178. It has always been the _____ of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities.

A. plan　　 B. campaign　　 C. procedure　　 D. policy

[答案]D. policy.

[注釋]policy(尤指政黨、政府、大企業(yè)、商行等的)政策，方針。Campaign(政治或競選的)運動；(軍事的)行動，procedure做事的手續(xù)、程序，rule規(guī)則，plan計劃，均不合題意。

本題譯文：本公司的一貫方針是鼓勵工人參加社會活動。

177. The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

　 A. element　 B. spot　　 C. sense　　 D. point

[答案]D. point.

[注釋]point(=chief idea of sth. said, done, or planned)要點；論點，主旨：I don't see your point.(我不明白你的意思。)He said nothing to the point.(他說的不切題。)

176. When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had _____ to visit London on business.

A. opportunity B. possibility　 C. occasion D. chance

[答案]C. occasion

[注釋] occasion 作可數(shù)名詞時，意為“時機”，作不可數(shù)名詞時，意為“必要”，本題中occasion意為“必要”。從句語法結(jié)構(gòu)上看，本句中用opportunity(難得的)機會，chance(偶然的)機會均可，但按邏輯意思，應(yīng)用occasion.

175. The managing director promised that he would _____ me as soon as he had any further information.

　 A. communicate　　 B. notice　　 C. notify　　 D. note

[答案]C. notify.

[注釋]notify通知。Notice n.通知；v.注意到；note n.筆記；v.記下，摘下。

174. These plastic flowers look so _____ that many people think they are real.

A. beautiful　　 B. natural　　 C. artificial　　 D. similar

[答案]B. natural.

[注釋]natural自然的，與后半句“許多人認為它們是真的”相呼應(yīng)。

173. When the big bills for mother's hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____.

　 A. fall short of　　 B. fall through

　 C. fall back on 　　D. fall in with

[答案]C. fall back on.

[注釋]fall back on求助于。參閱Ⅲ.48注釋。

Fall short of沒達到，低于：1)He fell short of what we had expected.(他沒有達到我們的期望。) 2)The measures proposed fall far short of what is required.(所提出的這些措施遠沒達到需要的 目標。)Fall in with與......一致，符合；同意，贊成，支持。Fall through落空。參閱Ⅲ.49注釋。

本題譯文：母親在醫(yī)院就醫(yī)的各種帳單送來時，父親高興的是他可用銀行里的存款來支付。

172. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more _____.

　A. at length　　 B. at last　　 C. at stake　　 D. at ease

[答案]C. at stake.

[注釋]at stake(=to be won or lost; risked, depending upon the result of sth.)在危險中；利害攸關(guān)；His life itself was at stake.(他的生命本身瀕臨危險。);　 at last最終；at length詳細地；at ease安詳，自在，隨便，不拘束：She knew he was not at ease.(她知道，他并不自在。)

本題譯文：農(nóng)民們比城里人更渴望魚，因為雨水對農(nóng)民來說關(guān)系更大。

171. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.

　A. process　 B. attention　　 C. measure　　 D. part

[答案]D. part.

[注釋]take part in參加。

本題譯文：顯然，整個世界正經(jīng)歷著一場社會革命；科學(xué)家和技術(shù)人員必定是這場革命地主要參加者。

170. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

A. acquainted B. informed　 C. enlightened 　D. advised

[答案]A. acquainted.

[注釋]be acquainted with熟悉，be well informed of(about)對......消息靈通�？梢姡�此題中應(yīng)用acquainted,因為后面地介詞是with.

169. With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is _____ rapidly transformed.

A. anything but B. more or less　 C. at large　 D. any more

[答案]B. more or less.

[注釋]more or less 或多或少地；anything but根本不；at large大體上；逍遙法外；詳細地。

本題譯文：隨著經(jīng)濟基礎(chǔ)的改變，整個龐大的上層建筑也或多或少地發(fā)生變革。