16.We ________the last bus and didn’t have any money for taxi，so we had to walk home.(全国2006 Ⅰ)

　　A.reached

　　B.lost

　　C.missed

　　D.caught

　　【答案】C。

　　【解析】reach意为“到，抵，到达(特定地点，目的地等)”，lose意为“丢失，丧失”，miss意为“没赶上(车子等)、错过”，catch意为“赶(得上)(火车等);追着，捕捉;逮着”根据句意只能选C。

　　17(2007年福建卷，33)The news of the mayor’s comong to our school for a visit was ______on the radio yesterday.

　　A. turned out B.found out C. given out D.carried out

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】 句意：新市长要求来我校参观的消息已于昨日通过广播公布了。A项意为“结果是，制造生产” B项意为“查清，弄明”C项是“分发，散发”D项为“履行，实施”

　　18(2007年湖北卷，27)If we can ______our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.

　　A. cone across B. get over C. come over D. get off

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】 句意： 如果我们能克服目前的困难，一切都会很顺利的。come across 偶遇;get over克服，越过;come over 过来，顺便来访;get off 下车，使动身。

　　19 (2007山东) It’s the sort of work that__________a high level of concentrat ion.

　　A. calls for B. makes up

　　C. lies in D. stands for

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】call for“要求”;make up“弥补，编造，组成”;lie in“在于”;stand for“代表”。句意是“正是这种工作要求精力高度集中。”故正确答案为选项A。

　　20. (2007浙江)We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only__________violence.

　　A. runs into B. comes from

　　C. leads to D. begins with

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】run into“撞上，陷入”;come from“来自于”;lead to“导致，引起”;begin with“以……开始”。句意是“我们坚信战争不会解决任何问题，它只会引起暴力。”故正确答案为C。

　　21. The teacher has a peculiar way of ______her student’s nervousness when then speak English.

　　A. breaking down B. going over C. taking off D. giving awa y

　　【解析】A 句意：这位老师有一种疏导学生在说英语时产生的紧张情绪的独特方法。 Break down :to separate something such as an idea or statement into smaller parts in order to make it easier to understand or deal with .go over 复习; take off脱下，起飞;give away分发，赠给，泄露(秘密)。

　　22. In the cross-lake swimming race, a boat will be ____in case of an emergency.

　　A. standing by B. turning on C. getting on D. running on

　　【解析】A 句意：有船只严阵以待，预防紧急情况。stand by 为不及物短语：to wait and be ready for action if needed 准备行动;待机;turn on 打开;get on进展;run down撞倒。根据句意，B 、C、D 三项均不符合。

　　23. You _____only half the price ,how would the seller sell the jacket to you ?

　　A. spent B. paid C. charged D. offered

　　【解析】D句意：你仅出半价，店员怎么会把这件夹克卖给你呢?offer: to say that you will pay a particular amount of money to buy something 出价六万英镑买这所房子。 Charge(收费)不符合题意。抚讲价(offer)而后才能药费(spend)或支付(pay)帮A、B两项不合常理。

　　24. He _____the problem _____in his mind for a whole week before he did anything about it.

　　A. switched; on B. kicked; up C. turned; over D. took; on

　　【解 析】C句意：在采取措施之前，他在脑中将这个问题反复思考了一个星期。turn over :to think about carefully仔细考虑;switch on把开关打开;kick up引起;take on呈现、雇用、承担。

　　25. At times the balance in nature is ______ , resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.

　　A. troubled B. confused C. disturbed D. puzzled

　　【解析】C trouble主要指遇上难解决的问题而使人苦恼、忧虑;puzzled 指人是困惑的，因此将A、D两项排除;根据句意，自然的平衡本身并不是混乱的(confused),而不受到了人为的干扰(disturbed),才会导致不可预见的影响。因此选择C项。

　　26. — So, how is your new roommate ?

　　— She really ____. She always making loud noises at midnight and when I remind her , she always makes rude remarks.

　　A. turns me over B. turns me down C. turns me off D. turns me out

　　【解析】C turn sb.over :把……移交，把……交给;turn sb. down:拒绝;turn sb.off :使对(某人)感到厌烦、使不感兴趣;turn sb.out:驱逐，赶走。根据句意“她总是在午夜弄出很大的响声，我提醒她时，她还总是说些粗鲁的话”，由此可知她是使我烦透了，选择C项。

　　27. People have planted a great many trees in order to ____wind and sand in the desert.

　　A. hold down B. hold up C. hold back D. hold out

　　【解析】C hold down压制，限制;hold up推迟，耽搁;hold back阻挡，抑制;hold out提供，提出。句意：人们种了大量的树，为了阴挡风和沙尘。由此可知答案为C项。

　　28. — Would you like to go to Paris with us next year ?

　　— I’d like to, but my mother ______ that I am too young.

　　A. is against B. opposes C. objects D. explains

　　【解析】C前三项意思相同，都可以表示“反对(做)、某事”：be against(doing)sth.:oppose(doing) sth.; object to(doing) sth.。但是objiet还可接宾语从句，这时它为及物动词，意思为“提出异议”。前一句邀请对方一起去Paris，答话人说他很愿意去，但是妈妈提出异议说他年龄太小。D项explain虽然也可执着that 从句，但是它的含义为“解释”不能明确地说明妈妈的态度是赞成还是反对。

　　29. There’s no bear left and the pubs are shut so you’ll have to _______.

　　A. go out B. go off C. go without D. go through

　　【解析】C go out外出，熄灭;go off爆炸，中断;go through通过，完成，经历;go without忍受某事物的缺乏。句意：啤酒卖完了，酒吧也都关门了，所以你只好将就一下了。

　　30. The film “World without thieves” ______ a great success and brought in a large profit to the cinema.

　　A. appreciated B. enjoyed C. won D. seized

　　【解析】B易误选C，win 指赢得了比赛、奖励、胜利等，不可以与a great success 连用。Enjoy享有，如：He enjoys a reputation for honesty. 本题中的enjoy a great success 意为 win large sales。句意：《天下无贼》一举成功，同时也给电影院带来了巨大的盈利。

（编辑：何莹莹）