问几道简单的英语题解释

问几道简单的英语题解释
8． In considering men for jobs in our firm, we give ____ to those with some experience.
　　A) privilege B) advice C) prize D) preference
　　9． She is ____ a musician than her brother.
　　A) much of B) much as C) more of D) more as
　　10．The assignments are too hard. I can't ____ the work.
　　A) keep up with B) catch up with
　　C) come up with D) put up with
　　11． Robert Spring, a 19th century forger, was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling ____ signatures of famous Americans.
　　A) artificial B) genuine C) false D) natural
　　12．In 1890 there were many American cities and towns where part of a day's school instruction was conducted in language ____ English.
　　A) more than B) other than C) except that D) except for
　　13．The problem will be discussed at length in the ____ Chapter.
　　A) consequent B) latter C) late D) subsequent
　　14．They are members of the club by ____ of their great wealth.
　　A) virtue B) way C) means D) word
　　15．The value of the industrial ____ dropped from about 70 billion dollars to slightly more than 31 billion.
　　A) outcome B) outlook C) output D) outset
答案DCA CBDAC,为什么啊?

8.give preference to给予某人优先权,固定搭配；9.后边有than所以用比较级,排除A.B 同时考察be more of+名词+than+名词这个句型,表示前者比后者更.这句话的意思是跟她弟弟相比,她更能称得上是一名音乐家.10.keep up with跟上 这几个短语意思相近,其微妙之处建议你自己上网查一下,在这里说了你也不能很好的记住其间的区别.11.看前半句话有个单词,forger,这个单词的意思是伪造者,骗子.这句话的意思是这个人通过出售一个著名美国人的伪造签名来谋生.12.other than;除了.except for...表示对一个人或事物,先做一个整体评价,然后再就局部提出一点看法.即一部分被肯定,另一部分被否定,这就是所谓的排除否定式.其判别标志是:除去的与保留的不是同类项.except that标志是:除去的与保留的是同类项.在此句中可以排除,因为that后边只能加句子,这里english是一个名词,不是句子.13.subsequent后来的,这句话的意思是这个问题将会在后来的章节中得到详细的解释.14.by virtue of由于 因为15.工业产量