1.More than two hundred years ago the United States ____ from the British Empire and became an independent country.

　　A) got off B) pulled down C) broke away D) dropped off

　　答案：C break away( from) 脱离，( 与……) 决裂。get off 下(车、船、飞机)。pull down 拆毁(旧房等) ，推倒。drop off睡着;让下车。

　　2.The car____ halfway for no reason.

　　A) broke off B) broke down C) broke up D) broke out

　　答案：B break down 损坏; (车)抛锚;(身体或健康)垮了。break off 中止，中断。break up 打碎，粉碎;终止，结束。break out 爆发，突然出现;使逃脱，使逃走。

　　3.When a fire_____ at the National Exhibition in London, at least ten priceless paintings were completely destroyed.

　　A) broke off B) broke out C) broke down D) broke up

　　答案：B break out 爆发。break off 中止，中断。break down 损坏;(车)抛锚;(身体或健康)跨了。break up 打碎，粉碎;终止。

　　4.The wood was so rotten that , when we pulled, it ____ into fragments.

　　A) broke away B) broke off C) broke up D) broke through

　　答案：C break up 打碎，粉碎。break away 突然逃掉或离开; 断绝来往。break off 中止，中断。break through 突破，突围。

　　5.Science has____ many changes in on human's life.

　　A) brought back B) brought around C) brought forward D) brought about

　　答案：D bring about 带来，发生。bring back 带回。bring around 转向，说服。bring forward提出。

　　6.The government has devoted a larger slice of its national____ to agriculture than most other countries.

　　A) resources B) potential C) budget D) economy

　　答案：C budget 预算。resource [pl.]财力，资源。potential潜力，潜能。economy 经济;节约。

　　7.The education____ for the coming year is about $ 4 billion , which is much more than what people expected.

　　A) allowance B) reservation C) budget D) finance

　　答案：C budget 预算。allowance 津贴，补贴。reservation (席位等的)预订;保留。finance 财政;金融：[pl.]财政情况，财源，资金。

　　8.In a sudden____ of anger, the man tore up everything within reach.

　　A) attack B) burst C) split D)blast

　　答案：B burst 突然一阵;爆炸。attack(病的) 突然发作;进攻，攻击。 split 分裂，裂口。blast 爆炸;一阵(疾风等) ，一股(强烈的气流)。

　　9.What is most obvious in this book are all those details of everyday life which make Mrs. Richards anything _____ common.

　　A) for B) but C)other than D)except for

　　答案：B anything but十n./a. (作表语) 根本不是，一点也不。other than[用于否定句]除了;只能是。except for 除了，除……之外;要不是( = but for) 。

　　10.The storm delayed us. ____the storm we would have been in time.

　　A) If it were B) With C) Unless D) But for

　　答案：D but for，but that，“要不是”，引入虚拟条件句，其主句的基本构成为should，would，could +do/have done。