6. He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground.

　　A. crashing        B. throwing        C. rushing        D. dropping

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　　[答案]A. crashing.

　　[注释]crash(to the ground)猛跌（到地上）。Crash n.

　　常指飞机等的“失事”，如：He was killed in an aircraft crash.(他在飞机失事中丧生。)本句中用falling不妥，fall指“落下，掉下”，本身并不强调落下的速度，而crash使“猛跌”，故本题用crashing最佳。

　　7. High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.

　　A. discourage      B. decrease      C. disturb     D. disgust

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　　[答案]A. discourage

　　[注释]discourage sb. from doing sth.使认为某事不值得做：Tht wet weather discouraged people from going to the sports meeting.(下雨天使人觉得不值得去看运动会。)

　　8. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.

　　A. equivalent        B. uniform         C. alike         D. likely

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　　[答案]A. equivalent.

　　[注释]equivalent相等的，相当的：He exchanged his pounds for the equivalent amount of dollars. uniform 相同的,一样的。Likely adj.很可能的，有希望的。Alike(表语形容词)相同的，相象的。

　　9. The two things are the same in outward form but different _____.

　　A. in addition        B. in brief        C. in common         D. in essence

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　　[答案]D. in essence.

　　[注释]in essence本质上；in addition此外；in brief简短地，简言之；in common共同。

　　10. _____ it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time.

　　A. By the way        B. In a way         C. In the way          D. In no way

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　　[答案]B. In a way.

　　[注释]in a way(-to some extent)在某种程度上；in no way决不；by the way 顺便提一下；in the way 碍事。此题不能选by the way，因为by the way 做插入语其后应加逗号。

　　本题译文：我没有得到我申请得工作在某种程度上说是件好事，尽管我承认当时我很失望。