1.The ____ stuck on the envelope says “By Air”.
A) diagram B)label C)signal D)mark
答案：B 句意为：贴在信封上的标签写的是：“航空”。本题四个名词的意义分别是：diagram图表;label标签;signal信号;mark标志，记号。根据题意应选B项。
2.He ____ some money every month for his old age.
A) laid aside B) laid off C) laid out D)laid to
答案：A lay aside 存，留起。lay off 解雇。lay out设计。lay to 努力工作。
3.The Board of Directors has ____ a series of rules that every member of the company must follow.
A) taken down B) laid down C) put down D) let down
答案：B lay down 意为“规定，制定”，本句意为“董事会制定了公司全部人员必须遵守的一系列规章制度。”take down 意为“记下，记录”。put down 意为“放下，拒绝”。let down 意为“放下，放低”。
4.The boss discharged John for his incompetence. The word "discharged" here means_____.
A) laid down B) laid off C) laid away D) laid up
答案：B lay down 放下;规定;贮存。lay off 暂时解雇。lay away 积蓄。lay up 贮存，储蓄，其他还有：lay aside 把 ……搁置一旁;留存，储存。lay out 安排，布置，设计;摆出，展开。本句意为：老板因为约翰无能而暂时解雇了他。
5.Oil companies in the U. S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being____.
A) laid out B) laid off C) laid down D) laid aside
答案：B lay off (临时)解雇。lay out 编排。Lay down 规定，确定。lay aside放在一边，搁一搁(暂不处理) ;积蓄，存蓄。
6.In Britain, the best season of the year is probably_____ spring.
A) later B) last C)latter D)late
答案：D late(一段时间的)最后一段的;迟的，晚的。later 以后的，稍后的，后期的。last 最后的;上一(年、星期等)的。latter 较后的，后面的。(the latter) 后者。
7.Can you tell me some____ news?
A) contemporary B) modern C)current D)latest
答案：D latest用来描写刚刚发生的或刚刚完成的事。contemporary 当代的，表示的时间离“目前”很近，但不及current和up-to-date;current 和up-to-date 用来修饰正在发生的事物。modern“现代的”，指发生在当今的而不是古代的，它包含的时间范围比contemporary 广。
8.Did he walk or swim? The ____ seems unlikely ,because there is no river.
A) former B) latter C)before D)front
答案：B 因为latter 意为“后面的”，the latter 指“后者”，在此句中替代“swim”。the former 则指“前者”，替代此句中的“walk”，与题意不符。before 与front 均意为“前面，在前面”， 也不合题意。
9.The store had to____ a number of clerks because sales were down.
A) lay out B) lay off C) lay aside D) lay down
答案：B lay off (临时)解雇，闪为买卖不景气。陈列，布置( A );搁置一边( C ) ;放下，铺设( D) ，不合题意。
10.Generous public funding on basic science would____considerable benefits for the country’s health ，wealth and security.
A) result from B) settle down C) lie in D)lead to
答案：D lead to意为导致，带来。
