91. Probability is the mathematical study of the _____ of an event's occurrence.
A. desire
B. likelihood
C. result
D. effect
[答案] B. likelihood
[注释] 句意:概率是对事件发生的可能性的数学研究。
92. Driving a car without insurance can have _____ consequences.
uncertain
B. disastrous
C. potential
D. unworthy
[答案] B. Disastrous.
[注释] disastrous 灾难性的。
93. The police refused to _____ the clues they were working on.
A. exhibit
B. disclose
C. expose
D. discern
[答案] B. disclose.
[注释]disclose (=uncover; allow to be seen; make known) 透露, 使显露: 1) The lawyer disclosed the details of the case. 2) He disclosed that he had made arrangements to buy a new car. exhibit 展览, 展出, 显示, expose 暴露,discern 认出, 发现, 辨别,识别。本题译文:警方拒绝透露他们正在调查的线索。
94. What you have done is _____ the doctor's orders.
A. attached to
B. resistant to
C. responsible to
D. contrary to
[答案] D. contrary to.
[注释] (be) contrary to与.......相反, 违反 (作表语) :What you wish to do is contrary to the regulations. contrary to也可以作状语:a. If you act contrary to the doctor's advice, you won't get well again. b. Contrary to what I thought, he has proved to be successful. 2) 作定语:The boy was swimming in a direction contrary to the current. (这男孩朝着逆流方向游去。)
95. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality, he'd tell them so.
A. minor
B. humble
C. inferior
D. awkward
[答案] C. inferior
本题译文:这位商店售货员对顾客很坦率。如果货物质量不好, 他就把情况告诉顾客。