16. The earnest student waited with some slight ____while theteacher was reading his composition.
A. despair B. upset C. nervousness D. hatred
17. The woman in the kitchen ____ to the doctor that thewater was hot.
A. motioned B. mentioned C. meant D. motivated
18. Two years later the opportunity came for him to take a ____American look at the Old World.
A. distinctly B. distinctively C. distinct D. distinctive
19. The audience disliked the film thoroughly and were ____by whistling and stamping their feet.
A. protecting B. protesting C. projecting D. proposing
20. In brief, it should be our goal to ____ as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.
A.restore B. introduce C. suit D. supply
試題答案與解析
16. C)【句意】這位同學(xué)有點緊張地等待著，因為老師在讀他的作文。
【難點】nervousness 意為“緊張，不安”;despair 意為“絕望”;upset意為“心煩意亂，苦惱”;hatred意為“仇恨;敵意;憎惡”。
17. A)【句意】廚房里的女人向大夫示意說水是熱的。
【難點】motion意為“做手勢，點頭示意”，motion to sb to do sth 意為“示意某人做某事”;mention意為“提起，說起，談到”;mean意為“意味著”;motivate意為“使有動機，使產(chǎn)生動機”。
18. A)【句意】兩年后，他有機會用美國人的眼光看舊世界。
【難點】distinctly意為“清楚地，明確地”，修飾形容詞American;distinct意為“有區(qū)別的，不同的，明確的”;distinctive意為“有區(qū)別的，特殊的”;distinctively意為“有區(qū)別地，特殊地”。
19. B)【句意】觀眾用吹哨、跺腳的方式表示抗議。他們根本不喜歡這個電影。
【難點】protest 意為“抗議，提出異議;反對”，后接against; protect意為“保護，保衛(wèi)”;project意為“計劃，規(guī)劃”; propose意為“提議，提出”。
20. A)【句意】簡言之，盡可能多地恢復(fù)大自然原有的美麗是我們的目標。
【難點】restore意為“恢復(fù)原狀;使復(fù)原”;introduce意為“介紹;引進，引導(dǎo)”;suit意為“適合;與相稱”;supply意為“供給;滿足”。