1．(2019·南京四校联考) The restaurant certainly lived up to its________； the food was delicious.
A．reputation B．exhibition
C．tendency D．transformation
A 解析：live up to its reputation“配得上其名声；名副其实”。根据后一分句“the food was delicious”可知答案。
2．In the eyes of a policeman, it’s usually very dangerous to get close to the ________ criminal. He may do anything he would to escape.
A．desperate B．conscious
C．primitive D．sensitive
A 解析：考查形容词辨析。句意：在警察的眼里，接近孤注一掷的罪犯通常是非常危险的，因为罪犯为了逃跑，什么事都做得出来。根据句意，这里用desperate修饰criminal, 表示“绝望的，孤注一掷的”。故选A项。
3．It has been revealed that some government leaders ________ their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.
A．employ B．take
C．abuse D．overlook
C 解析：abuse one’s authority是短语，意思是“渎职”，符合句意“据披露，一些政府官员滥用职权，为个人谋福利”。所以答案是C项。
4．Here are signs that he is ________. It’s a long time since he smoked.
A．changing B．improving
C．reforming D．varying
C 解析：change和vary意为“变化”，普通用语，只说明“变化”这一现象。 improve和reform都有“变化(主要指向好的方面)”的意思，但improve用作这一意思时，主语通常是sth.。 reform可以指人改掉一些不好的习惯等。根据后一句的意思“他已经好久不吸烟了”以及前一句空格前的主语he可知答案应选C项。
