1. his debts had to be _____________ after he committed suicide with his rifle.
a) laid off
b) written off
c) turned off
d) put off
2. the gentleman ____________ a cherub with his letter.
a) combined
b) included
c) kept
d) enclosed
3. at the meeting both sides exchanged their views on a wide ____________ of topics they were interested in.
a) extent
b) number
c) collection
d) range
4. his ____________ has changed but he has kept the fine qualities of a scientific researcher.
a) state
b) status
c) station
d) statue
5. she can speak french and german, to ____________ nothing of english.
a) say
b) speak
c) talk
d) tell
6. if you play with electricity, you may get an electric ____________
a) strike
b) beat
c) shock
d) knock
7. it was a wonderful play with a ____________ of over fifty actors and actresses.
a) list
b) group
c) bunch
d) herd
8. a ____________change in policy is needed if relations are ever to improve.
a) strict
b) wide
c) ever
d) radical
9. please give my best ____________ to your family.
a) notice
b) attention
c) regards
d) cares
10. they bought the land with a ____________ to build a new office block.
a) purpose
b) view
c) goal
d) reason
答案与解析：
1. b) write off 注销, 勾销, 取消；lay off解雇, 停止工作, 休息, 划出；turn off 关掉, 避开, 使转变方向, 生产, 制造, 用车床加工出, 使厌烦, 变成；put off 推迟, 拖延, 搪塞, 使分心, 使厌恶, 扔掉, 脱掉, 劝阻。
2. d) enclose指邮寄信件时附上其它东西。
3. d) 选项中只有range能被wide修饰。
4. b) status指身份, 地位, 情形, 状况；sate指状态；statue则是雕象。
5. a) to say nothing of 是一个固定短语，意思是“更不用说……了”。本题不要做成词义辨析题。
6. c) 本题同样没有必要辨析四个选项的意思，只要知道“电击”是electric shock就够了。
7. b) 表示人的量词用group。
8. d) 常用radical修饰change，表示根本的的变化。
9. c) 表示向某人致意用regard。
10. a) 此处应选“目的”一词。c)表示具体的目标