1. Her childhood dream became a ______ when she broke 100m race world record.
　　A. truth B. fact C. reality D. certainty

　　2. Once we lose the farm, the _________ of poverty will be sure.
　　A. statement B. admission C. approach D. occupation

　　3. The audience rose, and loud cheers greeted the _________ of this speech.
　　A. ease B. rank C. outbreak D. conclusion

　　4. — Do you have anyone particular in____ for the job? — In my opinion, Tom is the right person.
　　A. head B. heart C. mind D. brain

　　5. Although the average reader spends more than 4,000 pounds on books in their lifetime, 55 percent say they buy them for decoration and have no____ of reading them.
　　A. advantage B. attempt C. evidence D. intention

　　6. Our government is trying its best to ____the social security system to protect people’s rights.
　　A. balance B. reform C. conduct D. press

　　7. It’s reported that many wars broke out in the Middle East. What’s your ___ of the situation there?
　　A. assessment B. adjustment C. appointment D. assistance

　　8. — Believe it or not, last month in America I came across the girl whose photo was in the drift bottle I got three years ago.
　　— Really?That’s the most surprising _______ I’ve ever heard of!
　　A. identification B. coincidence C. viewpoint D. procedure

　　9. The stronger the ______ is, the more quickly a person will learn a foreign language. That is to say, it is up to whether he has an interest in the foreign language.
　　A. inspiration B. ambition C. motivation D. aspiration

　　10. We have strong ________ for believing that the mine accident in Heilongjiang was due to the poor management.
　　A. grounds B. reason C. cause D. purpose

　　解析

　　1. C。truth真实性, 真相, 实情;fact事实, 真相;reality现实, 实际，真实的事物;certainty确定的事;题意为“当打破100米短跑世界纪录时，她童年的梦想变成了现实”，故答案选C。

　　2. C。句意为“一旦我们失去农场，贫困必将来临”。statement声明，陈述;admission准许进入，承认;approach接近，靠近，临近;occupation工作，职业;根据句子前后的因果关系可知C符合题意。

　　3. D。句意为“演讲结束，观众起立大声欢呼致意”。ease舒适，安逸，容易;rank军衔，地位，排列;outbreak爆发;conclusion结束，结论;D符合题意。

　　4. C。“心里，心中”的英文表达只能是in mind;in heart“情绪高涨”不合题意;in head和in brain属错误搭配。

　　5. D。advantage益处, 利益，优势;attempt试图，尝试;evidence证词，证据，迹象;intention意图，意向，目的;据题意“…55%的人买书是为了装饰而无意阅读”可知D符合题意。

　　6. B。balance (使)平衡，(使)均衡;reform改革，改造，改善;conduct引导，控制，传导;press按，压，强迫;据题意“政府在努力改善社会保障制度以保护人民的合法权益”可知选B。

　　7. A。据后半句“你对中东地区的形势有什么看法”，assessment“评价，看法”符合句意。adjustment“调整, 调节”，appointment“约会, 约定，任命”和assistance“帮助, 援助”均不合题意。

　　8. B。identification鉴定, 验明;coincidence巧合，巧事;viewpoint观点, 意见;procedure程序, 步骤;据题意可知，碰见三年前在漂流瓶中看到其照片的姑娘实属可遇不可求的事，所以B项正确。

　　9. C。据题意“一个人学外语的内在要求越高, 那么他就学得越快。也就是说，这完全取决于你对这种语言是否感兴趣”可知，motivation“动力，动机，诱因”最恰当。inspiration“灵感”，ambition“雄心，抱负”，aspiration“抱负，志向”等均不如C项语意确切。

　　10. A。题意为“我们有充分的理由相信黑龙江的矿难事故是由于管理不善”。grounds表示事实依据或逻辑推断的“理由”，常用复数形式;reason有待解释或说明的“原因，理由”;cause表导致或产生的“原因，起因”;purpose表“目的”。