168. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.

A. average　　 B. ordinary　　 C. regular　　 D. normal

[答案]D. normal

[注釋]normal正常的；ordinary普通的；usual平常的；regular有規(guī)律的，定期的。

167. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store.

A. anyone　　 B. the others　　 C. that　　 D. the ones

[答案]D. the ones

[注釋]代詞one可以用來替代前面提到過的名詞，以避免重復(fù)。如果它替代的名詞是復(fù)數(shù)，則用ones。本題中它代替refrigerators；因特指，故用the ones.

166. His landlady gave him a week's _____ to leave the flat.

　 A. threat　　 B. notice　　 C. advice　　 D. caution

[答案]B. notice.

[注釋]notice預(yù)先通知(尤用雇主、雇員或房東、房客之間)：give one's employee a month's notice (通知雇員一個月后離職)。

本題譯文：他的女房東通知他一周后從套間搬走。

165. Her skirt had been so _____ in packing that she had to iron it before going out.

　 A. faded　　 B. torn　　 C. dirty　　 D. crushed

[答案]D. crushed.

[注釋]crush把......弄皺。因為后半句中iron指“熨平”，所以不能選其他答案了。

164. Some people either _____ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

A. violently B. sincerely　 C. properly　 D. deliberately

[答案]D. deliberately.

[注釋]deliberately(=on purpose)故意地。Sincerely真誠地；violently強(qiáng)暴的，激烈的，暴力引起的。properly 1)好好地，恰當(dāng)?shù)�；She never makes any attempt to clean it properly.(她從來也不打算好好地把它擦干凈。) 2)嚴(yán)格地：Properly speaking, a whale is not a fish.(嚴(yán)格地說，鯨魚不是魚。)

163. If he refuses to _____ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative.

　 A. put up with　　 　B. fall in with

　 C. do away with　　 D. get along with

[答案]B. fall in with.

[注釋]fall in with(=agree to)同意：Is it true that you have fallen in with them?(你真的同意他們的意見嗎？)put up with忍受。do away with廢除；殺死。get along with進(jìn)行，進(jìn)展；相處。

本題譯文：如果他不肯同意我的計劃，我或許能找一個更能合作的人。

162. The noise was so _____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.

　 A. dim　　 B. soft　　 C. faint　　 D. gentle

[答案]c. faint.

[注釋]faint(=weak, indistinct; not clear)“微弱的，模糊的，不清楚的”。Dim(=not bright, not clearly to be seen)不亮的，看不清的；the dim light of a candle(微弱的燭光)。

161. In my opinion, you can widen the _____ of these improvements through your active participation.

　 A. dimension　　 B. volume　　 C. magnitude　　 D. scope

[答案]D. scope.

[注釋]scope(=the area within the limits of a questions, subject ect. ; range)(活動)范圍，機(jī)會，余地：The politics of a country would be outside the scope of a book for tourists.(一個國家的政治不屬于旅游手冊的內(nèi)容范圍之內(nèi)。)

dimension尺寸，尺度；magnitude大小，數(shù)量；volume體積。均不切題，不能入選。

本題譯文：依我看，通過你的積極參與，你能夠擴(kuò)大這些改進(jìn)措施的范圍。

160. While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping _____ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.

　 A. occasionally　　 B. simultaneously

　 C. eventually 　　　D. directly

[答案]A. occasionally.

[注釋]occasionally 偶爾。參閱IV。137注釋。Simultaniously同時地；　 directly直接

159. The lawyer was expected to _____ some proposals after reading all those documents.

　 A. come up with　　 B. put up with

　 C. look up to 　　　D. keep up with

[答案]A. come up with.

[注釋]come up with提出。參閱Ⅲ，33。注釋。Put up with忍受；keep up with跟上，與......保持一致；look up to尊敬。