1. He stopped his ears with his hands to _____ the terrible noise.
A. show off B. cut out C. keep from D. shut out
2. My house is the only brick one on the street. It _____ and you can't miss it.
A. stands up B. looks out C. sticks out D. wipes out
3. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.
A. poured B. melted C. drew D. dismissed
4. Although it is not our normal _____ to give credit, this time I think we should consider the matter more closely.
A state B intention C occasion D practice
5. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.
A. news B. print C. publication D. press
【參考答案】
1. [答案] D. shut out.
[注釋]shut out排除。參看IV.64。
show off炫耀; cut out刪掉; keep from; 1) 隱瞞; She kept the truth from me. (她向我隱瞞真相。) 2) 不沾, 避開(kāi); He keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。) 3) 使不做某事：She kept herself from laughing. (她沒(méi)有笑出來(lái)。)?
2. [答案] C. stick out.
[注釋]stick out (=protrude, project) 伸出, 突出; 顯露, 顯眼：1) The doctor asked him to stick his tongue out. 2) Spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. (這篇作文中拼寫(xiě)錯(cuò)誤很顯眼。) stick out (=endure to the end) 堅(jiān)持到底; If you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. (假如你能在堅(jiān)持一下, 一切都會(huì)好起來(lái)。)
wipe out 擦去, 消滅, 參看III.193.注釋.
3. [答案] A. poured.
[注釋]pour 此處意為：涌出, 涌來(lái), 如：People poured out to the rally. (人們踴躍參加群眾大會(huì)。)
4.[答案] D. practice.
[注釋]practice (=way of doing sth. That is common or habitual; sth. done regularly) 做法, 慣例 ：It is my practice always to rise early. To give credit 讓賒欠：No credit is given at this shop. (這家商店概不賒欠。)
5. [答案] B. print.
[注釋]in print是習(xí)語(yǔ), 意指“印出來(lái), 發(fā)表出來(lái)”, 如：She finally saw her novel in print. (她終于看到他的小說(shuō)出版了。) in print 的另一個(gè)意思是“在印行, 還在發(fā)行”, 如：This book is still in print. (這本書(shū)還在發(fā)行, 可以買到) 反義詞是out of print , 意指“不在印行, 買不到了?！比纾篢he book you speak of is out of print. (你說(shuō)到的那本書(shū)已不在發(fā)行了。)
