1.The tendency to lie is perhaps _____ originally by imitations. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors.
A. taken to
B. taken over
C. taken in
D. taken up
答案: D
詳解：take to表示“喜愛”;take over表示“接管”;take in表示“欺騙”;take up表示“接受，形成”。
2.There were no tickets _____ for Friday's performance.
A. preferable
B. considerable
C. possible
D. available
答案: D
詳解：詞形辨析和句意搭配題。以"-able"或"-ible"結尾的形容詞表示被動，意為“可……”或“值得……”的意思。preferable指“更可取的，更合意的”;considerable指“可觀的，相當多的;值得考慮的”。possible指“可能的”。
3.Don't _____ this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead.
A. release
B. relieve
C. relate
D. retain
答案: A
詳解：詞形辨析題。release news指“泄露消息?！逼溆嗖粯嫵纱钆洹elieve 指“減輕、緩解”。relate指“敘述、連接”;retain指“保留、維持”。
4.The actual _____ by which coal is extracted is well worth watching.
A. process
B. procession
C. pattern
D. conduct
答案: A
詳解：process表示“步驟，程度，制作方法”;procession表示“行進的隊伍”;pattern表示“模式，方式”;conduct表示“行為，方式”。
5.As a _____ president, his views are treated with respect when he is interviewed
A. prior
B. previous
C. late
D. former
答案: D
詳解：詞義辨析題。former指“前任的，前一個”，表示順序上的前一個;prior指“較早的”，“優先的”是比較級形式，常和to連用，previous指“先前的，上文的”，表明時間和方位上的先后。late指“遲的，晚期的”，強調時間上的先后。
