1.In the Mediterranean seaweed is so abundant and so easily harvested that it is never of great ________.
A) fare
B) payment
C) worth
D) expense
2.The writer was so ________ in her work that she didn’t notice him enter the room.
A) absorbed
B) abandoned
C) focused
D) centered
3.Actually, information technology can ________ the gap between the poor and the rich.
A) link
B) break
C) ally
D) bridge
4.Some research workers completely ________ all those facts as though they never existed.
A) ignore
B) leave
C) refuse
D) miss
5.Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime ________.
A) stage
B) scene
C) location
D) occasion
6.The most basic reason why dialects should be preserved is that language helps to ________ a culture.
A) retain
B) relate
C) remark
D) review
7.Companies are struggling to find the right ________ between supply and demand, but it is no easy task.
A) equation
B) formula
C) balance
D) pattern
8.Mass advertising helped to ________ the emphasis from the production of goods to their consumption.
A) vary
B) shift
C) lay
D) moderate
9.Because of his excellent administration, people lived in peace and ________ and all previously neglected matters were taken care of.
A) conviction
B) contest
C) consent
D) content
10.I know you’ve got a smooth tongue, so don’t talk me ________ buying it.
A) away
B) down
C) out
D) into
给大家留一点作业,建议准备参加六月份考试的同学练习一下,主要是对以往节目内容的复习.
1）翻译:A word processor is much better than a typewriter in that________(它使文本的输入和编辑变得更加容易)
2）翻译:John cannot afford to go to university, ________ (更不用说)going abroad.
第一题：
fare:n.(交通工具的)票价,车(船)费
payment:n.支付,付款
worth:n. 价值,财产;a. 值,值得
expense:n. 花费，(pl.)费用
第二题：
absorb:v. 吸收,并吞,全神贯注
abandon:v. 放弃,沉溺
focus:v. (使)聚焦，(使)集中；n. 焦点，(注意力、活动、兴趣等的)中心
center:n. 中心,中心点a. 中央的v.使集中,集中
第三题：
link:n. 环，节，联系；vi. 连接，联系
break:vt. 打破，破碎，中断，中止，违反(法律、规定等)；vi. 破，断裂；n. 中断，间歇
ally:n. 盟友,同盟国;v. 联盟,联合,与...有关系
bridge:n. 桥 v.架桥于;把...连结(或弥合)起来;使渡过
第四题：
ignore:v. 不理睬,忽视;
leave:n. 许可,告别,请假;v. 离开,出发,留下
refuse:v. 拒绝，谢绝
miss:n. 过错,避免,失败vt. 未得到,未达到,未听到,未觉察,逃脱,遗漏,错过
第五题：
stage:n. 阶段,舞台,场所,戏剧,站,驿站,级,层,脚手架vt. 上演,表演
scene:n. 场,景,情景,镜头,发生地点,道具,布景,景色
location:n. 位置,场所,特定区域;
occasion:n. 场合,时机,机会,诱因,理由vt. 致使,惹起,引起
第六题：
retain:vt. 保持，保留
relate:v. 讲,叙述,有关系
remark:n. 评论，意见，注意；vt. 说，评论，注意；vi. 评论，谈论
review:n. 检讨,复习,回顾;v. 温习,检讨,评论
第七题：
equation:n. 相等,等式
formula:n. 公式,程式;准则,方案
balance:n. 平衡,差额vi. 平衡,相等vt. 称,权衡,比较,使平衡,结算,抵消
pattern:n. 图案,模范,榜样;型,式样;样品;图样vt. 摹制,仿造;以图案装饰
