英语选择题习题包含答案

　　1.The firemen managed to _____ the fire in time.

　　A. extinguish  B. prevent  C. suppress  D. ruin

　　2. What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs. Richard _____ common.

　　A. nothing but  B. anything but C. above all  D.rather than

　　3.The car was completely _____ and the driver seriously injured.

　　A. broken off  B. taken off  C. written off  D. picked up

　　4. According to the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, wisdom comes from the _____ of maturity.

　　A. fulfillment   B. achievement

　　C. establishment  D. accomplishment

　　5.The number of tickets _____ will be determined by the size of the stadium.

　　A. adaptable  B. acceptable  C. advisable  D. available

　　6.Too many hotels have been built and this has _____ prices, making holidays cheaper.

　　A. cut short  B. cut out  C. cut off  D. cut down

　　1.[答案] A. extinguish.

　　[注释] extinguish (=put out) vt. 扑灭 (火焰等) 。Stop the fire虽然也可以搭配, 但按本句题意用extinguish为最佳。

　　2.[答案] B. anything but.

　　[注释] anything but (=far from being) 根本不; The boys knew they bad broken the rules, and they were anything but happy when they were called to the office. (=They were unhappy and afraid.) nothing but 只不过; Don't have him for a friend; he's nothing but a criminal. (不要把他当朋友, 他只不过是个罪犯。) I have nothing but two dollars. (我只有2美元。) above all最重要的。rather than 而不是

　　3.[答案] C. written off.

　　[注释] write off报废

　　4.[答案] B. achievement

　　[注释]achievement 取得, 达到, 成就。

　　fulfilment 履行, 实行。如：He was willing to face any hardship in fulfilment of his duties. (他愿意迎向困难去履行他得职责。)

　　establishment 建立,建设。

　　Accomplishment (顺利) 完成：It was a great accomplishment to finish the house cleaning in two days. (两天内打扫完这栋屋子是件很了不起的事。)

　　5.[答案] D. available.

　　[注释] available. 可用的, 有效的, 可得到的。例如：1) There are no doctors available in the remote areas. (在边远地区没有大夫。)

　　acceptable 可以接受的：None of the suggestions was acceptable. advisable 明智的, 可取的, 适当的：I think it advisable that he be assigned to the job. (我认为指派他干这项工作是可取的。)

　　adaptable 能适应的：He is an adaptable man and will soon learn the new work.

　　6.[答案] D. cut down.

　　[注释] cur short 缩短；打断；缩减. cut out切断，删去. cut off切断（供水供电等），中断。cut down 削减，砍倒。