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    11.Her beauty ______ people.

    A. applied

    B. appealed

    C. attracted

    D. lured

    正確答案：C

    答案解析：譯文：她的美貌引人注目。兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞都有"吸引"的意思，需要注意的是attract是及物動(dòng)詞，appeal是不及物動(dòng)詞，后面一般要加to.

    12.He is ______ for his former dishonorable action.

    A. shameful

    B. ashamed

    C. proud

    D. acquired

    正確答案：B

    答案解析：譯文：他對(duì)他以前不光彩的行為感到羞愧。ashamed指的是某人為做過的某件事 情而感到慚愧，羞恥的，而shameful強(qiáng)調(diào)的是某種行為言語可恥，丟臉。

    13.At that time the government was unwilling to ______ the foreign invasion.

    A. resist

    B. desist

    C. persist

    D. insist

    正確答案：A

    答案解析：譯文：那時(shí)政府對(duì)外國(guó)的入侵不愿進(jìn)行抵抗。resist指的是"抵制，抵抗"；desist意思是"中止，停止"根據(jù)句意可知答案為A.

    14.Of course， most immigrants did not get rich overnight， but the ______ of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living.��

    A. maximum

    B. minority

    C. majority

    D. minimum

    正確答案：C

    答案解析：譯文：當(dāng)然，大多數(shù)移民不是一夜之間就發(fā)財(cái)?shù)模�但是他們大多最終改善了自己的生活水平。maximum意為"最大限量；最高點(diǎn)"；minority意為"少數(shù)，半數(shù)以下"；majority意為"大多數(shù)"；minimum意為"最低限度，最低點(diǎn)".

    15.The beach is in an ideal ______ to draw tourists.��

    A. condition B. situation

    C. state

    D. publicity

    正確答案：B

    答案解析：譯文：這片海灘所處位置理想，吸引了很多游客。condition意為"狀況；形勢(shì) "；situation意為"位置，地點(diǎn)，環(huán)境"；state意為"狀態(tài)，情形"；publicity意為"公眾的注意，名聲".

    16.Our ______ sensitivity decreases with age. By age 60， most people have lost 40 percent of their ability to smell and 50 percent of their taste buds.��

    A. sensible

    B. senseless

    C. sensitive

    D. sensory

    正確答案：D

    答案解析：譯文：我們的感官能力隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)而下降。比如說，到60歲的時(shí)候，多數(shù)人失去了他們40%的嗅覺能力和50%的味覺能力。sensible意為"明智的，合情的"； senseless意為"失去知覺的，不省人事的"；sensitive意為"敏感的"；sensory意為"感覺的，傳遞感覺的".

    17.The eldest child is thoroughly ______ because they always give him whatever he wants.��

    A. wasted

    B. spoiled��

    C. destroyed

    D. uneducated

    正確答案：B

    答案解析：譯文：他們的大孩子被徹底寵壞了，因?yàn)樗�要什么，他們就給什么。waste意為"使衰弱；使消瘦"；spoil意為"寵壞，溺愛"；destroy意為"破壞；毀滅"；uneducated意為"未受（良好）教育的".

    18.-Can you take the day off tomorrow？

    -Well， I'll have to get ______ from my boss.��

    A. permission

    B. permit

    C. allowance

    D. possession

    正確答案：A

    答案解析：譯文：-你明天能休一天嗎？-我要征得老板的允許。permission意為"允許"；permit意為"許可證"；allowance意為"津貼"；possession意為"擁有".

    19.The board has decided to ______ part of their grant money from certain students.

    A. withhold

    B. prevent

    C. stop

    D. protect

    正確答案：A

    答案解析：譯文：董事會(huì)決定不發(fā)給某些學(xué)生部分助學(xué)金。withhold意為：拒絕給，保留；prevent意為：阻止，妨礙。

    20.There is a ______ new restaurant in South Street.

    A. terrified

    B. terror

    C. territory

    D. terrific

    正確答案：D

    答案解析：譯文：南大街新開了一家極好的飯店。本題考查形近詞辨析，terrified 意思是"恐懼的，受驚嚇的"，terrific意思是"極好的，非常的"根據(jù)題意可知答案為D.