1. The Space Age ________ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union.

　　A. initiated (initial起初的開始的，initiative起初階段主動地位領先優勢initiate v某事發生)

　　B. orginated (origin、originate from某事從某處發源sb originate sth某人發明/創造什么東西)

　　C. embarked (embark on doing sth開始一件令人激動的事情)

　　★D. commenced (commence重大的事件及歷史時期的開始)

　　launch發射升空

　　lease租約

　　answer：D

　　2. John said that he didn't quite ________ and asked me to repeat what Ihad said.

　　A. snatch up掠奪忽然行動

　　B. summon up鼓起勇氣積累信心

　　C. catch on

　　D. watch out當心

　　▲表示明白的六級2個詞組

　　make sense of (make sense) / catch on =understand

　　answer：C

　　3. When he tried to make a ________, he found that the hotel that he wanted was completely filled because of a convention.(99年1月最后一次)

　　A. complaint (complain v抱怨)

　　B. claim

　　C. reservation

　　×D. decision

　　answer：C

　　4. A budget of five dollars a day is totally ________ for a trip round Europe.

　　A. inadequate不夠的不充分的

　　B. incapable無能的、絕望的、無助的

　　C. incompatible ≠ compatible (正確答案只有 - >incompatible with與……對立【沒有 - > compatible with與……協調】)

　　D. invalid違法的、無效的、不正確的、無理由的

　　valid有效的

　　answer：A

　　5. In our highly technological society, the number of jobs for unskilled workers is ________.

　　A. sbrinking減少

　　B. obscuring只考形容詞形式，表示“費解，晦澀”，做動詞“使……費解，使……模糊不清”

　　C. altering

　　×D. constraining

　　alter：change

　　alteration n變化改變

　　alternate adj輪流的交換的v交替輪換

　　alternative n異端異類adj選擇性的二中選一的

　　misfit不合時宜 - >alternative不指蠱惑仔指精神上學術著作上的異端異類

　　answer：A

　　6. The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to ________ the consequences by saying that the damage was not as serious as reported.

　　×A. decrease

　　B. subtract數字的減少

　　C. minimize

　　D. degrade v (使)降級使墮落使退化

　　extravagant奢侈的過分的重要的

　　answer：C

　　7. If the world is to remain peaceful, the utmost effort must be made by nations to limit local ________.(局部戰爭)

　　A. collisions n (運動物體)碰撞沖突(文化意識或戰爭)(collide運動物體碰撞)

　　B. combats戰爭中的小戰斗突襲

　　●●C. contradictions反駁駁斥矛盾

　　D. conflicts長期戰爭內心沖突爭執

　　utmost = most extreme

　　answer：D