1.He is a man who is always ___ fault with other people.
A. putting
B. seeking
C.finding
D.looking for
2.The factory had to ___ a number of employees because of the economic crisis in the country.
A. lay out
B. lay off
C. lay aside
D. lay down
3. Would you spare some time to have a chat with me _____ a cup of coffee?
A. for
B. with
C. during
D. over
4. Ten days ago the young man _____ his boss ____ his intention to resign.
A. informed … of
B. informed … on
C. informed … in
D. informed … to
5. It is necessary that he _____ the task by the end of next week.
A. fulfill
B. will fulfill
C. will have fulfilled
D. fulfills
6. The hotel was reasonably comfortable but the food lacked and the service was poor.
A. energy
B. standard
C. variety
D. heat
7. Born into a family with three brothers, David was to value the sense of sharing.
A. brought up
B. turned down
C. looked after
D. held back
8. A lorry Jane’s cat and sped away.
A. ran over
B. ran into
C. ran through
D. ran down
9. There was such a long queue outside the China Pavilion that we gave up.
A. unfortunately
B. purposefully
C. eventually
D. initially
10. Visitors from the US have increased 8 percent since last year.
A. in
B. by
C. with
D. from
及解析
1.【】C
【翻译】他是个老爱吹毛求疵的人。
【考点】词汇辨析
【解析】find fault with sb 固定搭配，“找毛病、吹毛求疵”
2.【】B
【翻译】由于国内出现经济危机，工厂不得不解雇大量的工人。
【考点】词组辨析
【解析】A. lay out 摆放、安排;B. lay off 解雇、关闭;C. lay aside搁置、储蓄; D. lay down 放下、放弃;故选B。
3.【】D
【翻译】请问你能抽点时间我们喝杯咖啡、聊聊天吗?
【考点】介词辨析
【解析】根据题意可以先排除A for表原因和B with 表和;C、D都可以表示“在…期间”，但during后多接时间，而over后接sth，故选D。
4.【】A
【翻译】十天前那个年轻人告诉老板他辞职的打算。
【考点】词组搭配
【解析】inform sb of sth 固定搭配，“告知某人某事”，故选A。
5.【】A
【翻译】他很有必要在下周末之前完成任务。
【考点】虚拟语气
【解析】It is necessary/important that …. (should) do固定句型，“…干某事是有必要、重要的”。
6. 【翻译】宾馆住起来相当舒服，但是食物的种类太单一了，服务也很差。
［考点］词义辨析题
【精析】C energy:能量，精力，活力;standard:标准，规格;variety:多样，种类，变化;heat:热度，高温。根据句意可知，选C。
7. 【翻译】出生在一个有三兄弟的家庭，大卫从小就被教育要重视与人分享。
［考点］词义辨析题
【精析】A bring up:教育，养育;turn down:拒绝，关小;look after:照顾，照料;hold back:抑制，阻止。根据句意可知，选A。
8. 【翻译】一辆卡车辗过简的猫，然后扬长而去。
［考点］词义辨析题
【精析】A run over:在……上驶过，（撞倒后）辗过;run into:撞上，撞倒，遭遇;run through:贯穿，浏览;run down:撞倒，停止。根据句意可知，选A。
9. 【翻译】中国馆外排了如此长的队伍，最终我们放弃了。
来源：天一专升本
