181. He has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it.

　 A. purpose　　 B. intention　　 C. aim　　 D. meaning

[答案]A. purpose.

[注釋]on purpose是介詞習(xí)語，意為“故意地”。如用intention,則應(yīng)說by intention故意地。

180. I remember her face but I cannot _____ where I met her.

A. recall　　 B. remind　　 C. remember　　 D. remark

[答案]A. recall.

[注釋]recall(=bring back to the mind)想起，回憶起：But I really cann't recall your name at his moment.

Remind sb. of ...使......想起：1)The photo reminds me of my late father.(這張照片使我想起已故的父親。) 2)The sight of the clock reminded me that I was late.Remind sb. to sth.提醒......做......；Please remind me to write the letter.

179. The climbers _____ their ambition by reaching the summit of the mountain.

A. obtained　 B. sustained　 C. maintained　 D. realized

[答案]D. realised.

[注釋]realise sth. by doing sth. else通過做......來實(shí)現(xiàn).......。

178. It has always been the _____ of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities.

A. plan　　 B. campaign　　 C. procedure　　 D. policy

[答案]D. policy.

[注釋]policy(尤指政黨、政府、大企業(yè)、商行等的)政策，方針。Campaign(政治或競(jìng)選的)運(yùn)動(dòng)；(軍事的)行動(dòng)，procedure做事的手續(xù)、程序，rule規(guī)則，plan計(jì)劃，均不合題意。

本題譯文：本公司的一貫方針是鼓勵(lì)工人參加社會(huì)活動(dòng)。

177. The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

　 A. element　 B. spot　　 C. sense　　 D. point

[答案]D. point.

[注釋]point(=chief idea of sth. said, done, or planned)要點(diǎn)；論點(diǎn)，主旨：I don't see your point.(我不明白你的意思。)He said nothing to the point.(他說的不切題。)

176. When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had _____ to visit London on business.

A. opportunity B. possibility　 C. occasion D. chance

[答案]C. occasion

[注釋] occasion 作可數(shù)名詞時(shí)，意為“時(shí)機(jī)”，作不可數(shù)名詞時(shí)，意為“必要”，本題中occasion意為“必要”。從句語法結(jié)構(gòu)上看，本句中用opportunity(難得的)機(jī)會(huì)，chance(偶然的)機(jī)會(huì)均可，但按邏輯意思，應(yīng)用occasion.

175. The managing director promised that he would _____ me as soon as he had any further information.

　 A. communicate　　 B. notice　　 C. notify　　 D. note

[答案]C. notify.

[注釋]notify通知。Notice n.通知；v.注意到；note n.筆記；v.記下，摘下。

174. These plastic flowers look so _____ that many people think they are real.

A. beautiful　　 B. natural　　 C. artificial　　 D. similar

[答案]B. natural.

[注釋]natural自然的，與后半句“許多人認(rèn)為它們是真的”相呼應(yīng)。

173. When the big bills for mother's hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____.

　 A. fall short of　　 B. fall through

　 C. fall back on　　 D. fall in with

[答案]C. fall back on.

[注釋]fall back on求助于。參閱Ⅲ.48注釋。

Fall short of沒達(dá)到，低于：1)He fell short of what we had expected.(他沒有達(dá)到我們的期望。) 2)The measures proposed fall far short of what is required.(所提出的這些措施遠(yuǎn)沒達(dá)到需要的 目標(biāo)。)Fall in with與......一致，符合；同意，贊成，支持。Fall through落空。參閱Ⅲ.49注釋。

本題譯文：母親在醫(yī)院就醫(yī)的各種帳單送來時(shí)，父親高興的是他可用銀行里的存款來支付。

172. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more _____.

　A. at length　　 B. at last　　 C. at stake　　 D. at ease

[答案]C. at stake.

[注釋]at stake(=to be won or lost; risked, depending upon the result of sth.)在危險(xiǎn)中；利害攸關(guān)；His life itself was at stake.(他的生命本身瀕臨危險(xiǎn)。);　 at last最終；at length詳細(xì)地；at ease安詳，自在，隨便，不拘束：She knew he was not at ease.(她知道，他并不自在。)

本題譯文：農(nóng)民們比城里人更渴望魚，因?yàn)橛晁畬?duì)農(nóng)民來說關(guān)系更大。