1. Knowing that the cruel criminal has done a lot of unlawful things, I feel sure that I have no___ but to report him to the local police.
A. time
B. chance
C. authority
D. alternative
2. Behind his large smiles and large cigars, his eyes often seemed to___ regret.
A. teem with
B. brim with
C. come with
D. look with
3. They are always ready to___ heavy responsibilities.
A. take in
B. take on
C. put on
D. put in
4. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young one has a glorious future before him and the old one has a___ future behind him.
A. splendid
B. conspicuous
C. uproarious
D. imminent
5. That tragedy distressed me so much that I used to keep indoors and go out only ___ necessity.
A. within reach of
B. for fear of
C. by means of
D. in case of
6. A young man sees a sunset and is unable to understand or express the emotion that it___ in him, concludes that it must be the gateway to a world that lies beyond.
A. reflects
B. retains
C. rouses
D. radiates
7. ___ the heat to a simmer and continue to cook for another 8-10 minutes or until most of the water has evaporated.
A. Turn off
B. turn over
C. Turn down
D. Turn up
8. Banks shall be unable to___ or claim relief against the first 15% of any loan or bankrupted debt left with them.
A. write off
B. put aside
C. shrink from
D. come over
参考解析：
1.【答案】D. 句子的意思是，“得知这个残忍的罪犯做了很多犯法的事情，我认为自己必须向当地警察报告。除此之外，我别无___。”句子中的have no...but to do something是个固定用法，no的后面一定是choice一类的词，意为“只能……，没有其他选择”四个选项中，alternative的意思相当于choice，因此是正确答案。authority意为“权威性，决定权”。time(时间)和chance(机会)显然也与题意不符。
2.【答案】B. 从所给信息看，句子的大意是“在他绽开的笑容和嘴中含着的巨大的雪茄背后，眼睛里似乎常常带着忧郁”。brim的本意是指“容器的内边缘”如:fill the pot to the brim(把锅盛满)。动词短语brim with something意为“充满……”、“…满得快要溢出”，此处符合题意。再如:His eyes brimmed with tears。(她双眼都是泪。Teem with的意思也是“充满”，但一般与数量有关，不与抽象名词连用。如:His report teems with figures. (他的报告充满了大量数据。)come with意为“以……出现”;look with意为“以……方式去看”。
3.【答案】B. 四个选项的意思分别是take in接受，吸收，理解，呈现;take on承担，接纳;put on穿上，添上;put in放入，提交。进入。句意是，他们随时准备担起重任所以正确答案是B选项，如He is unwilling to take on heavy responsibilities(他不原承担重任。)
4.【答案】A. 句子冒号后是个排比句，说明“老人和年轻人只有一点不同”，一个是future before him一个是future behind him。因此，空白处的形容词的意义应该与glorious(光明的)相近，即splendid，意为“辉煌的”。另外，此处的before和behind若译成汉语，意义与英语的恰好相反。此句的译文是“老年人和年轻人只有一点不同:年轻人的成功机会在今后，而老年人的成功经历在过去”。imminent意为“将要发生的”；uproarious意为“喧嚣的，今人捧腹大笑的”；conspicuous意为“显著的，令人注目的”。
5.【答案】D. 原句意思是“那场悲剧使我情绪很低落，我那时候经常把自己关在房间里。只有___时候才出去一下”。根据上下文，应该是在“需要的时候或万不得已的时候”，所以用in case of，表示“假如，万一”。如:In case of fire，ring the alarm bell.(如遇火警，即按警铃。)for fear of意为“生怕，以免”，如:He got to the station early, for fear of missing her(他到车站很早，生怕见不着她。)within reach of意为“在可及范围之内”;by means of意为“用，依靠”。
6.【答案】C. 原句意思是“年轻人看到日落的时候，对日落在自己心中所引起的情感难以理解，也不好表达，便说那一定是通向太阳后面的那个世界的入口"。rouse的意思为to make someone more active interested or excited，即“引起，唤起”，恰好符合题意。再例如:We do not want to rouse any suspicions(我们并不想引起任何疑虑。)reflect意为“反射，考虑”;retain意为“保留，维持”;radiate意为“发光，射出”。
7.【答案】C. 从所给信息可知，有空白处的前半句意思是“把火拧小到煨炖饭菜的那个点(to a simmer)”。因此，应该turn down，意为“关小”。Turn off意为“关掉”;turn over意为“翻转”;turn up意为“开大”。
8.【答案】A. write off为固定词组，可以表示“(把欠债、账)取消或一笔勾销”，在此句中，意思是“把任何借款或者由于破产而引起的欠债一笔勾销”。再如:He generously agreed to write off the debt in return for certain services(他很慷慨地同意如果对方提供某些服务。可以把其欠债一笔勾销。)put aside意为“存蓄，留下”;shrink from意为“萎缩”;come over意为“(从远处)来到”，都不符合句意。本句可以译为“决不允许银行勾销其借款或不归还其借款的15%利率，或者勾销其由于破产而引起的债务”。
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