摸底：Unit 8（二）
    54. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.
    A) pensions
    B) earnings
    C) salaries
    D) donations
    注：pensions 養(yǎng)老金
    55. There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.
    A) appliance
    B) accessory
    C) machine
    D) mechanism
    56. After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.
    A) deteriorated
    B) dispersed
    C) dissipated
    D) drained
    注：1. drain （強調(diào)結(jié)果）耗盡
     2. disperse （強調(diào)過程）
     3. dissipate （強調(diào)過程）
    57. No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep.
    A) deprived
    B) ripped
    C) stripped
    D) contrived
    注：deprive of 剝奪（六級最愛）
    58. For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.
    A) depressed
    B) immersed
    C) oppressed
    D) cursed
    注：1. oppress 壓制 2. curse 詛咒
    59. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
    A) harnessed
    B) hatched
    C) motivated
    D) geared
    注：gear 調(diào)整以適應(yīng)
    60. The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries.
    A) provoked
    B) irritated
    C) inspired
    D) hoisted
    注：provoke 引起，引發(fā)
    61. The suspect ______ that he had not been in the neighbourhood at the time of the crime.
    A) advocated
    B) alleged
    C) addressed
    D) announced
    62. Although the colonists ______ to some extent with the native Americans , the Indians’ influence on American culture and language was not extensive.
    A) migrated
    B) matched
    C) mingled
    D) melted
    注：mingle 混合（六級最愛）