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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题考查的是动词和介词搭配短语。“建立……关系”用build up； build out 扩建；build into 建造，建立，作为一个整体来建设或包括在内；build on以……为基础建设。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题考查的是动词的形式。concerned“相关的，被涉及的”，此处用过去分词作后置定语，表示“相关的人”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题考查的是固定短语。用于修饰可数名词set phrases，表示“大量的”，只有a number of。B表示“……的数量”，amount修饰不可数名词。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题考查的是形近词的辨析。considerable相当的，相当大的，A、B是consider的过去分词和现在分词，表示“被考虑”和“正在考虑”，considerate体贴的，考虑周到的。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题考查动词的性质和搭配。arise表示(困难，误会)出现，正确。 raise(人为的)举起，提高；arouse唤醒；lead引导。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】本题考查的是根据上下文判断词性。从前面的her判断此处填名词，到达的名词形式为arrival；arrive动词。B、C都是其不同时态的变化形式。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】本题考查的是介词的搭配。在去……的路上，固定用法on one's way to ...，其他三项搭配不正确。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题考查的是根据上下文判断意思，然后选择正确的短语。从原寒意思看，银行工作人员的问候方式“让她吃惊、惊讶”，正确表达方式选C。A“让她失望的是……”，B、D形式错误。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题考查的是介词的搭配。对……感到惊讶：be surprised at...。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题考查的是根据上下文选择意思最恰当的选项。在英国文化里，这种问题可以被看成是在间接邀请吃午饭。A被认为……，B定义为……；其他两项的搭、配是错误的。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据上下文，首先确定此处需填的词的意思。本题要填的是“表示出，显示出”的意思，reflect反映，intend打算，release释放都不符合题意。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题考查的是对上下文的关系的判断。这句是一个因果关系，选项四个词中只有Since能引导原因状语从句。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题考查的是常见搭配。本句be a stranger to为习惯搭配，表示对某人来说是陌生人。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题考查的是一些表示肯定和否定词语的运用。本句是陈述句，表示“已经”的意思，用already。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】本题考查的是对词义的判断。这句的意思是，“之后她走回了学校”四个选项中只有proceed有“走，行进”的意思，process处理；produce生产；provide提供。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】四个选项中只有realize意为意识到，符合题意。release释放；relieve放松，regret后悔。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】后面“为什么要问”是“puzzle疑惑”的内容，所以在四个选项中只有as to符合题意。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题考查的是习惯搭配。in the following days在之后的几天里。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题考查的是基本的句法知识。这里在only much later在句首，状语提前，所以需要倒装。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】这里not... at all是固定结构。