1.When he patted her on the shoulder,she was very upset at his __style
A random B free C casual D careless
一贯风格；向来的作风 casual style
2.Although she is only 14,she looks like a __woman,beautiful and full in figure.
A ripe B grown C big D mature
a grown woman 发育成熟的女人；
3.The weather forecast predicts the cold wet weather will__for quite a while,at least before Nov.23,it will clear up.
A preserve B persist C insist D endure
持续；保持...状态 用persist,本题仅从词义上就可以辨别!
4.He was a nice driver and he drives __-
A fairly fast B rather fast
可以从最常见的fairly good 引申出,此处fairly表示“相当的...”
rather 无此用法!
两者区别：
rather可以和比较级形容词或者too连用,fairly则不行.例如：
My brother is rather better today．我兄弟今天好多了.
This book is rather too difficult for the juniors and rather too easy for the seniors．这本书对低年级学生太难对高年级学生又太容易.
在上述各句子中fairly都不能用.
另外,fairly和rather还有以下区别：
1． fairly表示对事物的赞赏,有令人喜悦之感,含褒义,一般修饰表示“好”的形容词或副词,如：nice,good,well,bravely等；而rather往往表示对事物的不赞赏,有令人不悦之感,含贬义,修饰表示“不好”的形容词或副词,如：bad,ugly,stupid等,例如：
It’s fairly warm today.（今天真暖和） It’s rather cold yesterday.（昨天实在冷）
You did fairly well,but he did rather badly.
有时rather 也跟表示“好”的形容词或副词连用,这时等于very.
2． fairly与rather修饰中义词时,表示说话人的不同感受或看法.试比较：
It’s a fairly easy book.（这本书还算容易） It’s a rather easy book.（这本书太浅了）