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(shuō)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(yǔ)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(méi)達(dá)到，低于：1)He fell short of what we had expected.(他沒(méi)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(méi)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(lái)時(shí)，父親高興的是他可用銀行里的存款來(lái)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(lái)說(shuō)關(guān)系更大。

171. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.

　A. process　 B. attention　　 C. measure　　 D. part

[答案]D. part.

[注釋]take part in參加。

本題譯文：顯然，整個(gè)世界正經(jīng)歷著一場(chǎng)社會(huì)革命；科學(xué)家和技術(shù)人員必定是這場(chǎng)革命地主要參加者。

170. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

A. acquainted B. informed　 C. enlightened 　D. advised

[答案]A. acquainted.

[注釋]be acquainted with熟悉，be well informed of(about)對(duì)......消息靈通�？梢�(jiàn)，此題中應(yīng)用acquainted,因?yàn)楹竺娴亟樵~是with.

169. With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is _____ rapidly transformed.

A. anything but B. more or less　 C. at large　 D. any more

[答案]B. more or less.

[注釋]more or less 或多或少地；anything but根本不；at large大體上；逍遙法外；詳細(xì)地。

本題譯文：隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)基礎(chǔ)的改變，整個(gè)龐大的上層建筑也或多或少地發(fā)生變革。