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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

102. Pack the cake in a strong box, or it might get _____ in the post.

　A. splashed B. spilt C. crushed D. crashed

101. Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _____ in giving the class lectures.

　A. exchange B. alter C. shift D. alternate

10. Professor Zhang gave all the textbooks to all the pupils, except_________who had already taken them.

　　　 A. these　　　　　　　　 B. ones

　　　 C. the ones　　　　　　 D. the others

答案：C　 指导：those who．．．意为“……的人”，由此可排除A项。句中出现了a11thepupils，由此可知题意为“除去……的学生”，故D项排除。ones表泛指，theones表特指。

9. The book is _________boring;it is, in fact,rather exciting　 and fascinating.

　　　 A. anything but　　　　 B. nothing but

C. no more　　　　　　 D. all but

答案： A　 指导：anything but意为“一点也不”。nothing but意为“正是、只是”。allbut意为“只有”。It more意为“不再”。