1.The Time's views and interests ____to the upper middle class Englishmen.

　　A) attract B)approach C)appeal D)appreciate

　　2.Today, housework has been made much easier by electric____.

　　A) appliances B) equipment C) facilities D) instruments

　　3.Doctors have learned that psychology has important ____ in medicine.

　　A) usage B) reference C) applications D) implication

　　4.Lack of success is as often the result lack of knowledge of how to ____one’s ability.

　　A) apply B) reply C) imply D) supply

　　5.Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply____.

　　A) appreciated B) approved C) appealed D) applied

　　参考答案

　　1.C appeal to 引起……的兴趣。

　　2.A appliance为可数名词，多指电动工具，器具等。instrument 为可数名词，多指科学、艺术领域里使用的精密仪器。equipment 为不可数名词，常指成套的设备或装备。facility常用复数，经常表示使工作便利的东西或设备。

　　3.C application 应用。例如：The application of new technology to printing is very obvious. 新技术在印刷业中的应用显而易见。usage 用法，习惯。例如：A dictionary helps one to distinguish correct and incorrect usages.词典可以帮助我们辨识遣词造句的正误。

　　4.A apply 运用，应用。

　　5.A 好礼物当然深受喜爱。 因而选A项。appreciate 这里指“感激”，也表示”欣赏”。approve 批准，appeal吸引，apply 申请，应用，均不合题意。