acceptable 可以接受的：none of the suggestions was acceptable. advisable 明智的, 可取的, 適當的：i think it advisable that he be assigned to the job. (我認為指派他幹這項工作是可取的。) adaptable 能適應的：he is an adaptable man and will soon learn the new work.
27. too many hotels have been built and this has _____ prices, making holidays cheaper.
a. cut short b. cut out c. cut off d. cut down
[答案] d. cut down.
[注釋] cut down 參閱iii,38注釋。
28. he is a very honest official and never _____ any gifts from the people who sought his help.
a. accepted b. received c. took up d. excepted
[答案] a. accepted
[注釋] receive 收到, 接到, 指“收, 接”這一動作; 而accept 是經過考慮“接受”下來, 表示當事人的態度, 如：i received the present, but i did not accept it. (我收到了這件禮物, 但我沒有接受。)
29. he was not _____ to the club because he wasn't a member.
a. allowed b. admitted c. permitted d. approved
[答案] b. admitted.
[注釋] admit sb. to (=allow sb. or sth. to enter; let in) 允許某人某物進入; 讓......進入：1) children are not admitted. (兒童免進。) only one hundred boys are admitted to the school the school every year. (這所學校每年只收100名男生。) admit (=acknowledge; confess) 承認, 供認：1) we have to admit that he is a highly competent man. (我們不得不承認他是一位能力很強的人。) 2) the thief admitted his crime. 3) she admitted having read the letter, 4) i admit breaking the window. 注意admit後可接動名詞的一般式或完成式。5) we must admit the task to be difficult。注意admit也可以接複合結構。allow和permit後均可接sb. to do sth., 故不合本題題意。approve sth. 批准; approve of doing sth. (=think well of) 贊成, 讚許：1) i am afraid they won't approve of your going there. (恐怕他們不會贊成你去那裡的。) 2) i don't approve of your way of looking at things. (我不贊同你看待事情的方法。)
30. although he doesn't like that law, he will _____ with it.
a. confine b. conform c. comply d. contend
[答案] c. comply [注釋] comply with 遵守。
41. the department is also deeply _____ in various improvement schemes.
a. connected b. included c. involved d. implied
[答案] c. involved.
[注釋]be involved in 參與。be included in 包括在......中。
42. keys should never be hidden around the house since thieves _____ know where to look.
a. virtually b. variously c. unavoidably d. invariably