78. With prices _____ so much, it's hard for the company to plan a budget.

A.fluctuating　 B.waving　 C.swinging　 D.vibrating

[答案] A. fluctuating

[注釋]本句前一部分是"with+名詞+現(xiàn)在分詞短語"的獨立結(jié)構(gòu), 做狀語。Fluctuate (=move up and down) (指物價, 標準等的) 波動。如：Prices fluctuate from year to year. (物價年年波動) wave飄揚, 揮舞; 招手; (莊稼的) 波動。Swing擺動, 搖擺; vibrate振動�？梢�, 根據(jù)題意, 只能選A. fluctuating.

77. Her work is often very hard and she gets very tired. The work is _____.

A.wonderful　 B.splendid　 C.tedious　 D.magnificent

[答案] C. tedious .

[注釋] tedious (=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting) "沉悶的, 厭煩的, 乏味的”。Splendid 壯麗的, 輝煌的, 極好的。magnificent 壯麗的, 宏偉的：It was a magnificent ceremony. (這是一次盛大隆重的儀式)。

76. The engineers have rejected the employers' proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in _____.

A. opposition　 B. return C. sympathy D. readiness

[答案] C. sympathy.

[注釋] in sympathy 以示同情, come out 此處意為 (=declare oneself) 表明態(tài)度, 所以come out in sympathy 意為“表示同情”。In return 作為報答, 如：I wanted nothing in return . (我不要什么報答。) collaboration協(xié)作, 如：work in collaboration with sb. (與某人協(xié)力合作) 。Opposition 反對, 如：rise in opposition to (起來反對) 。readiness 準備 (狀態(tài)); 待機, 如：having everything in readiness for departure (做好一切準備, 以便出發(fā))。

75. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.

　 A. news　　 B. print　　 C. publication　　 D. press

[答案] B. print.

[注釋]in print是習語, 意指“印出來, 發(fā)表出來”, 如：She finally saw her novel in print. (她終于看到他的小說出版了。) in print 的另一個意思是“在印行, 還在發(fā)行”, 如：This book is still in print. (這本書還在發(fā)行, 可以買到) 反義詞是out of print , 意指“不在印行, 買不到了。”如：The book you speak of is out of print. (你說到的那本書已不在發(fā)行了。)

74. Although it is not our normal _____ to give credit, this time I think we should consider the matter more closely.

　 A. state　　 B. intention　　 C. occasion　　 D. practice

[答案] D. practice.

[注釋]practice (=way of doing sth. That is common or habitual; sth. done regularly) 做法, 慣例 ：It is my practice always to rise early. To give credit 讓賒欠：No credit is given at this shop. (這家商店概不賒欠。)

73. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.

　 A. poured　　 B. melted　　 C. drew　　 D. dismissed

[答案] A. poured.

[注釋]pour 此處意為：涌出, 涌來, 如：People poured out to the rally. (人們踴躍參加群眾大會。)

72. My house is the only brick one on the street. It _____ and you can't miss it.

A. stands up　 B. looks out　 C. sticks out　 D. wipes out

[答案] C. stick out.

[注釋]stick out (=protrude, project) 伸出, 突出; 顯露, 顯眼：1) The doctor asked him to stick his tongue out. 2) Spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. (這篇作文中拼寫錯誤很顯眼。) stick out (=endure to the end) 堅持到底; If you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. (假如你能在堅持一下, 一切都會好起來。)

wipe out 擦去, 消滅, 參看III.193.注釋.

71. He stopped his ears with his hands to _____ the terrible noise.

　 A. show off　　 B. cut out　　 C. keep from　　 D. shut out

[答案] D. shut out.

[注釋]shut out排除。參看IV.64。show off炫耀; cut out刪掉; keep from; 1) 隱瞞; She kept the truth from me. (她向我隱瞞真相。) 2) 不沾, 避開; He keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。) 3) 使不做某事：She kept herself from laughing. (她沒有笑出來。)

70. Having lived in the town for quite a few years, Mr. Johnson no longer felt _____ among the local people.

　 A. out of order　 　　B. out of place

　 C. out of control　　 D. out of the question

[答案] B. out of place.

[注釋]out of place (=in the wrong place or at the wrong time; not suitable; improper) (作表語用) 不適宜, 不得體：1) Joan was the only girl who wore a formal at the party, and she felt out of place. (=She felt embarrassed because her dress was not suitable for the party.) 2) It was out of place for Russell to laugh at the old lady. (=It was not proper; she should not have done it.) 此外,out of place (=not in the right usual place or position) (作狀語用) 不在原來通常的地方：Helen fell and knocked one of her teeth out of place. Out of order 發(fā)生故障; 失調(diào)。Out of control 失去控制。Out of the question 不可能的。

69. Voices were _____ as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered.

A. swollen　 B. raised　 C. developed　 D. increased

[答案] B. raised.

[注釋]raise (=lift up) one's voice提高嗓門, 高聲叫喊。Raise one's voice against sth. 意為“為抗議某事而大聲疾呼”, 如：As no one raised his voice against the plan, it was agreed on. (因為沒有人發(fā)表反對意見, 該計劃就一致通過了。) voice的常用習語有：the public voice (輿論) , under one's voice (小聲地) , with one voice (異口同聲地,一致地) ,lose one's voice (嗓子啞了, 說不出話來) , have no voice with (對某事無發(fā)言權(quán))。