名词：
1] He gave the machine another ___ to see if it could work.
A) chance   B) trial   C) operation   D) attempt
答案：B
译文：他又一次尝试机器是否能正常工作。
考点：近义名词辨析
解析：trial: [ 'traiəl ]  a. 尝试性的n. 尝试,努力,试验,试用,讯问,审讯
n.讨厌的事，人
例句与用法:
1. That child is a trial to his parents. 
 那个孩子是他的父母的一块心病。
2. The murder trial lasted six weeks. 
 法庭对这一谋杀案的审理为时六周。
3. The new aircraft has performed very well in its initial trials. 
 这种新式飞机在最初几次试飞中表现性能良好。
4. He's on trial for his life. 
 他正在受决定他生死的审判，
5. Her child is a trial to his teachers. 
 她的孩子让老师很伤脑筋。
6. She was put on trial for fraud. 
 她因涉及诈骗罪而受审.
7. She went on/stood trial for murder. 
 她因涉及谋杀罪而受审.
8. The trial lasted a week. 
 审讯持续了一个星期.

2] The ___ of the story was “ Look before you leap. “
A) instruction   B) moral   C) comment   D) statement
答案：B
译文：这个故事的寓意是“三思而后行”。
考点：近义名词辨析
解析：moral: [ 'mɔrəl ]  a. 道德(上)的,有道德的n. 寓意
词形变化:
副词:morally
例句与用法:
1. You may draw your own moral from it. 
 你可以从中得出自己的教训。
2. A baby isn't born with a moral sense. 
 孩子并不是生来就有是非感的。
3. He lived a moral life after marriage. 
 他婚后过着合乎道德规范的生活。
4. Human beings are moral individuals. 
 人是有辨别是非能力的。
5. The moral of this story is Better late than never'. 
 这个故事的寓意是｀迟做总比不做好＇.
6. His behavior transgressed the moral rules of the social conduct. 
 他的行为违背了社会行为的道德准则。
7. We differ about moral standards. 
 我们对道德标准看法不一致。
8. She regards his moral faults with charity. 
 她宽恕他的品行不端。

3] Many people complain of the rapid ___ of modern life.
A) rate   B) pace   C) speed   D) growth
答案：B
译文：许多人抱怨现代生活的快节奏。
考点：近义名词辨析
解析：pace: [ peis ]  n. 速度,步调,步法v. 踱步,缓慢的走,引导
词形变化:
动词过去式:paced 过去分词:paced 现在分词:pacing 第三人称单数:paces
例句与用法:
1. The film director put the new actor through his paces. 
 电影导演测试了一下那位新演员的演技。
2. The lion paced the floor of his cage restlessly. 
 狮子烦躁地在兽笼里走来走去。
3. She works so fast that I can't keep pace with her. 
 她工作得很快，我跟不上她的速度。
4. The new recruits were put through their paces. 
 新兵正接受考验.
5. He was so unfit he couldn't keep pace (with us). 
 他身体很不好, 跟不上（我们）.
6. She paced out the length of the room. 
 她用步子测量了房间的长度.
7. He paced up and down (the platform), waiting for the train. 
 他（在月台上）踱来踱去等候火车.
8. Are wages keeping pace with inflation? 
 工资的增长跟得上通货膨涨的速度吗?