1. C) 【句意】有时，公共汽车检票员上车查票。

　　【难点】bus conductor意为“公共汽车售票员”;agent意为“代理人，中介人”;officer意为“军官，官员”;inspector意为“检查员，视察员”。

　　2. B) 【句意】他很快恢复了健康。

　　【难点】recovery意为“恢复，复苏”，后接介词 from;relief意为“宽慰，安心”;relaxation意为“放松”;survival意为“生存”。

　　3. C) 【句意】既然考试的紧张已经过去，我们现在可以放松了。

　　【难点】now that意为“既然;由于”，用于新的事情的发生，接一般现在时的句子。while意为“虽然”;even though意为“即使”，for意为“因为”，不能用于句首。

　　4. D)【句意】我表妹南希的情绪经常很糟，我想这是因为她是独生子的缘故。

　　【难点】表示“独生子”的时候，只能说an only child。

　　5. C) 【句意】除了已经提及的因素外，有时人们感到不安全是因为他们的动机被他人误解。

　　【难点】apart from是包含在内的“除了”;excepr for和except that是不包含在内的除了;but for意为“要不是”。

　　6. D) 【句意】如果计划能在不浪费时间和精力的情况下得到有效实施，我将十分满意。

　　【难点】efficiently意为“有效地”;relatively意为“相对地”;noticeably意为“显而易见地”;appropriately意为“恰当地”。

　　7. D) 【句意】 有朝一日我们会发现，拥有一个能通过电话线发送信息、绘制图片的设备是非常有用的。

　　【难点】facility意为“设备”;receiver意为“电话听筒”;echo意为“回声;回音”;extension意为“分机”。

　　8. C) 【句意】令他们感到光荣的是，能源部采纳了这些想法并为一个详细的研究报告作了资助。

　　【难点】take up意为“采纳(观点)”;take over意为“接收，接管，占据”;take on 意为“承担”;take to意为“喜欢上”。

　　9. B) 【句意】她觉得自己有理，因此，她对这样肮脏的话语十分恼怒。

　　【难点】 take offence意为“对…生气”;protection意为“保护”;defense意为“防卫”;guard意为“看守;警戒”。

　　10. D) 【句意】他们同意在全部费用支出后共享剩余的资金。

　　【难点】surplus意为“剩余，剩余额”;sufficiency意为“足量，充足”;surpass是动词，不适合本句;excess意为“超过”。

　　1. Sometimes a bus ____gets on the bus to check the tickets.

　　A. agent B. officer C. conductor D. inspector

　　2. He made a quick ____from his illness.

　　A. relief B. recovery C. survival D. relaxation

　　3.____the stress of examinations are over, we can all relax.

　　A. While B. Even though C. Now that D. For

　　4. My cousin Nancy is often in a poisonous mood; I suppose it’s because she is ____child.

　　A. one B. a lone C. a single D. an only

　　5.____the factors already referred to, people sometimes feel insecure because their motives are misunderstood by others.

　　A. But for B. Except for C. Apart from D. Except that

　　6. If the scheme is ____carried out without waste of time or energy I shall be completely satisfied.

　　A.relatively B. noticeably C. appropriately D. efficiently

　　7. One day we all may find it useful to have a(n) ____for sending documents, writing any pictures across the telephone lines.

　　A. receiver B. echo C. extension D. facility

　　8. To their credit the Department of Energy ____these ideas and funded a detailed study.

　　A. took over B. took on C. took up D. took to

　　9. Feeling that she was in the right, she took ____at the dirty remark.

　　A. protection B. offense C. defense D. guard

　　10. They agreed to share in common any ____of funds after all expenses were paid in full.

　　A. sufficiency B. surpass C. excess D. surplus