161. In my opinion, you can widen the _____ of these improvements through your active participation.

　 A. dimension　　 B. volume　　 C. magnitude　　 D. scope

[答案]D. scope.

[注釋]scope(=the area within the limits of a questions, subject ect. ; range)(活動(dòng))范圍，機(jī)會(huì)，余地：The politics of a country would be outside the scope of a book for tourists.(一個(gè)國家的政治不屬于旅游手冊的內(nèi)容范圍之內(nèi)。)

dimension尺寸，尺度；magnitude大小，數(shù)量；volume體積。均不切題，不能入選。

本題譯文：依我看，通過你的積極參與，你能夠擴(kuò)大這些改進(jìn)措施的范圍。

160. While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping _____ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.

　 A. occasionally　　 B. simultaneously

　 C. eventually　　　 D. directly

[答案]A. occasionally.

[注釋]occasionally 偶爾。參閱IV。137注釋。Simultaniously同時(shí)地；　 directly直接

159. The lawyer was expected to _____ some proposals after reading all those documents.

　 A. come up with　　 B. put up with

　 C. look up to　　　 D. keep up with

[答案]A. come up with.

[注釋]come up with提出。參閱Ⅲ，33。注釋。Put up with忍受；keep up with跟上，與......保持一致；look up to尊敬。

158. _____ his knowledge of the mountainous country, John Smith was appointed as our guide.

　 A. In spite of　　　 B. On account of

　 C. Regardless of　　 D. Instead of

[答案]B. On account of

[注釋]on account of(=because of)由于，因?yàn)�。regardless of(=without worrying about)不顧；Regardless of danger, he climbed the tower.

157. Political parties often differ in their views on various _____ concerning their own countries.

A. ways　　 B. measures　　 C. issues　　 D. patterns

[答案]c. issues.

[注釋]issue此處意為“重大問題”。measure措施，雖然填入本題也說得過去，但不夠貼切。pattern模式，圖案，圖樣。與題意不符，不能入選。way 方法，方式。

156. Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to _____ a scientific theory.

　 A. confirm　　 B. confine　　 C. conform　　 D. conceive

[答案]A. confirm.

[注釋] confirm(=support; make certain; give proof of)證實(shí)，確實(shí)：1)Please confirm your telephone message in writing.(請把你電話中所說的話再用文字復(fù)述一篇。) 2)The king confirmed that the election would be on June 20th.(國王確認(rèn)，這次選擇將于六月二十日舉行。)confine...to把......限制于：Please confine your remarks to the subject we are talking about.(請把你的話限止于我們正在談?wù)摰念}目。)conform (to)使一致，符合，遵守。Conceive 1)想到，想出：He very quickly conceived a new plan.[注意]conceive of想象:They could not conceive of the possibility of failure.(他們不能想象失敗的可能。)

155. Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.

　 A. As a result　　 B. By the way

　 C. On the whole　　 D. In a word

[答案]D. In a word.

[注釋]in a word(=in short)總之，簡言之。

本題是測試“過度詞”，考生務(wù)必根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系來選擇適當(dāng)?shù)倪^渡詞，使句子的意思前后連貫。

154. Because of the strong sun Mrs. William's new dining room curtains _____ from dark blue to gray within a year.

A. faded　　 B. fainted　　 C. paled　　 D. diminished

[答案]A. faded.

[注釋]fade vt/vi褪色。Faint暈到，變得虛弱：He fainted from hunger. Diminish vt./vi.減少：1)His illness diminished his strength. 2)The campers' food supply diminished as the days wore on.(隨著日子的緩緩消逝，野營者的食品供應(yīng)日益減少。)pale變蒼白。

153. I asked the tailor to make a small _____ to my trousers because they were too long.

A. change　 B. variation　 C. revision　 D. alteration

[答案]D alteration.

[注釋]alteration 修正，更改，尤指部分的改變。Change改變，變化，可指表面的、本質(zhì)的、內(nèi)在的變化。Revision修訂、修正，常指文章、詞典、劇本等的修改、訂正。Variation(形式、位置、條件的)變化、改變、變動(dòng)：We need some variation in our daily routine.(我們的例行公事需要作些變動(dòng)。)

152. It was necessary to _____ the factory building as the company was doing more and more business.

　 A. extend　　 B. increase　　 C. lengthen　　 D. magnify

[答案]A. extend.

[注釋]本題中extend意為“擴(kuò)大”。lengthen拉長,延長。magnify放大。 Spread vi. 傳播；vt.展開；He spread butter on the toast.(他在烤面包上涂上奶油。)