单选题 A person's home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he wears. The food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending on personality, most have in mind a(n) " (91) home". But in general, and especially for the students or new wage earners, there are practical (92) of cash and location on achieving that idea.
Cash (93) , in fact, often means that the only way of (94) when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things (95) financially. There are obvious (96) of living at home—personal laundry is usually (97) done along the family wash; meals are provided and there will be well-established circle of friends to (98) . And there is (99) the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc.
On the other hand, (100) depends on how a family gets on. Do your parents like your friends? You may love your family— (101) do you like them? Are you prepared to be (102) when your parents ask where you are going in the evening and what time you expect to be back? If you find you cannot manage a(n) (103) and that you finally have the money to leave, how do you (104) finding somewhere else to live?
If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are (105) well-known to you already. Friends and local papers are always (106) If you are going to work in a (107) area, again there are the papers and accommodation agencies, (108) these should be approached with (109) Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually the (110) of the first week's rent, if you take accommodation they have found for you.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 上下文题。第三句讲但是一般地说，特别对学生或刚赚工资的人来说，要实现这个现实的想法，存在着现金和地点的现实限制。but表示转折，“现实的”反面应该是ideal“理想的”。perfect完美无缺的；imaginary存在于想像中的；satisfactory令人满意的。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用法题。limitation起限制作用的规则、事实、条件等，后面常跟的介词是on；deficiencies后面常跟的介词是in/of; insufficiency后跟of; weakness“弱点”。如：Disability is a physical limitation on your life.(残疾在身体方面限制了你的生活。)deficiencies in personnel and equipment(人员装备缺乏)。insufficiency of vitamin C in the diet(饮食中维生素C的不足)。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 搭配题。shortage短缺；如用lack，只能写成a lack of cash；cut削减；drain排水管；耗尽。如：a drain on one's funds(耗费资金)。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。get along生活，其余三项的词义不适。get over克服；get in收获；get back回来。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。things improve局面改善。things复数往往表示局面=situation；enhance增强；develop发展；proceed前进；着手做。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 上下文题。从后面列举的例子可看出这里要选advantage。concern关心；issue重大问题；problem问题。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题和常识。habitually习惯于。因为有usually所以always不可能。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析和上下文题。call on/upon拜访；call in叫来，召来，到某人的家或办公室访问；call over看望；call out召唤出动。call upon是及物动词词组；call in是不及物动词词组。如：I shall call on/upon him tomorrow.(我明天要去看望他)。I'11 call in at five.(我五点钟时来访)。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题和常识。如用little则要写成There is little responsibility for，其余的不符advantage之义。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 语法题和篇章分析题。many修饰可数名词，做代词时表示复数，后面的动词不能加“s”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 篇章分析题。此处是转折，用but。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。tolerant宽容的；tolerable“可容忍的”；hostile“敌意的”；indifferent“冷漠的”；good-tempered“脾气好的”。相关考点：be tolerant of/towards“对……宽容的”。如：We do well to be tolerant of“superstition”.(我们很大度，对“迷信”很宽容。)The plants are tolerant of cold.(这些植物耐寒。)
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。相关考点：compromise(with sb.)“妥协”；compromise(on th.)“违背(原则)，达不到(标准)”；consensus“共识”；agreement“协议”；deal“交易”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。go about“着手做某事”；go over“仔细检查”；go in for“参加考试(或竞赛)，爱好”；go through“仔细察看，研究”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析和篇章分析题。possibilities这里的意思是可选择的东西，不可能再用probably。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题，上下文题。of great value意为“有很大用处”，但不如选项B“很好的信息来源”与下文连接得紧。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 篇章结构题。这里的两个if起对照作用，故选new。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 篇章结构题，上下文题。和上文的“很好的信息来源”做对比，though表示转折。while表示尽管，但只能用于句首，不能用于句尾。如：While I am willing to help, I do not have much time available.(尽管我愿意帮忙，但我没有多少时间。)
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析，上下文题。人生地不熟，容易上当，故选with caution“要谨慎”。enthusiasm“热情”；hesitation“犹豫”；concern“关心”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。equivalent是名词，意思是等量，等值；equal也可以是名词，意思是同等的人，同等的物；same是形容词，后面不能用of。