8)Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that __？__ message than I ever did from a textbook.

　　A. accurate B. urgent C. brief D. humorous

　　【C项，异形同义词的复现】

　　应试技巧四：固定搭配解题法

      这类题与语法结构题有点类似，但主要惯用搭配，讲究词与词的搭配，涉及到关联词、动词、副词、形容词、名词和短语等。

　　9) Telling him that he no longer needed to enjoy them but I still needed to write them, I __？__ until the day he graduated.

　　A. held up B. gave up C. followed D. continued

　　【D项。由句意可知，“尽管儿子不愿意再收到我的字条，但是我依然坚持写到他毕业为止。”这道题实际上是一道固定搭配题，其结构为not…until，但句中没有否定副词not，再则，若A、B两项短语用于这一结构中须与not连用，故不合题意；C项的followed应为及物动词，后面需加宾语方可，再则followed在此有歧义，也不合题意，由于continue是延续性动词，所以，无需否定副词，在这一固定搭配中只有瞬间动词才与not连用。】

　　10) He had spent those years well, graduating from college, __？__ two internships(实习) in Washington, D.C, and finally, becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento.

　　A. organizing B. planning C. comparing D. completing

　　【D项。大学毕业之后，又实习了两个学期，最后在萨克拉门托做一名技术助理。这儿指完成实习，故惟有completing符合题意。】