1. It was suggested that all government ministers should _____ information on their financial interests.

A discover B uncover C tell D disclose

2. As my exams are coming next week, I'll take advantage of the weekend to _____ on some reading.

A catch up B clear up C make up D pick up

3. I'm surprised they are no longer on speaking terms. It's not like either of them to bear a _____.

A. disgust B. curse C. grudge D. hatred

4. Mary hopes to be _____ from hospital next week.

A. dismissed B. discharged C. expelled D. resigned

5. Once a picture is proved to be a forgery, it becomes quite _____.

A. invaluable B. priceless C. unworthy D. worthless

答案：1-5DDCBD

1.考点：同义词

辨析：•discover --- reveal or expose

• uncover --- manifest or disclose; reveal:

• tell --- discover by observation; discern:

• disclose --- make known (something heretofore kept secret)

答案：D

2.考点：词组

辨析：•catch up on --- bring an activity nearer to completion: I must catch up on my correspondence.

• clear up --- make tidy: Clear up this litter at once.

• make up --- make up for, make up along, make up over, make up to

• pick up --- take into the mind and understand, typically with speed: picked up on the new approach and applied it to the project.

答案：D

3.考点：同义词（动宾的搭配）

辨析：•disgust -- profound aversion or repugnance excited by something offensive: arouse [ awaken / cause / evoke] disgust; feel disgust; hide disgust; return disgust; show
disgust; take a disgust

• curse --- an appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something: call down curse; give curse; heap curses on; pronounce a curse on

• grudge --- a deep-seated feeling of resentment or rancor: bear a grudge about the accident: bear a grudge

• hatred --- intense animosity or hostility: bear sb. hatred; bear hatred against sb.; conceive a profound hatred for; create hatred; feel hatred; hold a special hatred for;
have a hatred for

答案：C

4.考点：同义词

辨析：dismiss --- end the employment or service of; discharge; allow to leave: be dismissed from school [service / class]

discharge --- release, as from confinement, care, or duty: discharge a patient; discharge a soldier; be discharged from hospital [military service / from prison / office]

expel --- force to leave; deprive of membership: expelled the student from college for cheating: be expelled from a country [school]

resign --- give up (a position, for example), especially by formal notification: resign from cabinet [committee] The professor resigned from his university. Resign … to …

答案：B

5.考点：易混淆词

辨析：•invaluable --- of inestimable value; priceless:

priceless --- of inestimable worth; invaluable.

unworthy --- lacking value or merit; worthless --- a man unworthy of honor; unworthy of the times in which we live; unworthy to attention [unworthy of]

worthless --- lacking worth; of no use or value: The goods are often worthless by the time they arrive.

[注意]：invaluable 不是valuable的反义词。表示某物毫无价值时用worthless 或not worth anything : I started collecting his pictures when they weren’t worth anything.

答案：D