1.Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have ____ in the last six months.

A. added

B. jumped

C. amounted

D. developed

2.Many players who had been highly thought of have ____ from the tennis scene.

A. disposed

B. disappeared

C. discouraged

D. discarded

3.All their attempts to ____ the child from the burning building were in vain.

A. regain

B. recover

C. rescue

D. reserve

4.The ____ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, par-ticularly the gap between researchers and teachers.

A. joint

B. intensive

C. overall

D. decisive

5.The cost of the air fare is higher than ____.

A. the rail fare

B. that of the rail fare

C. those of the rail fare

D. which of the rail fare

6.When and where the new hospital will be built ____ a mystery.

A. to remain

B. remains

C. remain

D. is remaining

7.My next door neighbor Johnson seems to have ____ opinion on the show last night.

A. rather the strong

B. rather strong

C. a rather strong

D. the rather strong

8.The old lady is very ____ the Party's consideration.

A. grateful to

B. grateful for

C. gratified at

D. gracious to

9.I asked the soldier what he was in ____ life.

A. ordinary

B. daily

C. common

D. civilian

10.To improve the ____ is regarded as a good method to increase the farmer's income in the south part of the county.

A. sewage

B. drainage

C. aqueduct

D. archway

1.B【解析】本题考查动词辨析。jump“跳跃，上涨”；add“增加，把……加到一起”； amount（常和to搭配）“总共，总计”；develop“发展，发达”。能和prices搭配的只有jump.句意：由于收成不好，小麦的价格在过去的半年里上涨了。

2.B 【解析】本题考查动词辨析。disappear(vi.)“消失，不见”；dispose“（一般和of连用）处理，解决”；discourage（vt.），“使气馁”；discard（vt.）“丢弃，抛弃”，如果用该词的话，应用被动。disappear无论在语法和含义上都符合。句意：许多曾被高度赞扬的球员从网球场上消失了身影。

3.C【解析】本题考查动词辨析。rescue sb.from sth.“从……当中援救……”，固定搭配；regain“收回，恢复”；recover from…“从……当中恢复”；reserve“保存，保留，预定”。句意：他们从着火的大楼里援救这个孩子的所有努力全都白费了。

4.C【解析】本题考查形容词辨析。overall“全部的，全面的”；joint“共同的，联合的”；intensive“强烈的”；decisive“决定性的”。从词义上来看，应选overall.句意：这本书总的目的是帮助弥补研究和教学之间的差距，尤其是研究员和教师之间的差距。

5.B 【解析】本题考查代词的用法。本题中that指代的是前面的the cost，which不能指代名词，those指代的是复数名词。句意：坐飞机的费用比坐火车要高。

6.B 【解析】本题考查主语从句。When and where the new hospital will be built是个主语从句。当句子做主语时，谓语动词应用第三人称单数。句意：新医院什么时候在哪里建造仍然是个谜。

7.C【解析】本题考查修饰词的用法。rather(adv.)“相当，非常”，修饰形容词时前置。由于opinion是第一次提到，因此用不定冠词修饰。句意：我隔壁邻居约翰逊似乎对昨晚的节目有很强烈的意见。

8.B【解析】句意：那位老太太对党的关心非常感激。be grateful to sb.表示“对……很感激”，后接人、组织等；be grateful for stll.表示“因……而感激”；be gratified at表示“对……高兴”；be gracious t0表示“对……友善”。

9.D【解析】句意：我问那军人他做平民时是干什么的。civihan意为“平民”，指不在军中服役的人。ordinary life表示“普通生活”；daily life表示“日常生活”；common life与or- dinary life同义。