1. There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ______ from fall to winter.

　　A) transmission(传播发射传递)

　　B) transformation

　　C) transition

　　D) transfer(转移转换，过户，调动，换乘)

　　注：1. transmission 广播电视节目的传送;疾病的传播;文化的传递

　　2. transformation 变革

　　3. transition 季节的过度，时间的更替，社会制度的转型

　　4. transfer 转学，调任工作

　　2. I think we need to see an investment ______ before we make an expensive mistake.

　　A) guide

　　B) entrepreneur

　　C) consultant

　　D) assessor

　　注：consultant 顾问

　　3. The ______ on this apartment expires in a year's time.

　　A) treaty

　　B) lease

　　C) engagement

　　D) subsidy

　　注：lease 租约

　　4. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.

　　A) pensions

　　B) earnings

　　C) salaries

　　D) donations捐赠，donate

　　注：pensions 养老金

　　. There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.

　　A) appliance

　　B) accessory附属的，附件配件，装饰品，从犯，包庇犯(principal主要的，主犯)

　　C) machine

　　D) mechanism机械装置，机构

　　6. After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.

　　A) deteriorated使恶化使变坏

　　B) dispersed

　　C) dissipated

　　D) drained

　　注：1. drain (强调结果)耗尽

　　2. disperse (强调过程)

　　3. dissipate (强调过程)

　　7. No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep.

　　A) deprived

　　B) ripped被撕破，裂缝，责备

　　C) stripped剥去除去脱去

　　D) contrived设法做到，谋划策划设计

　　注：deprive of 剥夺(六级最爱)

　　8. For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.

　　A) depressed

　　B) immersed使浸没

　　C) oppressed压迫压制

　　D) cursed

　　注：1. oppress 压制

　　2. curse 诅咒

　　9. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.

　　A) harnessed给马套上挽具，用(自然力量)产生能量

　　B) hatched使孵化(飞机的)舱口，窗口

　　C) motivated构成动机促使

　　D) geared

　　注：gear 调整以适应

　　10. The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries.

　　A) provoked

　　B) irritated使激怒使烦躁使疼痛

　　C) inspired由灵感引起的，充满灵感的，

　　D) hoisted举起起重机

　　注：provoke 引起，引发

　　【答案】1-10 CCBAA DACDA