2. A. series B. course C. number D. few
few adj. (通常作定语) 与复数可数名词和动词复数形式连用
3. A. lighten B. deduce C. minus D. reduce
lighten (使某物)变轻 eg. lighten a burden
deduce 推断
minus 减法
reduce 减去
4. A. rise B. raise C. remove D. extend
rise vi.
raise\ vt.
extend 伸长、延长
5. A. creating B. producing C. making D. taking
create 创造
make 赚得、获得、取得
eg. She makes $15,000 a year. 她一年挣1万5千美圆。
He made a fortune by the stock market. 他在股票交易中发了财。
6. A. see B. notice C. glance D. consider
7. A. Luckily B. Finally C. Reluctantly D. Pleasantly
Reluctantly 不情愿的
8. A. gradual B. temporary C. great D. slight
9. A. property B. health C. food D. fancy
10. A. struggling B. business C. miserable D. competitive
business n. commercial adj.
Passage 20
About a hundred years ago, a baby tiger was found in a wild forest in India. At that time, a ship was just getting ready to sail for England and so it was decided that he should __1__ to London.
In those days there were no steamships, and it took many __2__ for a ship to sail from India to England. The Little tiger soon __3__ himself at home on board the ship and he was liked by everyone.
He was not __4__ to do any harm, and so he was allowed to run __5__ as he wished. He was always ready for a game with anyone who had time to play. He slept with the sailors. He took his food __6__ their hands. He raced with them on the deck.
He was very fond of meat, and now and then he would steal a piece from the cook's room. One day a cook __7__ him, just as he __8__ a piece of meat, and gave him a good beating. But after that he was __9__ friendly to the cook as to anyone __10__.
1. A. go B. sail C. be sent D. be passed
2. A. months B. goods C. time D. times
3. A. got B. kept C. made D. took
made 常见的用法:make oneself at home
4. A. glad B. willing C. eager D. large enough
5. A. across B. about C. back D. out
run across 偶然碰见
6. A. on B. from C. of D. within
race with/ against sb. 参加速度竞赛
eg. The lorries were racing against each other.
一辆辆的卡车在争先恐后地行使。
be fond of 喜欢
7. A. caught B. realized C. invited D. had seen
8. A. ate B. had eaten C. had stolen D. was stealing
9. A. such B. that C. as D. so
10. A. else B. as well C. too D. either