17. What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs. Richard _____ common.

A. nothing butB. anything butC. above all D.rather than

[答案] B. anything but.

[注释] anything but (=far from being) 根本不; The boys knew they bad broken the rules, and they were anything but happy when they were called to the office. (=They were unhappy and afraid.) nothing but 只不过; Don't have him for a friend; he's nothing but a criminal. (不要把他当朋友, 他只不过是个罪犯。) I have nothing but two dollars. (我只有2美元。) above all最重要的。rather than 而不是

16. The firemen managed to _____ the fire in time.

A. extinguish　 　B. prevent　 　C. suppress　 　D. ruin

[答案] A. extinguish.

[注释] extinguish (=put out) vt. 扑灭 (火焰等) 。Stop the fire虽然也可以搭配, 但按本句题意用extinguish为最佳。

15. It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn't like.

A. attempt　 　B. trouble　 C. power 　　D. effort

[答案] D. effort.

[注释] effort (作可数名词用) (=vigorous attempt) 努力的尝试：Does it require a great effort of will to give up smoking? (戒烟需要坚强的毅力吗？)

14. He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted.

A. eventually 　　B. yet　 　C. finally 　　D. accordingly

[答案] D. accordingly.

[注释]accordingly (=for that reason, therefore) 因此, 所以。

13. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____ what color it was.

A. look out 　B. make out　 　C. get across　 　D. take after

[答案] B. make out　　　 [注释] 详见III,123注释。

12. The worker agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands.

A. call for　 　B. call forth　 　C. call off 　　D. call up

　[答案] C. call off　　　 [注释] 详见III,25,26注释。

11. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

A. guilt　 　B. charge　 　C. blame　 D. accusatio

[答案] C. blame.

[注释]take the blame for 对......承担责任。Take charge of 负责管理 (照顾) 。[注意]charge 前无冠词the.

10. The new secretary has written a remarkably _____ report only in a few pages but with all the details.

A. concise 　B. clear　 　C. precise 　D. elaborate

[答案] A. concise.

[注释] concise (=brief; giving much information in few words) 简明扼要的：He gave a concise report of the meeting. (他对会议作了简明扼要的报道。) clear 清楚的。precise (=exact; correctly stated; free form error) 精确的, 明白无误的; Please tell me the precise measurements. (请告诉我精确的尺寸。) elaborate (=worked out with much care; carefully prepared) 精心制作的, 丰盛的：Peter worked out an elaborate scheme for raising the money. (彼得制定了一项详尽得计划来筹集着笔款项。) 孤立地看, 似乎4个形容词均能修饰report, 但从句子的逻辑关系看, 后半句中有only in a few pages but with all the details, 故concise 是最贴切的选择了。

9. More than one-third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, _____ in San Francisco.

A. previouslyB. predominantlyC practicallyD. permanently

[答案] B. predominantly.

[注释] predominantly (=mostly; mainly) 主要地。 previously (=coming earlier in time or order) 先前, 早先; This is better than any solution previously. (这个办法比以前提出的任何解决办法都好。) practically (=really; in a practical way) 实际上。permanently (=going on for a long time) 永久地。

本题译文：在美国, 华人中有三分之一居住在加利福尼亚洲, 其中主要是在旧金山。

8. No one has _____ been able to trace the author of the poem.

A. still　 　B. yet 　C. already 　D. just

[答案] B. yet

[注释] yet 常用于现在完成时的否定句中, 意为“尚, 还”。