1.Showing some sense of humor can be a(n) ________ way to deal with some stressful situation.

　　A) effective

　　B) efficient

　　C) favorable

　　D) favorite

　　2.The situation described in the report ________ terrible, but it may not happen.

　　A) inclines

　　B) maintains

　　C) sounds

　　D) remains

　　3.The company is trying every means to ________ the wholesale price of its products.

　　A) pull down

　　B) put down

　　C) set down

　　D) bring down

　　4.The mayor ________ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims.

　　A) rewarded

　　B) awarded

　　C) credited

　　D) prized

　　5.The native Canadians lived in ________ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.

　　A) coordination

　　B) acquaintance

　　C) contact

　　D) harmony

　　6.Many people are asking whether traditional research universities in fact have any future ________.

　　A) at all

　　B) so far

　　C) in all

　　D) on end

　　7.I was impressed ________ the efficiency of the work done in the company.

　　A) in

　　B) about

　　C) with

　　D) for

　　8.Now in Britain, wines take up four times as much ________ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits.

　　A) block

　　B) land

　　C) patch

　　D) space

　　9.His hand shook a little as he ________ the key in the lock.

　　A) squeezed

　　B) inserted

　　C) stuffed

　　D) pierced

　　10.For professional athletes, ________ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.

　　A) access

　　B) attachment

　　C) appeal

　　D) approach

　　1.答案:A

　　参考译文:显示幽默感可以成为处理一些紧张情况的一种有效的方式。

　　题目分析:本题的提干结构比较简单,只需注意主语Showing some sense of humor为动名词作主语.

　　考点解析:本题的解题主要根据上下文的意思判断,由stressful situation可以大概判断出要填入词语的意思.本题主要是对两组词语意思的辨析,effective和efficient,以及favorable 和favorite,两组词汇的形式差不多,且都可以做形容词,大家要重点辨析一下.

　　2.答案:C

　　参考译文:报道中所描述的情况听起来可怕，但它可能不会发生。

　　题目分析:本题的提干结构简单,只需注意一个定语从句,described in the report,其先行词为The situation.

　　考点解析:本题所需填入的是一个系动词,由标志词report以及后面的半个分句but it may not happen,可以很容易选出需填入sound.