1.Pigeon is often considered a(n)________ of peace.
A. example B. sign
C. mark D. symbol
答案：D.象征。句子意思：鸽子常常被人们当作和平的象征。
A.榜样 B信号、迹象 C标记、痕迹
2.If you spend enough money advertising, your product sales will surely_________.
A. expand B. enlarge
C. extend D. increase
答案：D增加。句子意思：如果你花足够的钱作广告，那么产品的销量就会增加。
A扩大、膨胀 B放大 C延伸、扩展
3.We volunteered to collect money to help the ______ of the tsunami.
A. victims B. folks
C. fellows D. villagers
答案：A受害者。句子意思：我们志愿募集钱去帮助那些海啸中的受害者。
B人们、家属、亲属、民族/种族 C家伙、小伙子 D村民
4.By 1909, Picasso had______ himself as a painter of great talent in Paris.
A. made B. recognize
C. admitted D. established
答案：D. establish oneself as…确立……的地位。句子意思：直到1909年毕加索才在巴黎确立了天才画家的地位。
A使……成为 B承认、认出 C承认
5.If you don’t take away all your things from the desk, there won’t be enough_____ for my stationery.
A. area B. place
C. room D. surface
答案： C表示足够用以运动的空间或余地，通常用room.句子意思：如果你不把桌子上你的所有东西拿走的话，我的文具就没有地方放了。
A地区、区域：强调清楚划分出的界限 B特定的某个地方、场所、空间 D表面
6.We all write________, even when there’s not much to say.
A. now and then
B. by and by
C. step by step
D. more or less
答案：A不时地。句子意思：即使没有多少要说的东西，我们大家仍不时地写着。
B不久以后 C渐渐 D或多或少
7._________ most students, she was always well prepared and never came to class late.
A. Like B. As
C. For D. To
答案：A像。句子意思：像大多数学生一样，她总是准备充分，上课从不迟到。
as作为介词用意思为“作为”,for/to sb对某人而言
8.Everyone should fight for the_______ of their own country.
A. favour B. reward
C. honour D. prize
答案：C荣誉。句子意思为：人人都应该为自己国家的荣誉而战。
A赞赏、嘉许 B回报 D奖金
9.The policeman saved the little girl from the gangs. He’s never afraid of them. I think he is a man of _________.
A. importance B. use
C. courage D. value
答案：C勇气。句子意思：警察从那帮歹徒手中救出了那个小女孩，他从来就不怕那些歹徒。我想他是个有勇气的人。
A重要性 B用途、用处 D价值
10.It is widely accepted that young babies learn to do things because certain acts lead to________.
A. rewards B. prizes
C. awards D. results
答案：A.意为“报酬，酬劳”，表示作为某种行为的结果而应得的报酬;
B.意为“奖品”; C.常用作动词，可接双宾语;意为“授予某人某物”，作名词时意为“奖品”;D意为“结果”。
11.The surgeon_______ his excellent skill in carrying out the operation.
A. represented B. instructed
C. demonstrated D. exhibited
答案：C.“展示，演示”;句子意思：那个外科医生在手术中展示了他的精湛的技能。
A.“代表”;B.“指示”;D“陈列，展出”。
12. I wrote him a letter to show my______ of his thoughtfulness.
A. achievement B. agreement
C. attention D. appreciation
答案：D.指充分理解后作出的赞美，或以热情赞同、衷心欣赏、真诚感激做出的某种反应，意为“赞赏、感激”;句子意思：我写信给他对他周到的考虑表示真诚的感激。
A.意为“成就”;B.意为“同意”;C.意为“注意”。
13.Ben has not the least_______ of giving up his research.
A. intention B. attempt
C. aim D. desire
答案：A.“意图，意志，志向”指某人心中想要干、促成的事情，常用have the intention of sth/to dosth，表示“有……的打算”;句子意思：本丝毫没有放弃研究的意图。
B.“企图，尝试”;C.aim“目的”常与介词at搭配;D.“渴望，欲望”。
14.We decided not to climb that mountain because it was raining_________.
A. badly B. hardly
C. strongly D. heavily
答案： D.此处指雨下得大;
A.“恶劣地”;B.“几乎不”;C.“强烈地”。
15.One of the advantages of living on the top floor of a high-rise is that you can get a good ________.
A. scenery B. scene
C. view D. look
答案：C.意为“风景，景色”，通常指从某个特定(或许较高的)位置所见到的景物，如If you stand here you will have a better view of the lake.
A.指抽象的自然风景，常指“(美丽、开阔的)自然风景”。B.指戏剧、电影等的一场,场景，布景;D.指朝某物看一眼。
