12 Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn

　　A die B disappear

　　C migrate D vanish

　　13 But ultimately he gave in.

　　A undoubtedly B certainly

　　C finally D necessarily

　　14 It is a complicated problem.

　　A strange B complex

　　C difficult D unusual

　　15 In Britain and many other countries appraisal is now a tool of management-

　　A evaluation B production

　　C efficiency D publicity

　　答案:

　　1 A motive：動機。reason：理由。這兩個詞意思比較接近。There is no reason to doubt his word.沒有理由不相信他的話。excuse：借口。answer和reply都有"回答"的意思。

　　2 C widen和broaden都有"拓寬"的意思。extend：延伸：延長。The builders extended the road for three more miles.筑路人把道路延長了三英里。stretch：延伸。The forests stretch for hundreds of miles森林綿延數百英里。bend：彎曲。

　　3 c lure：吸引。attraction：吸引。這兩個詞意思相近。The attraction of this house lies in its simplicity.J~所房子的誘人之處在于它的簡單。error：錯誤。puzzle：難題。contradiction：矛盾。

　　4 D immense和enormous都有"巨大的"意思。It was all enormous disappointment.此事太令人失望了。no是"沒有"，little是"幾乎沒有"， scarce是"不足的".

　　5 B remedy：補救。improve：改進。這兩個詞意思相近。Herbal medicine can be used to improve our health.草藥可用于增進我們的健康。maintain：保持。preserve：保護。protect：保護。

　　6 A collaborate：合作；勾結。cooperate：合作。 She has agreed to cooperate with the police in the investigation她同意在調查中跟警察合作。marry：結婚。combine：合并。argue：爭論。

　　7 A consolidate：鞏固。strengthen：鞏固，加強。To strengthen his position in Parliament，he held talks with leaders of the Peasant Party.為了加強在國會中的地位，他跟農民黨的領導人進行了會談。win：贏得。abandon：放棄。unite：聯合。

　　8 B probe：探索。explore：探索。這兩個詞意思很相近。Both parties are exploring ways of settling the dispute雙方都在尋求解決爭端的辦法。solve：解決。settle：解決。handle：處理。

　　9 D alleviate：減輕。lessen：減輕：變小。The medicine begins to take effect and Symptoms lessen藥已經起作用，癥狀減輕了。remove：去掉；切除。cure：治療。treat：處理。

　　10 B deduce：推導。derive：推導。 Defensive behavior patterns derive from our Subconscious fears各種防衛行為的模式來自于我們下意識的恐懼。20：去。d0：干。come：來。

　　11 D insufficient：不充分的。inadequate：不充分的。Supplies of food and medicine are inadequate食物和藥品供應不足。scarce：稀少的。short：短的。marginal：少量的。

　　12 A perish：死亡。die：死亡。111e old man will die soon這個老人很快會死去。disappear：消失。migrate：遷移。vanish：消失。

　　13 C ultimately：最后。finally：最后。The food finally arrived at the end of last month 食品終于在上月末運到了。certainly：當然。necessarily：必定地。

　　14 B complicated：復雜的。complex;復雜的。The issue is very complex，這個問題太復雜了。strange：奇怪的。difficult：困難。unusual：不尋常的。

　　15 A appraisal：評價。evaluation：評價。Evaluation is standard practice for a11 training 評價是各種教育的通常的做法。production：生產。efficiency：效率。publicity：出名。