18. With hard work over the past half century and more, China has _________ great progress.

　　A. acquired B. obtained C. achieved D. gained

　　【答案】C 近义词的辨析是新课标考查的重点。句意“经过半个多世纪的努力，中国已经取得巨大的进步”。achieve great progress“取得巨大的进步”主要强调由于极大的努力,克服困难后达到目标;acquire 指经过不懈努力才获得的技术,知识等抽象的东西,也指养成习惯等;obtain指经过努力或付出代价或经过很长时间儿得到所需要的东西;gain 指需要做出比obtain 更大的努力,往往指通过竞争获得某些有价值的东西。

　　19. At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it _____ his mind that she was trying to tell him something.

　　A. crossed B. passed C. occurred D. opened

　　【答案】A. .cross (enter)one's mind 想起：

　　1)A sudden thought crossed my mind.

　　2)It never crossed my mind that he might refuse the request. (我从来没有想到他可能会拒绝这个请求。)如用pass through, 例如：When Jane did not come home by midnight, many terrible fears passed through Mother's mind. (=Mother thought of many things that might have happened to Jane.)occur的用法如下：1)That view of the case did not occur to me before. (对这个案件的那种看法以前我没有想到过。)2)It occurred to her that she might adopt a homeless child.(她想到，她可以收养一个无家可归的孩子。)关于"想起"的以上三种表达法考生务必弄懂熟记。这些词组和句形不仅在词汇测试中经常遇到，而且在短文写作时也可以使用。本题译文：起初鲍玻对弗吉尼亚的挥手致意感到迷惑，但后来他想到，她想告诉他某事。

　　20. When college students _____ future employment, they often think of status, income, and prestige.

　　A. demand B. assume C. apply D. anticipate

　　【答案】D。anticipate vt预料，期望，预望：The first question is one the John has anticipated. (第一个问题是约翰已经预料到的.) anticipate +n/anticipate that; anticipate doing sth; I anticipated seeing you soon.

　　21. Alice _____ her father that both she and her husband would be happy if he would live with them.

　　A. convinced B. reinforced C. pledged D. required

　　【答案】A。convince sb. +that从句意为"使……相信，说服……"。注意这个单词的其他用法：

　　convince sb of sth; I tried to convince them of his innocence. convince sb to do sth; We convinced him to go by car. convinced adj Be convinced of/that;I am convinced of his guilt./I am convinced that he is guilty. convincing adj令人信服的reinforce 加强，增强。pledge发誓，保证.

　　22. I caught a _____ of the car before it disappeared around the bend.

　　A. glance B. glimpse C. glare D. stare

　　【答案】B。catch (or get) a glimpse of瞥见(强调行为的结果) I caught a glimpse of her in the crowd.我在人群中瞥见了他。take a glance (or look) at看一眼(强调行为过程本身)。Take a glance at the Tv programs 瞄一下电视节目

　　23. The car salesman took the customer for a driver in the new model in order to _____ its improvedfeatures.

　　A. advocate B. demonstrate C. exhibit D. reveal

　　【答案】B。demonstrate(=show clearly by giving proof or example)以实物说明，示范，展示 The salesman demonstrated the new personal computer. advocate拥护,提倡。exhibit展览,陈列。reveal揭示,暴露。

　　24. After dinner the minister made a short _____ to the guests.

　　A. delivery B. pronunciation C. conversation D. speech

　　【答案】D。make a speech to sb.(向某人做演讲)。make conversation with sb.(和某人闲谈conversation常与下列动词搭配:get (enter) into conversation with(和……攀谈起来),have a conversation with(与……谈话),interrupt (break off) conversation(中断谈话),turn the conversation to other matters(把话题转到其他问题上)delivery常指"(演讲等的)说话方式,口才",如: His report was good, but his delivery was poor.( 他的报告内容很好,但他的口才太差)。

　　25. The old man got into the _____ of storing money under the bed.

　　A. tradition B. habit C. use D. custom

　　【答案】B。get into the habit of doing sth.意为"养成了做……的习惯"。habit指个人的习惯,而custom则指社会的风俗习惯。tradition"传统

　　26. One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.

　　A. disposed B. deserted C. isolated D. abandoned

　　【答案】C。isolated 孤立的。Deserted被遗弃的;空无一人的a deserted house 空无一人的房屋;abandoned丢弃的，如;abandoned cars(因报废而丢弃的汽车)。Dispose of sth. 处理掉某物：He disposed of his old car .(他把旧的汽车处理掉了。)意为卖掉或扔掉等。

　　27.It‘s bad ____ for a man to smoke in the public places where smoking is not allowed.

　　A. behavior B. action C. manner D. movement

　　【答案】A。behavior意思为"举止，行为";action "动作";manner"方式"; movement "运动，行动"。

　　28.Before the final examination, many students have shown ____ of tension. Some have trouble in sleeping while others have lost their appetite.

　　A. anxiety B. marks C. signs D. remarks

　　【答案】C。anxiety与 tension 同义，意思为"紧张";mark"记号，痕迹"; sign"迹象，现象，标记"; remark"评论"。根据句意，应为show signs of tension"表现出紧张的样子"。

　　29. When you do exercises, your heart works better. It is able to______ more blood while beating more slowly.

　　A. produce B. pump C. increase D. bump

　　【答案】B.“泵入更多的血”。A.“产生”;C.“增加”;D.“碰，撞”。

　　30.―Yangyang carried off the first winter Olympic _____ medal for China.

　　―Great! What ____ she won for our motherland!

　　A. golden; honour B. gold; honor C. golden; honors D. gold; honors

　　【答案】B。根据句意可以知道，第一空"金牌"意思为"含金之物"，应用gold作定语，而golden为比喻性形容词，意思为"金色的"。例如golden rice"金黄色的稻子";第二空 honor 在此意思为"荣誉，光荣"，是不可数名词……