1.This hypothesis states that environments that are too clean may actually make the ______ system develop oversensitive responses.
A.mental B.nervous C.immune D.physical
2. Tennessee’s population is nearly two-fifths rural, and no single city or group of cities the state.
A.dominates B.manages C.manipulates D.controls
3. Long______ to harmful pollutants is most likely to lead to a decline in health.
A.contact B.touch C.use D.exposure
4. The manager was told when he was ______ that his was a pressure job.
A. appointed B. pointed C. assigned D. disappointed
5. Her husband is interested in designing electronic ______.
A. management B. safety C. devices D. routine
【答案解析】
1.C。mental心理的;nervous紧张的;immune免疫的;physical肉体的。根据题意可知，此处应用immune，故答案为C。
2. A。dominate占优势;manage管理;manipulate操作，操纵;control控制，支配，管理。根据题意可知dominate符合题意。故答案为A。
3.D。contact接触，联系，交往;touch触摸，接触;use使用，利用;exposure显露，暴露。这里的意思是“长期接触有害污染物……”，exposure to表示了这一概念。故答案为D。
4. A。appoint任命，委派;point指，指向;assign分配，交给;disappoint使失望。根据题意可知，此处应填“任命，委派”。故答案为A。
5. C。management管理，经营;safety安全，平安;device装置，装备;routine例行公事。根据题意可知，此处应填“设备”。故答案为C。
1. After so many weeks without rain, the ground quickly ____the little rain that fell last night.
A. skipped B. soaked C. retrieved D. absorbed
2. We’ll ____ you as soon as we have any further information.
A. notify B. signifyC. communicate D. impart
3. The fox fell into the ____ the hunters had set for it.
A. bush B. trap C. trick D. circle
4. I don’t know you want to keep the letter. I’ve ____it up.
A. torn B. given C. broken D. disposed
5. The old lady ____ and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom.
A. slided B. slipped C. split D. spilled
【答案解析】
1. D absorb意为“吸收”;skip意为“使(石片)跳跃着擦过水面”;soak意为“把…浸湿”;retrieve意为“使恢复;使再生”。
2. A notify意为“通知;报告”;signify意为“象征，预示”;communicate意为“传达，传递”;impart意为“告诉;传授”。
3. B bush意为“树丛”;trap意为“陷井”;trick意为“把戏”;circle意为“圈，圆圈”。
4. A tear up意为“撕毁”;give up意为“放弃”;break up意为“击碎;拆散”;dispose of意为“处理;清除”。
5. B slip意为“滑倒;滑落”;slide意为“滑行;光滑地移动”;split意为“裂开”;spill意为“溅出;流出”。
Mr. Green was ill and went to the hospital. A doctor __1__ and said, “Well, Mr. Green, you are going to __2__ some injections, and you’ll feel much better. A nurse will come __3__ give you the first one this evening, and then you’ll __4__ get another one tomorrow evening.” __5__ a young nurse came to Mr. Green’s bed and said to him, “I am going to give you your __6__ injection now, Mr. Green. Where do you want it?”
The old man was __7__. He looked at the nurse for a __8__, then he said, “__9__ has ever let me choose that before. Are you really going to let me choose now?”
