1. Motorists _____ of speeding may be banned from driving for a year.

A. convicted

B. arrested

C. charged

D. judged

[答案] A. convicted.

[注釋]be convicted to 被判有...... (罪) ：He was convicted of murder. (他被法院判有謀殺罪。)

2. The reason why he adapted to the new situations quickly is that he has a _____ attitude.

A. changeable

B. alternate

C. movable

D. flexible

[答案] D. flexible.

[注釋] flexible 靈活的, 可變通的; We need a foreign policy that is more flexible.

3. Will all those _____ the proposal raise their hands?

A. in relation to

B. in excess of

C. in contrast to

D. in favor of

[答案] D. in favor of.

[注釋] in favor of 贊成。in excess of 超過。in relation to 關系到。in contrast to 與......相對照。例如：

1) Everyone in the class voted in favor of the party. (=All of the children voted to have a party.)

2) We got $5000 in excess of the fixed sum. (我們盯定額多收入5000美元。)

3) This appears small in contrast to (with) that. (這個同那個對比起來顯得小了。)

4) I have a lot to say in relation to that affair. (我對那件事有許多話要說。)

5) We must plan in (with) relation to the future. (我們定計劃時要考慮到將來。)

本題譯文：請所有贊成此項建議的人舉手。

4. An early typewriter produced letters quickly and neatly; the typist, _____ couldn't see his work on his machine.

A. however

B. therefore

C. yet

D. although

[答案] A. however.

[注釋] however 然而。

本題譯文：早期的打字機打起字來又快又整齊, 然而打字員不能看著機器鍵盤打字。

5. We are interested in the weather because it _____ us so directly ------ what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.

A. benefits

B. guides

C. affects

D. effects

[答案] C. affects.

[注釋] affect (=have an influence or effect on) 影響：The climate affected his health. (氣候影響[損害]了他的健康。)

[注意]affect vt. 影響。effect n. (=influent) 影響, 作用：Some films have a misleading effect on children. effect vt. (=bring about) 實行, 進行, 產生......后果:1) I will effect my purpose: no-one shall stop me! 2) We hope to effect an improvement. (我們希望能引起改進。)

注意兩個常用的習語:1) to that effect 那個意思的 (話) ：She said she hated spinach, or words to that effect. (她說她不喜歡吃菠菜或那個意思的話。) 2) to the effect that... 意思時說, 表示下述意思：I said a few words the effect that all he had told us was already well known. (我說了幾句話, 意思是說他告訴我們的一切都已眾所周知。)

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