14. C)【句意】警方为寻找失踪的男孩进行了一次彻底搜寻。
【难点】thorough意为“彻底的”;complete意为“完全的，全部的”;entire意为“整个的，全部的”;whole意为“全体的，全部的”。
15. C)【句意】那些无价的皇冠珠宝保存在伦敦塔里。
【难点】invaluable意为“非常宝贵的，无价的”;valued意为“受重视的;宝贵的”;valueless意为“没有价值的，毫无用处的”;usable意为“可用的，能用的”。
16. B)【句意】多年来，汤姆一直是一个按原则行事的素食者。
【难点】on principle意为“根据行为准则;按照原则”;in principle意为“原则上;基本上;大体上”。for和by不与principle搭配。
17. D)【句意】当我下车走在他们中间的时候，除了一个老头不满地摇了摇头，大家都开始欢呼。
【难点】except for意为“除?以外”，后接名词;see that意为“留意?;负责?;务必?”;except that意为“除去?之外”后接句子;provided that意为“倘若，在?条件下”。
18. D)【句意】那位医生打开手帕里包着的几样东西，放入了壶内剩下的水里。
【难点】为强调放入水中，把地点状语放到了句首。
19. D)【句意】我非常感激你给我儿子的那么多照顾。
【难点】exceedingly意为“非常，极其”;excessively意为“过多地，过分地”;much常以too much, so much, very much的形式出现;certainly意为“无疑地;一定”。
20. C)【句意】爱滋病的扩散使得人们做更多的研究工作去寻找治疗的方法。
【难点】proliferation意为“激增;扩散”;innovation意为“革新，创新”;selection意为“选择;选拔”;conviction意为“定罪，判罪”。
21. D)【句意】对不起，我眼下没时间讲得更细，也不能把其它旅游城市给你进行一个描述。
【难点】go into意为“叙述;讨论”;bring后面很少加into; take into和come into与本题意不符。
22. C)【句意】当竞争意识发展到极端时，荣誉可能变成混乱和暴力。
【难点】honorable意为“荣誉的，光荣的”;honestly是副词，意为“诚实地”，不能修饰名词，honest虽能修饰名词，但其意义不合题意;honorary意为“(学位、称号等)作为一种荣誉而授予的，名誉的”。
23. B)【句意】除非所有成员都同意坚持这个计划，否则行动过程中会有进一步改进。
【难点】stick to意为“坚持;坚守”;tumble to意为“突然察觉”;come to意为“降临，发生”;adjust to意为“调整;适应”。
24. D)【句意】带入本国的某些商品要交进口税。
【难点】duties意为“税，关税”;bill意为“帐单”;fee意为“费”。
25. A)【句意】我们希望珍妮小姐退休后，怀特先生能够接管一班。
【难点】take over意为“接收，接管”;take up意为“开始采用;采取，承担”;take off意为“脱去;拿掉”;take to意为“开始从事;开始沉湎于
五：1. ____ in the past, at the moment it is a favorite choice for wedding gown.
A. Unpopular has as white been
B. White has been as unpopular
C. Unpopular has been as white
D. Unpopular as white has been
2. ____ for a long time, the fields are all dried up.
A. There has been no rain
B. Having no rain
C. There having been no rain
D. There being no rain
3. The millions of calculations involved, ____ by hand, would have lost all practical value by the time they were finished.
A. had they been done
B. they had been done
C. having been done
D. they were done
4. Televisions enable us to see things happen almost at the exact moment ____.
A. which they are happening
B. they are happening
C. which they happen
D. they have happened
5. ____ me most was that the young boy who had lost both arms in an accident could handle a pen with his feet.
A. That amazed B. It amazed
C.Which amazed D. What amazed
6. Although she wrote a lot of short stories and poems when she was very young, ____ she was twenty five.
A. her first real success did not come until
B. her real first success came until not
C. since her first real success did not come until
D. not until her first real success
7.You should know better than ____ your little sister at home by herself.
A. to leave B. leaving C. to have left D. left
8. As the train will not leave until one hour later, we ____grab a bite at the snack bar.
A. may well B. just as well
C. might as well D. as well
9. She resorted to ____ when she had no money to buy foods for her children.
A. have stolen B. steal C. stole D. stealing
10. The boy has admitted to ____ the window while playing football yesterday.
A. breaking B. having been broken
C. break D. be breaking
11. Betty advised me to label our luggage carefully in case it gets____in transit.
A. misused B. mishandled C. mistaken D. mislaid
12. ____ money, she is quite rich. However, this does not mean that she is happy.
A. Concerning B. As to
C. In terms of D. In the light of
13. A well written composition ____ good choice of words and clear organization among other things.
A. calls for B. calls on C. calls up D. calls off
14. It is ____ with the customer not to let the shop assistants guess what she really likes and wants until the last moment. A. in her honor B. on her honor
C.a point of honor D. an honor
15. This house will probably come on the ____ next month.
A. fair B. market C. shop D. store
