214. When products made in factories _____, they are thrown away as garbage.

   A. come to an end    B. are put to use

   C. are used up       D. wear out

[答案]D. wear out.

[注释]wear out本题中意指（become useless form continued use of wear）用坏，穿破，如：The machine will soon wear out.(这机器即将用坏。)come to and end(结束)，put ... to use(投入使用), use up(用完)， come into use(开始投入使用)。

213. I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she would not listen to me.

   A. warned    B. persuaded    C. suggested    D. noticed

[答案]A. warned.

[注释]warn sb. (not) to do sth.警告某人（不）做某事。

Suggest不能接sb. to do sth。persuade sb.(not) to do sth.说服、某人（不）做某事；本题中不能选D. persuaded, 因该动词强调行为的结果。从逻辑上讲，既然"说服了"，那么与she wouldn't listen to me就前后矛盾了。如果把句子该为：I tried to persuade her not to walk on the thin ice but she wouldn't listen to me.(我极力劝她不要在薄冰上走，但她不愿听我的话。)，那么就符合逻辑了。

[注意]warn sb. of sth.警告某人有......。

212. It was clear that the small grocer was _____ people he owed money to.

   A. at the expense of     B. at the risk of

   C. in the way of         D. at the mercy of

[答案]D. at the mercy of.

[注释]at the mercy of在......支配下：The ship was at the mercy of the waves.(这艘船任凭风浪摆布。)

at the expense of以......为代价，靠牺牲......；in the way of碍......事；at the risk of冒......的危险：1)He devoted his time to football at the expense of his studies.(他牺牲学习把时间都花在足球上。) 2)Her social lift got in the way of her studies.(她的社交生活妨碍了她的学习。) 3)We do this at the risk of our lives and liberties.(我们冒丢掉生命和丧失自由的危险做这件事。)

本题译文：显然，这家小杂铺任凭其债主的摆布。

[注释]Look forward to 期待，盼望。参阅Ⅲ.109.; call forth引起，唤起。参阅Ⅲ.29注释。 Call for需要，参阅Ⅲ.26注释。Look up to尊敬。

211. The party, which had been greatly _____, was spoiled by the rude behavior of an uninvited guest.

   A. looked forward to    B. looked up to

   C. called forth         D. called for

[答案]A. looked forward to.

210. Everything he said then was _____ by what happened later.

   A. identified    B. signified    C. noticed    D. verified

[答案]D. verified.

[注释]verify(=prove the truth of)证实，证明：1)It was easy to verify his statements.(很容易证实他说的话。) 2)Later findings verified the scientist's theory(后来的各种发现证明这位科学家的理论是对的。)

identify识别，鉴别；signify表示，意味，要紧；有重要性：1)He signified that he agreed by nodding.(他点头表示同意。) 2)Never mind, it doesn't signify.(没事儿，这无关紧要。)

209. The chances of discovering life on Neptune are about a million _____.

   A. at one    B. for one    C. to one    D. against one

[答案]c. the one.

[注释]a million to one百万分之一，意为"几乎没有什么可能"。

208. It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent.

   A. noticed    B. stated    C. suggested    D. noted

[答案]B. stated.

[注释]state此处意为"（=make sth. know, announce）宣布，通告，声明（口头的或书面的）"，如：It is stated that all the accident were killed.(据宣布，事故中全部人员无一幸免。)suggest建议，是表示欲望意义的动词，从句中要用虚拟语气（should +动词原形）。Note(=notice)"注意到"，如：It was noted that the temperature rose during this time.

207. Our Party has always devoted great attention to raising the living _____ of the working people.

   A. cost    B. situation    C. level    D. standard

[答案]D. standard.

[注释]living standard生活水准。

206. The map was drawn to the standard _____ of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail.

   A. route    B. line    C. rate    D. scale

[答案]d. scale.

[注释]scale在此题中意指"（实物与地图、图解等代表物间的）比例，比例尺".be drawn to be standard scale of 1/100,000(按照十万分之一标准比例尺绘制)。