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122. Her work is often very hard and she gets very tired. The work is _____.

A. wonderful B. splendid C. tedious D. magnificent

123. With prices _____ so much, it's hard for the company to plan a budget.

A. fluctuating B. waving C. swinging D. vibrating

124. Some teenagers have a generalized resentment against society, which _____ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.

A. deprives B. restricts C. rejects D. denies

125. Though _____ in San Francisco , Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

A. raised B. grown C. developed D. cultivated

122. [ 答案 ] C. tedious .

[ 注釋 ] tedious (=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting) " 沉悶的 , 厭煩的 , 乏味的”。 Splendid 壯麗的 , 輝煌的 , 極好的。 magnificent 壯麗的 , 宏偉的： It was a magnificent ceremony. ( 這是一次盛大隆重的儀式 ) 。

123. [ 答案 ] A. fluctuating

[ 注釋 ] 本句前一部分是 "with+ 名詞 + 現(xiàn)在分詞短語 " 的獨立結(jié)構(gòu) , 做狀語。 Fluctuate (=move up and down) ( 指物價 , 標準等的 ) 波動。如： Prices fluctuate from year to year. ( 物價年年波動 ) wave 飄揚 , 揮舞 ; 招手 ; ( 莊稼的 ) 波動。 Swing 擺動 , 搖擺 ; vibrate 振動。可見 , 根據(jù)題意 , 只能選 A. fluctuating.

124. [ 答案 ] D. denies.

[ 注釋 ]deny (=refuse to give or allow) 拒絕給予 :He denied his children nothing . ( 孩子們要什么他就給什么。 ) deprive (=take away from) . 剝奪。 deprive sb. of sth. 剝奪某人某物： They deprived women of the right to vote. ( 他們剝奪了婦女的投票權(quán)。 ) restrict (=keep within limits) The doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. ( 醫(yī)生限制他一天抽 5 支煙。 ) reject (refuse to accept ) 拒絕接受 , 如： She rejected my suggestion.

本題譯文：一些十幾歲的孩子們往往對社會有普遍的逆反心理 , 雖然他們發(fā)育成熟 , 但社會拒絕給予他們同成年人一樣的權(quán)利和優(yōu)惠。

125. [ 答案 ] A. raised

[ 注釋 ] 本句中 Though raised in San Franciscos 是省略的讓步狀語從句。 Raise (=bring up) 撫養(yǎng)： grow 種植 ; cultivate 耕作 ; 培養(yǎng) ( 友誼等 ) 。如 cultivate 后接某人 , 則意為“培養(yǎng)與某人的感情”。如： John always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. ( 約翰一向喜歡與事業(yè)上對他有用的人來往。 )

本題譯文：盡管在舊金山長大 , 但戴夫米切爾總是愿意把小鎮(zhèn)生活中平凡的事情記載下來。