摸底：Unit 8（二）
54. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______. 
A) pensions          
B) earnings        
C) salaries         
D) donations
注：pensions 养老金
 
55. There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide. 
A) appliance
B) accessory 
C) machine          
D) mechanism


56. After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______. 
A) deteriorated     
B) dispersed  
C) dissipated  
D) drained 
注：1. drain （强调结果）耗尽
        2. disperse （强调过程）
        3. dissipate （强调过程） 
 
57. No one can   

63. E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that _______ well to human needs.
A) adheres     

B) reflects       

C) conforms

D) satisfies
注：conform to 表符合

 

64. The wings of the bird still ______ after it had been shot down.
A) slapped 

B) scratched

C) flapped 

D) fluctuated
注：1. flap 拍动        2. slap 掴耳光

    3. scratch 用爪子抓、刮、挠；scratch your head 思考；scowl 皱眉头  波动

 

65. The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously ______ relations between the two countries.
A) tumble           

B) jeopardize

C) manipulate      

D) intimidate
注：jeopardize 危险

 

66. When you put up wallpaper, should you ______ the edges or put them next to each other?
A) coincide

B) extend         

C) overlap         

D) collide 碰撞 运动撞运动
注：1. overlap 重叠       2. coincide  一致；coincident 一致的
【门卫大爷的故事：时间的巧合；地点的一致；意见的巧合】   

    3. frugal 节俭的       4. collide 运动物体撞运动物体，撞击

67. Under the present system, state enterprises must ______ all profits to the government.
A) turn down        

B) turn up        

C) turn out        

D) turn in
注：turn in 上交

 

68. Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being _______.
A) laid out 

B) laid off

C) laid down 

D) laid aside
注：1. lay off 裁员                  2. lay out 布置

    3. lay down 制定政策；放下，放弃4. lay aside 放到一边，搁置；积蓄

 

69. We'll ______ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it.
A) compensate

B) remedy         

C) supplement      

D) retrieve
注：compensate 补偿，弥补（六级最爱）

 

70. She cut her hair short and tried to ______ herself as a man.
A) decorate         

B) disguise

C) fabricate       

D) fake

注：disguise 伪装       disgusting 令人恶心的