1. Production targets are set for each branch, and branch managers who don’t ______ usually don’t last.
A. wind up
B. measure up
C. size up
D. take up
 
2. A suggestion has been made that the______ of the Changing of the Guard could be repeated during the day but the guards themselves have proved uncooperative.
A. celebration
B. anniversary
C. ceremony
D. inauguration




  1.B
【句意】为每个分公司都制定了生产目标，不合格的分公司经理通常不会继续任职。
【解析】词组辨析题。wind up“结束；使紧张；卷起；（非正式）忽悠某人（wind sb. up）”；measure up“合格；符合（标准）; 达到（期望）”；size up“估计……的大小；品评”；take up“拿起；开始从事；占据(时间、地方)”。由句中关键词“don’t last不会继续任职”的对应可知“合格”符合语境，由此知B项正确。
 
2.C
【句意】虽然卫兵换岗仪式已被建议可以在白天重复进行，但是卫兵们却自己不配合。
【解析】名词辨析题。celebration“庆祝会；庆祝”；anniversary“周年纪念日”；ceremony “仪式；礼仪”；inauguration“就职典礼；开始；开幕式”。由关键词“Changing of the Guard卫兵换岗”知“仪式”符合，由此知C项正确。