1. Lower taxes would spur investment and help economic growth.
A. attract
B. encourage
C. require
D. spend
2. He was kept in appalling conditions in prison.
A. critical
B. temble
C. necessary
D. normal
3. I can't put up with my neighbor's noise any longer, it's driving me mad.
A. measure
B. generate
C. tolerate
D. reduce
4. The project required ten years of diligent research.
A. hardworking
B. scientific
C. basic
D. social
5. He was rather vague about the reasons why he never finished school.
A. unclear
B. bright
C. bad
D. general
1. B[解析]本句意思：低稅收將刺激投資，幫助經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)。spur：鞭策,激勵(lì)；attract：吸引，例如：His film has attraced a large audiences.他的電影吸引了很多的觀眾。encourage和spur意思相同，是鼓舞、鼓勵(lì)的意思，例如：New measures have been taken to encourage consumption in China.申國(guó)采取了新的舉措來(lái)刺激消費(fèi)。require：要求，如：This is the minimum quantity we require.這是我們所要求的最小數(shù)量。spend：花費(fèi)，如：She spent the whole month to prepare for the examination.她用一個(gè)月的時(shí)間準(zhǔn)備考試。
2. B [解析]本句意思：他被關(guān)押在條件惡劣的監(jiān)獄里。appalling：可怕的，令人震驚的；critical：危險(xiǎn)的，愛挑剔的，例如：He is very critical about food.他對(duì)食物特別挑剔。terrible：可怕的；necessary：必要的，必須的，例如：We still lack the necessary information.我們?nèi)匀鄙俦匾男畔?。normal：正常的，例如：lt is normal to feel lonelv sometimes.偶爾會(huì)覺得寂寞是很正常的。
3． C[解析]本句意思：我不能忍受鄰居的噪音，那快讓我瘋了。put up with：忍受，和tolerate意思相同，例如：The school cannot tolerate cheating on exams.學(xué)校無(wú)法容忍考試作弊現(xiàn)象。measure：測(cè)量，估計(jì)，例如：We cannot measure a man by his failures.我們不能以失敗來(lái)衡量一個(gè)人。reduce：減少，縮小，例如：They have to reduce expenses this year.他們今年必須削減開支。
4. A[解析]本句意思：這個(gè)項(xiàng)目需要10年的刻苦鉆研。hardworking：刻苦的，努力的，例如：His success depend on his hardworking and patience.他的成功全靠他的辛勤與耐心。scientific：科學(xué)的，例如：scientific development科學(xué)發(fā)展；basic：基本的，基礎(chǔ)的，例如：My boss can speak some basic English.我的老板能說(shuō)一些基礎(chǔ)英語(yǔ)。social：社會(huì)的，例如：good social order良好的社會(huì)秩序。
5． A[解析]本句意思：他對(duì)自己沒(méi)有完成學(xué)業(yè)的原因相當(dāng)糊涂。vague：含糊的，不明確的，它和unclear意思相同，例如：It was still unclear what was the cause of the aircrash.那起空難的原因還不清楚。bright：聰明的，光明的，例如：We enjoyed the bright sunshine.我們享受明媚的陽(yáng)光。general：-般的，大體的，例如：the general trend of development發(fā)展的大趨勢(shì)。bad：糟糕的，壞的，例如：You have to correct your bad habits radically.你必須徹底地改正自己的壞習(xí)慣。
A. attract
B. encourage
C. require
D. spend
2. He was kept in appalling conditions in prison.
A. critical
B. temble
C. necessary
D. normal
3. I can't put up with my neighbor's noise any longer, it's driving me mad.
A. measure
B. generate
C. tolerate
D. reduce
4. The project required ten years of diligent research.
A. hardworking
B. scientific
C. basic
D. social
5. He was rather vague about the reasons why he never finished school.
A. unclear
B. bright
C. bad
D. general
1. B[解析]本句意思：低稅收將刺激投資，幫助經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)。spur：鞭策,激勵(lì)；attract：吸引，例如：His film has attraced a large audiences.他的電影吸引了很多的觀眾。encourage和spur意思相同，是鼓舞、鼓勵(lì)的意思，例如：New measures have been taken to encourage consumption in China.申國(guó)采取了新的舉措來(lái)刺激消費(fèi)。require：要求，如：This is the minimum quantity we require.這是我們所要求的最小數(shù)量。spend：花費(fèi)，如：She spent the whole month to prepare for the examination.她用一個(gè)月的時(shí)間準(zhǔn)備考試。
2. B [解析]本句意思：他被關(guān)押在條件惡劣的監(jiān)獄里。appalling：可怕的，令人震驚的；critical：危險(xiǎn)的，愛挑剔的，例如：He is very critical about food.他對(duì)食物特別挑剔。terrible：可怕的；necessary：必要的，必須的，例如：We still lack the necessary information.我們?nèi)匀鄙俦匾男畔?。normal：正常的，例如：lt is normal to feel lonelv sometimes.偶爾會(huì)覺得寂寞是很正常的。
3． C[解析]本句意思：我不能忍受鄰居的噪音，那快讓我瘋了。put up with：忍受，和tolerate意思相同，例如：The school cannot tolerate cheating on exams.學(xué)校無(wú)法容忍考試作弊現(xiàn)象。measure：測(cè)量，估計(jì)，例如：We cannot measure a man by his failures.我們不能以失敗來(lái)衡量一個(gè)人。reduce：減少，縮小，例如：They have to reduce expenses this year.他們今年必須削減開支。
4. A[解析]本句意思：這個(gè)項(xiàng)目需要10年的刻苦鉆研。hardworking：刻苦的，努力的，例如：His success depend on his hardworking and patience.他的成功全靠他的辛勤與耐心。scientific：科學(xué)的，例如：scientific development科學(xué)發(fā)展；basic：基本的，基礎(chǔ)的，例如：My boss can speak some basic English.我的老板能說(shuō)一些基礎(chǔ)英語(yǔ)。social：社會(huì)的，例如：good social order良好的社會(huì)秩序。
5． A[解析]本句意思：他對(duì)自己沒(méi)有完成學(xué)業(yè)的原因相當(dāng)糊涂。vague：含糊的，不明確的，它和unclear意思相同，例如：It was still unclear what was the cause of the aircrash.那起空難的原因還不清楚。bright：聰明的，光明的，例如：We enjoyed the bright sunshine.我們享受明媚的陽(yáng)光。general：-般的，大體的，例如：the general trend of development發(fā)展的大趨勢(shì)。bad：糟糕的，壞的，例如：You have to correct your bad habits radically.你必須徹底地改正自己的壞習(xí)慣。