1.John said that he didn't quite ____and asked me to repeat what I had said.

　　A) snatch up B) summon up C) catch on D) watch over

　　答案：C catch on 听懂，理解。snatch up 突然掏出，突然抓起。summon up 鼓起( 勇气)。watch over 照看，看守，负责。

　　2.The road was much steeper than before and he had to be very____.

　　A) courteous B) cautious C)caring D)scared

　　答案：B cautious 小心翼翼的。courteous 彬彬有礼的。caring 操心;scared 恐惧的。

　　3.Being a Party member has ____ to be a secret to us.

　　A) stopped B) ended C) paused D) ceased

　　答案：D stop多指人或物的动作、活动停止，常含有“忽然或较快地停止”的意思;而cease 则多表示某种局势或状态的结束。

　　4.The program has helped Chinese and American scholars____ friendship and learn about each other's culture.

　　A) cement B) stiffen C) straighten D) enlighten

　　答案：A cement 促进。stiffen 使某事物变僵直、僵硬。straighten 使平直。enlighten启发，开导。

　　5.Galileo____ the scientists of his day with his hypothesis that the earth revolved around the sun.

　　A) contested B) challenged C) rivaled D) fought

　　答案：B contest 对(某事)给予驳斥或争论。例如： At the meeting he contested the authority’s

　　statement. 在会上，他对那位权威人上的看法进行了反驳。challenge 怀疑(某事的真实性、正确性和有效性)，向某人提出挑战，例如：Hechallenged me to a contest，他向我提出挑战，要求比赛。rival 匹敌，抗衡;例如：football can not rival boxing for excitement. 足球不如拳击有刺激性。

　　6.This hotel____ $ 60 for a single room with bath.

　　A) claims B) demands C) prices D) charges

　　答案：D charge(for) 索价，收取( ……钱) 。claim 对提出要求;声称，主张。demand 需要;要求。price给……定价。

　　7.She was complaining that the doctor was____ too much for the treatment he was giving her.

　　A) expending B) offering C) costing D) charging

　　答案：D charge 索价，收取(……钱)。expend 花费，消费，消耗。offer 提供。cost 价钱为……使(某人) 花费。cost sb. some money。

　　8.When I caught him ____I stopped buying things there and started dealing with another shop.

　　A) cheating B) cheat C) to cheat D) to be cheating

　　答案：A 本题考核非谓语动词的用法。 catch做“发觉”解时，后可接“名词十分词”，因此答案是A)cheating。全句意思是：“当我发觉他欺骗我时，我不再在他那里买东西，而开始和另一家

　　商店打交道”。

　　9.She is always____ ,never complaining about anything.

　　A) cheerful B) glad C) joyful D) happy

　　答案：A 这四个词都有“高兴的，愉快的”的意思。cheerful主要指心里高兴或天生乐观而显得愉快，程度比glad 强。

　　10.He often ____what his teacher once told him to teach his children.

　　A) quoted B) applied C) cited D) let

　　答案：C cite 和quote 两个词都有“引用”的意思。cite 一般总是引用权威性的研究或知识，而不是引用无把握的猜测来支持主张，引用者对引用的资料可加以解释，quote 指准确、逐字地引用某人的资料，引用者不能对引用的资料有丝毫的解释或发挥。