91. As the ________ of working too hard, the man became ill.

A. end B. reason

C. cause D. result

92. As die clouds drifted away, an even higher peak became ________ to tile climbers.

A. obvious B. visible

C. present D. apparent

93. As the plane was getting ready to take off, we all _________our seat belt.

A. fled B. locked

C. fastened D. closed

94. As we are on the point of _________ some important business with them, we should like to know exactly about their credit standing.

A. transmitting B. transferring

C. transacting D. transporting

95. As your teacher advised, you should spend your time on something ________researching into.

A. precious B. worth

C. worthy D. valuable 考试用书

91. [答案] D

[翻译] 由于工作过度，他病了。

[分析] as a/the result of 是一个固定短语，意思是“由于，因为”。例如：He was late s the result of the snow.他因下雪迟到了。

92. [答案] B

[翻译] 当云朵消散以后，爬山者可以看到更加高的山峰。

[分析] visible的意思是“看得见，可见的”；obvious的意思是“显然的，明显的”；present的意思是“现在的，出席的”；apparent的意思是“明显的，显而易见的”。

93. [答案] C

[翻译] 飞机准备起飞时候，我们都把安全带系好了。

[分析] fasten的意思是“系住，扎牢，使某物结合在一起”；tie指用绳子打扣“系”起来，没有“使牢固”的含义；lock的意思是“上锁”，在这里不符合题意。Close的意思是“关闭，合上”。

94. [答案] C

[翻译] 因我方正与该公司磋商一些重要的交易，所以想确切了解它的资信情况。

[分析] transacting的意思是“交易”；transmit的意思是“传播，传送”；transfer的意思是“转让”；transport的意思是“运输”。

95. [答案] B

[翻译] 正如你的老师那样，你应该把时间花在钻研一些值得研究的事情上。

[分析] worth和 worthy 都可能当“值得的”讲，worth的后面接名词或动名词，worthy的后面接动词不定式或者与of 搭配使用，空白处后面的researching是一个动名词，根据这一点我们可以看出B应该是正确的答案。Worth一般作表语，在本句中作不定代词的后置定语。Precious的意思是“珍贵的”；valuable的意思是“有价值的”，这两项都与题意不符。