[答案] d. anticipate.
[注釋] anticipate 預(yù)料，期望，預(yù)望：the first question is one the john has anticipated. (第一個問題是約翰已經(jīng)預(yù)料到的)
318. alice _____ her father that both she and her husband would be happy if he would live with them.
a.convinced  b.reinforced   c.pledged  d.required
[答案] a. convince
[注釋]convince sb. +that從句意為“使……相信，說服……”。reinforce 加強(qiáng)，增強(qiáng)。pledge發(fā)誓，保證.
319. neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.
a.hamper   b.support   c.depress  d.prevent
[答案] a. hamper.
[注釋] hamper(=hinder)阻礙。prevent 防止，后接from.
320. she chose cushions of a color which would _____ her carpet.
a. equal  b. agree  c. help  d. match
[答案] d. match.
[注釋] match vt. 匹配；相配: 1 you can't match him in his knowledge of wild plants.(在野生植物知識方面，你無閥于他相比.) 2 her hat does match her dress.(她的帽子與她的衣服不配.)match vi. 相配: these gloves don't match.

321. we finally managed to _____ the committee's approval of our plans.
a. secure    b. arouse    c. acquire    d. exert
[答案] a. secure.
[注釋] secure 與 acquire 鈞有“得到”的含義，但 secure vt. 此處的意思是(=succeed in getting sth. for which there is a great demand)“獲得(所需之物)”.acquire“獲得，求得”，尤其指由于自己的努力，能力，技術(shù)而使原有的東西變得更多，并表示一經(jīng)求得，即成永久的所有物: the boy has acquire a fire knowledge of geography.(這男孩已得到一點(diǎn)地理知識.)可見，根據(jù)題意應(yīng)選secure.
322. i have such a bad cold that i have lost all _____ of smell.
a. degree    b. sense    c. strength    d. scent
[答案] b. sense.
[注釋] sense 意為“(五官的)感覺”，如: people have five senses: sight，hearing，smell，taste and touch. scent 氣味，香味.
323. she is so _____ that she cried for days when her pet rabbit died.
a. sensitive  b. sensible c. imaginative  d.impressive
[答案] a. sensitive
[注釋] sensitive敏感的(to),易受傷害的,靈敏的。sensible明智的(of),通情達(dá)理的。imaginative有想象力。impressive的給人留下印象的,感人的。
324. the lorry driver was badly _____ when his lorry crashed into a wall.
a. damaged    b. hit    c. hurt    d. harmed
[答案] c. hurt
[注釋] damage損壞;harm對......有害;hurt(精神上或肉體上)傷害; hit打擊;pain(精神上或肉體上)痛苦。
325. i caught a _____ of the car before it disappeared around the bend.
a. glance  b. glimpse  c. glare  d. gleam
[答案] b. glimpse
[注釋] catch (or get) a glimpse of瞥見(強(qiáng)調(diào)行為的結(jié)果)。take a glance (or look) at看一眼(強(qiáng)調(diào)行為過程本身)。
326. the car salesman took the customer for a driver in the new model in order to _____ its improved features.
a. advocate  b.demonstrate   c.exhibit   d. reveal
[答案] b. demonstrate
[注釋] advocate擁護(hù),提倡。exhibit展覽,陳列。reveal揭示,暴露。demonstrate(=show clearly by giving proof or example)(用實(shí)例,證據(jù))證明,表演。
327. the rainbow _____ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.
a. dissolved   b. removed  c. resigned   d. disappeared
[答案] d. disappeared
[注釋]disappear消失。dissolve溶解。remove去除。resign辭去,辭職。retire退休。
328. all too _____ it was time to go back to school after the glorious summer holidays.
a. often    b. fast    c. soon    d. late
[答案] c. soon
[注釋]all too實(shí)在太......，all too soon意為太快了，帶有惋惜的意味，如：tom had snatched a short holiday from his work to come here. he said it ended all too soon.（湯姆趁工作之暇匆匆來此渡一短假，他說，假期過得太快了。）
329. deserts, dry areas with _____ no vegetation, cover more than one-third of the earth's land surface.
   a. surprisingly    b. eventually
   c. permanently     d. virtually
[答案] d. virtually
[注釋]virtually(=almost, very nearly; in every way that is really important)幾乎，事實(shí)上，實(shí)際上；my book is virtually finished; i have only a few changes to make in the writing.( 我的書幾乎寫完了,我只要在作品中再作一點(diǎn)修改就可以了。)surprisingly令人驚奇的；eventually最終的；permanently永久的。