108. Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.

　 A. hamper　　 B. support　　 C. assist　　 D. encourage

[答案]A. hamper.

[注釋]hamper(=hinder, prevent free movement or activity)阻礙：Lack of equipment is hampering our work.

本題譯文：他們兩人都認為他不怎么樣并極力阻礙他工作。

Think highly of... 對...評價很高，認為......很好。

107. They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been _____.

　 A. behind the times　　 B. behind schedule

　 C. ahead of time 　　　D. in no time

[答案]B. behind schedule.

[注釋]behind schedule(=late, behind time)晚點：The train is running behind schedule today.(=The train is not on time today.)behind the times(=using things not in style; still following old ways; old fashioned)過時，跟不上時代，落后：1)The store is behind the times.(=The store is old-fashioned; it looks as stores looked 40 years ago.) 2) Mary thinks her parents are behind the times because they still do the fox-trot and don't know any new dances.(=Mary's parents are old-fashioned in their dancings .) ahead of time提前： They have fulfilled their production plans ahead of time, in no time(=soon, quickly)立即，馬上：I'll be back in no time to see you home.

106. One _____ needed when making a cake is flour; another is sugar.

A. container　 B. ingredient C. content　 D. equivalent

[答案]B. ingredient.

[注釋]ingredient(混合物的)成分。container容器，含量；內容(復數)。equivalent:相等物。

105. The _____ of the trees in the water was very clear.

A. mirror　 B. sight　 C. reflection　 D. shadow

[答案]C. reflection.

[注釋]reflection此處意為“映在水中的倒影”，而不是“影子”或“陰影”，故不能用shadow。其他選擇均不合題意。

104. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.

A. facilities B. appliances　 C. instruments D. equipment

[答案]B. appliances.

[注釋]electric appliances電器用具，facilities公用設備。equipment設備,裝備，是集合名詞，指“設備”的總稱，只有當數形式。instrument儀器。

103. The thief _____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.

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

[答案]C. scattered.

[注釋]scatter(=throw or put in various directions, or here and there)撒。abandon放棄，拋棄。desert遺棄(而離開)。vanish消亡，滅亡。本題句意是將小偷在搜尋錢時的情景，所以應選scattered(撒)。

102. Pack the cake in a strong box, or it might get _____ in the post.

　 A. splashed　　 B. spilt　　 C. crushed　　 D. crashed

[答案]C. crushed.

[注釋]crush壓壞，壓碎；弄皺；輾散；1)Don't crush this box; there are flowers inside.(不要把這個盒子壓壞了，里面有鮮花。) 2)Her dress was crushed.(她的衣服弄皺了。) 3)The machine crushes wheat grain to make floor.(這臺機器把麥粒輾成面粉。)splash濺，潑；split(中間)裂開；crash(向下)猛跌；(飛機)失事。

101. Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _____ in giving the class lectures.

　A. exchange　　 B. alter　　 C. shift　　 D. alternate

[答案]D. alternate.

[注釋]alternate vt./vi. 輪流，交替發(fā)生或出現：Wet days alternate with fine days.(晴雨天交替更迭。)The weather today will alternate between fine and cloudy.(今天的天氣將是晴間多云。)shift般動，移動(vt.)；轉移到，遷移(vi.)；改變：1)Lend me a hand to shift the piano, will you?(請幫個忙搬一下這臺鋼琴。) 2)They have shifted away from this area.(他們已從這一地區(qū)遷走了。) 3)The candidate is constantly shifting his opinion about the problem.(這位競選者在這個問題上不斷改變他的觀點。)exchange交換；exchange... for ... 用.......換......；alter(部分)修改。

100. In a typhoon, winds _____ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.

A. assume B. accomplish C. attain　 D. assemble

[答案] C. attain.

[注釋] attain (=succeed in doing or getting) 達到 (目的等) ,取得 (成就等) :I hope you will attain your object, accomplish (順利) 完成。assume假定, 假設, 承擔。assemble集合; 裝配。

99. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the witness _____ that his story was true.

A. stuck out　 B. stood out　 C. kept down　 D. held up

[答案] A. stuck out.

[注釋]stick out 堅持。詳見III.400.注釋.