13.The ______ on this apartment expires in a year's time.
A) treaty
B) lease
C) engagement
D) subsidy
14.The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.
A) pensions
B) earnings
C) salaries
D) donations
15.There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.
A) appliance
B) accessory
C) machine
D) mechanism
16.After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.
A) deteriorated
B) dispersed
C) dissipated
D) drained
17.No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep.
A) deprived
B) ripped
C) stripped
D) contrived
18.For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.
A) depressed
B) immersed
C) oppressed
D) cursed
19.Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
A) harnessed
B) hatched
C) motivated
D) geared
答案：
13.B 參考譯文：這套公寓的租約一年到期。
A) treaty 條約
B) lease 租期
C) engagement 訂婚
D) subsidy 補(bǔ)助
14.A 參考譯文：俄羅斯的老年人覺得只靠國家發(fā)給的養(yǎng)老金生活非常困難。
A) pension 退休金
B) earning 收入
C) salary 薪水
D) donation 捐款
15.D 參考譯文：據(jù)推測(cè)那兒有一種安全機(jī)械裝置保證火車不相撞。
A) appliance 器具
B) accessory 附件
C) machine 機(jī)器
D) mechanism 機(jī)制
16.D 參考譯文：相同的工作做了四年之后他的熱情終于耗竭了。
A) deteriorate 惡化
B) disperse 驅(qū)散
C) dissipate 消耗
D) drain 耗盡
17.A 參考譯文：如果被剝奪了充足的睡眠，沒有人能夠正常工作。
A) deprive 剝奪 deprive sb. of sth.; be deprived of
B) rip 撕破
C) strip 脫衣
D) contrive 設(shè)計(jì)
18.C 參考譯文：這些年來，那個(gè)偏遠(yuǎn)國度的人民一直被*者殘酷地壓迫著。
A) depress 抑制
B) immerse 浸入
C) oppress 壓迫
D) curse 詛咒
19.D 參考譯文：自從工業(yè)化興起之后教育已經(jīng)開始適應(yīng)產(chǎn)業(yè)工人的需要。
A) harness 利用
B) hatch 蓋住
C) motivate 激勵(lì)
D) gear 使準(zhǔn)備好 gear towards/to 調(diào)整以適應(yīng)