8. It took him several months to ____ the wild horse.
A) tend B) breed C) cultivate D) tame*
tend to v.注意, 趨向
breed 使…繁殖
cultivate 培養;耕作
tame 馴服
9. The view from the other side of the mountain was even more __________.
A) productive B) impressive * C) positive D) decisive
productive .生產性的, 生產的, 能產的, 多產的
impressive 給人深刻印象的
positive 積極的
decisive 決定性的
10. Americans ____ have eggs, some meat, toast, fruit and coffee at breakfast.
A) Normally* B) continuously C) consequently D) traditionally
Normally 正常地, 通常地
Continuously 不斷地, 連續地
Consequently 因此
Traditionally .傳統上, 傳說上
11. They had an accident on the road and didn’t ____ at their hotel until after midnight.
A) enter B) arrive C) check in* D) reach
check in at the hotel 登記入住酒店
12. I bought this sixteenth-century diamond ring at a quite ____ price.
A) dear B) cheap . C) expensive D) reasonable*
reasonable 合理的; at a quite reasonable price 以很合理的價格;以優惠的價格
dear, expensive 均表示“昂貴的”
13. This kind of trees cannot be grown in such a cold ____ as ours.
A) weather B) climate* C) air D) season
climate: The meteorological conditions, including temperature, precipitation, and wind, that characteristically prevail in a particular region. 氣候包括溫度、降雨量及風等的氣象條件,在某一特別地帶占主導
weather: The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure. 天氣給定時間和地點的大氣狀況,牽涉到變量如溫度、濕度、風速
和氣壓