1. He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground.
A. crashing B. throwing C. rushing D. dropping
[答案]A. crashing.
[注释]crash(to the ground)猛跌（到地上）。Crash n.
常指飞机等的“失事”，如：He was killed in an aircraft crash.(他在飞机失事中丧生。)本句中用falling 不妥，fall 指“落下，掉下”，本身并不强调落下的速度，而crash 使“猛跌”，故本题用crashing 最佳。

2. High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.
A. discourage B. decrease C. disturb D. disgust
[答案]A. discourage
[注释]discourage sb. from doing sth.使认为某事不值得做：Tht wet weather discouraged people from going to the sports meeting.(下雨天使人觉得不值得去看运动会。)

3. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.
A. equivalent B. uniform C. alike D. likely
[答案]A. equivalent.
[注释]equivalent 相等的，相当的：He exchanged his pounds for the equivalent mount of dollars. uniform 相同的,一样的。Likely adj.很可能的，有希望的。Alike(表语形容词)相同的，相象的。

4. The two things are the same in outward form but different _____.
A. in addition B. in brief C. in common D. in essence
[答案]D. in essence.
[注释]in essence 本质上；in addition 此外；in brief 简短地，简言之；in common 共同。

5. _____ it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time.
A. By the way B. In a way C. In the way D. In no way
[答案]B. In a way.
[注释]in a way(-to some extent)在某种程度上；in no way 决不；by the way 顺便提一下；in the way 碍事。此题不能选by the way，因为by the way 做插入语其后应加逗号。本题译文：我没有得到我申请得工作在某种程度上说是件好事，尽管我承认当时我很失望。