25. The old man got into the _____ of storing money under the bed.

　 A. tradition　　 B. habit　　 C. use　　 D. custom

　 　B. habit.

get into the habit of doing sth.意為"養(yǎng)成了做......的習慣"。habit指個人的習慣,而custom則指社會的風俗習慣。tradition"傳統(tǒng)

24. After dinner the minister made a short _____ to the guests.

　 A. delivery　　 B. pronunciation　　 C. conversation　　 D. speech

　 D.speech.

make a speech to sb.(向某人做演講)。make conversation with sb.(和某人閑談conversation常與下列動詞搭配:get (enter) into conversation with(和......攀談起來),have a conversation with(與......談話),interrupt (break off) conversation(中斷談話),turn the conversation to other matters(把話題轉到其他問題上)delivery常指"(演講等的)說話方式,口才",如: His report was good, but his delivery was poor.( 他的報告內容很好,但他的口才太差)。

23. The car salesman took the customer for a driver in the new model in order to _____ its improved features.

　 A. advocate　　 B. demonstrate　　 C. exhibit　　 D. reveal

　B. demonstrate

demonstrate(=show clearly by giving proof or example)以實物說明，示范，展示 The salesman demonstrated the new personal computer. advocate擁護,提倡。exhibit展覽,陳列。reveal揭示,暴露。

22. I caught a _____ of the car before it disappeared around the bend.

　 A. glance　　 B. glimpse　　 C. glare　　 D. stare

　B. glimpse

　catch (or get) a glimpse of瞥見(強調行為的結果) I caught a glimpse of her in the crowd. 我在人群中瞥見了他。take a glance (or look) at看一眼(強調行為過程本身)。Take a glance at the Tv programs 瞄一下電視節(jié)目

21. Alice _____ her father that both she and her husband would be happy if he would live with them.

　 A. convinced　　 B. reinforced　　 C. pledged　　 D. required

　A. convince

convince sb. +that從句意為"使……相信，說服……"。

convince sb of sth; I tried to convince them of his innocence. convince sb to do sth; We convinced him to go by car.

convinced adj Be convinced of/that;I am convinced of his guilt./I am convinced that he is guilty. convincing adj令人信服的

reinforce 加強，增強。pledge發(fā)誓，保證.

20. When college students _____ future employment, they often think of status, income, and prestige.

　 A. demand　　 B. assume　　 C. apply　　 D. anticipate

D. anticipate.

anticipate vt預料，期望，預望：The first question is one the John has anticipated. (第一個問題是約翰已經(jīng)預料到的.)

anticipate +n/anticipate that; anticipate doing sth; I anticipated seeing you soon.

19. At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it _____ his mind that she was trying to tell him something.

　 A. crossed　　 B. passed　　 C. occurred　　 D. opened

　A. crossed

.cross (enter)one's mind 想起：1)A sudden thought crossed my mind. 2)It never crossed my mind that he might refuse the request. (我從來沒有想到他可能會拒絕這個請求。)

如用pass through, 例如：When Jane did not come home by midnight, many terrible fears passed through Mother's mind. (=Mother thought of many things that might have happened to Jane.)

occur的用法如下：1)That view of the case did not occur to me before. (對這個案件的那種看法以前我沒有想到過。)2)It occurred to her that she might adopt a homeless child.(她想到，她可以收養(yǎng)一個無家可歸的孩子。)

關于"想起"的以上三種表達法考生務必弄懂熟記。這些詞組和句形不僅在詞匯測試中經(jīng)常遇到，而且在短文寫作時也可以使用。

本題譯文：起初鮑玻對弗吉尼亞的揮手致意感到迷惑，但后來他想到，她想告訴他某事。

18. With hard work over the past half century and more, China has _________ great progress.

A.　　　　 acquired 　　　　　　　　　 B. obtained 　　　　　　　 C. achieved 　　　　　　 D. gained

C　 近義詞的辨析是新課標考查的重點。 [詳細解析]句意“經(jīng)過半個多世紀的努力，中國已經(jīng)取得巨大的進步”。achieve great progress“取得巨大的進步”主要強調由于極大的努力,克服困難后達到目標；acquire 指經(jīng)過不懈努力才獲得的技術,知識等抽象的東西,也指養(yǎng)成習慣等；obtain 指經(jīng)過努力或付出代價或經(jīng)過很長時間兒得到所需要的東西；gain 指需要做出比obtain更大的努力,往往指通過競爭獲得某些有價值的東西。

17. And you find that you're not to be _____ with a position of real responsibility.

　 A. offered　　 B. trusted　　 C. furnished　　 D. retained

B. trusted。

trust sb. with sth. 把某事托付給某人 trust sth to sb ：I can't trust him with my car.(我不能把我的車托付給他。)本題譯文：你認為不會把真正有責任的工作托付給你。

16.The patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them _____.

　 A. correct　　 B. perfect　　 C. right　　 D. well

C. right。

put sth. /sb. right 糾正；治好，使恢復健康：Since man has done so much damage, it is up to man to put the matters right. (既然人類已造成了如此巨大的損害，人類有責任糾正這種狀況。)又如：This medicine will soon put you right. (這藥很快會使你恢復健康。)其他3個選擇均不能與put 構成習語，故不能入選。本題譯文：病人相信醫(yī)生清楚地知道怎樣治好他的病。