1. The city center was wiped out by the bomb.
    A. covered
    B. reduced
    C. destroyed
    D. moved
    2. The contempt he felt for his fellow students was obvious.
    A. need
    B. love
    C. hate
    D. pity
    3. A larg crowd assembled outside the American embassy.
    A. watched
    B. shouted
    C. walked
    D. gathered
    4. He inspired many young people to take up sports.
    A. allowed
    B. encouraged
    C. called
    D. advised
    5. The storm caused severe damage.
    A. serious
    B. physical
    C. accidental
    D. enviromental
    6 I think $7 a drink is a bit steep, don't you?
    A. tight
    B. low
    C. cheap
    D. high
    7. Do we have to wear these name tags?
    A. lists
    B. forms
    C. lables
    D. codes
    8. Most baby can take in a wide range of food easily.
    A. bring
    B. keep
    C. serve
    D. digest
    9. Joe came to the window as the crowd chanted “Joe,Joe,Joe”
    A. repeated
    B. jumped
    C. maintained
    D. approached
    10. What puzzles me is why his books are so popular.
    A. shocks
    B. influences
    C. confuses
    D. concerns
    11. All the flats in the building had the same layout.
    A. color
    B. arrangement
    C. size
    D. function
    12. The weather was crisp and clear and you could see the mountains fifty miles away.
    A. fresh
    B. hot
    C. heavy
    D. windy
    13. The walls are made of hollow concret blocks.
    A. big
    B. long
    C. new
    D. empty
    14. Our aim was to update the health service and we succeeded.
    A. modernize
    B. offer
    C. provide
    D. fund
    15. Her comments about men are utterly ridiculous.
    A. slightly
    B. partly
    C. completely
    D. Faintly
    1 C wipe out是個(gè)短語,意思是'消滅、摧毀‘ 和動(dòng)詞destroy 同義。又如：The whole
    town was wiped out by the landslide.
    2 C 在四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中和contempt （蔑枧） 意義最接近的是hate,pity 的意思是 “憐憫”。
    3 D assemble 是“集結(jié)” 的意思,gather是具有這一詞義的最普通的一個(gè)詞。
    4 B inspire sb. to do sth.是 “鼓勵(lì)、激勵(lì)某人做某事” 的意思,這里inspire和encourage
    的詞義和用法一樣,故可以用encourage 來代替。
    5 A severe 有 “嚴(yán)厲的、嚴(yán)重的”多種意義。severe damage是嚴(yán)重破壞,故可用serious代替。又如：severe criticism嚴(yán)厲批評、severe situation嚴(yán)峻的形勢、severe winter嚴(yán)冬、severe loss嚴(yán)重?fù)p失、severe teacher嚴(yán)厲的老師。
    6 D steep這個(gè)詞最常用的意義是‘陡峭的’,如：a steep slope,陡峭的山坡,但在口語中它可以用來表示 （ 要求、價(jià)格）‘過高、難以接受’ 的意思。
    7 C tag 小標(biāo)簽,如：price tags 價(jià)格標(biāo)牌,luggage tags 行李標(biāo)簽。在四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中l(wèi)abel和它同義。form 是‘表格', code 是 ‘碼' 如bar code條形碼。
    8 D take in 這個(gè)短語可以有多種解釋,如‘接納、接受、留宿、收縮、改小’ 等等。在本句中它的意義很明顯是‘吸收、消化’故選digest.
    9 A chant 這個(gè)詞的意思是‘唱' 尤其是 ‘反復(fù)、單調(diào)地唱或吟誦' 本句中說窗外的人群反復(fù)呼喊Joe的名字,所以這里可以用repeat來替代chant.
    10 C puzzle做動(dòng)詞用的意思是‘感到不解、迷惑’,句子的意思是：令我不解的是為什么他的書如此受歡迎。動(dòng)詞confuse 恰好和puzzle 同義,而且用法也相同。
    11 B layout 是‘布局、安排’的意思,如：layout of the exhibition hall,layout of the shopping complex 等。本句的意思是： 大樓里所有的公寓布局都一樣。arrengement 可以指時(shí)間、日程的安排,也可以指空間的分割和安排,function是‘功能’。
    12 A crisp通常用于修飾食品,表示‘脆的、新鮮而脆生的’,如：crisp crackers,crisp
    lettuce 等。但它也可以用來描述天氣,表示‘清新、涼爽的‘,在本句中它表示就是這個(gè)意思,所以可以用fresh 來代替。
    13 D hollow 是‘空心的’ 意思,如：a hollow tree,a hollow pipe這里可以用empty來替換。
    14 A update 的意思就是現(xiàn)在常說的‘升級、更新‘和modernize‘現(xiàn)代化’ 意義相近。
    15 C utterly 是‘完全’的意思,和completely 同義。