interrupt (break off) conversation(中断谈话),

turn the conversation to other matters(把话题转到其他问题上)

delivery常指"(演讲等的)说话方式，口才",如：

His report was good, but his delivery was poor.( 他的报告内容很好，但他的口才太差)。

1. It was with great delight that I read in your February _____ the letter to the Editor written by Prof. Johnson.

A. issue B. printing C. magazine D. copy

[答案] A. issue.

[注释] 根据题意，此处是指某杂志二月份的那一期，故应选 issue.printing 印刷;印刷术。

至于 copy 与 issue 的区别，copy 指书刊的“本，册”;而 issue 是指报刊或杂志的“期”.

本题译文： 非常高兴地拜读了贵刊二月的一期中所登载的约翰逊教授致编辑的信。

2. What I'm telling yois strictly _____. Do not let anyone know of it.

A. secretive B. special C. individual D.confidential

[答案] D. confidential.

[注释] confidential(=spoken or written in secret) 机密的，应保密的：

The information is confidential.

special 专门的，专用的： a special car(专车).

individual 个别的，单个的

secretive(=fond of keeping secrets) 爱保密的，守口如瓶的。

本题译文： 我现在告诉你的事是保密的，千万别让人知道。

3. The author had qualified as a doctor but later gave up the _____ of medicine for full-time writing.

A. prescriptionB. procedure C. treatment D. practice

[答案] D. practice.

[注释] practice(医生或律师的)业务，生意:

1 The lawer has a very good practice.

2 We call a doctor's work and the number of patients he look after his practice.(我们把医生的工作和医治病人的数目称为开业状况.)

prescription 药方;procedure 程序，手续;treatment 治疗，待遇。

本题译文： 这位作者当过医生，但后来放弃开业，专搞写作。

4. Julie is one of those women who always _____ the latest fashions.

A. put up with B. come up with

C. get on with D. keep up with

[答案] D. keep up with.

[注释] keep up with 跟上，与……并驾齐驱;及时了解。

put up with 忍受;get on with有进展;生活得……;come up with 提出。

本题译文： 朱莉是那些总赶时髦的女子之一.

5. Having made his first film earlier this year, he is _____ starting in a new one.

A. currently B. actually C. recently D. lately

[答案] A. currently.

[注释] currently 目前;actually 实际上;recently 近来;lately(=recently) 近来。

start in(on) 开始(做某事)，常用于口语中，如：

1 Fred started in wedding the garden. (弗雷得开始在花园里除草。)