138. A completely new situation is likely to _____ when the school leaving age is raised to 16.

　 A. arouse　　 B. rise　　 C. arise　　 D. abide

[答案]C. arise.

[注釋]arise(=come into being, appear, happen)產(chǎn)生，發(fā)生：Difficulties will arise as we do the work.(我們做這項工作時將會發(fā)生困難。)arouse 喚起，激起，喚醒；rise 上升;abide (by)遵守。

本題譯文：當(dāng)中學(xué)畢業(yè)年齡上升到16歲時，很可能產(chǎn)生完全新的情況。

137. I must go now. _____, if you want that book I'll bring it next time.

　 A. Incidentally　　 B. Accidentally

　 C. Occasionally　　 D. Subsequently

[答案]A. Incidentally.

[注釋]incidentally(=by the way)附帶地，順便：Fred said, incidentally, that he had no dinner.(順便提一下，福來德那時說，他還沒吃晚飯。)accidentally(=by chance)偶然地：I met with an old friend of mine accidentally last week.(上星期我偶然碰到一位老朋友。)occasionally (=from time to time, not regularly)不時地，偶爾：We get visitors here occasionally.(我們偶爾在此接游客。)subsequently(=afterwards, later) At first we thought we would go; but subsequently we learned we were needed at home.(起初,我們想離開；但隨后我們得知家里需要我們。)

136. Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is not a mysterious _____　 without scientific basis.

A. process　　 B. practice　　 C. procedure 　　D. program

[答案]A. process.

[注釋]process(=connected series of actions, or series of operations) 過程：By what process is cloth made form wool?(經(jīng)過什么過程羊毛織成呢料？)practice(=the doing of something of, performance or repeated exercise, etc.)實習(xí)，練習(xí)；開業(yè): She is doing her practice at the piano.(她在練習(xí)彈鋼琴。)procedure(=the regular order of doing things)程序：the usual procedure at a meeting(開會的通常程序)。Program(=plan of what is to be done or list of items or events)課程，計劃，大綱：What is the program for tomorrow ?(明天上什么課?)

135. They were so far away that I couldn't _____ their faces clearly.

A. see through　 B. make up　 C. see off　 D. make out

[答案]D. make out.

[注釋]make out(=identify and see with effort or difficulty)辨認(rèn)出。see through參閱Ⅲ，151,注釋:此處see through還可表示“看穿......(=understand the real meaning of or reason for; realize the falseness of)”： 1)The teacher saw through the boy's story of having to help at home. (=The teacher knew his story was not true; it was just an excuse.) 2) He can't fool her. She sees him through every time.

see off送行；make up構(gòu)成，組成，拼湊；彌補(bǔ)，賠償；化裝，編造：1)編造：John made up the joke about the talking dog. 2)彌補(bǔ)：Bob must make up the work he missed. 3)湊足： We need one more to make up the dozen. 4)化裝： The actors were making up when we arrived. 5)構(gòu)成：Nine players make up a team.

134. If the boy had _____ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him.

　 A. set　　 B. left　　 C. had　　 D. put

[答案]B. left.

[注釋]leave sb./sth. alone不惹，不管，不碰：Leave the box alone.(別碰那個盒子。)

133. The generation _____ makes it difficult for parents to understand their children's opinions.

　 A. division　　 B. gap　　 C. separation　　 D. interval

[答案]B. gap.

[注釋]generation gap 代溝。

division分，劃分；separation分開；interval間隔，間隙；(幕間或工間)休息。at intervals 不時，時時

132. With sufficient scientific information a manned trip to Mars should be _____.

A. obtainable B. potential C. considerable D. feasible

[答案]D. feasible.

[注釋]feasible(=that can be done)可行的，可做到的：1)Your plan sounds quite feasible.(你的計劃聽起來很可行。) 2)It's not feasible to make the trip in one day.(一天內(nèi)要進(jìn)行這次旅行是做不到的。)obtainable可得到的；considerable相當(dāng)?shù)�，可觀的；potential潛在的，可能的。

131. _____ inviting guests and not treating them properly!

　 A. Strangely　 　　B. Fantastically

　 C. Surprisingly　　 D. Fancy

[答案]D. Fancy.

[注釋]fancy doing 沒想到.......竟然：1)Fancy your him!(沒想到你竟然認(rèn)識他！) 2)Fancy spending the day in here!(沒想到竟在這里過了一天！)

本題譯文：沒想到邀請了客人竟沒有好好招待！

130. _____ it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time.

A. By the way　 B. In a way　 C. In the way　 D. In no way

[答案]B. In a way.

[注釋]in a way(-to some extent)在某種程度上；in no way決不；by the way 順便提一下；in the way 礙事。此題不能選by the way，因為by the way 做插入語其后應(yīng)加逗號。

本題譯文：我沒有得到我申請得工作在某種程度上說是件好事，盡管我承認(rèn)當(dāng)時我很失望。

129. The two things are the same in outward form but different _____.

A. in addition B. in brief　 C. in common　 D. in essence

[答案]D. in essence.

[注釋]in essence本質(zhì)上；in addition此外；in brief簡短地，簡言之；in common共同。