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. grudge¹
D. hatred²

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 forgery³, it becomes quite _____.
A. invaluable⁴
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 applied⁵ it to the project.
答案：D

3.考点：同义词（动宾的搭配）
辨析：•disgust -- profound aversion or repugnance⁶ excited by something offensive: arouse [ awaken⁷ / 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 resentment⁸ or rancor⁹: bear a grudge about the accident: bear a grudge
• hatred --- intense animosity or hostility¹⁰: 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 confinement¹¹, 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