单选题
Helen and Martin

With a thoughtful sigh, Helen turned (51) the window and walked back to her favourite armchair. (52) her brother never arrive? For a brief moment, she wondered if she really (53) that much. Over the years Helen had given up waiting (54) Martin to take an interest in her. Her feelings for him had gradually (55) until now, as she sat waiting for him, she experienced no more (56) a sister's curiosity to see what had (57) of her brother.
Almost without warning, Martin had lost his job with a busy publishing company after (58) the last eight years in New York as a key figure in the us office. Somehow the two of them hadn't bothered to (59) in touch and, left alone, Helen had slowly found her (60) in her own judgement growing. Ignoring the wishes of her parents, she had left (61) halfway through her course and now, to the (62) of the whole family, she was gaining a fast growing reputation in the pages of respected art magazines and was actually (63) enough to live on from her paintings.
Of course, she took no pleasure in Martin's sudden misfortune, but she couldn't help looking (64) to her brother's arrival with (65) satisfaction at what she had achieved.

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】turn on/off意为“打开/关上”；turn back意为“回来”；turn away from意为“离开……”，选D。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查情态动词，根据句意“哥哥永远不再回来了吗”，选A，would意为“将要”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】think和consider意为“思考”；attention意为“注意”；care意为“关心、在乎”；D选项符合句意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】固定搭配wait for意为“等待……”，选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】四个词语都有减少、减弱的意思，weaken偏重情感方面，lower侧重数量和质量上，faint偏重于视觉、味觉方面，depress侧重表示数量方面，故A为最佳答案。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】more than意为“多于……”，为固定搭配。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】become of意为“发生某种状况或遭遇”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】spend sometime somewhere意为“在某地度过一段时间”，其他选项不能表达此意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】keep in touch意为“保持联系”，为固定搭配。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此句表达的是Helen对自己的判断的“信心”；dependence意为“依赖”；certainty意为“确定性”；courage意为“勇气”；confidence可以与介词in搭配，意为“对……有信心”，故选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据后半句意思“扔掉了课程(学业)”，可推断应该是离开学校，选D。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】to the astonishment of意为“让……惊讶的是”；happiness意为“高兴”；frighten意为“害怕”；amaze为形容词，A选项符合句意和语法。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此句意思为“依靠她的阵也足够维持生活”，earning意为“make money”，故应选B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】look on/upon意为“袖手旁观”；look at意为“看着”；look forward意为“期待”，故选C更为合适。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】soft意为“柔软的”；fine表示“好的”；quiet意为“暗中的，未表露的”；still意为“静止的”；此句表达Helen那种未言语的欣慰之情，选C。