241. Circus tigers, although they have been tamed, can _____ attack their trainer.

　 A. unexpectedly　　 B. deliberately

　 C. reluctantly　　 D. subsequently

[答案]A. unexpectedly.

[注釋]unexpectedly 出乎意料地。例如：He unexpectedly failed to get the job.(他出乎意料沒有得到這件工作。)又如：We met each other unexpectedly. (我們不期而遇。)deliberately故意地：I believe the house was deliberately set fire to.(我相信這房子是有人故意放火燒的。)reluctantly 不情愿地，勉強地：She agreed, very reluctantly, to help. (她十分買鳥槍地同意幫忙。) subsequently后來，隨后：He escaped from prison but was subsequently recaptured. (他越獄逃跑了，但后來又被抓回來。)

本題譯文：馬戲團地老虎雖然已被馴服，但也會出乎意料地襲擊馴獸師。

240. The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing football.

A. state　 B. condition C. occasion　 D. situation

[答案]A. state.

[注釋]state n. 狀況，狀態(tài)。例如：She is in a poor state of health. Situation處境，形勢，局面，情況，工作：He was in a hopeless situation. condition 情況(多用復(fù)數(shù))： Economic conditions were bad. occasion 場合，時機。

239. When the entire class worked together they finished the project _____.

　 A. in no way　　　 B. in no time

　 C. on no account　 D. in no case

[答案]B. in no time.

[注釋]in no time (=in a very little time, soon, quickly)立即，馬上：The bus filled with students in no time. (這輛公共汽車很快就被學(xué)生擠滿了。)

238. Paper making began in China and from there it _____ to North Africa and Europe.

　 A. sprang　　 B. spilled　　 C. carried　　 D. spread

[答案]D. spread.

[注釋]spread vt./vi. 此處意指“傳播”，如：1)The news spread quickly. 2)Files spread disease.(蒼蠅傳播疾病。)carry是及物動詞，意為把某人從一處帶到他處，故也有“傳送”的含義，如：He carried the news to everyone in the village. 當(dāng)carry vt. 在本句中與句子的語法結(jié)構(gòu)不符。Carry作vi.用時，指“(發(fā)射物、聲音等)能射到，能傳到”，如：His voice carries far. (他的聲音能傳得很遠。)

237. Children who are over-protected by their parents may become _____.

　 A. hurt　　 B. spoiled　　 C. damaged　　 D. harmed

[答案]B. spoiled.

[注釋]spoil(=make a child selfish from having too much attention or praise)寵壞，慣壞；Spare the rod, spoil the child.(省下了棍子，慣壞了孩子。)這是英國諺語，意為“棒頭上出孝子”。

236. It would be _____ a risk to let the child go to school by himself.

A. following　 B. passing　 C. running　　 D. carrying

[答案]C. running.

[注釋]run(take) a risk 冒風(fēng)險：You are running a big risk in trusting him.(你信任他是冒極大的風(fēng)險。) by oneself(=alone)單獨，獨立地。

235. So far as he could, John had always tried to _____ the example he saw in Lincoln.

A. live up to B. set forth C. call for　 D. cut out

[答案]A. live up to.

[注釋]live up to不辜負，作到；參閱Ⅲ，102注釋, set forth闡明，提出，列舉；參閱Ⅲ，154注釋, cut out刪去；參閱Ⅲ，38注釋, call for需要，要求；參閱Ⅲ，26注釋。

本題譯文：只要約翰能夠，他總是努力做到他在林肯身上所看到的榜樣。

234. I feel sure that _____ qualification, ability and experience, you are abundantly suited to the position we have in mind.

　 A. in case of　　　　　 B. in terms of

　 C. in the opinion of　　 D. in the course of

[答案]B. in terms of.

[注釋]in terms of依據(jù)，按照。In case of萬一......；in the opinion of按照......的看法；in the course of在......的過程中，在......期間。以上4個習(xí)語均為大綱規(guī)定之列，考生應(yīng)熟記、活用。Have...in mind心中想到。

本題譯文：我肯定，根據(jù)資格、能力和經(jīng)驗，你完全適合我們心中想到的工作。

233. He thought this was the first pair of shoes that had fitted him _____.

A. perfectly　　 B. justly　　 C. fairly　 　D. rightly

[答案]A. perfectly.

[注釋]perfectly(=quite well, completely)十分，完全地。

justly公正地，正當(dāng)?shù)�，�?yīng)得地；rightly正確地，恰當(dāng)?shù)�，正直地；fairly公正地，正當(dāng)?shù)�；相�?dāng)，還算；清楚地。

232. The branches could hardly _____ the weight of the fruit.

A. retain　 　B. maintain　 C. sustain　　 D. remain

[答案]C. sustain.

[注釋]sustain(=hold up the weight of)承住，支撐：An old wall cannot sustain a new building.