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

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

[答案] D. available.

[注釋] 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。)

97. The rocks are very big with _____ of colors on them.

　 A. bands　　 B. marks　　 C. rails　　 D. shapes

[答案] A. bands.

[注釋] band (顏色與其余部分不同的) 條紋。Mark痕跡, 斑點; 記號, 標(biāo)記。本題是講巖石上色彩不同的“條紋”, 故用bands. rail (軌道) ,shape (形狀) ,均不合題意。

96. The continuous rain was _____ for the exceptional poor harvest

　 A. blamed　　 B. condemned　　 C. accused　　 D. charged

[答案] A. blamed.

[注釋] blame sb./sth. for ... 因.......埋怨、責(zé)怪 .......：He blames you for neglect of duty. (他責(zé)怪你玩忽職守。) condemn 譴責(zé)、判刑。Accuse sb. of控告某人犯有.......。charge sb. with控告某人犯有......。

95. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality, he'd tell them so.

　 A. minor　　 B. humble　　 C. inferior　　 D. awkward

[答案] C. inferior

[注釋] inferior詳見III.400.注釋.

本題譯文：這位商店售貨員對顧客很坦率。如果貨物質(zhì)量不好, 他就把情況告訴顧客。

94. What you have done is _____ the doctor's orders.

　 A. attached to　 　　　B. resistant to

　 C. responsible to 　　D. contrary to

[答案] D. contrary to.

[注釋] (be) contrary to與.......相反, 違反 (作表語) :What you wish to do is contrary to the regulations. contrary to也可以作狀語：a. If you act contrary to the doctor's advice, you won't get well again. b. Contrary to what I thought, he has proved to be successful. 2) 作定語：The boy was swimming in a direction contrary to the current. (這男孩朝著逆流方向游去。)

93. The police refused to _____ the clues they were working on.

A. exhibit　　 B. disclose　　 C. expose　　 D. discern

[答案] B. disclose.

[注釋]disclose (=uncover; allow to be seen; make known) 透露, 使顯露： 1) The lawyer disclosed the details of the case. 2) He disclosed that he had made arrangements to buy a new car. exhibit 展覽, 展出, 顯示, expose 暴露,discern 認(rèn)出, 發(fā)現(xiàn), 辨別,識別。

本題譯文：警方拒絕透露他們正在調(diào)查的線索。

92. Driving a car without insurance can have _____ consequences.

A. uncertain B. disastrous　 C. potential　 D. unworthy

[答案] B. disastrous.

[注釋] disastrous 災(zāi)難性的。

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

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

[答案] B. likelihood

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

90. New mineral resources may be discovered during the forthcoming Antarctic _____.

A. excursion　 B. execution　 C. extraction　 D. expedition

[答案] D. expedition.

[注釋]expedition 遠征, 探險; excursion 短途旅行, 游覽; execution 實施, 執(zhí)行; extraction 提取。

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

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

[答案] D. determination.

[注釋] determination意為“決心”, 后常接動詞不定式作定語。