8．The young must be responsible for their parents and ________ them.

A．provide　 B．provide to　 C．provide for　 D．provide with

解析：句意：“年轻人必须对他们的父母负责并赡养他们。”考查provide for sb.“赡养某人”，故答案是C。

答案：C

7．The villagers are warned that a storm is ________ to come tonight.

A．possible　 B．probable　 C．likely　 D．perhaps

解析：句意：“村民已得警告，暴风雨很可能今晚到达”。

答案：C

6．The school bus was ________ by a thick fog.

A．held up　 B．broken off　 C．kept up　 D．started up

解析：句意：“校车被大雾耽误没能开。”hold up是及物动词，“使……停滞”，故答案是A。

答案：A

5．Women ________ drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than those ________ don’t.

A．who；/　 B．/；who　 C．who；who　 D．/；/

解析：who引导定语从句，指代人，在从句中作主语，所以都不能省略。

答案：C

4．We’re trying to ring you back，Bryan，but we think we ________ your number incorrectly.

A．looked up　 B．took down　 C．worked out　 D．brought about

解析：句意：我们一直在给你回电话，Bryan，但我们想我们把你的电话号码记错了。look up作及物动词时，意为：(在书中)查找；看望，拜访；take down，write down，copy down写下，记下；work out解出，算出；bring about导致，产生。

答案：B

3．We will ________ you whenever possible.

A．saving　 B．accommodate　 C．to help　 D．to accommodate

解析：句意：“无论什么时候，只要有可能，我们将给你提供帮助。”答案是B。

答案：B

2．In China the needle treatment ________ ancient times.

A．dates from　 B．dates back　 C．dated back to　 D．dated from

解析：句意：“在中国针灸起始于远古时代”。

答案：A

1．The manager has got a good business ________，so the company is doing well.

　 A．idea　 B．sense　 C．thought　 D．thinking

解析：本题考查名词词义辨析。idea“主意，看法”；sense“意义，感觉，观念，知觉等”；thought“思想”；thinking“思考，见解”。句意：经理具有良好的商业意识，所以这家公司运转良好。sense在本句中意为“意识，(对价值等的)观念，辨别力”。

答案：B

8．engineering　9.Observatory　10.carvings

10．He has the hobby of collecting root ________(雕刻)．

答案：1.global　2.generate　3.sites　struction　5.historical　6.narrowest　7.foggy