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

　　A. show off

　　B. cut out

　　C. keep from

　　D. shut out

　　[答案] D. shut out.

　　[注釋]shut out排除。

　　show off炫耀; cut out刪掉; keep from; 1) 隱瞞; She kept the truth from me. (她向我隱瞞真相。) 2) 不沾, 避開; He keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。) 3) 使不做某事：She kept herself from laughing. (她沒有笑出來。)

　　72. 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

　　[答案] C. stick out.

　　[注釋]stick out (=protrude, project) 伸出, 突出; 顯露, 顯眼：1) The doctor asked him to stick his tongue out. 2) Spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. (這篇作文中拼寫錯誤很顯眼。) stick out (=endure to the end) 堅持到底; If you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. (假如你能在堅持一下, 一切都會好起來。)

　　wipe out 擦去, 消滅

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

　　A. poured

　　B. melted

　　C. drew

　　D. dismissed

　　[答案] A. poured.

　　[注釋]pour 此處意為：涌出, 涌來, 如：People poured out to the rally. (人們踴躍參加群眾大會。)

　　74. 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

　　[答案] D. practice.

　　[注釋]practice (=way of doing sth. That is common or habitual; sth. done regularly) 做法, 慣例 ：It is my practice always to rise early. To give credit 讓賒欠：No credit is given at this shop. (這家商店概不賒欠。)

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

　　A. news

　　B. print

　　C. publication

　　D. press

　　[答案] B. print.

　　[注釋]in print是習(xí)語, 意指"印出來, 發(fā)表出來", 如：She finally saw her novel in print. (她終于看到他的小說出版了。) in print 的另一個意思是"在印行, 還在發(fā)行", 如：This book is still in print. (這本書還在發(fā)行, 可以買到) 反義詞是out of print , 意指"不在印行, 買不到了。"如：The book you speak of is out of print. (你說到的那本書已不在發(fā)行了。)