1. We were all there when the accident occurred.
A. happened
B. broke
C. spread
D. appeared
2. It took me exactly a week to complete the work.
A. do
B. achieve
C. improve
D. finish
3. He achieved success through hard work.
A. reached
B. reaped
C. attained
D. took
4．They have made up their mind to give up smoking.
A. tried
B. attempted
C. agreed
D. decided
5. They have given up the hope to save their friends from drowning.
A. ended
B. abandoned
C. built
D. strengthened
答案：1．答案選A. occur是單義詞， 其基本詞義為“發(fā)生”。因此A（發(fā)生）是答案。
2．答案選D．complete作為動詞使用時， 其詞義為“完成”， 因此D（完成）是答案。Do是多義詞，其常見詞義為“做, 盡力, 制作”。
3．答案選C．a(chǎn)chieve的基本詞義為“實現(xiàn)（目標）， 獲得（成功）”， 因此C（獲得）是答案。
4．答案選D．make up one’s mind是固定搭配結構， 其含義為“決心， 決定”， 因此D是答案。
5. 答案選B. give up是“放棄”， 因此B（放棄）是答案。
6．Each member of the committee helped to gather the information contained in the report.
A surmount B consig C compil D devise
7．In recent years people have become interested in purchasing gemstones for investment.
A works of arts B rural land C houses D jewels
8．Mosquitoes generally breed in swampy areas.
A always B usually C rarely D never
9．Solar energy is generated as protons fuse to form helium atoms.
A bred B conceived C developed D produced
10．Since rhetoric is the art of calculated polemic and has persuasion as its goal, can it be considered a verbal science?
A competition B objective C subject D core
答案：6.C gather v. 搜集 (compile)/surmount v. 戰(zhàn)勝；超越 (overcome, conquer)/consign v. 委托 (authorize, commission)/devise v. 設計 (invent, design)
7.D gemstone n. 寶石 (jewel)
8.B generally adv. 一般地 (usually)/mosquito n. 蚊子/swampy adj. 沼澤的(muddy, marshy)
9.D generate v. 產(chǎn)生 (produce)/solar adj. 太陽的/proton. 【核】 質子/fuse v. 聚變(blend) helium atom 氦原子
10.B goal n. 目標 (objective, aim)/rhetoric n. 修辭學/polemic. 辯論(debate)/verbal adj. 語言的(lexical)