208. It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent.

　A. noticed B. stated C. suggested D. noted

207. Our Party has always devoted great attention to raising the living _____ of the working people.

　A. cost B. situation C. level D. standard

206. The map was drawn to the standard _____ of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail.

　A. route B. line C. rate D. scale

205. Radar enables the pilot of an airliner to take off, fly and land in _____.

　A. danger B. comfort C. continuity D. safety

204. He's the kind of man who is fond of _____ compliments to other men's wives.

　A. paying B. saying C. expressing D. showing

203. When a space shuttle has accomplished its _____, it can be ready for another trip in about two weeks.

　A. venture B. mission C. commission D. responsibility

202. People cannot but feel _____, for they simply cannot understand how he could have made such a stupid mistake.

　A. puzzled B. delighted C. induced D. inspired

201. What makes the space shuttle _____ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an airplane.

　A. exceptional B. strange C. unique D. rare

200.[答案]D. passed away.[注释]pass away(=die)死亡，是“死亡”的委婉语。

　break off中断;give away给掉;泄露;pass off中止，中断。

199.[答案]B. sometime.[注释]sometime(=former)过去的，以前的：Alice Brown, a sometime pupil of our school, is now a teacher there.