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

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

[答案] B. likelihood

[注釋] 句意：概率是對(duì)事件發(fā)生的可能性的數(shù)學(xué)研究。

90. New mineral resources may be discovered during the forthcoming Antarctic _____.

A. excursion　 B. execution　 C. extraction　 D. expedition

[答案] D. expedition.

[注釋]expedition 遠(yuǎn)征, 探險(xiǎn); excursion 短途旅行, 游覽; execution 實(shí)施, 執(zhí)行; extraction 提取。

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

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

[答案] D. determination.

[注釋] determination意為“決心”, 后常接動(dòng)詞不定式作定語(yǔ)。

88. Jim was so badly burnt that at first they began to _____ of his life.

A. despair　 B. designate　 C. disappoint　 D. despise

[答案] A. despair.

[注釋] despair of (=be in despair) 對(duì).......失望：1) Don't despair: things will get better soon. 2) He began to despair of success. 3) He despaired of being able to repair the TV set. (他對(duì)能否修好這臺(tái)電視機(jī)表示失望。) designate指明, 指出, despise 輕視, 藐視。

87. 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

[答案] D. awake.

[注釋]awake adj.醒著的 (作表語(yǔ)) 。Awake, awaken, wake, waken都可以作及物和不及物動(dòng)詞用, 但是awake多用作不及物動(dòng)詞, 其中wake最常用。

86. I used to be able to play well but I'm _____ now.

　 A. out of date　　　　 B. out of touch

　 C. out of practice　　 D. out of place

[答案] C. out of practice.

[注釋] out of practice荒廢, 久不練習(xí); out of date 過(guò)時(shí), 老式; out of touch失去聯(lián)系; out of place詳見(jiàn) III, 70注釋。

85. She said she was glad the difficulty had been _____.

　 A. cleared away　　 B. cleared up

　 C. broken away　　 D. broken down

[答案] B. cleared up.

[注釋] clear up 解釋, 澄清; 解決：1) I had some doubts, but now they are cleared up. (以前我有許多疑點(diǎn), 但現(xiàn)在都解決了。) 2) The book has cleared up many difficulties for me. (這本書解決了我不少困難。) clear away 清除。詳見(jiàn)III.32.break away 和 break down 詳見(jiàn)Ⅲ.6,7,11.注釋.

84. To get my travelers' checks I had to have the bank _____ a special check for the total amount.

A. make up　 B. make out　 C. make for　 D. make up for

[答案] B. make out.

[注釋] make out 辨別, 詳見(jiàn)III.123.注釋.

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

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

[答案] A. healed.

[注釋] heal 1) 使痊愈, 治愈：The salve will help to heal the wound. (這種藥膏能治愈你的傷。) 2) 痊愈 (多指外傷) ：The cut on my leg has healed. (我腿上的傷口以痊愈。) 可見(jiàn), 本題是heal的第二種用法。cure治療, 治好; The drug cured my fever. (這種藥使我退燒了。) This medicine should cure you of your cold. (這種藥定會(huì)治好你的感冒。) recover也可以表示“痊愈”, 意為“恢復(fù)正常”。例如：1) I think she will recover. (我認(rèn)為她會(huì)痊愈的。) 2) He almost fell ill, but quickly recovered. (他差點(diǎn)病到, 但很快就痊愈了。) 也可以用recovered做表語(yǔ)表示“痊愈, 恢復(fù)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”時(shí), 句子主語(yǔ)通常是人。Improve 改善, 此詞無(wú)“治療”或“痊愈”之意。

本題譯文：過(guò)了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間我手上的傷口才痊愈。

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

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

[答案] B. performance.

[注釋]performance (話劇的) 一場(chǎng)演出。