112. He _____ his engagement just before the wedding.

　 A. broke out　　 B. broke away from

　 C. broke off　　 D. broke up

[答案]C. broke off.

[注释]break off(=cease suddenly, discontinue)突然中断；break off one's engagement(解除婚约)。Break off(=interrupt) one's conversation(打断谈话)。Break out(=begin suddenly)爆发。Break away from摆脱，从......退出。

111. The reference she made to her friend, the poet, was interesting but too _____ for anyone to appreciate.

　 A. drastic　　 B. dull　　 C. obscure　 D. distinct

[答案]C. obscure.

[注释]obscure(=not clearly seen or understood)模糊难懂得。drastic激烈的，严厉的；dull单调的；distinct清楚的，明显的；截然不同的(from)。

本题译文：她提到她的朋友----诗人时所说的话是令人感兴趣，但没有说清楚，以致没有人为此感激。

110. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great _____.

　 A. emotion　　 B. excitement　　 C. crisis　　 D. stress

[答案]D. stress.　 [注释]put sb. under(great) stress使某人处境(非常)紧张，使某人受(很大)压力。

109. Her display of bad temper completely _____ the party.

　 A. harmed　　 B. damaged　　 C. spoilt　　 D. hurt

[答案]C. spoilt.

[注释]spoil指出意指“使...... 扫兴，搞糟”，如：Quarrelling spoilt the picnic.(争吵使这次野餐弄得很扫兴。)hurt伤害，damage 损坏，harm危害，均不合题意。

108. Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.

　 A. hamper　　 B. support　　 C. assist　　 D. encourage

[答案]A. hamper.

[注释]hamper(=hinder, prevent free movement or activity)阻碍：Lack of equipment is hampering our work.

本题译文：他们两人都认为他不怎么样并极力阻碍他工作。

Think highly of... 对...评价很高，认为......很好。

107. They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been _____.

　 A. behind the times　　 B. behind schedule

　 C. ahead of time　　　 D. in no time

[答案]B. behind schedule.

[注释]behind schedule(=late, behind time)晚点：The train is running behind schedule today.(=The train is not on time today.)behind the times(=using things not in style; still following old ways; old fashioned)过时，跟不上时代，落后：1)The store is behind the times.(=The store is old-fashioned; it looks as stores looked 40 years ago.) 2) Mary thinks her parents are behind the times because they still do the fox-trot and don't know any new dances.(=Mary's parents are old-fashioned in their dancings .) ahead of time提前： They have fulfilled their production plans ahead of time, in no time(=soon, quickly)立即，马上：I'll be back in no time to see you home.

106. One _____ needed when making a cake is flour; another is sugar.

　 A. container　　 B. ingredient　　 C. content　　 D. equivalent

[答案]B. ingredient.

[注释]ingredient(混合物的)成分。container容器，含量；内容(复数)。equivalent:相等物。

105. The _____ of the trees in the water was very clear.

　 A. mirror　　 B. sight　　 C. reflection　　 D. shadow

[答案]C. reflection.

[注释]reflection此处意为“映在水中的倒影”，而不是“影子”或“阴影”，故不能用shadow。其他选择均不合题意。

104. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.

　 A. facilities　　 B. appliances　　 C. instruments　　 D. equipment

[答案]B. appliances.

[注释]electric appliances电器用具，facilities公用设备。equipment设备,装备，是集合名词，指“设备”的总称，只有当数形式。instrument仪器。

103. The thief _____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.

　 A. abandoned　　 B. vanished　　 C. scattered　　 D. deserted

[答案]C. scattered.

[注释]scatter(=throw or put in various directions, or here and there)撒。

abandon放弃，抛弃。desert遗弃(而离开)。vanish消亡，灭亡。本题句意是将小偷在搜寻钱时的情景，所以应选scattered(撒)。