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第11题.During the eight years war， many people _____ their blood for their country.
A.shed
B.tempted
C.reserved
D.deboted
答案：A
人民为他们的国家已经浴血奋战了八年 shed流出;tempted引诱;reserved储备;deboted献身的
第12题.English has become a communication _____ for people from different countries.
A. merit
B.stream
C.enjoyment
D.medium
答案：D
英语已经成为不同国家人民建交流的工具 merit优势;stream潮流;enjoyment乐趣;medium手段
第13题.Most people are willing to _______violence of any sort as evil.
A.condemn
B. blame
C.charge
D. accuse
答案：A
详解：答案为A.condemn意为谴责，用在正式的严肃的场合，侧重从道义上或原则加以谴责。符合木题意思;blame表示“责备”，语气较弱，指对不好的事物或做错事的人加以责备;reproach表示：“指责”，一般是从平等关系提出意见，这种意见仅表示不满，可以是正确的，也可以是吹毛求疵的;accuse表示“指责，控告”，常用于“accuse sb. of……”句型中。
第14题.They have a small library in which you can find a ________of books on various fields.
A.variation
B. variety
C.varied
D. various
答案：B
详解：答案为B.词形和词性辨析题。a variety of指“大量的许多的”。variation指“变化，变动”。
第15题.The supply of electric power to Madrid and neighboring districts has had to be______.

A.weakened
B. omitted
C.restricted
D. lowered
答案：B
详解：答案为B.搭配题。supply只能和lower搭配表示“降低供应量”而符合句意。weaken指“(使.变弱，变衰”，omit指“遗漏，省略”，restrict指“约束，制(禁.止”。
第16题.They have been trying to arrive at a practical solution _____ the problem.
A.in
B. to
C.on
D. with
答案：B
详解：答案为B.互搭配题。在：key，answer， access，approach，introduction，rights(权利.，response， reaction，reply， solution等词后常用to表示所属关系。
第17题.As a_______president，his views are treated with respect when he is interviewed
A.prior
B. previous
C.late
D. former
答案：D
详解：答案为D.词义辨析题。former指“前任的，前一个”，表示顺序上的前一个;prior指“较早的”，“优先的”是比较级形式，常和to连用。previous指“先前的，上文的”，表明时间和方位上的先后。late指“迟的，晚期的”，强调时间上的先后。
第18题.For the sake of ourselves and next generation we must now ______ paying attention to greenspace in towns and cities.
A.set about
B. set off
C.set back
D. set down
答案：A
[考点] 短语动词辨析set about“开始，着手”;set off“出发，启程;激起，引起”;set back“推迟，延缓，阻碍;使花费”;set down“写下，记下”。
[译文] 为了我们自己和我们后代的利益，我们必须开始关注城镇的绿色空间。
第19题.Walking into the room，I saw Grandpa sitting at the desk， ______.
A.newspaper spreading before him
B. newspaper spread before him
C.newspaper was spreading before him
D. newspaper to be spread before him
答案：B
[考点]独立结构 构成和用法参见Model Test Seven第59题，本题要留意它的位置在句末，起补充说明作用。
[译文]走进房间，我看见爷爷坐在桌旁，他的面前摊着一张报纸。
第20题.It is ______ to ask this merciless man for help.
A.out of question
B. out of the question
C. beyond question
D. in question
答案：B
[考点] 介词短语辨析out of question“毫无疑问”;out of the question“不可能的”;beyond question“毋庸置疑”;in question“讨论中的”。
[译文] 向这个冷酷无情的人求助是不可能的。