15．If a peace process got under way, Saudi Arabia would _______ directly in multilateral talks about regional problems.
A. participate B. perform C. possess D. predict
A． participate
participate参加，参与；perform履行，表演；possess占有，拥有；predict预知，预言。
14．She told me she wanted to _______ her two o’clock appointment in order to take care of her sick husband.
A. put down B. call off C. hang up D. take off
B 考查动词短语。
call off“取消”，符合题意。put down“放下”；hang up“挂断电话 ”；take off“脱下(衣服)。”[知识拓宽]要根据语境理解四选项的含义，选出正确答案。
13．At present the hotel is almost empty, but I’m sure things will start to ________ in the spring.
A. take up B. pick up C. make up D. give up
pick up意为“好转”，符合题意。take up“占据”；make up“化妆”；give up“放弃”。[知识拓宽]根据语境和动词短语的意义来回答。
12．On the exhibition, he ________ all his collecting stamps to the visitors all over the country.
A. showed off B. speeded up C. brought in D. gave out
A 考查动词短语的区别。
show off 意为“卖弄；出示给某人看；展示”，符合题意；speed up“加速”；bring in“带进，赚的”；give out“分发，泄露”。
11．Those boys don't know much about society; that's why they're so easily _______.
A. taken in B. taken up C. taken on D. taken off
A 考查词组辨析。Take in“欺骗，收容，吸收”；take up“从事，继续”；take on“呈现”；take off“脱掉，起飞”，根据句意A正确。这些孩子涉世不深，这就是他们如此容易被骗/上当的原因。
10．The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.
A. vanished B. abandoned C. scattered D. rejected
B. abandoned。
abandoned (=give up completely) 放弃, 抛弃; 1) The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund. 2) The sailors abandoned the burning ship.
[注意]abandon 暗指某人对其所抛弃的人或物将会发生什么事情不感兴趣, 如把撞坏的汽车抛弃在路旁。vanish (=suddenly disappear; go out of existence) vi.消失, 绝迹; 1) The airplane vanished into the clouds.2) Many kinds of animals have vanished form the earth. (许多种类的动物以在地球上绝迹。) scatter (=send, go in different direction) 驱使, 使分散; The police scattered the crowed. (警察驱散人群。) (=throw or put in various directions) 撒, 到处放; He scattered his clothes all over the room. reject (=refuse to accept) 拒绝接受; She rejected my suggestion.
9．American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
A. ignored B. refused C. neglected D. denied
D. denied.
deny 1)否认：A. He didn't deny the facts. B. They couldn't
deny that it was a serious blow to them. C. He denied having ever there.(他否认曾到过那里。) 2)(=say 'no' to a request; refuse to give sth. asked for or needed)不给予；Lots of people were denied the right to vote.(许多人被剥夺了选举权。)He denies his wife nothing.(他对他的妻子有求必应。)
8．In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.
A. admitted B. acknowledged C. absorbed D. considered
D. considered。
considered 考虑; admit 承认; absorb 吸收。
[注意]acknowledge 1) (=agree or admit the truth of; confess) 承认, 供认; A. He acknowledged his mistake. (他承认了他的错误。) B. 接动名词 He acknowledged having been beaten. (他承认被打败了。) 2) (express thanks for) 致谢; A. Mary acknowledged the gift with a pleasant letter. (玛丽致函感谢馈赠的礼物。) B. His long service with the company was acknowledged with a present. (向他赠送礼品以感谢他长期来对公司的服务。)
7．Did you know what his _________ to my proposal would be after the meeting?
A. impression B. reaction C. comment D. opinion
B．reaction。
[试题立意]该题考查名词词义辨析，应注意选项之间语意的不同，根据句意正确选择。 reaction 意为“对……的反应”。impression与on 搭配，表示“给……留下……印象”。comment 与on 搭配，表示“对……做出……评价”。opinion on意为“对……发表看法(意见)”。句意为“你知道会后他对我的建议反应如何吗？。”[教学启示]正确区分四个选项的含义，及其搭配，平时多注意近义名词的辨析。
6．You must try some of her home-made wine. It’s quite an unforgettable _______.
A. entertainment B. experience C. adventure D. addiction
B 一次难忘的经历。