是"；turn up"出现，调大"。根据语境可知B项正确。

　　8．It is suggested that we should ________ holding the meeting because the details have not been settled.

　　A．allocate B．purchase

　　C．deposit D．postpone

　　解析：选D　句意：我们被建议推迟会议，因为细节问题还没有解决。allocate"分配"；purchase "购买"；deposit "存放"；postpone "推迟"。

　　9．It is ________ that Mr. Lucas leads a simple life despite his great wealth.

　　A．unfortunate B．unbelievable

　　C．particular D．independent

　　解析：选B　句意：令人难以置信的是尽管卢卡斯先生很富有，但是他仍过着简朴的生活。unfortunate"不幸的"；unbelievable"令人难以置信的"；particular"格外的，特别的"；independent"独立的"。

　　10．________， we arrived too late to catch the plane.

　　A．Happily B．Fortunately

　　C．Quickly D．Unfortunately

　　解析：选D　句意：不幸的是，我们到得太晚，没赶上飞机。由句意可知此处应该用副词unfortunately "不幸地"。happily"快乐地"；fortunately "幸运地"；quickly "很快地"。

III.完形填空

　　While I was waiting in line at a coffee shop earlier, a woman drove alongside the queue in a mobility scooter (踏板车). There was only a __1__ space between the line of people and the tables, which she __2__ to drive along. She drove over my foot and didn't __3__ saying nothing at all.

　　I got annoyed and expected she would have __4__， but then I just decided to __5__ it and got down to selecting which pastry (点心) to go with my coffee. The lady and I ended up sitting at adjacent (邻近的) tables. She was on the end of a row so that she could park her __6__. After about half an hour, when she had __7__ her coffee, she got up and back onto her scooter. It __8__ start. She tried to turn the key several times __9__ she telephoned the place she purchased it from.

An engineer __10__ within 5 minutes. The place must have been local. I couldn't __11__ overhearing their conversation, and it turned out she had just __12__ the scooter that morning. This was her very first outing in it. She felt really __13__ about driving it. __14__， she wasn't