168. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.

A. average　　 B. ordinary　　 C. regular　　 D. normal

[答案]D. normal

[注释]normal正常的；ordinary普通的；usual平常的；regular有规律的，定期的。

167. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store.

A. anyone　　 B. the others　　 C. that　　 D. the ones

[答案]D. the ones

[注释]代词one可以用来替代前面提到过的名词，以避免重复。如果它替代的名词是复数，则用ones。本题中它代替refrigerators；因特指，故用the ones.

166. His landlady gave him a week's _____ to leave the flat.

　 A. threat　　 B. notice　　 C. advice　　 D. caution

[答案]B. notice.

[注释]notice预先通知(尤用雇主、雇员或房东、房客之间)：give one's employee a month's notice (通知雇员一个月后离职)。

本题译文：他的女房东通知他一周后从套间搬走。

165. Her skirt had been so _____ in packing that she had to iron it before going out.

　 A. faded　　 B. torn　　 C. dirty　　 D. crushed

[答案]D. crushed.

[注释]crush把......弄皱。因为后半句中iron指“熨平”，所以不能选其他答案了。

164. Some people either _____ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

A. violently B. sincerely　 C. properly　 D. deliberately

[答案]D. deliberately.

[注释]deliberately(=on purpose)故意地。Sincerely真诚地；violently强暴的，激烈的，暴力引起的。properly 1)好好地，恰当地；She never makes any attempt to clean it properly.(她从来也不打算好好地把它擦干净。) 2)严格地：Properly speaking, a whale is not a fish.(严格地说，鲸鱼不是鱼。)

163. If he refuses to _____ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative.

　 A. put up with　　 　B. fall in with

　 C. do away with　　 D. get along with

[答案]B. fall in with.

[注释]fall in with(=agree to)同意：Is it true that you have fallen in with them?(你真的同意他们的意见吗？)put up with忍受。do away with废除；杀死。get along with进行，进展；相处。

本题译文：如果他不肯同意我的计划，我或许能找一个更能合作的人。

162. The noise was so _____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.

　 A. dim　　 B. soft　　 C. faint　　 D. gentle

[答案]c. faint.

[注释]faint(=weak, indistinct; not clear)“微弱的，模糊的，不清楚的”。Dim(=not bright, not clearly to be seen)不亮的，看不清的；the dim light of a candle(微弱的烛光)。

161. In my opinion, you can widen the _____ of these improvements through your active participation.

　 A. dimension　　 B. volume　　 C. magnitude　　 D. scope

[答案]D. scope.

[注释]scope(=the area within the limits of a questions, subject ect. ; range)(活动)范围，机会，余地：The politics of a country would be outside the scope of a book for tourists.(一个国家的政治不属于旅游手册的内容范围之内。)

dimension尺寸，尺度；magnitude大小，数量；volume体积。均不切题，不能入选。

本题译文：依我看，通过你的积极参与，你能够扩大这些改进措施的范围。

160. While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping _____ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.

　 A. occasionally　　 B. simultaneously

　 C. eventually 　　　D. directly

[答案]A. occasionally.

[注释]occasionally 偶尔。参阅IV。137注释。Simultaniously同时地；　 directly直接

159. The lawyer was expected to _____ some proposals after reading all those documents.

　 A. come up with　　 B. put up with

　 C. look up to 　　　D. keep up with

[答案]A. come up with.

[注释]come up with提出。参阅Ⅲ，33。注释。Put up with忍受；keep up with跟上，与......保持一致；look up to尊敬。