19. [2010·山西康杰中学5月模拟]She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would miss her ______ to Scotland.

　　　 A. ticket　　　　　　　　　　 B. place 　　　　　　　　　 C. seat　　　　　　　　　　　 D. connection

19D考查名词词义辨析。句意：她恐怕除非火车提速否则她会错过去苏格兰的中转火车。ticket票；place 地方； seat座位；connection中转火车。

18. [2010·利德智达模拟2]On your way to New Youk William will keep you ______,if you don’t want to be loneiy.

　 Acompany　　 Bconductor　　 Csafety　　 Dfriend

18 A 考察名词词义。从下文if you don’t want to biloneiy可知选A。keep sb。Company 与某人作伴。

17. [2010·利德智达模拟2]----How much should I pay for the ice cream?

-----It’s my_____.

A.choice　　 B treat　 C present　 D charge

17 B 在情景交际中考查名词词义。It’s my treat，我来请客。

16.D考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。句意：他讲得太随便，似乎这个问题不大重要。此处be of little consequence不大重要。

16．[2010·湖北黄冈中学一模]He spoke so casually, as though the problem were of little ________.

　 　A. matter　　　　　　　 B. circumstance　　 C. benefit　　　 D. consequence

15.B考查名词词义辨析。解题关键是：掌握短语try one’s fortune碰运气。

15．[2010·湖北黄冈中学一模]She’s hoping her first performance in the US will be the first step on the road to success, then she wants to try her ________ in Hollywood.

　 　A. reputation　　　　　 B. fortune　　　　　 C. fame　　　　　　 D. target

14.A考查名词词义辨析。解题关键是：掌握习语common practice惯例。

14．[2010·海南五校联考]Mr Li has some trouble sleeping, so dinking a glass of milk before going to bed every night is his common　　　　 ．

　　　 A．practice　　　　　　　 B．knowledge　　　　 C．experience　　　　 D．duty

13. [2010·湖北武汉四月调研]Nowadays people have to pass various tests for professional __________ so that they can be qualified for a well-paid job.

A．certificates　　　　　 B．permission

C．admission　　　　　　D．perseverance

　13A考查名词词义辨析。“professional certificates”意为“职业证书”；permission意为“准许；许可；批准”；admission意为“(机械、组织等的)准许加入，进入权”；perseverance意为“毅力；韧性；不屈不挠的精神”。此句译为“现如今人们不得不通过各种各样的考试以获得职业证书，这样他们就有资格获取一份高薪工作”。