136. Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is not a mysterious _____ without scientific basis. A. process B. practice C. procedure D. program [答案]A. process. [注释]process(=connected series of actions, or series of operations) 过程:By what process is cloth made form wool?(经过什么过程羊毛织成呢料?)practice(=the doing of something of, performance or repeated exercise, etc.)实习,练习;开业: She is doing her practice at the piano.(她在练习弹钢琴。)procedure(=the regular order of doing things)程序:the usual procedure at a meeting(开会的通常程序)。Program(=plan of what is to be done or list of items or events)课程,计划,大纲:What is the program for tomorrow ?(明天上什么课?) 137. I must go now. _____, if you want that book I'll bring it next time. A. Incidentally B. Accidentally C. Occasionally D. Subsequently [答案]A. Incidentally. [注释]incidentally(=by the way)附带地,顺便:Fred said, incidentally, that he had no dinner.(顺便提一下,福来德那时说,他还没吃晚饭。)accidentally(=by chance)偶然地:I met with an old friend of mine accidentally last week.(上星期我偶然碰到一位老朋友。)occasionally (=from time to time, not regularly)不时地,偶尔:We get visitors here occasionally.(我们偶尔在此接游客。)subsequently(=afterwards, later) At first we thought we would go; but subsequently we learned we were needed at home.(起初,我们想离开;但随后我们得知家里需要我们。) 138. A completely new situation is likely to _____ when the school leaving age is raised to 16. A. arouse B. rise C. arise D. abide [答案]C. arise. [注释]arise(=come into being, appear, happen)产生,发生:Difficulties will arise as we do the work.(我们做这项工作时将会发生困难。) arouse 唤起,激起,唤醒;rise 上升;abide (by)遵守。 本题译文:当中学毕业年龄上升到16岁时,很可能产生完全新的情况。 139. The illness from which Mary is suffering has now been _____ as hepatitis (肝炎). A. diagnosed B. determined C. deduced D. discovered [答案]A. diagnosed. |