16.After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______. A) deteriorated B) dispersed C) dissipated D) drained 17.No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep. A) deprived B) ripped C) stripped D) contrived 18.For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator. A) depressed B) immersed C) oppressed D) cursed 19.Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers. A) harnessed B) hatched C) motivated D) geared 20.The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries. A) provoked B) irritated C) inspired D) hoisted 16.D 參考譯文：相同的工作做了四年之后他的熱情終于耗竭了。 A) deteriorate 惡化 B) disperse 驅散 C) dissipate 消耗 D) drain 耗盡 17.A 參考譯文：如果被剝奪了充足的睡眠，沒有人能夠正常工作。 A) deprive 剝奪 deprive sb. of sth.; be deprived of B) rip 撕破 C) strip 脫衣 D) contrive 設計 18.C 參考譯文：這些年來，那個偏遠國度的人民一直被獨裁者殘酷地壓迫著。 A) depress 抑制 B) immerse 浸入 C) oppress 壓迫 D) curse 詛咒 19.D 參考譯文：自從工業化興起之后教育已經開始適應產業工人的需要。 A) harness 利用 B) hatch 蓋住 C) motivate 激勵 D) gear 使準備好 gear towards/to 調整以適應 20.A 參考譯文：價格上漲的前景已經引起了人們的擔憂。 A) provoke　引發 B) irritate 激怒 C) inspire 啟發 D) hoist 升起