. stated.

　　[注释]state此处意为“(=make sth. know, announce)宣布，通告，声明(口头的或书面的)”，如：It is stated that all the accident were killed.(据宣布，事故中全部人员无一幸免。)suggest建议，是表示欲望意义的动词，从句中要用虚拟语气(should +动词原形)。Note(=notice)“注意到”，如：It was noted that the temperature rose during this time.

　　9. The chances of discovering life on Neptune are about a million _____.

　　A. at one B. for one C. to one D. against one

　　[答案]c. the one.

　　[注释]a million to one百万分之一，意为“几乎没有什么可能”。

　　10. Everything he said then was _____ by what happened later.

　　A. identified B. signified C. noticed D. verified

　　[答案]D. verified.

　　[注释]verify(=prove the truth of)证实，证明：1)It was easy to verify his statements.(很容易证实他说的话。) 2)Later findings verified the scientist's theory(后来的各种发现证明这位科学家的理论是对的。)

　　identify识别，鉴别;signify表示，意味，要紧;有重要性：1)He signified that he agreed by nodding.(他点头表示同意。) 2)Never mind, it doesn't signify.(没事儿，这无关紧要。)