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在下列句子的空格處填上一個恰當的英語單詞。

1。 Steve ___ the steering wheel tightly with both hands。史蒂夫雙手緊握方向盤。

2。 In her hand was a ___ old photograph。她手中拿著的是一張破舊的老照片。

3。 Do you need a hand ___？ 要我幫你收拾行李嗎？

4。 Can you give me a hand to ___ this？能否幫我把這個拎起來？

5。 If you get stuck， Denise is always willing to ___ a hand。如果你有困難，丹尼斯總是樂於幫忙。

6。 We could certainly ___ with a hand。我們肯定是需要幫忙的。

7。 The President has strengthened the hand of the gun ___。總統給槍支遊說團體撐了腰。

8。 This matter is too important to be ___ in the hands of an inexperienced lawyer。這件事情事關重大，不能交給沒有經驗的律師來處理。

9。 He is a manager with a ___ hand。他是一位管理嚴格的經理。

10。 The demonstration was ___ out of hand。示威遊行開始失控。

11。 I’d like to eat out， but on the other hand I should be trying to ___ money。我想出去吃飯，但另一方面我又該省錢。

12。 Hey！ Hands ___ that CD！ It’s mine！喂，別碰那張光碟！那是我的！

13。 Tell your little brother to ___ his hand off my car。告訴你的小弟弟別碰我的汽車。

14。 Plans are in hand to ___ ‘OZ’ next semester。目前正在籌劃下學期演出《綠野仙蹤》的事。

15。 Lisa seemed to ___ things in hand by the time he returned。他回來的時候莉薩好像手頭有事在忙。

16。 Our officers have to concentrate 100 per cent on the ___ in hand。我們的官員必須將全部的注意力都集中在要處理的事情上。

17。 I usually have a few days’ ___ in hand at the end of the year。年底的時候通常我手頭會有幾天假期。

18。 The matter is in the ___ of the police。這件事現在由警方處理。

19。 You can be sure your children are in ___ hands。你可以放心，你的孩子會被照顧得很好。

20。 The fear is that nuclear secrets could fall into the ___ hands。令人擔心的是核機密可能落入敵人之手。

21。 Hands up！ You’re ___ arrest！舉起手來！你被捕了！

22。 The men ___ from the building with their hands up。幾名男子舉著雙手從樓裡走了出來。

23。 Hands ___ if you agree with what Eric was saying。同意埃裡克說的舉手。

24。 Recent economic performance suggests that a ___ crisis is at hand。最近的經濟狀況預示著一場重大的危機可能即將到來。

25。 Don’t worry， help is ___ hand！別擔心， 隨時有人可以幫你！

26。 Peter ___ his attention to the task at hand。彼得將注意力轉移到手頭的工作上。

27。 Our staff are always ___ hand to help。我們的員工會隨時提供幫助。

28。 We had to wash our clothes ___ hand。我只得手洗自己的衣服。

29。 I‘ve got a chance to ___ at first hand the workings of the court。我得到了一個親身經歷法庭工作程式的機會。

30。 Until now， information has been second or third ___， but this news comes from someone who was there。此前只有間接的訊息，但這一訊息卻來自現場人員。

31。 Anyone who suffered at the hands of care workers will be ___ to compensation。任何吃過護理員苦頭的人都有資格獲得賠償。

32。 This is their third ___ at the hands of the world champions。這是他們第三次敗在世界冠軍手下了。

33。 She’s only marrying him to ___ her hands on his money。她嫁給他只是圖他的錢財。

34。 I would read any book I could ___ my hands on。凡是我能到手的書我都要看。

35。 They ran， picking up whatever weapons ___ to hand。他們不管什麼武器拿起來就跑。

36。 Just wait till I ___ my hands on you！你就等著我收拾你吧！

37。 He had a hand in both ___。兩個進球都有他的功勞。

38。 Wealth and power ___ hand in hand in most societies。在大多數社會里， 財富和權力都是密切相關的。

39。 They say that genius often goes hand in hand with ___。他們說天才往往都是瘋子。

40。 They walked hand in hand in ___ up the path。他們手拉手，默默地沿著小路走去。

41。 I’m afraid we have a ___ on our hands， Inspector。我們恐怕有一宗謀殺案要處理，督查。

42。 Once this problem is ___ our hands we can relax for a while。這個問題一脫手，我們就可以放鬆一下了。

43。 She wants someone to ___ the kids off her hands occasionally。她希望偶爾有人能替她帶一下孩子。

44。 John dreamed of being a writer and had ___ his hand at poetry。約翰夢想成為作家，也嘗試過寫詩。

45。 Larry’s one of those men who can ___ their hand to anything。拉里是那種什麼都拿得起來的人。

46。 Aromatherapy was ___ out of hand by traditional doctors。傳統的醫生斷然認為香薰療法根本不值一提。

47。 Nigel always won hands down in any argument。奈傑爾總是在任何辯論中毫不費勁地獲勝。

48。 Can’t it wait？ I already have my hands ___。那件事不能等一下嗎？我已經忙得團團轉了。

49。 ___ forests stood on either hand。兩面都是茂密的森林。

50。 It’s not that the jobs aren’t there， it’s just that she doesn’t want to get her hands ___。不是沒有事做，只是她不想幹髒活累活。

51。 He never talked to the media or ___ his hands dirty in any way。他從來不和媒體打交道，也絕不去沾惹什麼事情。

52。 You should at least work part-time， just to ___ your hand in。你至少應該做一份兼職工作，免得生疏了。

53。 Far from being independent， the government and the media work together in ___。政府和媒體相互勾結，也絕非各不相干。

54。 Five years ago， the company was losing money hand over ___。五年前，這家公司一下子虧了很多錢。

55。 Let’s all give the girls a ___ hand。我們大家都給女孩們熱烈鼓掌加油吧。

56。 With only half an hour to get everything ready， it was all hands on ___。只有半小時就要把一切準備好， 這得人人出力了。

57。 The left hand does not know what the ___ hand is doing。各幹各的，各自為政。

58。 The bank claims its hands are ___ by the federal regulators。銀行聲稱受到聯邦監管機構的約束。

59。 He asked for her ___ in marriage。他向她求婚。

60。 She ___ the book in her right hand。她右手拿著書。

61。 Marta ___ a hand to attract his attention。瑪爾塔揮揮手想引起他的注意。

62。 They were singing and ___ their hands。他們邊唱歌邊拍手。

63。 Go ___ your hands before dinner。飯前要去洗手。

64。 Joanne and Kevin ___ hands on the sofa。喬安妮和凱文手拉手坐在沙發上。

65。 ‘Nice to meet you，’ he said， as they ___ hands。“很高興見到你，”他們握手時他說。

66。 He had a ___ in his hand。他手中拎著一隻手提箱。

67。 They got down on their hands and ___ to search。他們趴下來找。

68。 The phone could ___ into the palm of his hand。這部電話他握著正合適。

69。 He handed the teacher a ___ of paper。他交給老師一張紙條。

70。 He ___ a cigarette and handed it to her。他點了一支菸遞給她。

71。 This form must be ___ to all employees。這份表格必須發到所有僱員手中。

72。 You have to hand it to her。 She’s really ___ a success of that company。你不得不佩服她，她的確把那家公司經營得很成功。

73。 Willie helped hand the ___ around。威利幫忙分發啤酒。

74。 Kurt ___ the document and handed it back to her。庫爾特檢查過檔案後就交還給她。

75。 She handed him the pen ___。她把鋼筆交還給他。

76。 The land was handed back to its ___ owner。那塊土地被歸還給了原來的主人。

77。 The government has ___ to hand investors back their money。政府允許歸還投資者錢款。

78。 The ring was ___ down to her from her grandmother。這枚戒指是她祖母傳給她的。

79。 We should collect those stories handed down by ___ of mouth。我們應該收集那些口口相傳的故事。

80。 Tom has handed ___ his resignation。湯姆已提交辭職信。

81。 Did you ___ your homework in on time？你家庭作業準時交了嗎？

82。 He was accused of handing ___ government secrets。他被指控洩露政府機密。

83。 Could you start handing these books ___ please？請把這些書分發下去好嗎？

84。 He was handing out ___ to members of audience。他在給觀眾分發小冊子。

85。 The soldiers were ordered to hand ___ their guns。士兵們被命令交出槍支。

86。 He handed the phone ___ to me。他把電話交給我。

87。 On his ___， he handed the business over to his son。他退休時把生意移交給他兒子。

88。 Political control has been handed over to ___ leaders。政治控制權已轉至宗教領導人手中。

89。 Now she feels the time has come to hand over ___ someone else。他覺得現在該是找人接手的時候了。

90。 Dennis looked like he threw a ___， but it was just handbag。丹尼斯看似揮了一拳，其實只是裝樣子。

91。 The referee gave a ___ kick for handball。因為手球犯規，裁判員判罰任意球。

92。 Students ___ handbills calling for better funding for schools。學生們散發傳單，要求增加學校經費。

93。 They put handcuffs on the two men and ___ them away。他們給兩名男子戴上手銬，把他們帶走了。

94。 He was brought into the court in ___。他戴著手銬被帶入法庭。

95。 The boy picked up a ___ of stones and started throwing them at us。那男孩撿了一把石子，開始朝我們扔過來。

96。 There were only a ___ of people there。那裡只有幾個人。

97。 She’s a lovely child， but she can be a ___ of a handful sometimes。她是個可愛的孩子，不過有時候會比較難管。

98。 Not speaking the language is a real ___。不會講這種語言的確是一個障礙。

99。 He’s improved a lot， and his ___ has come down from 18 to 12。他的球技大大進步，被讓杆數已從18降為12。

100。 The explosion looks like the ___ of terrorists。這次爆炸看來像是恐怖分子所為。

參考文獻：

朗文當代高階英語詞典［M］。 北京：外語教學與研究出版社， PEARSON。 2014

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