11.It was during summer breaks that we first taste thesatisfaction work that ____ into hard currency.
A. translates
B. transfers
C. transplants
D. transmits
12.In some cases, your instructor may tell you the topics ____or may give you a choice of topicsto write about.
A. in advance
B. ahead of
C. above all
D. right away
13.It was the driver's ____ that caused him to step on the gas instead of the brake after his carwent over the curb.
A. fraud
B. alarm
C. terror
D. panic
14.Danny left this ____ message on my answering machine:
“I must see you. Meet me at twelve o'clock.” Did he mean noon or midnight?
A. ambiguous
B.responsible
C. implicit
D. thoughtful
15.We looked for a table to sit down, but they were all ____.
A.reserved for
B. engaged in
C. used up
D. taken up
答案及詳解：
11. A
句意：暑假期間，我們第一次嘗到了把勞動(dòng)變成貨幣的滋味。
難點(diǎn)：translate意為“變換，把…轉(zhuǎn)化成”;transfer意為“移交，遷移”;transplant意為“移植(器官)”;transmit意為“傳染(疾病)，傳達(dá)(知識(shí))”。
12. A
句意：在有些情況下，你的導(dǎo)師會(huì)事先告訴你題目或把題目給你由你選寫。
難點(diǎn)：in advance意為“事先，預(yù)先”;ahead of意為“在…之前”;above all意為“尤其，最重要的是”;right away意為“立刻;馬上”。
13. D
句意：車上了馬路邊后，司機(jī)由于驚慌，沒踩剎車，卻踩了油門。
難點(diǎn)：panic意為“驚慌，慌亂”;fraud意為“欺騙，騙局”;alarm意為“警報(bào)”;terror意為“恐怖”。
14. A
句意：丹尼在我們回答機(jī)上留下一條模棱兩可的信息：“我必須見你。12點(diǎn)來接我。”他是說中午還是半夜?
難點(diǎn)：ambiguous意為“模棱兩可的;含糊的”;responsible意為“負(fù)責(zé)的”;implicit意為“暗含的”;thoughtful意為“沉思的，思考的”。
15. D
句意：我們要找個(gè)桌子坐下，可是所有餐桌都已有人。
難點(diǎn)：take up意為“占去(時(shí)間、地方、注意力等)”;reserve for意為“為…留出，保留”;engagein意為“從事;參加”;use up意為“用完，用光;耗盡”。