1. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

　　A. guilt       B. charge      C. blame       D. accusatio

　　[答案] C. blame.

　　[注释]take the blame for 对......承担责任。Take charge of 负责管理 (照顾) 。

　　[注意]charge 前无冠词the.

　　2. The worker agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands.

　　A. call for       B. call forth        C. call off         D. call up

　　[答案] C. call off

　　3. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn’t _____ what color it was.

　　A. look out        B. make out        C. get across       D. take after

　　[答案] B. make out

　　4. He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted.

　　A. eventually      B. yet      C. finally       D. accordingly

　　[答案] D. accordingly.

　　[注释]accordingly (=for that reason, therefore) 因此, 所以。

　　5. It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn’t like.

　　A. attempt         B. trouble        C. power         D. effort

　　[答案] D. effort.

　　[注释] effort (作可数名词用) (=vigorous attempt) 努力的尝试：Does it require a great effort of will to give up smoking? (戒烟需要坚强的毅力吗？)