1.Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have ____ in the last six months.

A. added

B. jumped

C. amounted

D. developed

2.Many players who had been highly thought of have ____ from the tennis scene.

A. disposed

B. disappeared

C. discouraged

D. discarded

3.All their attempts to ____ the child from the burning building were in vain.

A. regain

B. recover

C. rescue

D. reserve

4.The ____ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, par-ticularly the gap between researchers and teachers.

A. joint

B. intensive

C. overall

D. decisive

5.The cost of the air fare is higher than ____.

A. the rail fare

B. that of the rail fare

C. those of the rail fare

D. which of the rail fare

6.When and where the new hospital will be built ____ a mystery.

A. to remain

B. remains

C. remain

D. is remaining

7.My next door neighbor Johnson seems to have ____ opinion on the show last night.

A. rather the strong

B. rather strong

C. a rather strong

D. the rather strong

8.The old lady is very ____ the Party's consideration.

A. grateful to

B. grateful for

C. gratified at

D. gracious to

9.I asked the soldier what he was in ____ life.

A. ordinary

B. daily

C. common

D. civilian

10.To improve the ____ is regarded as a good method to increase the farmer's income in the south part of the county.

A. sewage

B. drainage

C. aqueduct

D. archway

1.B【解析】本題考查動詞辨析。jump“跳躍，上漲”；add“增加，把……加到一起”； amount（常和to搭配）“總共，總計”；develop“發展，發達”。能和prices搭配的只有jump.句意：由于收成不好，小麥的價格在過去的半年里上漲了。

2.B 【解析】本題考查動詞辨析。disappear(vi.)“消失，不見”；dispose“（一般和of連用）處理，解決”；discourage（vt.），“使氣餒”；discard（vt.）“丟棄，拋棄”，如果用該詞的話，應用被動。disappear無論在語法和含義上都符合。句意：許多曾被高度贊揚的球員從網球場上消失了身影。

3.C【解析】本題考查動詞辨析。rescue sb.from sth.“從……當中援救……”，固定搭配；regain“收回，恢復”；recover from…“從……當中恢復”；reserve“保存，保留，預定”。句意：他們從著火的大樓里援救這個孩子的所有努力全都白費了。

4.C【解析】本題考查形容詞辨析。overall“全部的，全面的”；joint“共同的，聯合的”；intensive“強烈的”；decisive“決定性的”。從詞義上來看，應選overall.句意：這本書總的目的是幫助彌補研究和教學之間的差距，尤其是研究員和教師之間的差距。

5.B 【解析】本題考查代詞的用法。本題中that指代的是前面的the cost，which不能指代名詞，those指代的是復數名詞。句意：坐飛機的費用比坐火車要高。

6.B 【解析】本題考查主語從句。When and where the new hospital will be built是個主語從句。當句子做主語時，謂語動詞應用第三人稱單數。句意：新醫院什么時候在哪里建造仍然是個謎。

7.C【解析】本題考查修飾詞的用法。rather(adv.)“相當，非常”，修飾形容詞時前置。由于opinion是第一次提到，因此用不定冠詞修飾。句意：我隔壁鄰居約翰遜似乎對昨晚的節目有很強烈的意見。

8.B【解析】句意：那位老太太對黨的關心非常感激。be grateful to sb.表示“對……很感激”，后接人、組織等；be grateful for stll.表示“因……而感激”；be gratified at表示“對……高興”；be gracious t0表示“對……友善”。

9.D【解析】句意：我問那軍人他做平民時是干什么的。civihan意為“平民”，指不在軍中服役的人。ordinary life表示“普通生活”；daily life表示“日常生活”；common life與or- dinary life同義。