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2012高考英语复习:高考英语词汇400题及详解(三)

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  101. Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _____ in giving the class lectures.
   A. exchange    B. alter    C. shift    D. alternate
  [答案]D. alternate.
  [注释]alternate vt./vi. 轮流,交替发生或出现:Wet days alternate with fine days.(晴雨天交替更迭。)The weather today will alternate between fine and cloudy.(今天的天气将是晴间多云。)shift般动,移动(vt.);转移到,迁移(vi.);改变:1)Lend me a hand to shift the piano, will you?(请帮个忙搬一下这台钢琴。) 2)They have shifted away from this area.(他们已从这一地区迁走了。) 3)The candidate is constantly shifting his opinion about the problem.(这位竞选者在这个问题上不断改变他的观点。)exchange交换;exchange... for ... 用.......换......;alter(部分)修改。
  102. Pack the cake in a strong box, or it might get _____ in the post.
     A. splashed    B. spilt    C. crushed    D. crashed
  [答案]C. crushed.
  [注释]crush压坏,压碎;弄皱;辗散;1)Don't crush this box; there are flowers inside.(不要把这个盒子压坏了,里面有鲜花。) 2)Her dress was crushed.(她的衣服弄皱了。) 3)The machine crushes wheat grain to make floor.(这台机器把麦粒辗成面粉。)splash溅,泼;split(中间)裂开;crash(向下)猛跌;(飞机)失事。
  103. The thief _____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.
  A. abandoned  B. vanished C. scattered   D. deserted
  [答案]C. scattered.
  [注释]scatter(=throw or put in various directions, or here and there)撒。abandon放弃,抛弃。desert遗弃(而离开)。vanish消亡,灭亡。本题句意是将小偷在搜寻钱时的情景,所以应选scattered(撒)。
  104. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.
  A. facilities B. appliances  C. instruments D. equipment
  [答案]B. appliances.
  [注释]electric appliances电器用具,facilities公用设备。equipment设备,装备,是集合名词,指“设备”的总称,只有当数形式。instrument仪器。
  105. The _____ of the trees in the water was very clear.
  A. mirror  B. sight  C. reflection  D. shadow
  [答案]C. reflection.
  [注释]reflection此处意为“映在水中的倒影”,而不是“影子”或“阴影”,故不能用shadow。其他选择均不合题意。
  106. One _____ needed when making a cake is flour; another is sugar.
  A. container  B. ingredient C. content  D. equivalent
  [答案]B. ingredient.
  [注释]ingredient(混合物的)成分。container容器,含量;内容(复数)。equivalent:相等物。
  107. They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been _____.
     A. behind the times    B. behind schedule
     C. ahead of time      D. in no time
  [答案]B. behind schedule.
  [注释]behind schedule(=late, behind time)晚点:The train is running behind schedule today.(=The train is not on time today.)behind the times(=using things not in style; still following old ways; old fashioned)过时,跟不上时代,落后:1)The store is behind the times.(=The store is old-fashioned; it looks as stores looked 40 years ago.) 2) Mary thinks her parents are behind the times because they still do the fox-trot and don't know any new dances.(=Mary's parents are old-fashioned in their dancings .) ahead of time提前: They have fulfilled their production plans ahead of time, in no time(=soon, quickly)立即,马上:I'll be back in no time to see you home.
  108. Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.
     A. hamper    B. support    C. assist    D. encourage
  [答案]A. hamper.
  [注释]hamper(=hinder, prevent free movement or activity)阻碍:Lack of equipment is hampering our work.
  本题译文:他们两人都认为他不怎么样并极力阻碍他工作。
  Think highly of... 对...评价很高,认为......很好。
  109. Her display of bad temper completely _____ the party.
     A. harmed    B. damaged    C. spoilt    D. hurt
  [答案]C. spoilt.
  [注释]spoil指出意指“使...... 扫兴,搞糟”,如:Quarrelling spoilt the picnic.(争吵使这次野餐弄得很扫兴。)hurt伤害,damage 损坏,harm危害,均不合题意。
  110. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great _____.
     A. emotion    B. excitement    C. crisis    D. stress
  [答案]D. stress.   [注释]put sb. under(great) stress使某人处境(非常)紧张,使某人受(很大)压力。
  111. The reference she made to her friend, the poet, was interesting but too _____ for anyone to appreciate.
     A. drastic    B. dull    C. obscure   D. distinct
  [答案]C. obscure.
  [注释]obscure(=not clearly seen or understood)模糊难懂得。drastic激烈的,严厉的;dull单调的;distinct清楚的,明显的;截然不同的(from)。
  本题译文:她提到她的朋友----诗人时所说的话是令人感兴趣,但没有说清楚,以致没有人为此感激。
  112. He _____ his engagement just before the wedding.
     A. broke out    B. broke away from
     C. broke off    D. broke up
  [答案]C. broke off.
  [注释]break off(=cease suddenly, discontinue)突然中断;break off one's engagement(解除婚约)。Break off(=interrupt) one's conversation(打断谈话)。Break out(=begin suddenly)爆发。Break away from摆脱,从......退出。
  113. When she heard from the hospital that her father had died, she _____ into tears.
     A. burst    B. went    C. exploded    D. fell
  [答案]A. burst
  [注释]burst into tears放声大哭;又如:burst into thunderous cheers(发出雷呜般的欢呼);burst into laughing(捧腹大笑)。
  114. Your help is _____ for the success of the project.
     A. indispensable    B. indicative
     C. inevitable       D. inherent
  [答案]A. indispensable.
  [注释]indispensable(to, for)不可缺少的,必需的。Indicative(of)指示的。Inevitable 不可避免的。Inherent固有的,内在的,天生的。
  115. _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.
  A. In spite of  B. But for  C. Because of  D. As for
  [答案]B. But for
  [注释]but for(=without, except for)若非,要不是:But for your help we could not have finished it in time.(要不是你的帮助,我们本来不会及时完工。)
  116. It was difficult to guess what her _____ to the news would be.
  A. impression B. comment  C. reaction  D. opinion
  [答案]C. reaction.
  [注释]reaction(to)对......的反应:Our reaction to a joke is to laugh.
  117. Our attitude toward our teachers should be _____, but not slavish or superstitious.
  A. respectable B. respected C. respective D. respectful
  [答案]D. respectful.
  [注释]respectable(=deserving respect)值得尊敬的,品行端正的。respectful(=showing respect to)有礼貌的,表示尊敬的。Respective各个的。respected尊敬的。Respecting prep.(=relating to; concerned with)关于,说到。
  118. We could see that he was trying to _____ his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.
  A. run over  B. smooth over  C. pass off  D. turn down
  [答案]B. smooth over.
  [注释]smooth over(=make smooth, put right, balliate)使平息,使恢复正常的,掩饰:1)I will try to smooth their quarrel over.(我将设法平息他们的争吵。) 2)Don't try to smooth over your fault.(不要设法掩饰你的过错。)
  run over 详见Ⅲ.145,146.注释;pass off详见Ⅲ.126.注释;turn down详见Ⅲ.180,181.注释.
  119. Glemp's heroic flight into space entitled him _____ a place in history.
     A. for    B. with    C. to    D. of
  [答案]C. to.
  [注释]entitle sb. to sth.(=give a right to)给予权利: 1)He is entitled to special treatment because of his rank(由于他的级别他有权享受特殊待遇。) 2) Officers are entitled to travel first class.(军官们有权乘头等车旅行。)
  120. He's _____ drink and never does a stroke of work.
   A. gone to    B. taken to    C. taken up    D. gone for
  [答案]B. taken to.
  [注释]take to养成(某种习惯)。A stroke of一件。本题译文:他以成了酒徒,从来没有干过一件工作。
  121. "Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"
  "Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."
     A. in    B. to    C. on    D. with
  [答案]D. with.
  [注释]lie with应由.......(承担责任);(作出决定等)得靠...... 1)The responsibility lies with the driver.(责任应由这个司机承担。) 2)It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.(接受还是拒绝这项建议由你决定。)
  lie in在于: 1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty.(困难在于他们非常贫困。) 2)the solution lies in social and political reform.(解决方法在于社会政治改革。)
  122. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.
     A. sum    B. quantity    C. deal    D. amount
  [答案]C. deal.
  [注释]see a good deal of each other 经常见面。
  123. Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.
     A. deliberately    B. intensively
     C. decisively      D. objectively
  [答案]A. deliberately.
  [注释]deliberately(=on purpose, intentionally)故意地;存心地。
  124. They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake.
  A. friendship  B. relations  C. intentions  D. terms
  [答案]D. terms.
  [注释]keep (be) on good terms with与......和睦相处。
  125. Do you think a wife should _____ her habits and tastes to those of her husband?
     A. comply    B. confirm    C. consent    D. conform
  [答案]D. conform.
  [注释]conform vi遵守,符号:All the students must conform to the rules.(全体学生必须遵守规章。)conform sth. to sth. else(vt)使符合:He conformed the plans to the new specifications.(他使这些集合符合新规范。)      comply with遵守;confirm使坚定,确认,证实;consent (to)同意,赞同。
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  126. He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground.
  A. crashing   B. throwing    C. rushing    D. dropping
  [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
  [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.
  [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。
  131. _____ inviting guests and not treating them properly!
     A. Strangely       B. Fantastically
     C. Surprisingly    D. Fancy
  [答案]D. Fancy.
  [注释]fancy doing 没想到.......竟然:1)Fancy your him!(没想到你竟然认识他!) 2)Fancy spending the day in here!(没想到竟在这里过了一天!)
  本题译文:没想到邀请了客人竟没有好好招待!
  132. With sufficient scientific information a manned trip to Mars should be _____.
  A. obtainable B. potential C. considerable D. feasible
  [答案]D. feasible.
  [注释]feasible(=that can be done)可行的,可做到的:1)Your plan sounds quite feasible.(你的计划听起来很可行。) 2)It's not feasible to make the trip in one day.(一天内要进行这次旅行是做不到的。)obtainable可得到的;considerable相当的,可观的;potential潜在的,可能的。
  133. The generation _____ makes it difficult for parents to understand their children's opinions.
     A. division    B. gap    C. separation    D. interval
  [答案]B. gap.
  [注释]generation gap 代沟。
  division分,划分;separation分开;interval间隔,间隙;(幕间或工间)休息。at intervals 不时,时时
  134. If the boy had _____ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him.
     A. set    B. left    C. had    D. put
  [答案]B. left.
  [注释]leave sb./sth. alone不惹,不管,不碰:Leave the box alone.(别碰那个盒子。)
  135. They were so far away that I couldn't _____ their faces clearly.
  A. see through  B. make up  C. see off  D. make out
  [答案]D. make out.
  [注释]make out(=identify and see with effort or difficulty)辨认出。see through参阅Ⅲ,151,注释:此处see through还可表示“看穿......(=understand the real meaning of or reason for; realize the falseness of)”: 1)The teacher saw through the boy's story of having to help at home. (=The teacher knew his story was not true; it was just an excuse.) 2) He can't fool her. She sees him through every time.
  see off送行;make up构成,组成,拼凑;弥补,赔偿;化装,编造:1)编造:John made up the joke about the talking dog. 2)弥补:Bob must make up the work he missed. 3)凑足: We need one more to make up the dozen. 4)化装: The actors were making up when we arrived. 5)构成:Nine players make up a team.
  136. Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is not a mysterious _____  without scientific basis.
  A. process    B. practice    C. procedure    D. program
  [答案]A. process.
  [注释]process(=connected series of actions, or series of operations) 过程:By what process is cloth made form wool?(经过什么过程羊毛织成呢料?)practice(=the doing of something of, performance or repeated exercise, etc.)实习,练习;开业: She is doing her practice at the piano.(她在练习弹钢琴。)procedure(=the regular order of doing things)程序:the usual procedure at a meeting(开会的通常程序)。Program(=plan of what is to be done or list of items or events)课程,计划,大纲:What is the program for tomorrow ?(明天上什么课?)
  137. I must go now. _____, if you want that book I'll bring it next time.
     A. Incidentally    B. Accidentally
     C. Occasionally    D. Subsequently
  [答案]A. Incidentally.
  [注释]incidentally(=by the way)附带地,顺便:Fred said, incidentally, that he had no dinner.(顺便提一下,福来德那时说,他还没吃晚饭。)accidentally(=by chance)偶然地:I met with an old friend of mine accidentally last week.(上星期我偶然碰到一位老朋友。)occasionally (=from time to time, not regularly)不时地,偶尔:We get visitors here occasionally.(我们偶尔在此接游客。)subsequently(=afterwards, later) At first we thought we would go; but subsequently we learned we were needed at home.(起初,我们想离开;但随后我们得知家里需要我们。)
  138. A completely new situation is likely to _____ when the school leaving age is raised to 16.
     A. arouse    B. rise    C. arise    D. abide
  [答案]C. arise.
  [注释]arise(=come into being, appear, happen)产生,发生:Difficulties will arise as we do the work.(我们做这项工作时将会发生困难。)arouse 唤起,激起,唤醒;rise 上升;abide (by)遵守。
  本题译文:当中学毕业年龄上升到16岁时,很可能产生完全新的情况。
  139. The illness from which Mary is suffering has now been _____ as hepatitis (肝炎).
  A. diagnosed B. determined  C. deduced D. discovered
  [答案]A. diagnosed.
  [注释]diagnose...as 把......诊断为......。
  本题译文:玛丽的病现已诊断为肝炎。
  140. These continual _____ in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear.
  A. alterations  B. vibrations C. waves   D. fluctuations
  [答案]D. fluctuations.  
  [注释]fluctuations波动;waves波浪;alterations(部分)改变,变更;vibrations(物理学上)振动。
  141. All foreign visitors are requested to _____ with the regulations in this area.
     A. agree    B. comply    C. consent    D. conform
  [答案]B. comply.
  [注释]comply with(=act in accordance with a demand, order, rule, etc.)遵守:People who refuse to comply with the law will be punished.(拒绝遵守法律者将受到惩罚。)conform(to)使一致,符合;conform to rules符合规则;conform to the customs of society(遵从社会习俗);consent to 同意,赞同;consent to a plan(赞同计划)。
  142. Thomas Edison considered genius to be _____ one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
     A. composed of     B. constituted in
     C. consisted of    D. comprised in
  [答案]A. composed of.
  [注释]be composed of由......组成。Consist of由......组成,是不及物动词,不能用被动语态,故不合题意。
  143. Although Lucy was slimming, she found cream cakes quite _____.
     A. irregular     B. inevitable  
   C. incredible    D. irresistible
  [答案] D. irresistible
  [注释]irresistible不可抵抗的,诱人的,1)I had a irresistible desire to run away,2)I can't refuse this offer; it is irresistible.
  Irregular 不规律的, 不合规则的:1)the trains from here are irregular.(这里发的火车是不规律的。) 2)These procedures are highly irregular.(这些程序是非常不合规矩的。)
  incredible 不可避免的,不可信的:1)Old superstitions are incredible to educated people.(旧的迷信对受过教育的人来说是不可信的。)2)His story of rescuing six drowning men is incredible.(他说他救了6个溺水者,这是难以置信的。)
  inevitable 不可避免的:1)Traffic delays are inevitable at a holiday weekend.(假日周末交通耽搁是难免的。)2)Pain is Inevitable when one breaks a bone.(骨折是疼痛是难避免的。)
  本题译文:虽然露西正在减轻体重,但她觉得奶油蛋糕是诱人的。
  144. In order to _____ the rising production costs, the subscription rates have been increased.
  A. add up to B. look up to  C. cut shortD. keep up with
  [答案]D. keep up with.
  [注释] keep up with跟上。参阅。88注释。Add up to参阅.2注释;cut short 详见.38;look up to(=admire, respect)赞美,尊敬:We look up to the old workers as our teacher.(我们把这位老工人尊为我们的老师。)本题中rates意为“价格,费用”。
  本题译文:为了跟上生产成本的上升,预定费已提高。
  145. Your essay is quite good: just _____ it _____ with a few illustrations and quotations.
     A. put .. up     B. touch .. up
     C. cut .. out    D. write .. off
  [答案]B. touch up.
  [注释] touch up(=improve or perfect by small additional strokes or alterations)润色,修饰:1)The last part of the article needs to be touched up.(这篇文章的最后一部分需要润色。) 2)He touched up the picture by strengthening and shadows.(他把画修饰了一下,使光明部分和阴暗部分的对比度更鲜明。)
  put up留宿;cut out 删掉;write off报销,勾消。
  本题译文:你的文章很好;只要用些例证和引语修饰一下。
  146. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.
  A. regard  B. account  C. thought   D. observation
  [答案]B. account.
  [注释] take sth. into account(=consider)考虑到:We must take local conditions into accoutn.
  147. There are three basic ways of _____ language to writing, and all known graphic systems use one or a combination of these.
  A. committing  B. attaching  C. comparing  D. relating
  [答案]A. committing.
  [注释] commit...to 托付,交付:1)He was committed to the care of his aunt.(他被托付给他的姨妈照管。) 2)I have already committed the rules to memory.(我早已记住这些规则了。)commit sth. to writing(把......写下来)。
  148. Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.
     A. ordinary    B. common    C. usual    D. general
  [答案]B. common.
  [注释]common(=usual and ordinary; happening of found often and in many places)普通的;常见的;常常发生的;到处可见的:a common experience(普通的经历);a common tree(常见的树木)。This bird is common throughout Europe.(这种鸟在欧洲很常见。)They can treat most of the common diseases.(他们能治疗大多数常见病。)usual(=done, found, used or existing most of the time) 经常的,通常的,惯例的,习以为常的;强调时间习惯方面,例如:This is the usual state of the house.(这房子里平常就是这种样子。)ordinary正常的,普通的,正常的;an ordinary day(平凡的一天),ordinary people(普通人), a piece of ordinary dance music(一首普通的舞曲)。General普通的。它与common比较,语气稍强,含有很少例外的意外。可见本题中用common是最佳的选择。
  149. American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
  A. ignored    B. refused    C. neglected    D. denied
  [答案]D. denied.
  [注释] deny 1)否认:A. He didn't deny the facts. B. They couldn't deny that it was a serious blow to them. C. He denied having ever there.(他否认曾到过那里。) 2)(=say 'no' to a request; refuse to give sth. asked for or needed)不给予;Lots of people were denied the right to vote.(许多人被剥夺了选举权。)He denies his wife nothing.(他对他的妻子有求必应。)
  150. On turning the corner, we saw the road _____ steeply.
  A. departing B. decreasing  C. descending D. depressing
  [答案]C. descending.
  [注释] descend(=come or go down)走下来;传下来:1)He descended from the top of the mountain. 2)Are men descended from apes?(人是不是猿的后代?)depress 压抑,使沮丧。Depart出发,起程。
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