1. In 1914，an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe ______ Europe into a great war.

A.insertedB. imposedC. pitchedD. plunged

現(xiàn)場解答：D

[句意]1914年，東歐遙遠地區(qū)的一次小事件卻使整個歐洲陷入一場巨大的戰(zhàn)禍。

A. insert 插入，嵌入。insert a key into the lock 把鑰匙插入鎖中；to insert an advertisement in a newspaper 把廣告安排在報紙上；He inserted the key in the lock but could not open the door. 他把鑰匙插入鎖中但沒能打開門。

B. impose(on)把……強加于；征（稅等），處以（罰款等）。New duties were imposed on wines and spirits. 酒類被加征新稅。Don’t impose yourself on people who don’t want you. 不要勉強和不需要你的人在一起。

C. pitch 投擲，扔，定調(diào)。pitch a stone into the river 向河中扔石頭；The song is pitched too low for me. 歌起調(diào)太低，我唱不了。

D. plunge 縱身投入；使突然陷入，遭受。plunge a country into war 使一個國家陷入戰(zhàn)爭；plunge a room into darkness 使一房間陷于黑暗中；plunge sb. into deep sorrow 使某人陷入深深的悲痛之中；He plunged into the water to save the child. 他跳入水中救小孩。

2. I don’t know why he _____ in the middle of a sentence.

A. broke away B. broke out C. broke through D. broke off

現(xiàn)場解答：D

[句意]我不知道他為什么說到一半突然中斷了。

A. break away 突然離開，逃離。The robbery suspect broke away from the lockup. 搶劫嫌疑犯從拘留所逃脫了。Modern music like jazz has broken away from the old traditional rules.(喻)現(xiàn)代音樂如爵士樂擺脫了舊的傳統(tǒng)規(guī)則。

B. break out（戰(zhàn)爭、爭吵、瘟疫等）爆發(fā)；逃脫，突圍。Fire broke out in the kitchen. 廚房突然發(fā)生了火災(zāi)。World War II broke out in 1939. 第二次世界大戰(zhàn)是1939年爆發(fā)的。

C. break through 突破，沖破，突圍。 After the storm the sun broke through the clouds. 風(fēng)暴過后太陽沖破了云層。At last， those physicians and specialists broke through in their fight against heart disease. 那些內(nèi)科醫(yī)生和專家們終于在同心臟病的斗爭中取得了突破。The guerrillas soon broke through. 游擊隊很快就突圍了。

D. break off 中斷，停止講話。When Bob came in，she broke off her talk with me and went to greet him. 鮑勃走進來時，她中斷了與我的談話而和他打招呼。

3. When the whole area was _____ by the flood the government sent food there by helicopter.

A. cut awayB. cut downC. cut upD. cut off

現(xiàn)場解答：D

[句意]該地區(qū)被洪水完全隔離后，政府用直升機空運食物去。

A. cut away 切除，剪去，砍下。They cut away all the dead branches from the tree. 他們把樹上的枯枝全都砍掉了。

B. cut down 減少（消費、開支）。to cut down on smoking 減少抽煙。

C. cut up 切碎；割傷；使傷心。Jane was really cut up when her husband left her. 在丈夫拋棄她之后，簡痛苦極了。

D. cut off 切斷，隔斷。cut off a telephone conversation 切斷電話；The village was cut off by the snow for a month. 村子被大雪圍困了一個月。

4. The engine _____ smoke and steam.

A. gives upB. gives inC. gives awayD. gives off

現(xiàn)場解答：D

[句意]該發(fā)動機發(fā)出煙和蒸汽。

A. give up 停止，放棄。There’s no need for Tom to give up his belief. 湯姆沒有必要放棄信心。

B. give in 屈服，投降；交上，呈上。Don’t give in to him. 別對他讓步。

C.give away 贈送；泄露。She gave away state secrets to the enemy. 她把國家機密泄露給了敵人。 The supermarket is giving away a box of sugar to everyone who comes today. 超級市場正在向今天來的每位顧客贈送一盒糖。

D. give off 發(fā)出（光、聲、味等）。The rotten eggs gave off a bad smell. 臭雞蛋發(fā)出難聞的氣味。

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