1.The two lawyers ___ for a few minutes about the exact meaning of a point of law. 
  A) discussed 
  B) argued 
  C) quarrelled 
  D) clashed 
  2.He stood on the ___ of the river, looking down into the water. 
  A) border 
  B) coast 
  C) bank 
  D) beach 
  3.He said that one must ___ religion from politics. 
  A) divorce 
  B) divide 
  C) identify 
  D) differ 
  4.Generally, the larger the ___ , the more stable the object. 
  A) basis 
  B) basin 
  C) base 
  D) basement 
  5.We cannot judge a person simply on the ___ of his education. 
  A) condition 
  B) basis 
  C) principle 
  D) base 
  6.By rail it is cheaper to buy a return ticket than two ___ tickets. 
  A) individual 
  B) single 
  C) singular 
  D) separate 
  7.We’re all in favor of spending whatever is necessary to ___ air pollution. 
  A) struggle 
  B) combat 
  C) conflict 
  D) dismiss 
  8.We must leave nothing to ___. 
  A) possibility 
  B) wish 
  C) opportunity 
  D) chance 
  9.He ___ the members of the audience to their seats. 
  A) accompanied 
  B) distributed 
  C) attended 
  D) conducted 
  10. While in London, we paid a visit to the hospital founded ___ the nurse Florence Nightingale. 
  A) in line with 
  B) in favour of 
  C) in honour of 
D) in place of
答案解析:
   1.答案:B 
   译文:两位律师在几分钟时间内就一个法律要点的确切含义进行了辩论。 
   解析:A) discuss vt. 讨论,辩论,论述 
   eg. They put their heads together to ~ what to do next. 他们聚在一起讨论下一步干什么。考试大 
   What does the book ~ ? 这本书讲的是什么? 
   ~ business with sb. 与某人谈生意(或正经事 ) 
   B) argue vi./vt. 提供理由,争论,主张,认为 argue for/against 提供理由 
   ~ with sb. about/over sth. 与某人辩论某事 
   ~ sb. into ( out of ) doing sth. 说服某人做(不做)某事 
   eg. The report ~s against tax increases. 报告列举了反对增税的种种理由。 
   I was too tired to ~ the point. 我太累了,不想争论这一点。 
   His accent ~s him to be a southerner. 他的口音表明他是个南方人。 
   C) quarrel n./vi. 争吵 have a ~ with sb. about sth. 就某事跟某人争吵 
   make/patch up a ~ (争吵后)言归于好 
   ~ with sb. 与某人吵架 
   D) clash vi./vt./n. 发生冲突,不协调,不一致 
   eg. Her birthday party ~ed with my examination, so I couldn’t go. 她的生日庆祝会和我的考试时间冲突,所以我没法去。 
   The fittings ~ with architecture. 建筑物的设备与其风格不配。 
   a ~ of opinions 意见的冲突 a color ~ 色彩的不协调 
   2.答案:C 
   译文:他站在河岸,朝水下看。 
   解析:A) border n./vi./adj. 边沿,边境,边界 
   eg. ~ disputes 边境争端 ~ incidents 边境事件 
   B) coast n./vt./vi. 海岸,沿岸航行 
   eg. sail along the ~ 沿海岸航行 ~ing trade 沿海贸易(尤指国内沿海港口间的贸易) 
   C) bank n./vt./vi. (河)岸,堤,(山)坡 
   eg. on the south ~ of the Yangtse River 在长江南岸 
   D) beach n./vi./vt. 海滩,(船)搁浅 
   3.答案:A 
   译文:他说一个人必须把宗教和政治分离开。 
   解析:A) divorce n./vt./vi. 离婚,分离,脱离 
   eg. the ~ of theory from practice 理论脱离实践 
   the ~ between state and religion 政教的分离 
   B) divide vt./vi./n. 分开,隔开 
   eg. ~ one’s time between work and study 把时间分别用在工作和学习上 
   Let’s ~ ourselves into two groups. 我们分成两个小组吧。 
   The new road will ~ the development. 这条路将把开发区隔开。 
   C) indentify vt./vi. 认出,识别,确定,一致 
   eg. Some people ~ happiness with wealth. 有些人认为有钱就是幸福。 
   A small baby can ~ its mother by her voice. 幼小的婴儿能听得出母亲的声音。 
   The witness was able to ~ who had fired. 证人认得出是谁开的枪。 
   ~ … as… 认出 She identified the man as her attacker. 她认出那个男人就是袭击过她的人。 
   D) differ vt. 不同 differ from 
   eg. Chinese ~s greatly from English in pronunciation. 汉语发音跟英语大不相同。 
   We ~ from/with him on/about/upon that question. 我们在那个问题上跟他们意见不同。