309. can you _____ me _____ two hundred copies of this article by tomorrow.
   a. give .. out     b. send .. in
   c. write .. off    d. run .. off
[答案] d. run…off.
[注釋] run off(=produce with a printing press or duplicating machine)印刷，復(fù)�。簍he print shop ran off a thousand copies of the newspaper.(=the print shop printed 1000 copies of the newspaper.)
write off報廢，勾銷。參閱ⅲ.200.注釋。give out分發(fā)，發(fā)出。send in 呈報，遞交，送上: 1 have you sent in your application?(你是否已遞交了你的申請書?) 2 he sent in two oil paintings for the exhibition.(他送上兩幅油畫參展.)
310. the current political _____ of our country is favorable for foreign investments.
a. climate    b. weather    c. state    d. occasion
[答案] a. climate.
[注釋] climate 指某一地區(qū)的長期氣侯，而weather則指某一天的“天氣”。本題中的climate(=the general temper or opinion of a group of the people or period of history) 指“某一團(tuán)體歷史時期的總的狀況和民意”。例如: climate of the political unrest 不穩(wěn)定的政治狀況. state(=condition) 狀態(tài)；be in a state of 處于某種狀態(tài). 例如: 1 the room was in a very dirty state. 2 she is in a state of confusion.(她處于慌亂狀態(tài).) 由上可見，climate 最合題意.
本題譯文: 我國目前的政治氣候有利于外國的投資.

311. it was with great delight that i read in your february _____ the letter to the editor written by prof. johnson.
a. issue    b. printing    c. magazine    d. copy
[答案] a. issue.
[注釋] 根據(jù)題意，此處是指某雜志二月份的那一期，故應(yīng)選 issue。printing 印刷；印刷術(shù)。至于 copy 與 issue 的區(qū)別，copy 指書刊的“本，冊”；而 issue 是指報刊或雜志的“期”.
本題譯文: 非常高興地拜讀了貴刊二月的一期中所登載的約翰遜教授致編輯的信.
312. what i'm telling you is strictly _____. do not let anyone know of it.
a. secretive  b. special  c. individual d.confidential
[答案] d. confidential.
[注釋] confidential(=spoken or written in secret) 機(jī)密的，應(yīng)保密的:the information is confidential. special 專門的，專用的: a special car(專車).individual 個別的，單個的。secretive(=fond of keeping secrets) 愛保密的，守口如瓶的.
本題譯文: 我現(xiàn)在告訴你的事是保密的，千萬別讓人知道.
313. the author had qualified as a doctor but later gave up the _____ of medicine for full-time writing.
a. prescriptionb. procedure c. treatment  d. practice
[答案] d. practice.
[注釋] practice(醫(yī)生或律師的)業(yè)務(wù)，生意: 1 the lawer has a very good practice. 2 we call a doctor's work and the number of patients he look after his practice.(我們把醫(yī)生的工作和醫(yī)治病人的數(shù)目稱為開業(yè)狀況.)
prescription 藥方；procedure 程序，手續(xù)；treatment 治療，待遇.
本題譯文: 這位作者當(dāng)過醫(yī)生，但后來放棄開業(yè)，專搞寫作.
314. julie is one of those women who always _____ the latest fashions.
   a. put up with    b. come up with
   c. get on with    d. keep up with
[答案] d. keep up with.
[注釋] keep up with 跟上，與……并駕齊驅(qū)；及時了解。put up with 忍受；get on with有進(jìn)展；生活得……；come up with 提出.
本題譯文: 朱莉是那些總趕時髦的女子之一.
315. having made his first film earlier this year, he is _____ starting in a new one.
a. currently    b. actually   c. recently  d. lately
[答案] a. currently.
[注釋] currently 目前；actually 實際上；recently 近來；lately(=recently) 近來.start in(on) 開始(做某事)，常用于口語中，如: 1 fred started in wedding the garden. (弗雷得開始在花園里除草.) 2 if we start in at once，we shall get the job finished early. (如果我們馬上開始，我們可以早點完成這項工作.)
316. my house is very _____ for getting to work as it is only a few minutes from the station.
a. comfortable b. suitable  c. convenient  d. available
[答案] c. convenient.
[注釋]convenient 方便的。suitable也可接for，但其詞義和本題不符，故不能選.
317. when college students _____ future employment, they often think of status, income, and prestige.
a. demand    b. assume    c. apply    d. anticipate