1
The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.
A. guilt
B. charge
C. blame
D. accusation
［参考答案］C
［答案解析］
解析：take the blame for 对......承担责任。Take charge of 负责管理 (照顾) 。注意charge 前无冠词the.
2
The worker agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands.
A. call for
B. call forth
C. call off
D. call up
［参考答案］C
［答案解析］
解析：C.  call off 取消。如果公司满足他们的要求，工人们同意取消罢工。B. call forth使出现；使产生；使起作用。A. call for去接（某人）D. call up给…打电话
3
I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____ what color it was.
A. look out
B. make out
C. get across
D. take after
［参考答案］B
［答案解析］
解析：A. look out小心 C. get across 横过（马路、河等） D. take after 长得像，性格类似于，效仿， B. make out 理解
4
He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted.
A. eventually
B. yet
C. finally
D. accordingly
［参考答案］D
［答案解析］
解析：accordingly (=for that reason, therefore) 因此, 所以。
5
It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn't like.
A. attempt
B. trouble
C. power
D. effort
［参考答案］D
［答案解析］
解析： effort (作可数名词用) (=vigorous attempt) 努力的尝试：Does it require a great effort of will to give up smoking? (戒烟需要坚强的毅力吗?)
6
The firemen managed to _____ the fire in time.
A. extinguish
B. prevent
C. suppress
D. ruin
［参考答案］A
［答案解析］
解析： extinguish (=put out) vt. 扑灭 (火焰等) 2017年考研英语词汇练习及解析研究生考试。Stop the fire虽然也可以搭配, 但按本句题意用extinguish为最佳。
7
What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs. Richard _____ common.
A. nothing but
B. anything but
C. above all
D. rather than
［参考答案］B
［答案解析］
解析： anything but (=far from being) 根本不; The boys knew they bad broken the rules, and they were anything but happy when they were called to the office. (=They were unhappy and afraid.) nothing but 只不过; Don't have him for a friend; he's nothing but a criminal. (不要把他当朋友, 他只不过是个罪犯) I have nothing but two dollars. (我只有2美元。) above all最重要的。rather than 而不是.
翻译：这本书中最明显的是所有日常生活的细节，这些细节使查理夫人与众不同。
8
The car was completely _____ and the driver seriously injured.
A. broken off
B. taken off
C. written off
D. picked up
［参考答案］C
2021年考研英语一真题答案［答案解析］
解析： write off报废, break off（使）分离; take off起飞; pick up捡起
9
On this happy occasion, I'd like to say that we are _____ much obliged to you for your kind cooperation.
A. even so
B. ever so
C. as yet
D. so far
［参考答案］B
［答案解析］
解析：ever so (=very) 非常; It's ever so cold.与名词搭配时则用ever such, 如：She's ever such a nice girl. (她是一位非常好的姑娘。) even so (=although that is true, nevertheless; still) 即使如此：The fire was out, but even so, the smell of smoke was strong. (=The fire was out, but the smell was still there.)
10
His new appointment takes _____ from the beginning of next month.
A. place
B. effect
C. post
D. office
［参考答案］B
［答案解析］
解析：take effect 生效。