1. When you put up wallpaper, should you ______ the edges or put them next to each other?

A. coincide B. extend C. overlap D. collide

2. More than one-third of the Chinese in the United States live in California,_____ in San Francisco.

A. previously B. predominantly C practically D. permanently

3. The workers agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands.

A. call for B. call forth C. call off D. call up

4. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn’t _____ what color it was.

A. look out B. make out C. get across D. take after

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

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

6. Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ______.

A. simultaneously B. spontaneously C. homogeneously D. contemporarily

7. The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the ______.

A. vain B. vicinity C. court D. jail

8. Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ______ in every family’s budget.

A. nutrition B. expenditure C. routine D. provision

1. 答案：C

译文：当你贴壁纸时你是把纸的边缘重叠起来呢还是把它们平铺连在一起呢?

解析：coincide 巧合;extend 延长;overlap 重叠;collide 碰撞

2. 答案：B

译文：在美国，华人中有三分之一居住在加利福尼亚洲, 其中主要是在旧金山。

解析：predominantly (=mostly; mainly)主要地;previously先前, 早先;practically 实际上;permanently 永久地。

3. 答案：C

译文：如果公司同意满足他们的需求，工人们将同意取消罢工。

解析：call off 取消，宣告终止;call for需要，要求;call forth 唤起，引起，振作起;call up打电话，召集。

4. 答案：B

译文：我能看到远方的那辆车，但是不知道它是什么颜色。

解析：make out 辨别出，写出，理解;look out 小心，留神，注意;get across使……被理解，传播，说明，使……穿过，渡过;take after与……相象，长的很像。

5. 答案：A

译文：消防队员们设法及时的将火扑灭。

解析：extinguish (=put out) 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。

6. 答案：A

译文：光纤电缆可以同时传送数百个电话。

解析：simultaneously 同时地;spontaneously 自发地;homogeneously 同类地;contemporarily 现代地。

7. 答案：B

译文：有人向警方报警说逃犯可能就在附近。

解析：vain 徒劳;vicinity 附近;court 法院;jail 监狱

8. 答案：B

译文：无论你活着是为了吃饭，还是吃饭是为了活着，食物总是每个家庭预算的主要开支项目。

解析：nutrition 营养;expenditure 支出;routine 惯例;provision 预备