1. The writer was always looking for suitable _____ to use in his next story.
A. contents B. articles C. notions D. ideas
2. He gave me some very _____ advice on buying a house.
A. precious B. worthy C. precise D. valuable
3. You will get to the church more quickly if you take this _____ across the fields.
A. track B. passage C. method D. journey
4. A landing on Mars is within the _____ of current physical theory.
A. scheme B. scope C. scrap D. scale
5. He was _____ by a bee when he was collecting the honey.
A. scratched B. pricked C. stung D. bitten
6. Don't go too far into the sea, children, or the waves will _____ you off your feet.
A. flow B. cut C. press D. sweep
7. The store had no more red shoes _____, so Mary chose brown ones instead.
A. in demand B. in store C. in need D. in stock
8. Bill is not a fast runner and he doesn't have a chance of winning the marathon, but he will _____ the race even if he finishes last.
A. keep on B. keep to C. stick out D. stick to
9. Can you _____ me _____ two hundred copies of this article by tomorrow.
A. give .. out B. send .. in C. write .. off D. run .. off
10. The current political _____ of our country is favorable for foreign investments.
A. climate B. weather C. state D. occasion
【参考答案】：
1. [答案] D. ideas. [注释] idea(= thought; picture in mind)念头，思想，想法。
2. [答案] D. valuable. [注释] valuable 宝贵的，有价值的，常可修饰advice， suggestion， assistance， discovery等名词。 precious“贵重的”如: precious metals(贵金 属)，precious stone(宝石)。
3. [答案] A. track.
[注释] track(=path made by frequent use)意指“(常走而踏成的)小径”，如:a track across the moor(越过荒野的小径)。passage“通路”，如:force a passage through a crowd(在人群中挤出的一条通路). 可见此处选passage不妥.
4. [答案] B . scope.
[注释] scope 范围，活动范围，理解犯围: 1 Many words are outside the scope of this dictionary. (许多单词是超出了这本词典的范围.) 2 Very hard words are not within the scope of a child's understanding。(非常难懂的 词是超出了一个孩子的理解范围.) 3 Economics is beyond the scope of a child's mind.(经济学是孩子理解不了的.)
