5. Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are in a ________.

A. scarcity B. minority

C. minimum D. shortage

答案与解析：B　句意：大多数护士是妇女，但是高层次医务工作者中，妇女只占少数。由前后句意可知minority"少数"符合句意。scarcity"缺乏；不足；稀少"；minimum"最小量"；shortage"不足；缺少"，均不合题意。

6. My camera can be ________ to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.

A. adapted B. adjusted

C. adopted D. corrected

答案与解析：B　adjust调节，调整。adjust a camera表示"调节照相机的速度、距离或光圈"等。句意：我的照相机可以进行调节，不管阴天还是晴天都可以照相。adapt使适应；adopt采取，采用；correct纠正，均与句意不符。

7. Some people think that depression is ________ common in women ________ in men.

A. as twice；as B. twice as；as

C. twice；as D. the same；as

答案与解析：B　考查倍数表示法。倍数表达法之一是"倍数＋as...as"。句意：一些人认为抑郁在女人中的常见性是男人的两倍。

8. The performance supposed to be popular ________to be a great disappointment after it was over.

A．turned up B．turned down

C．turned out D．turned over

答案与解析：C　此题考查动词短语的用法。turn up(音量)开大；出现；turn down(音量)开小；turn out结果是，原来是；turn over使某人(物)翻身或翻转。句意：原本认为受欢迎的表演，演出结束后，结果却让人很是失望。

9. Written in a hurry，________.

A．they found many mistakes in his letter

B．Sam made lots of mistakes in his letter

C．there are many mistakes in his letter

D．his letter is full of mistakes

答案与解析：D　分析题目及选择项可知：written in a hurry(过去分词短语)作原因状语，后面句子的主语应当是动词write的逻辑上的宾语，故A，B，C三项均可排除。

10. Mingming doesn't like music, but he likes________music of Mice Love Rice.

A．a B．an

C．the D．/

答案与解析：C　前半句中的music是不可数名词，表示泛指，不用冠词；后半句中的music表示特指，即the music of Mice Love Rice(老鼠爱大米的音乐)，故用定冠词the。

11．-Can you shoot the bird at the top of the tree?

-No, it' s out of________.

A．range B．reach

C．control D．distance

答案与解析：A　out of range 在射程外；out of reach 在(手等)可触及的范围之外；out of control 脱离了/不受控制；out of distance (from) 离．..太远， 达不到。根据句意可判断答案是A项。