13. The open university was started in order to help those who _____ having a university education when they were young.

　 A. stopped　　 B. failed　　 C. missed　　 D. ceased

C. missed. miss doing sth.没有做某事：I missed seeing the film when it was shown at school.(学校放映那部电影时，我没有能去看。)

12. He has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it.

　 A. purpose　　 B. intention　　 C. aim　　 D. meaning

A. purpose. on purpose是介词习语，意为“故意地”。如用intention,则应说by intention故意地。

11. I remember her face but I cannot _____ where I met her.

　 A. recall　　 B. remind　　 C. remember　　 D. remark

A. recall.

recall(=bring back to the mind)想起，回忆起：But I really can't recall your name at his moment.

remind sb. of ...使......想起：1)The photo reminds me of my late father.(这张照片使我想起已故的父亲。) 2)The sight of the clock reminded me that I was late.

remind sb. to sth.提醒......做......；Please remind me to write the letter.

10. It has always been the _____ of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities.

　 A. plan　　 B. campaign　　 C. procedure　　 D. policy

D. policy. policy(尤指政党、政府、大企业、商行等的)政策，方针。campaign(政治或竞选的)运动；(军事的)行动，procedure做事的手续、程序，plan计划，均不合题意。

本题译文：本公司的一贯方针是鼓励工人参加社会活动。

9. The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

　 A. element　　 B. spot　　 C. sense　　 D. point

D. point. point(=chief idea of sth. said, done, or planned)要点；论点，主旨：I don't see your point.(我不明白你的意思。)He said nothing to the point.(他说的不切题。)

8. When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had _____ to visit London on business.

　 A. opportunity　　 B. possibility　　 C. occasion　　 D. chance

C. occasion. occasion 作可数名词时，意为“时机”，作不可数名词时，意为“必要”，本题中occasion意为“必要”。从句语法结构上看，本句中用opportunity(难得的)机会，chance(偶然的)机会均可，但按逻辑意思，应用occasion.

7. These plastic flowers look so _____ that many people think they are real.

A. beautiful　　 B. natural　　 C. artificial　　 D. similar

B. natural.

6. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.

　 A. process　　 B. attention　　 C. measure　　 D. part

D. part.

take part in参加。

本题译文：显然，整个世界正经历着一场社会革命；科学家和技术人员必定是这场革命地主要参加者。

5. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.

　 A. average　　 B. ordinary　　 C. regular　　 D. normal

D. normal

normal正常的；ordinary普通的；average平均的；regular有规律的，定期的。

4. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store.

A. anyone　　 B. the others　　 C. that　　 D. the ones

D. the ones

代词one可以用来替代前面提到过的名词，以避免重复。如果它替代的名词是复数，则用ones。本题中它代替refrigerators；因特指，故用the ones.