1. The manager promised to have my complaint ______.
A. looked through B. looked into C. looked over D. looked after
2. His tastes and habits ______with those of his wife.
A. combine B. compete C. coincide D. compromise
3. Being somewhat short sighted, she had the habit of ______at people.
A. glancing B. peering C. gazing D. scanning
4. The ______runner can run 2 miles in fifteen minutes.
A. common B. usual C. average D. general
5. The travelers ______their journey after a short break.
A. recovered B. resumed C. renewed D. restored
6. My friend does one thing one day and just the ______the next. His behavior is inconsistent.
A. other B. alternative C. negative D. opposite
7. The terrorists might have planted a bomb on the plane in Athens, set to______ when it arrived in New York.
A. get off B. carry off C. go off D. come off
8. Attempts to persuade her to stay after she felt insulted were ______.
A. of no avail B. on the contrary C. at a loss D. in no way
1. 答案：B
句意：经理答应对我的投诉进行调查。
解析：look into意为“调查”;look through意为“温习，浏览”;look over意为“审查(帐目)，端详”;look after意为“关心，照应”。
2. 答案：C
句意：他们夫妻习惯爱好都一样。
解析：coincide意为“巧合”。其他三个词和介词with搭配的意思分别为：combine with意为“与…结合/联合”;compromise with意为“跟…妥协”;compete with意为“与…竞争或进行比赛”。
3. 答案：C
句意：她眼睛有点近视，习惯盯着看人。
解析：gazing意为“凝视”;glance意为“看一眼，扫视;peer意为“好奇而吃力地看”;scan意为“浏览，审视”。
4. 答案：C
句意：一般跑步的人15分钟可以跑2英里。
解析：average意为“一般的，普通的(人)”;common意为“普通的，常见的(强调与特殊的区别)”;usual意为“通常的，寻常的(强调经常发生形成惯例的，一般不修饰表示“人”的名词)”;general意为“一般的，普通的(强调涉及到方方面面，修饰人时主要指“只有普通知识的，无需特别技能的人”)。
5. 答案：B
句意：短暂休息后，旅行者们又上路了。
解析：resume意为“恢复(原来的活动)”;recover意为“恢复(健康)”;renew意为“使更新，使振奋”;restore意为“修复，整修，恢复(指保持物体本来面目)。”
6. 答案：D
句意：我有个朋友做起事来，今天这样，明天那样，前后不一致。
解析：opposite意为“相反的东西”;other前加the表示“另一个”;alternative意为“供选择的东西”;negative作名词时，意为“否定”。
7. 答案：C
句意：恐怖分子可能在雅典把炸弹安在飞机上，定在飞机到达纽约时爆炸。
解析：go off意为“爆炸”;get off意为“下(车，马等)，发出(信件等);carry off意为“夺得(比赛名次)，夺去(生命)，巧妙地应付”;come off意为“从…离开，举行，进行。”
8. 答案：A
句意：她受了一肚子气，再怎么劝他留下来也是白费口舌。
解析：of no avail意为“无用，无益”;on the contrary意为“相反地”;at a loss意为“困惑，不知所措”;in no way 意为“决不，一点也不”。
翻译：Perhaps the best sign of how computer and internet use pushes up demand for paper comes from the high-tech industry itself, which sees printing as one of its most promising new market.
参考译文：或许，表明电脑及因特网使用促进人们对于纸张的需求的最好迹象源于高科技产业本身，印刷业被认为是高科技产业极有前景的新市场之一。
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