15．If a peace process got under way, Saudi Arabia would _______ directly in multilateral talks about regional problems.

　　　 A. participate　　　　 B. perform　　　　　　　　　 C. possess　　　　　　　 　　　 D. predict

A． participate

　participate參加，參與；perform履行，表演；possess占有，擁有；predict預(yù)知，預(yù)言。

14．She told me she wanted to _______ her two o’clock appointment in order to take care of her sick husband.

　　　 A. put down　　　　　　　　 B. call off　　　　　　　　　　 C. hang up　　　　　　 　　　 D. take off

B　 考查動詞短語。

call off“取消”，符合題意。put down“放下”；hang up“掛斷電話 ”；take off“脫下(衣服)�！盵知識拓寬]要根據(jù)語境理解四選項的含義，選出正確答案。

13．At present the hotel is almost empty, but I’m sure things will start to ________ in the spring.

　　　 A. take up　　　　　　　　　　 B. pick up　　　　　　　　　　 C. make up　　　　　　 　　　 D. give up

B　 考查動詞短語。

pick up意為“好轉(zhuǎn)”，符合題意。take up“占據(jù)”；make up“化妝”；give up“放棄”。[知識拓寬]根據(jù)語境和動詞短語的意義來回答。

12．On the exhibition, he ________ all his collecting stamps to the visitors all over the country.

A. showed off　 　　　　　 B. speeded up　 　　 　　　 C. brought in　 　　　 　　　 D. gave out

A　 考查動詞短語的區(qū)別。

show off 意為“賣弄；出示給某人看；展示”，符合題意；speed up“加速”；bring in“帶進，賺的”；give out“分發(fā)，泄露”。

11．Those boys don't know much about society; that's why they're so easily _______.

　　　 A. taken in　　　　　　　　　 B. taken up　　　　　　　　　 C. taken on　　　　　　 　　　 D. taken off

A　 考查詞組辨析。Take in“欺騙，收容，吸收”；take up“從事，繼續(xù)”；take on“呈現(xiàn)”；take off“脫掉，起飛”，根據(jù)句意A正確。這些孩子涉世不深，這就是他們?nèi)绱巳菀妆或_/上當(dāng)?shù)脑�因�?/p>

10．The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.

A. vanished　　 B. abandoned　　 　 C. scattered　　 　　 D. rejected

B. abandoned。

　 abandoned (=give up completely) 放棄, 拋棄; 1) The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund. 2) The sailors abandoned the burning ship.

[注意]abandon 暗指某人對其所拋棄的人或物將會發(fā)生什么事情不感興趣, 如把撞壞的汽車拋棄在路旁。vanish (=suddenly disappear; go out of existence) vi.消失, 絕跡; 1) The airplane vanished into the clouds.2) Many kinds of animals have vanished form the earth. (許多種類的動物以在地球上絕跡。)　 scatter (=send, go in different direction) 驅(qū)使, 使分散; The police scattered the crowed. (警察驅(qū)散人群。) (=throw or put in various directions) 撒, 到處放; He scattered his clothes all over the room. reject (=refuse to accept) 拒絕接受; She rejected my suggestion.

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

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

D. denied.

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)。)

8．In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.

A. admitted　 　 B. acknowledged　 　　　 C. absorbed　 D. considered

　D. considered。

　 considered 考慮; admit 承認; absorb 吸收。

　[注意]acknowledge 1) (=agree or admit the truth of; confess) 承認, 供認; A. He acknowledged his mistake. (他承認了他的錯誤。) B. 接動名詞 He acknowledged having been beaten. (他承認被打敗了。) 2) (express thanks for) 致謝; A. Mary acknowledged the gift with a pleasant letter. (瑪麗致函感謝饋贈的禮物。) B. His long service with the company was acknowledged with a present. (向他贈送禮品以感謝他長期來對公司的服務(wù)。)

7．Did you know what his _________ to my proposal would be after the meeting?

A. impression 　　　　　　　 B. reaction 　　　　 C. comment 　　　　　　　　 D. opinion　

B．reaction。

　 [試題立意]該題考查名詞詞義辨析，應(yīng)注意選項之間語意的不同，根據(jù)句意正確選擇�！�reaction 意為“對……的反應(yīng)”。impression與on 搭配，表示“給……留下……印象”。comment 與on 搭配，表示“對……做出……評價”。opinion on意為“對……發(fā)表看法(意見)”。句意為“你知道會后他對我的建議反應(yīng)如何嗎？�！盵教學(xué)啟示]正確區(qū)分四個選項的含義，及其搭配，平時多注意近義名詞的辨析。

6．You must try some of her home-made wine. It’s quite an unforgettable _______.

　　　 A. entertainment　　 B. experience　　　　 C. adventure　　　　　 　　　 D. addiction

B　 一次難忘的經(jīng)歷。