题目内容
【题目】
【1】It is a ________ coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years.
【2】That fool aimed a fire extinguisher at me. He thought I was on fire. I must definitely get that fellow ________.
【3】Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with ________that the speedboat was moving in a circle.
【4】He could ________ three men in a basket under it and one of them was holding a pair of binoculars.
【5】Babies of two months old don’t appear to be ________to enter the water.
【6】But so far, the public has expressed its ________ to the students in letters to the Press.
【7】As the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt ________to investigate, for the description s given were extraordinary similar.
【8】Dressed in a blue uniform and with a rifle over his shoulder, the prisoner marched ________ up and down in front of the camp.
【9】At the time the murder was ________, I was travelling on the 8 o’clock train to London.
【10】The body of one statue was found among remains________ the 15th century B.C.
【答案】
【1】curious
【2】posted
【3】dismay
【4】make out
【5】reluctant
【6】gratitude
【7】obliged
【8】boldly
【9】committed
【10】dating from
【解析】
【1】句意:Mr. Page退休前一天是他从教整整40年,这是一个充满好奇的巧合。curious好奇的。
【2】句意:那个笨蛋用灭火器对准我。他认为是我着火了。我一定要把那个家伙打发走。post快速行进。get sb done使某人被……。
【3】句意:两个人刚开始向岸边游去,这时候他们惊愕地注意到快艇在转圈。With dismay惊愕地,dismay惊慌。
【4】句意:他看清了气球下面有3个人呆在一只筐里,其中一个举着望远镜。答案为make out。make out辨认出。
【5】句意:两个月大的婴儿似乎不愿意进入水中。reluctant不情愿的。
【6】句意:但是,到目前为止,公众已写信给报社,向大学生表示了谢意。gratitude感谢(的心情);感激。
【7】句意:然而随着证据的积累,动物园的专家感觉到必须开始调查了,因为所给出的描述都出奇的相似。obliged必须的;感激的;有责任的。
【8】句意:身穿蓝色制服,肩上带着步枪,那个战俘在军营门前大胆的来回走着。boldly adv. 大胆地;冒失地;显眼地。
【9】句意:在那时凶杀案发生了,我正乘八点的火车去伦敦。committed干坏事。
【10】句意:雕塑的肢体是在可以追溯到公元前十五世纪的废墟中被发现的。date from始于……,这里做后置定语,用动名词dating from。