151. We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.

　 A. hope　　 B. wait　　 C. expect　　 D. imagine

[答案]C. expert.

[注釋]expert期望，盼望，表示認為有很大的客觀可能性，例如：I expert the work to be finished by Friday.(我期望這項工作能在星期五前做完。)wait for ... to do sth.等待、等待......做......，強調(diào)“等”這一動詞的本身，如：The audience are waiting eagerly for the performance to begin.(觀眾正等著演出開始。)本題如改為這樣：I waited for him to arrive in time for dinner, but he didn't come.(我等他來趕上晚餐，但他沒有來。)則句子使是對的。由此可見，expect是表示“期待”，而wait for 是表示“等待”，詞義完全不同。注意hope后不能接sb. to do sth.。imagine being on the moon. 3)I'm sorry, but I can't imagine anyone doing research like that.(很遺憾，我不能想象人家那樣做實驗。)

本題譯文：我們不能期望一個人在這樣短的時間內(nèi)改變一輩子養(yǎng)成的習(xí)慣。

150. On turning the corner, we saw the road _____ steeply.

A. departing B. decreasing　 C. descending D. depressing

[答案]C. descending.

[注釋] descend(=come or go down)走下來；傳下來：1)He descended from the top of the mountain. 2)Are men descended from apes?(人是不是猿的后代？)depress 壓抑，使沮喪。Depart出發(fā)，起程。

149. American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

A. ignored　　 B. refused　　 C. neglected　　 D. denied

[答案]D. denied.

[注釋] deny 1)否認：A. He didn't deny the facts. B. They couldn't deny that it was a serious blow to them. C. He denied having ever there.(他否認曾到過那里。) 2)(=say 'no' to a request; refuse to give sth. asked for or needed)不給予；Lots of people were denied the right to vote.(許多人被剝奪了選舉權(quán)。)He denies his wife nothing.(他對他的妻子有求必應(yīng)。)

148. Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.

　 A. ordinary　　 B. common　　 C. usual　　 D. general

[答案]B. common.

[注釋]common(=usual and ordinary; happening of found often and in many places)普通的；常見的；常常發(fā)生的；到處可見的：a common experience(普通的經(jīng)歷)；a common tree(常見的樹木)。This bird is common throughout Europe.(這種鳥在歐洲很常見。)They can treat most of the common diseases.(他們能治療大多數(shù)常見病。)usual(=done, found, used or existing most of the time) 經(jīng)常的，通常的，慣例的，習(xí)以為常的；強調(diào)時間習(xí)慣方面，例如：This is the usual state of the house.(這房子里平常就是這種樣子。)ordinary正常的，普通的，正常的；an ordinary day(平凡的一天)，ordinary people(普通人), a piece of ordinary dance music(一首普通的舞曲)。General普通的。它與common比較，語氣稍強，含有很少例外的意外�？梢姳绢}中用common是最佳的選擇。

147. There are three basic ways of _____ language to writing, and all known graphic systems use one or a combination of these.

A. committing　 B. attaching　 C. comparing　 D. relating

[答案]A. committing.

[注釋] commit...to 托付，交付：1)He was committed to the care of his aunt.(他被托付給他的姨媽照管。) 2)I have already committed the rules to memory.(我早已記住這些規(guī)則了。)commit sth. to writing(把......寫下來)。

146. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.

A. regard　 B. account　 C. thought　 D. observation

[答案]B. account.

[注釋] take sth. into account(=consider)考慮到：We must take local conditions into accoutn.

145. Your essay is quite good: just _____ it _____ with a few illustrations and quotations.

　 A. put .. up　　 B. touch .. up

　 C. cut .. out　　 D. write .. off

[答案]B. touch up.

[注釋] touch up(=improve or perfect by small additional strokes or alterations)潤色，修飾：1)The last part of the article needs to be touched up.(這篇文章的最后一部分需要潤色。) 2)He touched up the picture by strengthening and shadows.(他把畫修飾了一下，使光明部分和陰暗部分的對比度更鮮明。)

put up留宿；cut out 刪掉；write off報銷，勾消。

本題譯文：你的文章很好；只要用些例證和引語修飾一下。

144. In order to _____ the rising production costs, the subscription rates have been increased.

A. add up to B. look up to　 C. cut shortD. keep up with

[答案]D. keep up with.

[注釋] keep up with跟上。參閱。88注釋。Add up to參閱.2注釋；cut short 詳見.38;look up to(=admire, respect)贊美，尊敬：We look up to the old workers as our teacher.(我們把這位老工人尊為我們的老師。)本題中rates意為“價格，費用”。

本題譯文：為了跟上生產(chǎn)成本的上升，預(yù)定費已提高。

143. Although Lucy was slimming, she found cream cakes quite _____.

　 A. irregular　　 B. inevitable　

　C. incredible　　 D. irresistible

[答案] D. irresistible

[注釋]irresistible不可抵抗的，誘人的，1)I had a irresistible desire to run away,2)I can't refuse this offer; it is irresistible.

Irregular 不規(guī)律的, 不合規(guī)則的：1)the trains from here are irregular.(這里發(fā)的火車是不規(guī)律的。) 2)These procedures are highly irregular.(這些程序是非常不合規(guī)矩的。)

incredible 不可避免的，不可信的：1)Old superstitions are incredible to educated people.(舊的迷信對受過教育的人來說是不可信的。)2)His story of rescuing six drowning men is incredible.(他說他救了6個溺水者，這是難以置信的。)

inevitable 不可避免的：1)Traffic delays are inevitable at a holiday weekend.(假日周末交通耽擱是難免的。)2)Pain is Inevitable when one breaks a bone.(骨折是疼痛是難避免的。)

本題譯文：雖然露西正在減輕體重，但她覺得奶油蛋糕是誘人的。

142. Thomas Edison considered genius to be _____ one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

　 A. composed of　　 B. constituted in

　 C. consisted of　　 D. comprised in

[答案]A. composed of.

[注釋]be composed of由......組成。Consist of由......組成，是不及物動詞，不能用被動語態(tài)，故不合題意。