13. When she heard from the hospital that her father had died, she _____ into tears.
A. burst
B. went
C. exploded
D. fell
[答案]A. burst
[注释]burst into tears放声大哭；又如：burst into thunderous cheers(发出雷呜般的欢呼)；burst into laughing(捧腹大笑)。
14. Your help is _____ for the success of the project.
A. indispensable
B. indicative
C. inevitable
D. inherent
[答案]A. indispensable.
[注释]indispensable(to, for)不可缺少的，必需的。Indicative(of)指示的。Inevitable 不可避免的。Inherent固有的，内在的，天生的。
15. _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.
A. In spite of
B. But for
C. Because of
D. As for
[答案]B. But for
[注释]but for(=without, except for)若非，要不是：But for your help we could not have finished it in time.(要不是你的帮助，我们本来不会及时完工。)
16. It was difficult to guess what her _____ to the news would be.
A. impression
B. comment
C. reaction
D. opinion
[答案]C. reaction.
[注释]reaction(to)对......的反应：Our reaction to a joke is to laugh.
17. Our attitude toward our teachers should be _____, but not slavish or superstitious.
A. respectable
B. respected
C. respective
D. respectful
[答案]D. respectful.
[注释]respectable(=deserving respect)值得尊敬的,品行端正的。respectful(=showing respect to)有礼貌的，表示尊敬的。Respective各个的。respected尊敬的。Respecting prep.(=relating to; concerned with)关于，说到。
18. We could see that he was trying to _____ his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.
A. run over
B. smooth over
C. pass off
D. turn down
[答案]B. smooth over.
[注释]smooth over(=make smooth, put right, balliate)使平息，使恢复正常的，掩饰：1)I will try to smooth their quarrel over.(我将设法平息他们的争吵。) 2)Don´t try to smooth over your fault.（不要设法掩饰你的过错。）run over 详见Ⅲ.145,146.注释；pass off详见Ⅲ.126.注释；turn down详见Ⅲ.180,181.注释.
19. Glemp´s heroic flight into space entitled him _____ a place in history.
A. for
B. with
C. to
D. of
[答案]C. to.
[注释]entitle sb. to sth.(=give a right to)给予权利： 1)He is entitled to special treatment because of his rank(由于他的级别他有权享受特殊待遇。) 2) Officers are entitled to travel first class.（军官们有权乘头等车旅行。）
20. He´s _____ drink and never does a stroke of work.
A. gone to
B. taken to
C. taken up
D. gone for
[答案]B. taken to.
[注释]take to养成（某种习惯）。A stroke of一件。本题译文：他以成了酒徒，从来没有干过一件工作。
