1. There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ______ from fall to winter.

A) transmission(传播发射传递)

B) transformation

C) transition

D) transfer(转移转换，过户，调动，换乘)

注：1. transmission 广播电视节目的传送;疾病的传播;文化的传递

2. transformation 变革

3. transition 季节的过度，时间的更替，社会制度的转型

4. transfer 转学，调任工作

2. I think we need to see an investment ______ before we make an expensive mistake.

A) guide

B) entrepreneur

C) consultant

D) assessor

注：consultant 顾问

3. The ______ on this apartment expires in a year’s time.

A) treaty

B) lease

C) engagement

D) subsidy

注：lease 租约

4. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.

A) pensions

B) earnings

C) salaries

D) donations捐赠，donate

注：pensions 养老金

. There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.

A) appliance

B) accessory附属的，附件配件，装饰品，从犯，包庇犯(principal主要的，主犯)

C) machine

D) mechanism机械装置，机构

6. After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.

A) deteriorated使恶化使变坏

B) dispersed

C) dissipated

D) drained

注：1. drain (强调结果)耗尽

2. disperse (强调过程)

3. dissipate (强调过程)

7. No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep.

A) deprived

B) ripped被撕破，裂缝，责备

C) stripped剥去除去脱去

D) contrived设法做到，谋划策划设计

注：deprive of 剥夺(六级最爱)

8. For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.

A) depressed

B) immersed使浸没

C) oppressed压迫压制

D) cursed

注：1. oppress 压制

2. curse 诅咒

9. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.

A) harnessed给马套上挽具，用(自然力量)产生能量

B) hatched使孵化(飞机的)舱口，窗口

C) motivated构成动机促使

D) geared

注：gear 调整以适应

10. The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries.

A) provoked

B) irritated使激怒使烦躁使疼痛

C) inspired由灵感引起的，充满灵感的，

D) hoisted举起起重机

注：provoke 引起，引发

【答案】1-10 CCBAA DACDA