1. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.
A. guilt
B. charge
C. blame
D. accusation
[答案] C. blame.
[注釋]take the blame for 對(duì)......承擔(dān)責(zé)任。Take charge of 負(fù)責(zé)管理 (照顧) 。[注意]charge 前無冠詞the.
2. The worker agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands.
A. call for
B. call forth
C. call off
D. call up
[答案] C. call off
[注釋] 詳見III,25,26注釋。
3. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____ what color it was.
A. look out
B. make out
C. get across
D. take after
[答案] B. make out
[注釋] 詳見III,123注釋。
4. He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted.
A. eventually
B. yet
C. finally
D. accordingly
[答案] D. accordingly.
[注釋]accordingly (=for that reason, therefore) 因此, 所以。
5. It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn't like.
A. attempt
B. trouble
C. power
D. effort
[答案] D. effort.
[注釋] effort (作可數(shù)名詞用) (=vigorous attempt) 努力的嘗試:Does it require a great effort of will to give up smoking? (戒煙需要堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的毅力嗎?)