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。參看iv.64。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, 參看iii.193.注釋.
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：湧出, 湧來, 如：people poured out to the rally. (人們踴躍參加民眾大會。)
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是習語, 意指“印出來, 發表出來”, 如：she finally saw her novel in print. (她終於看到他的小說出版了。) in print 的另一個意思是“在印行, 還在發行”, 如：this book is still in print. (這本書還在發行, 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行了。)
76. the engineers have rejected the employers' proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in _____.
a. opposition b. return c. sympathy d. readiness