45. There were no tickets _____ for Friday's performance.

　 A. preferable　　 B. possible　　 C. considerable　　 D. available

　D. available.

　　 available (=capable of being used; that may be obtained) 可利用的; 可以找到的：1) These tickets are available for one month. (這些票的有效期一個月。) 2) Is there a doctor available? (有否可以找到大夫？) 3) A limited number of seats are still available. (仍然還有少量座位。)

44. Probability is the mathematical study of the _____ of an event's occurrence.

　 A. desire　　 B. likelihood　　 C. result　　 D. effect

　B. likelihood

　　 句意：概率是對事件發(fā)生的可能性的數(shù)學(xué)研究。

43. The government's strong action demonstrated its _____ to crush the rebellion.

　 A. energy　　 B. resistance　　 C. courage　　 D. determination

　D. determination.

　determination意為“決心”, 后常接動詞不定式作定語。

42. As soon as the children were _____, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.

　 A. woke　　 B. waken　　 C. wake　　 D. awake

　D. awake.

awake adj.醒著的 (作表語) 。Awake, awaken, wake, waken都可以作及物和不及物動詞用, 但是awake多用作不及物動詞, 其中wake最常用。

41. It was a long time before the cut on my hand _____ completely.

　 A. healed　　 B. cured　　 C. improved　　 D. recovered

　A. healed.

　　 heal 1) 使痊愈, 治愈：The salve will help to heal the wound. (這種藥膏能治愈你的傷。) 2) 痊愈 (多指外傷) ：The cut on my leg has healed. (我腿上的傷口以痊愈。) 可見, 本題是heal的第二種用法。cure治療, 治好; The drug cured my fever. (這種藥使我退燒了。) This medicine should cure you of your cold. (這種藥定會治好你的感冒。) recover也可以表示“痊愈”, 意為“恢復(fù)正�！�。例如：1) I think she will recover. (我認為她會痊愈的。) 2) He almost fell ill, but quickly recovered. (他差點病到, 但很快就痊愈了。) 也可以用recovered做表語表示“痊愈, 恢復(fù)正常：Are you completely recovered from your illness? (你的病是不是完全好了？)

　　 [注意] recover vi. 用作“痊愈”時, 句子主語通常是人。Improve 改善, 此詞無“治療”或“痊愈”之意。

　　 本題譯文：過了很長時間我手上的傷口才痊愈。

40. The final _____ of the play will take place on Monday.

　 A. action　　 B. performance　　 C. view　　 D. sight

　B. performance.

　 performance (話劇的) 一場演出。

39. I'm afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It's only a copy and so it's _____.

　 A. priceless　　 B. invaluable　　 C. unworthy　　 D. worthless

　D. worthless.

　　 worthless 無價值的, 無用的。Priceless 無價的, 貴重的, 無法估價的：a priceless treasure 無價之寶。Invaluable 無法估價的, 非常寶貴的。Unworthy 不值得的, 不配的; 無價值的。

38. Though _____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

　 A. raised　　 B. grown　　 C. developed　　 D. cultivated

　A. raised

　 本句中Though raised in San Franciscos是省略的讓步狀語從句。Raise (=bring up) 撫養(yǎng)：grow種植; cultivate耕作; 培養(yǎng) (友誼等) 。如cultivate后接某人, 則意為“培養(yǎng)與某人的感情”。如：John always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. (約翰一向喜歡與事業(yè)上對他有用的人來往。)

本題譯文：盡管在舊金山長大, 但戴夫米切爾總是愿意把小鎮(zhèn)生活中平凡的事情記載下來。

37. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.

　 A. poured　　 B. melted　　 C. drew　　 D. dismissed

　A. poured.

pour 此處意為：涌出, 涌來, 如：People poured out to the rally. (人們踴躍參加群眾大會。)

36. Voices were _____ as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered.

　 A. spoken　　 B. raised　　 C. developed　　 D. increased

　B. raised.

　 raise (=lift up) one's voice提高嗓門, 高聲叫喊。Raise one's voice against sth. 意為“為抗議某事而大聲疾呼”, 如：As no one raised his voice against the plan, it was agreed on. (因為沒有人發(fā)表反對意見, 該計劃就一致通過了。) voice的常用習(xí)語有：the public voice (輿論) , under one's voice (小聲地) , with one voice (異口同聲地,一致地) ,lose one's voice (嗓子啞了, 說不出話來) , have no voice with (對某事無發(fā)言權(quán))。