1.We rarely perceive more than a minute ____of the sights and sounds that fall upon our sense organs;the great majority pass us by.
A)fiction B)function C)fraction D)friction
答案：C fraction 一小部分;分数。fiction 小说;虚构(的情况) 。function 作用，功能，职责。friction 摩擦;矛盾。
2.She dropped the bowl on the floor, and it broke into ____.
A) fractions B) fragments C) friction D)fiction
答案：B fragment 碎片，破片。fraction 片断，小分部;分数。friction 摩擦力，冲突。fiction 虚构的事，小说。
3.To be ____with you, I have cheated him of some dollars.
A) generous B) true C)frank D)straight
答案：C frank 表示“坦率”，指以自己的言行，态度，无保留地表示自己的思想或感情。
4.I seem to have reached a rather gloomy conclusion, but I think that something cheerful may still be derived ____it.
A) of B) from C) off D)with
答案：B derive (from) 得到，获得。
5.The dean is so bossy that he often____ down other teachers' opposition.
A) freezes B) frowns C) whips D) wrecks
答案：B frown down somebody’s opposition 用不悦的表情使人不再敢反对。freeze 结冰，突然不能动，僵化。whip 抽打;wreck (船只等) 失事。
6.The ____of the heart is to pump blood through the body.
A) work B) role C)activity D)function
答案：D function作用。
7.The computer revolution may well change society as ____ as did the Industrial Revolution.
A) certainly B) insignificantly C) fundamentally D) comparatively
答案：C fundamentally 基本上，从根本上说。certainly确实地，的确地。insignificantly 无关紧要地。 comparatively 相对地 比较地。
8.Reading _____the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
A) rectifies B) prolongs C) minimizes D) furnishes
答案：D furnish 提供，供应。rectify 纠正，改正。Prolong 延长。minimize 缩小，低估，减到最低限度。
9.The pursuit of leisure on the part of the employees will certainly not____ their prospect of promotion.
A) spur B) further C) induce D)reinforce
答案：B further 促进。spur激励，鼓励。induce 引起，造成。reinforce 加固;加强。
