1. So many children have bought the balloons that the store is now out of ____________.
A. stuff B. material
C. stock D. staff
2. This is the ___________ to an improvement of their living conditions.
A. key B. decision
C. essence D. alternative
3. Your __________ is the round of things that you usually do each day.
A. practice B. habit
C. routine D. custom
4. Farmers are more anxious for rain than people in cities because they have more at ___________.
A. danger B. stake C. loss D. threat
5. A ___________of the long report by the budget committee was submitted to the mayor for approval.
A. shorthand B. scheme C. schedule D. sketch
1．【答案】C
【解析】C項(xiàng)stock n．“庫(kù)存，現(xiàn)貨，備料（如have sth．in stock有存貨；sth．is out of stock沒(méi)有存貨；The store is out of stock of sth．商店里某商品沒(méi)有存貨）”與題意相符。其他三項(xiàng)中，stuff n．“原料，材料，東西”；material n． “原料，材料；資料，素材”；staff n．“全體職工，全體人員；參謀部”，都與題意不符。
2．【答案】A
【解析】A項(xiàng)key（to）n．“方法，關(guān)鍵；題解，答案（the key to world peace世界和平的關(guān)鍵；a key to the grammar exercises語(yǔ)法練習(xí)的答案）”，符合題意。其他三項(xiàng)中，decision n．“決定”；essence n．“本質(zhì)，實(shí)質(zhì)，要素”；alternative（to）n．“取舍，抉擇；供選擇的東西”，都與題意不符。
3．【答案】C
【解析】C項(xiàng)routine n．“（每天要做的）例行公事，慣常程序”符合題意。其他三項(xiàng)中，practice n．“業(yè)務(wù)；實(shí)踐；練習(xí)；習(xí)慣做法”；habit n．“習(xí)慣”；custom n.“風(fēng)俗，習(xí)慣，慣例”都與題意不符。
4．【答案】B
【解析】B項(xiàng)stake n．“利害關(guān)系，股份；賭本，賭注（have a stake in sth．在……方面有利害關(guān)系；be at stake／have sth．a(chǎn)t stake關(guān)系到……；……處于危險(xiǎn)之中；是得到或喪失……的問(wèn)題，如：The peace is at stake；He has a lot at stake in the venture．）”符合題意。其他三項(xiàng)中，可以說(shuō)be in danger，不說(shuō)be at danger；可以說(shuō)at a loss“不知所措，不知如何是好”；不說(shuō)at loss；可以說(shuō)under ［the］ threat of“處于……的威脅下”；不說(shuō)at threat。因此只有B項(xiàng)為正確答案。
5．【答案】D
【解析】D項(xiàng)sketch n．“梗概，大意；草圖，略圖；素描，速寫”符合題意。其他三項(xiàng)中，shorthand n．“速記”；scheme n．“計(jì)劃，方案；陰謀”；schedule n．“時(shí)間表，時(shí)刻表，日程安排表”，都與題意不符。
A. stuff B. material
C. stock D. staff
2. This is the ___________ to an improvement of their living conditions.
A. key B. decision
C. essence D. alternative
3. Your __________ is the round of things that you usually do each day.
A. practice B. habit
C. routine D. custom
4. Farmers are more anxious for rain than people in cities because they have more at ___________.
A. danger B. stake C. loss D. threat
5. A ___________of the long report by the budget committee was submitted to the mayor for approval.
A. shorthand B. scheme C. schedule D. sketch
1．【答案】C
【解析】C項(xiàng)stock n．“庫(kù)存，現(xiàn)貨，備料（如have sth．in stock有存貨；sth．is out of stock沒(méi)有存貨；The store is out of stock of sth．商店里某商品沒(méi)有存貨）”與題意相符。其他三項(xiàng)中，stuff n．“原料，材料，東西”；material n． “原料，材料；資料，素材”；staff n．“全體職工，全體人員；參謀部”，都與題意不符。
2．【答案】A
【解析】A項(xiàng)key（to）n．“方法，關(guān)鍵；題解，答案（the key to world peace世界和平的關(guān)鍵；a key to the grammar exercises語(yǔ)法練習(xí)的答案）”，符合題意。其他三項(xiàng)中，decision n．“決定”；essence n．“本質(zhì)，實(shí)質(zhì)，要素”；alternative（to）n．“取舍，抉擇；供選擇的東西”，都與題意不符。
3．【答案】C
【解析】C項(xiàng)routine n．“（每天要做的）例行公事，慣常程序”符合題意。其他三項(xiàng)中，practice n．“業(yè)務(wù)；實(shí)踐；練習(xí)；習(xí)慣做法”；habit n．“習(xí)慣”；custom n.“風(fēng)俗，習(xí)慣，慣例”都與題意不符。
4．【答案】B
【解析】B項(xiàng)stake n．“利害關(guān)系，股份；賭本，賭注（have a stake in sth．在……方面有利害關(guān)系；be at stake／have sth．a(chǎn)t stake關(guān)系到……；……處于危險(xiǎn)之中；是得到或喪失……的問(wèn)題，如：The peace is at stake；He has a lot at stake in the venture．）”符合題意。其他三項(xiàng)中，可以說(shuō)be in danger，不說(shuō)be at danger；可以說(shuō)at a loss“不知所措，不知如何是好”；不說(shuō)at loss；可以說(shuō)under ［the］ threat of“處于……的威脅下”；不說(shuō)at threat。因此只有B項(xiàng)為正確答案。
5．【答案】D
【解析】D項(xiàng)sketch n．“梗概，大意；草圖，略圖；素描，速寫”符合題意。其他三項(xiàng)中，shorthand n．“速記”；scheme n．“計(jì)劃，方案；陰謀”；schedule n．“時(shí)間表，時(shí)刻表，日程安排表”，都與題意不符。