1. During the summer holiday season there are no _____ rooms in this seaside hotel.
　　A. empty
　　B. blank
　　C. deserted
　　D. vacant
　　2. Drive straight ahead, and then you will see a _____ to the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway.
　　A. sign
　　B. mark
　　C. signal
　　D. board
　　3 . Whenever possible, Ian _____ how well he speaks Japanese.
　　A. shows up
　　B. shows around
　　C. shows off
　　D. shows out
　　4. The tenant left nothing behind except some _____ of paper, cloth, etc.
　　A. sheets
　　B. scraps
　　C. pages
　　D. slices
　　5．Shares on the stock market have _____ as a result of a worldwide economic downturn.
　　A. turned
　　B. changed
　　C. floated
　　D. fluctuated
　　6. I think you can take a(n) _____ language course to improve your English.
　　A. intermediate
　　B. middle
　　C. medium
　　D. mid
　　答案：
　　1.考点：同义词
　　辨析：empty --- having nothing inside
　　blank --- devoid of writing, images, or marks:
　　deserted --- being left without help or support
　　vacant --- not occupied or used by anyone: a vacant room
　　If a container, bottle, or glass has nothing inside it, we say it is empty. For
example: The box was empty --- all the money was gone.
　　If a room, building, town, or place has nothing or no one in it, we often use such words as empty, free, bare, deserted, uninhabited. For example: I think there's a free table in the corner. / The little church was bare and cold. / We ran along the deserted beach. / The castle is now uninhabited.
　　If a screen, tape, or piece of paper has nothing written or recorded on it, we say it is blank: I want to record the film. Do we have any blank video cassettes?/ Tom started at the blank sheet of paper in front of him.
　　答案：D
　　2.考点：近义词
　　辨析：sign --- something with words or shapes on it, which is put in a public place to show the name of a building, town, etc. or to give a warning or information: /something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality:
　　Didn't you see the speed limit signs? / The sign said “No smoking”.
　　mark --- an inscription, name, stamp, label, or seal placed on an article to signify ownership, quality, manufacture, or origin
　　signal --- an indicator, such as a gesture or colored light, that serves as a means of communication
　　board --- a long, flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank
　　Simply to say, the usual collocation is “traffic sign / road sign”
　　答案：A
　　3.考点：词组
　　辨析：show up --- expose or reveal the true character or nature of: The master tried not to show the boy up as a thief.
　　show around --- conduct with direction: The guards showed the visitors around.
　　show off --- display in order to attract notice: She loves showing off.
　　show out --- take leave of a person: After the interview, the secretary showed the applicant out of the Board room.
　　答案：C
　　4.考点：易混淆词
　　辨析：sheet --- a flat thin piece of glass, paper etc.:
　　sheet of glass / paper / steel / metal / The roof is made of sheets of corrugated iron.
　　scrap --- a small (usually unwanted) piece : He made some pretty bags out of scraps of curtain material.
　　page --- one side of a leaf, as of a book, letter, newspaper, or manuscript, especially the entire leaf: tore a page from the book
　　slice --- a thin flat piece of food that you cut from a larger piece: Have a slice of bread and butter.
　　答案：B
　　5.考点：近义词
　　辨析：turn --- get by buying and selling:
　　change --- give or receive the equivalent of (money) in lower denominations or in foreign currency.
　　float --- find a level in relationship to other currencies solely in response to the law of supply and demand: allowed the dollar to float.
　　fluctuate -- cause to rise and fall or vary irregularly: fluctuating prices / Prices fluctuate from year to year.
　　答案：D
　　6.考点：近义词与习惯搭配
　　辨析： intermediate --- lying or occurring between two extremes or in a middle position or state
　　middle --- central:
　　medium --- middle quality or degree: stick to a happy medium (avoid extremes)
　　mid --- middle: from mid March to mid April
　　答案：A
　　在语言习得理论中有一个术语叫 “intermediate language”，翻译成汉语是“中介语”。

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