[答案]a. crashing.
[注释]crash(to the ground)猛跌（到地上）。crash n.
常指飞机等的“失事”，如：he was killed in an aircraft crash.(他在飞机失事中丧生。)本句中用falling不妥，fall指“落下，掉下”，本身并不强调落下的速度，而crash使“猛跌”，故本题用crashing最佳。

127. high interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.
a. discourage b. decrease c. disturb d. disgust

[答案]a. discourage来源：www.gzu521.com
[注释]discourage sb. from doing sth.使认为某事不值得做：tht wet weather discouraged people from going to the sports meeting.(下雨天使人觉得不值得去看运动会。)

128. despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.
a. equivalent b. uniform c. alike d. likely

[答案]a. equivalent.
[注释]equivalent相等的，相当的：he exchanged his pounds for the equivalent amount of dollars. uniform 相同的,一样的。likely adj.很可能的，有希望的。alike(表语形容词)相同的，相象的。

129. the two things are the same in outward form but different _____.
a. in addition b. in brief c. in common d. in essence

[答案]d. in essence.
[注释]in essence本质上；in addition此外；in brief简短地，简言之；in common共同。

130. _____ it is a good thing i did not get the post i had applied for, though i must admit that i was disappointed at the time.
a. by the way b. in a way c. in the way d. in no way

[答案]b. in a way.来源：www.gzu521.com
[注释]in a way(-to some extent)在某种程度上；in no way决不；by the way 顺便提一下；in the way 碍事。此题不能选by the way，因为by the way 做插入语其后应加逗号。
本题译文：我没有得到我申请得工作在某种程度上说是件好事，尽管我承认当时我很失望。