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1. The idea sounds good in theory, but it is useless if not put into _____.
A. fact B. event C. deed D. practice
2. I’m very grateful to you because you have taken _____ to show me how to do the work.
A. efforts B. pains C. attempts D. difficulties
3. You are in no _____ to work. What has happened?
A. mood B. idea C. attitude D. feeling
4. —I haven’t seen you for ages. Let’s have a get-together next week.
—OK, it’s a _____.
A. charge B. price C. reward D. deal
5. I suggest we go the Qingdao Restaurant for lunch, which is famous for its wide _____ of foods that suit all tastes.
A. division B. area C. range D. circle
6. We can see the blue sky and the shining sun. There is no _____ that it will rain today.
A. doubt B. avenue C. chance D. point
7. The Imperial Palace, also known as the Forbidden City, is a tourist _____ in Beijing, drawing millions of visitors every year.
A. interest B. attraction C. scene D. view
8. —Would you like to go out for dinner with me, Ann?
—Of course, but the only _____ is that you’ll be my guest.
A. position B. instruction C. condition D. invitation
9. Mr. Zhang has taught for thirty years. Everybody sings high praise for his _____ to the cause of education.
A. application B. impression C. reception D. devotion
10. There are twenty-four _____ students in our class and we have three _____ teachers.
A. girl; woman B. girls; women C. girl; women D. girls; woman
11. I don’t see the _____ in discussing the matter any further — we’re just wasting our time.
A. theme B. reason C. point D. aim
12. — Do you think Mary is competent to be an interpreter?
— Sure. She once studied in Australia and has a good _____ of English.
A. need B. command C. recognition D. standard
13. As an excellent translator, he reached a high level of _____ in his English.
A. competence B. independence C. intelligence D. experience
14. I refuse to lie about it; it’s against my _____.
A. ambitions B. principles C. regulations D. opinions
15. There’s a _____ in our class that we have a party on New Year’s Eve.
A. tradition B. balance C. concern D. relationship参考答案及解析：
1-5 DBADC 6-10 CBCDC 11-15 CBABA
1. D。put into practice实行，实施，付诸实践。
2. B。take pains to do sth不辞劳苦地做某事。Great pains have been taken to ensure the safety of passengers. 为确保乘客安全而不遗余力。
3. A。be in no mood to do sth. 为固定词组，意为“不想做某事”。
4. D。it’s a deal在句中表示“同意做某事”。
5. C。division分开，部门;area地区，范围;range范围，种类;circle活动范围，社交圈子。由句意可知，这家饭店饭菜的种类很多，适合各种口味的人群。
6. C。doubt怀疑，不确定;avenue手段，途径;chance可能性; point 目标，意义。there is no doubt that毫无疑问;there is no chance that不可能;there is no point (in) doing sth做某事没有意义。C项符合句意。
7. B。a place of interest意为“名胜”;tourist attraction意为“游览胜地”。句意为“故宫，也被称为紫禁城，是北京的一个旅游胜地，每年吸引数百万的游客”。
8. C。condition状态，条件。句意：——Ann, 你愿意和我一块儿出去吃晚饭吗?——当然，但是有一个条件，就是我请客。
9. D。application应用，申请;impression印象;reception接待，接纳;devotion投入，热爱。devotion to the cause of education 对教育事业的奉献。
10. C。man, woman用于名词前作定语时，其单复数形式与所修饰的名词的单复数形式一致。boy 和 girl用作定语时，一般用单数形式。
11. C。the point in/of doing sth做某事的目的、意义、道理。
12. B。have a good command of“对……精通”。句意表示玛丽曾经在澳大利亚学习，因此精通英语。
13. A。competence能力，胜任;independence独立;intelligence智力;experience经验。句意：作为一名优秀的翻译，他在英语方面的能力达到了很高的水平。
14. B。principle在此句中意为“准则，规范”。句意：我拒绝就此事撒谎，它违反了我的行为准则。
15. A。根据语境可知，在新年的前夕举行一场晚会，在我们班里算是一项传统。
