15.(09湖北) Some parents are just too protective. They want to ______ their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.

A. spot　　　　 B. dismiss　　　　　 C. shelter　　　　　 D. distinguish

[答案]C 根据上句Some parents are just too protective. 可知下文要说父母们想庇荫孩子们不受到任何伤害。shelter做动词可表示“保护；庇护”。spot“弄脏，认出，发现，定位”，dismiss“开除，使解散”，distinguish“区别”。

14.(09湖北) The loss has not yet been ______ accurately, but it is believed to be well beyond a hundred million dollars.

A. calculated　　 B. considered　　　 C. completed　　　 D. controlled

[答案]A. 根据句意可知此处表示“损失(数据)还没统计……”，应选择calculated。considered“考虑”，completed“完成”，controlled“控制”均不符合上下文。

13.(09湖北) During the war there was a serious lack of food. It was not unusual that even the wealthy families had to ______ bread for days.

A. eat up　　　　 B. give away　　　 C. do without　　　 D. deal with

[答案]C 动词短语。根据上句During the war there was a serious lack of food可推测出“即或是富裕家庭也得几天吃不上面包”，应选择do without表示“不用/吃……勉强度过”。eat up“吃完”，give away“收拾”，deal with“应付，处理”。

12.(09湖北) Would you please ______ the paper for me and see if there are any obvious mistakes?

A. look around　 B. look into　　　　 C. look up　　　　　 D. look through

[答案]D 动词短语。该句意思是“请你为我检查一下文章看是否有明显错误”。look through可表示“检查，浏览”之意。look around“环顾”，look into“调查”，look up“抬头看，查阅”。

11.(09福建) We are at your service. Don’t 　　　　　to turn to us if you have any further problems.

A. beg　　　　　 B. hesitate　　　　　 C. desire　　　 D. seek

[答案]B 动词词义辨析。beg：乞求，乞讨，恳求；hesitate：犹豫，踌躇；desire：欲望；愿望；seek：试图，要求。题干意思是：我们为你服务。当你有任何问题时，请毫不犹豫的向我们求助。选B。

10.(09安徽) We tried to find a table for seven，hut they were all　　　　 .

A. given away　　　　　　　　 B. kept away

C. taken up　　　　　 　　　　D. used up

[答案]C

9.(09安徽) Just as Professor Scotti often 　　　　　it, success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude.

A. gets　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. makes

C. puts　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. means

[答案]C

8．(09浙江)The good thing about children is that they _______ very easily to new environments.

A. adapt 　　　　　　　　　　 B. appeal　　　　　　　　　　　 C. attach　　　　　　　　　　　 D. apply

[答案]A

7．(09浙江)Over the past decades, sea ice _____ in the Arctic as a result of global warming.

A. had decreased 　 B. more than 　　　　　　　 C. attach　　　 　　　 　　　　　　　 D. apply

[答案]C

6.(09海南) Edward, you play so well. But I　　　　 you played the piano.

A. didn’t know　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. hadn’t known

C. don’t know　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. haven’t known

[答案]A。 句意为：爱德华,你打得好。但我不知道你弹钢琴。所谈论的是指过去行为，故用过去式。