1.The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of money could _____.

A stand up to

B make up for

C come up with

D put up with

答案：B make up for 弥补。stand up to 经受，抗住，经得起。Come up with 提出(方案、建议、解决办法等 。put up with 忍受，容忍。

2.He tried to____ a story to cover his faults, but the teacher saw him in.

A make in

B make up

C make sense

D make for

答案：B make up 编造，符合题意。

3.In Britain today women_____ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half of the mothers with children are in paid work.

A build up

B stand for

C make up

D conform to

答案：C make up 表示“占……的比例”。建立(A ;表示(B ;与……一致(D ，不合题意。

4.He tried to _____ the lost time _____ staying up late.

A make up with, with

B make up with, by

C make up for, with

D make up for, by

答案D make up for 补偿。

5.Sometimes it is good_____ to ask a lady to go in front of you.

A manners

B politeness

C manner

D way

答案：A good manners：有礼貌，属固定搭配。

6.You have nothing to____ by refusing to listen to our advice

.A gain B grasp C seize Dearn

答案：A gain 表示“收益，得到”，符合题意。抓住(B，夺取(C和挣得(D，不符合题意。

7.Now the____ between the rich and the poor countries has become even wider.

A different B differ C gap Ddistinction

答案：C different 不同的，为形容词。differ与……不同，差别，为动词。句中需要的是主语，故A、B均错。gap 差异，差距。distinction 区别。由rich与poor可知为贫富差异，应选C，句意：现在贫国与富国间的差距已变得越来越大。

8.The little boy____ his hiding place when he coughed.

A gave away B gave off C gave up D gave in答案：A give away“赠送;泄露”。give sth. off“释放，发出(气味等”。give up “停止，放弃，辞去”。give in“认输，让步，屈服;交上，呈上”。The rebels were forced to give in. 叛军被迫投降。本句意为：小男孩的咳嗽声暴露了他的藏身之处。

9.The floor was so rotten that it almost ____ under his weight.

A gave away B gave over C gave way D gave up

答案：C give away“泄露;捐赠”。give over“停止;交付”，give way“不能支持，塌下去”。give up“放弃;辞去”。地板烂成这样子，都快被他的体重压塌了。

10.Ever since the rise of industrialism. education has been____ towards producingworkers.

A harnessed B hatched C motivated D geared

答案：D gear(to 使适合：we have to gear our lives to the new changes. harness 控制和利用(自然力以发电 。hatch 孵化;炮制，制定。motivate 是……的动机，引起，驱使。