45. There were no tickets _____ for Friday's performance.

　 A. preferable　　 B. possible　　 C. considerable　　 D. available

　D. available.

　　 available (=capable of being used; that may be obtained) 可利用的; 可以找到的：1) These tickets are available for one month. (这些票的有效期一个月。) 2) Is there a doctor available? (有否可以找到大夫？) 3) A limited number of seats are still available. (仍然还有少量座位。)

44. Probability is the mathematical study of the _____ of an event's occurrence.

　 A. desire　　 B. likelihood　　 C. result　　 D. effect

　B. likelihood

　　 句意：概率是对事件发生的可能性的数学研究。

43. The government's strong action demonstrated its _____ to crush the rebellion.

　 A. energy　　 B. resistance　　 C. courage　　 D. determination

　D. determination.

　determination意为“决心”, 后常接动词不定式作定语。

42. As soon as the children were _____, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.

　 A. woke　　 B. waken　　 C. wake　　 D. awake

　D. awake.

awake adj.醒着的 (作表语) 。Awake, awaken, wake, waken都可以作及物和不及物动词用, 但是awake多用作不及物动词, 其中wake最常用。

41. It was a long time before the cut on my hand _____ completely.

　 A. healed　　 B. cured　　 C. improved　　 D. recovered

　A. healed.

　　 heal 1) 使痊愈, 治愈：The salve will help to heal the wound. (这种药膏能治愈你的伤。) 2) 痊愈 (多指外伤) ：The cut on my leg has healed. (我腿上的伤口以痊愈。) 可见, 本题是heal的第二种用法。cure治疗, 治好; The drug cured my fever. (这种药使我退烧了。) This medicine should cure you of your cold. (这种药定会治好你的感冒。) recover也可以表示“痊愈”, 意为“恢复正常”。例如：1) I think she will recover. (我认为她会痊愈的。) 2) He almost fell ill, but quickly recovered. (他差点病到, 但很快就痊愈了。) 也可以用recovered做表语表示“痊愈, 恢复正常：Are you completely recovered from your illness? (你的病是不是完全好了？)

　　 [注意] recover vi. 用作“痊愈”时, 句子主语通常是人。Improve 改善, 此词无“治疗”或“痊愈”之意。

　　 本题译文：过了很长时间我手上的伤口才痊愈。

40. The final _____ of the play will take place on Monday.

　 A. action　　 B. performance　　 C. view　　 D. sight

　B. performance.

　 performance (话剧的) 一场演出。

39. I'm afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It's only a copy and so it's _____.

　 A. priceless　　 B. invaluable　　 C. unworthy　　 D. worthless

　D. worthless.

　　 worthless 无价值的, 无用的。Priceless 无价的, 贵重的, 无法估价的：a priceless treasure 无价之宝。Invaluable 无法估价的, 非常宝贵的。Unworthy 不值得的, 不配的; 无价值的。

38. Though _____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

　 A. raised　　 B. grown　　 C. developed　　 D. cultivated

　A. raised

　 本句中Though raised in San Franciscos是省略的让步状语从句。Raise (=bring up) 抚养：grow种植; cultivate耕作; 培养 (友谊等) 。如cultivate后接某人, 则意为“培养与某人的感情”。如：John always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. (约翰一向喜欢与事业上对他有用的人来往。)

本题译文：尽管在旧金山长大, 但戴夫米切尔总是愿意把小镇生活中平凡的事情记载下来。

37. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.

　 A. poured　　 B. melted　　 C. drew　　 D. dismissed

　A. poured.

pour 此处意为：涌出, 涌来, 如：People poured out to the rally. (人们踊跃参加群众大会。)

36. Voices were _____ as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered.

　 A. spoken　　 B. raised　　 C. developed　　 D. increased

　B. raised.

　 raise (=lift up) one's voice提高嗓门, 高声叫喊。Raise one's voice against sth. 意为“为抗议某事而大声疾呼”, 如：As no one raised his voice against the plan, it was agreed on. (因为没有人发表反对意见, 该计划就一致通过了。) voice的常用习语有：the public voice (舆论) , under one's voice (小声地) , with one voice (异口同声地,一致地) ,lose one's voice (嗓子哑了, 说不出话来) , have no voice with (对某事无发言权)。