2012高考英語復習：高考英語詞匯400題及詳解（三）(2)

　　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.

　　[注釋]crash(to the ground)猛跌（到地上）。Crash n.

　　常指飛機等的“失事”，如：He was killed in an aircraft crash.(他在飛機失事中喪生。)本句中用falling不妥，fall指“落下，掉下”，本身并不強調落下的速度，而crash使“猛跌”，故本題用crashing最佳。

　　127. High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.

　　A. discourage   B. decrease   C. disturb   D. disgust

　　[答案]A. discourage

　　[注釋]discourage sb. from doing sth.使認為某事不值得做：Tht wet weather discouraged people from going to the sports meeting.(下雨天使人覺得不值得去看運動會。)

　　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.

　　[注釋]equivalent相等的，相當的：He exchanged his pounds for the equivalent amount of dollars. uniform 相同的,一樣的。Likely adj.很可能的，有希望的。Alike(表語形容詞)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.

　　[注釋]in essence本質上；in addition此外；in brief簡短地，簡言之；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.

　　[注釋]in a way(-to some extent)在某種程度上；in no way決不；by the way 順便提一下；in the way 礙事。此題不能選by the way，因為by the way 做插入語其后應加逗號。

　　本題譯文：我沒有得到我申請得工作在某種程度上說是件好事，盡管我承認當時我很失望。

　　131. _____ inviting guests and not treating them properly!

　　   A. Strangely       B. Fantastically

　　   C. Surprisingly    D. Fancy

　　[答案]D. Fancy.

　　[注釋]fancy doing 沒想到.......竟然：1)Fancy your him!(沒想到你竟然認識他！) 2)Fancy spending the day in here!(沒想到竟在這里過了一天！)

　　本題譯文：沒想到邀請了客人竟沒有好好招待！

　　132. With sufficient scientific information a manned trip to Mars should be _____.

　　A. obtainable B. potential C. considerable D. feasible

　　[答案]D. feasible.

　　[注釋]feasible(=that can be done)可行的，可做到的：1)Your plan sounds quite feasible.(你的計劃聽起來很可行。) 2)It's not feasible to make the trip in one day.(一天內要進行這次旅行是做不到的。)obtainable可得到的；considerable相當的，可觀的；potential潛在的，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.

　　[注釋]generation gap 代溝。

　　division分，劃分；separation分開；interval間隔，間隙；（幕間或工間）休息。at intervals 不時，時時

　　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.

　　[注釋]leave sb./sth. alone不惹，不管，不碰：Leave the box alone.(別碰那個盒子。)

　　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.

　　[注釋]make out(=identify and see with effort or difficulty)辨認出。see through參閱Ⅲ，151,注釋:此處see through還可表示“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構成，組成，拼湊；彌補，賠償；化裝，編造：1)編造：John made up the joke about the talking dog. 2)彌補：Bob must make up the work he missed. 3)湊足： We need one more to make up the dozen. 4)化裝： The actors were making up when we arrived. 5)構成：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.

　　[注釋]process(=connected series of actions, or series of operations) 過程：By what process is cloth made form wool?(經過什么過程羊毛織成呢料？)practice(=the doing of something of, performance or repeated exercise, etc.)實習，練習；開業: She is doing her practice at the piano.(她在練習彈鋼琴。)procedure(=the regular order of doing things)程序：the usual procedure at a meeting(開會的通常程序)。Program(=plan of what is to be done or list of items or events)課程，計劃，大綱：What is the program for tomorrow ?(明天上什么課?)

　　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.

　　[注釋]incidentally(=by the way)附帶地，順便：Fred said, incidentally, that he had no dinner.(順便提一下，福來德那時說，他還沒吃晚飯。)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)不時地，偶爾：We get visitors here occasionally.(我們偶爾在此接游客。)subsequently(=afterwards, later) At first we thought we would go; but subsequently we learned we were needed at home.(起初,我們想離開；但隨后我們得知家里需要我們。)

　　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.

　　[注釋]arise(=come into being, appear, happen)產生，發生：Difficulties will arise as we do the work.(我們做這項工作時將會發生困難。)arouse 喚起，激起，喚醒；rise 上升;abide (by)遵守。

　　本題譯文：當中學畢業年齡上升到16歲時，很可能產生完全新的情況。

　　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.

　　[注釋]diagnose...as 把......診斷為......。

　　本題譯文：瑪麗的病現已診斷為肝炎。

　　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.  

　　[注釋]fluctuations波動；waves波浪；alterations(部分)改變，變更；vibrations(物理學上)振動。

　　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.

　　[注釋]comply with(=act in accordance with a demand, order, rule, etc.)遵守：People who refuse to comply with the law will be punished.(拒絕遵守法律者將受到懲罰。)conform(to)使一致，符合；conform to rules符合規則；conform to the customs of society(遵從社會習俗)；consent to 同意，贊同；consent to a plan(贊同計劃)。

　　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.

　　[注釋]be composed of由......組成。Consist of由......組成，是不及物動詞，不能用被動語態，故不合題意。

　　143. Although Lucy was slimming, she found cream cakes quite _____.

　　   A. irregular     B. inevitable  

　　 C. incredible    D. irresistible

　　[答案] D. irresistible

　　[注釋]irresistible不可抵抗的，誘人的，1)I had a irresistible desire to run away,2)I can't refuse this offer; it is irresistible.

　　Irregular 不規律的, 不合規則的：1)the trains from here are irregular.(這里發的火車是不規律的。) 2)These procedures are highly irregular.(這些程序是非常不合規矩的。)

　　incredible 不可避免的，不可信的：1)Old superstitions are incredible to educated people.（舊的迷信對受過教育的人來說是不可信的。）2)His story of rescuing six drowning men is incredible.(他說他救了6個溺水者，這是難以置信的。)

　　inevitable 不可避免的：1)Traffic delays are inevitable at a holiday weekend.（假日周末交通耽擱是難免的。）2)Pain is Inevitable when one breaks a bone.（骨折是疼痛是難避免的。）

　　本題譯文：雖然露西正在減輕體重，但她覺得奶油蛋糕是誘人的。

　　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.

　　[注釋] keep up with跟上。參閱。88注釋。Add up to參閱.2注釋；cut short 詳見.38;look up to(=admire, respect)贊美，尊敬：We look up to the old workers as our teacher.（我們把這位老工人尊為我們的老師。）本題中rates意為“價格，費用”。

　　本題譯文：為了跟上生產成本的上升，預定費已提高。

　　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.

　　[注釋] touch up(=improve or perfect by small additional strokes or alterations)潤色，修飾：1)The last part of the article needs to be touched up.(這篇文章的最后一部分需要潤色。) 2)He touched up the picture by strengthening and shadows.(他把畫修飾了一下，使光明部分和陰暗部分的對比度更鮮明。)

　　put up留宿；cut out 刪掉；write off報銷，勾消。

　　本題譯文：你的文章很好；只要用些例證和引語修飾一下。

　　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.

　　[注釋] take sth. into account(=consider)考慮到：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.

　　[注釋] commit...to 托付，交付：1)He was committed to the care of his aunt.(他被托付給他的姨媽照管。) 2)I have already committed the rules to memory.(我早已記住這些規則了。)commit sth. to writing(把......寫下來)。

　　148. Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.

　　   A. ordinary    B. common    C. usual    D. general

　　[答案]B. common.

　　[注釋]common(=usual and ordinary; happening of found often and in many places)普通的；常見的；常常發生的；到處可見的：a common experience(普通的經歷)；a common tree(常見的樹木)。This bird is common throughout Europe.(這種鳥在歐洲很常見。)They can treat most of the common diseases.(他們能治療大多數常見病。)usual(=done, found, used or existing most of the time) 經常的，通常的，慣例的，習以為常的；強調時間習慣方面，例如：This is the usual state of the house.(這房子里平常就是這種樣子。)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。它與common比較，語氣稍強，含有很少例外的意外。可見本題中用common是最佳的選擇。

　　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.

　　[注釋] deny 1)否認：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.(他否認曾到過那里。) 2)(=say 'no' to a request; refuse to give sth. asked for or needed)不給予；Lots of people were denied the right to vote.(許多人被剝奪了選舉權。)He denies his wife nothing.(他對他的妻子有求必應。)

　　150. On turning the corner, we saw the road _____ steeply.

　　A. departing B. decreasing  C. descending D. depressing

　　[答案]C. descending.

　　[注釋] descend(=come or go down)走下來；傳下來：1)He descended from the top of the mountain. 2)Are men descended from apes?(人是不是猿的后代？)depress 壓抑，使沮喪。Depart出發，起程。