2012.11.28
He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground.
A.crashing
B.throwing
C.rushing
D.dropping
答案错误:dropping
正确答案:
crashing
参考译文:
本题大意：他担心树杈会折弯断了，而他会跌落下地面。

crash(to the ground)猛跌（到地上）。

Crash n.常指飞机等的“失事”，如：
He was killed in an aircraft crash.(他在飞机失事中丧生。

)
本句中用falling不妥，fall指“落下，掉下”，本身并不强调落下的速度，
而crash使“猛跌”，故本题用crashing最佳。

throw：扔
rush：催促
drop：（使）落下，投下
2012.11.30
They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake.
A.friendship
B.relations
C.intentions
D.terms
答案错误:relations
正确答案:
terms
参考译文:
本题大意：他们为了孩子总是与邻居们和睦相处。

keep (be) on good terms with与......和睦相处（固定短语）
friendship：友情；good friendship良好的友谊
relation：关系； good neighbourly relation睦邻友好关系
intention：意图；with good intention 好心，好意地
2012.12.03
Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.
A.deliberately
B.intensively
C.decisively
D.objectively
答案错误:decisively
正确答案:
deliberately
参考译文:
本题大意：为了能和约翰同行，玛利亚故意地放弃第一班火车
deliberately(=on purpose, intentionally)故意地；存心地
intensively：强烈地，集中地
decisively(=with firmness,with finality,conclusively)决然地，果断地
The proposed bill was decisively defeated in Parliam ent.
提案在议会中遭断然否决。

objectively：客观地
2012.12.06
The two things are the same in outward form but different _____. A.in addition B.in brief C.in common D.in essence
正确答案:in essence
参考译文:
本题大意：这两样东西外表看上去相同，但本质上是不相同的。

in essence本质上；
in addition此外；
in brief简短地，简言之；
in common共同。

2012.12.07
Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.
A.ordinary
mon
ual
D.general
正确答案:common
参考译文:
本题大意：玫瑰在英国花园是种很常见的花。

common(=usual and ordinary; happening of found often and in many places) 普通的；常见的；常常发生的；到处可见的：
a common experience(普通的经历)；
a common tree(常见的树木)。

This bird is common throughout Europe.(这种鸟在欧洲很常见。

)
They can treat most of the common diseases.(他们能治疗大多数常见病。

) usual(=done, found, used or existing most of the time)
经常的，通常的，惯例的，习以为常的；强调时间习惯方面，
例如：This is the usual state of the house.(这房子里平常就是这种样子。

) ordinary正常的，普通的，正常的；
an ordinary day(平凡的一天)，
ordinary people(普通人),
a piece of ordinary dance music(一首普通的舞曲)。

General普通的。

它与common比较，语气稍强，含有很少例外的意外。

可见本题中用common是最佳的选择
2012.12.08
There are three basic ways of _____ language to writing, and all known graphic systems use one or a combination of these.
mitting
B.attaching
paring
D.relating
正确答案:
committing
参考译文:
本题大意：语言记录有三个基本方法，人们都知道的是只用绘图一种形式或者三者结合。

commit...to 托付，交付：
1)He was committed to the care of his aunt.(他被托付给他的姨妈照管。

)
2)I have already committed the rules to memory.(我早已记住这些规则了。

)
commit sth. to writing(把......写下来)。

attach 贴上，附上
compare 比较
relate（把…）联系起来
2012.12.09
I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.
A.regard
B.account
C.thought
D.observation
正确答案:account
参考译文:
本题大意：我希望老师在评改我的试卷时会考虑到我前段时间病了，请了假。

take sth. into account(=consider)考虑到：
We must take local conditions into account.
regard 尊敬；考虑；与…有关
thought ( n )考虑，思维能力
observation注意，观察资料
2012.12.10
Your essay is quite good: just _____ it _____ with a few illustrations and quotations.
A.put .. Up
B.touch .. Up
C.cut .. Out
D.write .. Off
答案错误:cut .. out
正确答案:
touch .. up
参考译文:
本题大意：你的文章很好：只要用些例证和引语修饰一下。

touch up(=improve or perfect by small additional strokes or alterations)润色，修饰：
1)The last part of the article needs to be touched up.
(这篇文章的最后一部分需要润色。

)
2)He touched up the picture by strengthening and shadows.
(他把画修饰了一下，使光明部分和阴暗部分的对比度更鲜明。

)
put up留宿；
cut out 删掉；
write off报销，勾消。

2012.12.13
Thomas Edison considered genius to be _____ one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
posed of
B.constituted in
C.consisted of
prised in
正确答案:
composed of
参考译文:
本题大意：托马斯·爱迪生说过天才就是1%的灵感加上99%的汗水。

be composed of由......组成。

constitute构成，组成
Consist of由......组成，是不及物动词，不能用被动语态，故不合题意。

comprise包含，包括，由……组成
B.。