1090] He is a ______ young man with much imagination.

[译文] 他是一个思维活跃的年轻人。

　 A. live 　 B. alive

　 C. living 　 D. lively

[答案及简析] D。 形容词辨异。alive 表语形容词；live 作定语只能修饰动词；living活的；lively生动活泼的。

1089] I _____ to get everything erady before the meeting.

[译文] 我在会议开始之前把一切都准备好了

　 A. succeeded　　 B. forced

　 C. managed 　 D. considered

[答案及简析] C。 动词用法辨异。Succeed in doing sth.　 manage to do sth.

1088] -----Do you know our city at all? -----I am afriad not. In fact, it’s the first time I _____ here.

[译文] --你了解我们城市吗？　　--恐怕我知道，事实上，我是第一次到这儿来。

　 A. was 　 B. come

　 C. have come 　 D. will come

[答案及简析] C。 It is the first time that….句型中的从句应该是完成时态。

1087] The speaker raised his voice but still couldn’t make himself ______.

[译文] 演讲着提高嗓门，但还是不能让听众听见。

　 A. hear 　 B. to hear

　 C. hearing 　 D. heard

[答案及简析] D。 make oneself done是一个固定的表达法。

1086] For a long time she could not _____ the fact of her husband’s death.

[译文] 她很长一段时间不能接受她丈夫死亡的事实。

　 A. accept 　 B. receive　

　 C. get 　 D. recongize

[答案及简析] A。 动词用法辨异。get 收到，得到；accept 接受；get 得到；recognize辨认出。

1085] Miss Liu didn’t _____ the inviation, for she didn’t want to _____ it.

[译文] 刘小姐没有回答邀请，因为她不想接受这个邀请。

　 A. answer; receive 　 B. reply to; accept

　 C. reply at; receive 　 D. answer to; accept

[答案及简析] B。 当表示愿意或不愿意接受某物，一般要用accept，receive只表示收到某物。

1084] He stepped in very quietly. He was afraid ______ his wife and children.

[译文] 他悄悄地走进来，担心把妻子和孩子弄醒了。

　 A. to wake up 　 B. waking up

　 C. of waking up 　 D. woke up

[答案及简析] C。 be afraid of doing sth. 恐怕，担心。

1083] UN _____ the United Nations.

[译文] UN表示联合国。

　 A. mean 　 B. takes place of

　 C. come from 　 D. stands for

[答案及简析] D。 stand for 表示。　UN是一个整体，用单数。

1082] I _____ you here. What are you here for?

[译文] 我没想到你在这儿。你到这儿干什么？

　 A. don’t expect 　 B. won’t expect

　 C. didn’t expect 　 D. wouldn’t expect

[答案及简析] C。 时态题，现在知道了，不知道只是过去的事。

1081] Can I _____ a message _____ John? He isn’t here now.

[译文] 我可以给John捎个信吗？　他此刻不在这儿。

　 A. take; for　　 B. leave; to

　 C. carry; for 　 D. take ; to

[答案及简析] A。 根据语境，说话人文对方他是否可以给John捎个信，take message for sb.是固定搭配。