131. _____ inviting guests and not treating them properly!

　 A. Strangely　　　 B. Fantastically

　 C. Surprisingly　　 D. Fancy

[答案]D. Fancy.

[注释]fancy doing 没想到.......竟然：1)Fancy your him!(没想到你竟然认识他！) 2)Fancy spending the day in here!(没想到竟在这里过了一天！)

本题译文：没想到邀请了客人竟没有好好招待！

130. _____ it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time.

A. By the way　 B. In a way　 C. In the way　 D. In no way

[答案]B. In a way.

[注释]in a way(-to some extent)在某种程度上；in no way决不；by the way 顺便提一下；in the way 碍事。此题不能选by the way，因为by the way 做插入语其后应加逗号。

本题译文：我没有得到我申请得工作在某种程度上说是件好事，尽管我承认当时我很失望。

129. The two things are the same in outward form but different _____.

A. in addition B. in brief　 C. in common　 D. in essence

[答案]D. in essence.

[注释]in essence本质上；in addition此外；in brief简短地，简言之；in common共同。

128. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.

A. equivalent　　 B. uniform　　 C. alike　　 D. likely

[答案]A. equivalent.

[注释]equivalent相等的，相当的：He exchanged his pounds for the equivalent amount of dollars. uniform 相同的,一样的。Likely adj.很可能的，有希望的。Alike(表语形容词)相同的，相象的。

127. High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.

A. discourage　 B. decrease　 C. disturb　 D. disgust

[答案]A. discourage

[注释]discourage sb. from doing sth.使认为某事不值得做：Tht wet weather discouraged people from going to the sports meeting.(下雨天使人觉得不值得去看运动会。)

126. He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground.

A. crashing　 B. throwing　　 C. rushing　　 D. dropping

[答案]A. crashing.

[注释]crash(to the ground)猛跌(到地上)。Crash n.

常指飞机等的“失事”，如：He was killed in an aircraft crash.(他在飞机失事中丧生。)本句中用falling不妥，fall指“落下，掉下”，本身并不强调落下的速度，而crash使“猛跌”，故本题用crashing最佳。

125. Do you think a wife should _____ her habits and tastes to those of her husband?

　 A. comply　　 B. confirm　　 C. consent　　 D. conform

[答案]D. conform.

[注释]conform vi遵守，符号：All the students must conform to the rules.(全体学生必须遵守规章。)conform sth. to sth. else(vt)使符合：He conformed the plans to the new specifications.(他使这些集合符合新规范。)　　　 comply with遵守；confirm使坚定，确认，证实；consent (to)同意，赞同。

124. They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake.

A. friendship　 B. relations　 C. intentions　 D. terms

[答案]D. terms.

[注释]keep (be) on good terms with与......和睦相处。

123. Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.

　 A. deliberately　　 B. intensively

　 C. decisively　　　 D. objectively

[答案]A. deliberately.

[注释]deliberately(=on purpose, intentionally)故意地；存心地。

122. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.

　 A. sum　　 B. quantity　　 C. deal　　 D. amount

[答案]C. deal.

[注释]see a good deal of each other 经常见面。