11. Sometimes even the smallest thing will upset an __ person.
    A. annoyed
    B. irritated
    C. irritable
    D. angry
    12. All the participants in the meeting __a loud laugh when the lecturer began his speech with a joke.
    A. let off
    B. let out
    C. let down
    D. let through
    13. In Britain, the best season of the year is probably __ spring.
    A. latter
    B. later
    C. last
    D. late
    14. They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been__ .
    A. off time
    B. on time
    C. ahead of schedule
    D. behind schedule
    15. The roar of the crowd finally __ to a murmur.
    A. reduced
    B. diminished
    C. decreased
    D. cut down
    16. This singer is always very __ to the reaction of the audience when she gives a performance.
    A. sentimental
    B. sensible
    C. positive
    D. sensitive
    17. If you don't put the food in the refrigerator, it may __
    A. go off
    B. go over
    C. go wrong
    D. go out
    18. You'll have to buy some new shoes as these are
    A. used up
    B. wasted away
    C. broken down
    D. worn out
    19. Though badly damaged by fire, the palace was eventually __ to its original splendour.
    A. repaired
    B. renewed
    C. restored
    D. renovated
    20. The seeing eye dog was the blind man's companion.
    A. continual
    B. consistent
    C. constant
    D. continuous
    參考答案及解析
    11. 【答案】C
    【參考譯文】有時(shí)即使是最小的事情也會擾亂易怒的人。
    【試題分析】此題為詞義辨析題。
    【詳細(xì)解答】annoyed指被弄得有點(diǎn)發(fā)怒，不耐煩;irritated指因?yàn)槟呈碌臒_而生氣;irritable指非常容易生氣的人;angry指對某事感到不愉快。
    12. 【答案】B
    【考點(diǎn)】動詞詞組辨析B)let out“發(fā)出(笑聲、叫喊聲);泄露”;A)let off“說出(笑話等);放過，饒恕”;C)let down“放下;使失望”;D)let through“允許…通過”。
    【譯文】演講人講了一個(gè)笑話開始演講，所有與會者發(fā)出了大笑聲。
    13. 【答案】D
    【參考譯文】在英國，一年的季節(jié)也是暮春。
    【試題分析】此題為形近詞辨析題。
    【詳細(xì)解答】late遲的;晚期的：at a late hour在很晚的時(shí)候;in the late sixties在六十年代后期。A. latter后面的，后半的，后者的。latter表示“后半的，半了的”常與“part, half”等詞連用，如：the latter half of the year下半年?！發(fā)atter”不能與表時(shí)間的詞連用。B. later 以后，用作副詞：sooner or later遲早;later on以后，下回。C. last最后的，用在此句不符合句意。
    14. 【答案】D
    【參考譯文】他們等著要見那位歌星，一直等了幾個(gè)小時(shí);飛機(jī)一定晚點(diǎn)了。
    【試題分析】此題為詞義辨析題。
    【詳細(xì)解答】on time 準(zhǔn)時(shí);ahead of schedule在……時(shí)間前, 提前(ahead of time);behind schedule誤點(diǎn), 脫班, 晚點(diǎn)。
    15. 【答案】B
    【參考譯文】人群的吵鬧聲最終減弱成一種低嘀聲。
    【試題分析】此題為詞義辨析題。
    【詳細(xì)解答】reduce指在數(shù)量，大小，尺寸，速度等級上的減少或降低;diminish指逐漸地變少;decrease使某物變得少;cut down砍倒，削減。
    16. 【答案】D
    【參考譯文】這位歌手在表演時(shí)對觀眾的反應(yīng)很敏感。
    【試題分析】此題為詞義辨析題。
    【詳細(xì)解答】A為“ 多愁善感”的意思;B為“有理智的, 可察覺的”;C為“確實(shí)的, 明確的”;D為“敏感的, 靈敏的”?！敬鸢浮恐荒苁荄。
    17. 【答案】A
    【譯文】你要是不把食物放進(jìn)冰箱，食物會壞的。
    【試題分析】詞組搭配題。
    【詳細(xì)解答】go off意為“(食品)變壞，(疼痛)消失”，符合句意。go over sth. ，“瀏覽，檢查，復(fù)習(xí)”;go out，“消滅，參加社會活動”;go wrong，“出錯，(機(jī)器)壞了，(事情)進(jìn)展不順利”，均不符合句意。
    18. 【答案】D
    【參考譯文】你得買些新鞋。這些都穿壞了。
    【試題分析】此題為近義詞組辨析題。
    【詞組辨析】wear out(把)穿破;(把)用壞：I have worn out my overall. 我把工作服穿破了。A. use up 用盡：His money was used up. 他的錢花光了。B. waste away消瘦：He is wasting away from disease. 他病得消瘦了。C. break down打破;坍塌(健康精神)垮下來。
    19. 【答案】C
    【參考譯文】盡管宮殿在大火中受到嚴(yán)重毀壞，但最終還是被修復(fù)得跟原來一樣輝煌。
    【試題分析】此題為近義詞辨析題，兼考搭配。
    【詞義辨析】restore：恢復(fù)(健康);復(fù)職;(把建筑物，家俱、藝術(shù)品等)恢復(fù)原狀，修復(fù)：restore an oil painting修復(fù)一張舊油畫。A. repaire修理，不能與建筑物搭配使用。B. renew更換;更新，只可表示精力的恢復(fù)，或更換舊物，而不是使原來的東西改變面貌。如：renew one’s strength恢復(fù)體力;renew a book續(xù)借一本書。D. renovate翻新;修理;強(qiáng)調(diào)在原有的基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)行改造，使之面貌一新：renovate an old house修理老房子。但renovate不能和表達(dá)到某一程度的介詞“to”搭配，而restore常與介詞“to”搭配使用，所以C為正確選項(xiàng)。
    20. 【答案】C
    【參考譯文】這只引路狗是這位盲人的忠實(shí)伙伴。
    【試題分析】此題為近義詞兼形近詞辨析題。
    【詞義辨析】constant永恒的，忠實(shí)的：a constant believer in materialism堅(jiān)信唯物主義的人。A. continual連續(xù)的;不間斷的：Pay continual visits to the library. 常去圖書館。B. consistent(人，行為)一致的;經(jīng)常的;一貫的。a consistent policy一貫的政策。D. continuous持續(xù)不斷的：continuous development不斷的發(fā)展。從題意中可看出“companion(伴侶)”是“忠實(shí)的”