1、The writer was always looking for suitable _____ to use in his next story.
A. contents B. articles C. notions D. ideas
2、He gave me some very _____ advice on buying a house.
A. precious B. worthy C. precise D. valuable
3、You will get to the church more quickly if you take this _____ across the fields.
A. track B. passage C. method D. journey
4、A landing on Mars is within the _____ of current physical theory.
A. scheme B. scope C. scrap D. scale
5、He was _____ by a bee when he was collecting the honey.
A. scratched B. pricked C. stung D. bitten
参考答案&解析:
1、D. ideas.
[注释] idea(= thought; picture in mind)念头,思想,想法。
2、D. valuable.
[注释] valuable 宝贵的,有价值的,常可修饰advice, suggestion, assistance, discovery等名词。 precious“贵重的”如: precious metals(贵金 属),precious stone(宝石)。
3、A. track.
[注释] track(=path made by frequent use)意指“(常走而踏成的)小径”,如:a track across the moor(越过荒野的小径)。passage“通路”,如:force a passage through a crowd(在人群中挤出的一条通路). 可见此处选passage不妥.
4、B . scope.
[注释] scope 范围,活动范围,理解犯围: 1 Many words are outside the scope of this dictionary. (许多单词是超出了这本词典的范围.) 2 Very hard words are not within the scope of a child's understanding。(非常难懂的词是超出了一个孩子的理解范围.) 3 Economics is beyond the scope of a child's mind.(经济学是孩子理解不了的.)
5、C. stung.
[注释] sting 刺,蛰,叮。在英语中蜜蜂蛰用 sting ;而蚊子“叮”用 bite, 如: A mosquito just bit me.(狗、蛇,咬),钧用 bite ,scratch 搔,prick vt. 扎(穿),刺(穿).