1. He stopped his ears with his hands to _____ the terrible noise.

　　A. show off         B. cut out         C. keep from          D. shut out

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　　[答案] D. shut out.

　　[注释]shut out排除。show off炫耀; cut out删掉; keep from;

　　1) 隐瞒; She kept the truth from me. (她向我隐瞒真相。)

　　2) 不沾, 避开; He keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。)

　　3) 使不做某事：She kept herself from laughing. (她没有笑出来。)

　　2. My house is the only brick one on the street. It _____ and you can't miss it.

　　A. stands up           B. looks out         C. sticks out         D. wipes out

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　　[答案] C. stick out.

　　[注释]stick out (=protrude, project) 伸出, 突出; 显露, 显眼：

　　1) The doctor asked him to stick his tongue out.

　　2) Spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. (这篇作文中拼写错误很显眼。)

　　stick out (=endure to the end) 坚持到底;

　　If you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. (假如你能在坚持一下, 一切都会好起来。)

　　wipe out 擦去, 消灭

　　3. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.

　　A. poured         B. melted       C. drew        D. dismissed

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　　[答案] A. poured.

　　[注释]pour 此处意为：涌出, 涌来, 如：People poured out to the rally. (人们踊跃参加群众大会。)

　　4. Although it is not our normal _____ to give credit, this time I think we should consider the matter more closely.

　　A. state          B. intention        C. occasion        D. practice

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　　[答案] D. practice.

　　[注释]practice (=way of doing sth. That is common or habitual; sth. done regularly) 做法, 惯例 ：

　　It is my practice always to rise early. To give credit 让赊欠：No credit is given at this shop. (这家商店概不赊欠。)

　　5. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.

　　A. news          B. print          C. publication        D. press

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　　[答案] B. print.

　　[注释]in print是习语, 意指“印出来, 发表出来”, 如：

　　She finally saw her novel in print. (她终于看到他的小说出版了。)

　　in print 的另一个意思是“在印行, 还在发行”, 如：

　　This book is still in print. (这本书还在发行, 可以买到)

　　反义词是out of print , 意指“不在印行, 买不到了。”如：

　　The book you speak of is out of print. (你说到的那本书已不在发行了。)