1.Extensive reporting on television has helped to ____interest in a wide variety of sports and activities.

　　A) gather B) generate C)assemble D)yield

　　答案：B generate interest in sth. 意为“产生兴趣”，其他搭配不正确

　　2.He made such a____ contribution to the university that they are naming one of the new buildings alter him.

　　A) genuine B) minimum C) modest D) generous

　　答案：D 句中contribution 作“捐献，捐助”解，按照此句的意思，这里应选用表示“慷慨”的形容词修饰contribution ，闪此选项D) generous 是答案.。genuine 修饰事物时，意思是“真实的”。modest 意为适中的，不过分的”。minimum意为“最少的，最低的”。

　　3.The jeweler assured Mr. White that the stone was a ____diamond and not an imitation.

　　A) genuine B)graceful C)glittering D)genius

　　答案：A genuine 真的，真正的( 非假造的或虚假的);真实的，(感情)真诚的。graceful 优美的，娴雅的。glittering灿灿发光的，闪光的。genius 天才;有天才的人。

　　4.China gave this country two pandas as ____ of friendship.

　　A) gesture B)picture C)pattern D)shape

　　答案：A gesture 表明态度和姿态(通常是友好的)。

　　5.His face will not ____what his brain is seeing.

　　A) draw in B) hold up C) turn off D) give away

　　答案：D give away 泄露(机密)，暴露(自己的情况)。draw in 吸进来。hold up 举起。turn off 关上。

　　6.You have nothing to____ by refusing to listen to our advice

　　.A) gain B) grasp C) seize D)earn

　　答案：A gain 表示“收益，得到”，符合题意。抓住(B)，夺取(C)和挣得(D)，不符合题意。

　　7.Now the____ between the rich and the poor countries has become even wider.

　　A) different B) differ C) gap D)distinction

　　答案：C different 不同的，为形容词。differ与……不同，差别，为动词。句中需要的是主语，故A、B均错。gap 差异，差距。distinction 区别。由rich与poor可知为贫富差异，应选C，句意：现在贫国与富国间的差距已变得越来越大

　　8.The little boy____ his hiding place when he coughed.

　　A) gave away B) gave off C) gave up D) gave in答案：A give away“赠送;泄露”。give sth. off“释放，发出(气味等)”。give up “停止，放弃，辞去”。give in“认输，让步，屈服;交上，呈上”。The rebels were forced to give in. 叛军被迫投降。本句意为：小男孩的咳嗽声暴露了他的藏身之处。

　　9.The floor was so rotten that it almost ____ under his weight.

　　A) gave away B) gave over C) gave way D) gave up

　　答案：C give away“泄露;捐赠”。give over“停止;交付”，give way“不能支持，塌下去”。give up“放弃;辞去”。地板烂成这样子，都快被他的体重压塌了。

　　10.Ever since the rise of industrialism. education has been____ towards producingworkers.

　　A) harnessed B) hatched C) motivated D) geared

　　答案：D gear(to) 使适合：we have to gear our lives to the new changes. harness 控制和利用(自然力以发电) 。hatch 孵化;炮制，制定。motivate 是……的动机，引起，驱使。

　　11.In Britain today women_____ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half of the mothers with children are in paid work.

　　A) build up

　　B) stand for

　　C) make up

　　D) conform to

　　答案：C make up 表示“占……的比例”。建立(A) ;表示(B) ;与……一致(D) ，不合题意。

　　12.He tried to____ a story to cover his faults, but the teacher saw him in

　　A) make in

　　B) make up

　　C) make sense

　　D) make for

　　答案：B make up 编造，符合题意。

　　13.The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of money could _____.

　　A) stand up to

　　B) make up for

　　C) come up with

　　D) put up with

　　答案：B make up for 弥补。stand up to 经受，抗住，经得起。Come up with 提出(方案、建议、解决办法等) 。put up with 忍受，容忍。

　　14.He tried to _____ the lost time _____ staying up late.

　　A) make up with, with

　　B) make up with, by

　　C) make up for, with

　　D) make up for, by

　　答案D make up for 补偿。

　　15.Sometimes it is good_____ to ask a lady to go in front of you.

　　A) manners

　　B) politeness

　　C) manner

　　D) way

　　答案：A good manners：有礼貌，属固定搭配。