26. I was too ___________ to ask him for help.
A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. thrilled D. thrilling
【答案】A.
【解析】考查詞義辨析和非謂語動詞。embarrassed,embarrassing(尤指社交場合)尷尬的,窘迫的;thrilled,thrilling興奮的,驚險的。-ed結(jié)尾形容人,-ing結(jié)尾形容物,本句修飾“I”,故排除B, D;too...to...太...以至于不能...,根據(jù)句意,選A。
27. Over-working can be a ____________.
A. task B. burden C. bother D. weight
【答案】B.
【解析】考查詞義辨析。task任務(wù);burden負(fù)擔(dān);bother麻煩,煩惱;weight重量,重力。根據(jù)句意,“過量的工作是一個負(fù)擔(dān)”,故選B。
28. The first soon __________ the whole town.
A. spread through B. spread down C. spread over D. spread out
【答案】A.
【解析】考查相似動詞短語辨析。spread through蔓延開來;spread down延伸至;spread over覆蓋在,遍布在;spread out展開,打開。只有選項A可以表示“火勢蔓延”,且spread的過去式仍為spread,故選A。
29. The accident in which two people were seriously injured resulted ____________ careless driving.
A. in B. from C. on D. of
【答案】B.
【解析】考查相似動詞短語辨析。result in導(dǎo)致;result from由于,因...產(chǎn)生;result of是...的結(jié)果。根據(jù)句意可知。careless driving粗心駕駛,是原因,故選B。
30. Law school doesn’t ___________ as many years as medical school does.
A. take B. cost C. spend D. pay
【答案】A.
【解析】考查意近詞詞義辨析。take, cost, spend, pay均可作“花費(fèi)”講,但用法不盡相同。cost, pay多指花費(fèi)金錢;spend主語必須是人;take多指花費(fèi)時間。故選A。