2012高考英語復(fù)習(xí)：高考英語詞匯400題及詳解（三）

1、101. Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _ in giving the class lectures. A. exchange    B. alter    C. shift    D. alternate答案D. alternate.注釋alternate vt./vi. 輪流，交替發(fā)生或出現(xiàn)：Wet days alternate with fine days.(晴雨天交替更迭。)The weather today will alternate bet

2、ween fine and cloudy.(今天的天氣將是晴間多云。)shift般動，移動（vt.）；轉(zhuǎn)移到，遷移（vi.）；改變：1)Lend me a hand to shift the piano, will you?(請幫個忙搬一下這臺鋼琴。) 2)They have shifted away from this area.(他們已從這一地區(qū)遷走了。) 3)The candidate is constantly shifting his opinion about the problem.(這位競選者在這個問題上不斷改變他的觀點。)exchange交換；exchange. for .

3、用.換.；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.注釋crush壓壞，壓碎；弄皺；輾散；1)Don't crush this box; there are flowers inside.(不要把這個盒子壓壞了，里面有鮮花。) 2)H

4、er dress was crushed.(她的衣服弄皺了。) 3)The machine crushes wheat grain to make floor.(這臺機器把麥粒輾成面粉。)splash濺，潑；split(中間)裂開；crash(向下)猛跌；（飛機）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.注釋scatter(=thr

5、ow or put in various directions, or here and there)撒。abandon放棄，拋棄。desert遺棄（而離開）。vanish消亡，滅亡。本題句意是將小偷在搜尋錢時的情景，所以應(yīng)選scattered(撒)。104. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _.A. facilities B. appliances  C. instruments D. equipment答案B. appliances.注釋electric appliances電器用具，facilit

6、ies公用設(shè)備。equipment設(shè)備,裝備，是集合名詞，指“設(shè)備”的總稱，只有當(dāng)數(shù)形式。instrument儀器。105. The _ of the trees in the water was very clear.A. mirror  B. sight  C. reflection  D. shadow答案C. reflection.注釋reflection此處意為“映在水中的倒影”，而不是“影子”或“陰影”，故不能用shadow。其他選擇均不合題意。106. One _ needed when making a cake is flour; another

7、 is sugar.A. container  B. ingredient C. content  D. equivalent答案B. ingredient.注釋ingredient(混合物的)成分。container容器，含量；內(nèi)容（復(fù)數(shù)）。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. beh

8、ind schedule   C. ahead of time      D. in no time答案B. behind schedule.注釋behind schedule(=late, behind time)晚點：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 fa

9、shioned)過時，跟不上時代，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 .)

10、ahead of time提前： They have fulfilled their production plans ahead of time, in no time(=soon, quickly)立即，馬上：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  &#

11、160; C. assist    D. encourage答案A. hamper.注釋hamper(=hinder, prevent free movement or activity)阻礙：Lack of equipment is hampering our work.本題譯文：他們兩人都認為他不怎么樣并極力阻礙他工作。Think highly of. 對.評價很高，認為.很好。109. Her display of bad temper completely _ the party.   A. harmed  

12、0; B. damaged    C. spoilt    D. hurt答案C. spoilt.注釋spoil指出意指“使. 掃興，搞糟”，如：Quarrelling spoilt the picnic.(爭吵使這次野餐弄得很掃興。)hurt傷害，damage 損壞，harm危害，均不合題意。110. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great _.   A. emotio

13、n    B. excitement    C. crisis    D. stress答案D. stress.   注釋put sb. under(great) stress使某人處境（非常）緊張，使某人受（很大）壓力。111. The reference she made to her friend, the poet, was interesting but too _ for anyone to appreciate.   A. drastic &

14、#160;  B. dull    C. obscure   D. distinct答案C. obscure.注釋obscure(=not clearly seen or understood)模糊難懂得。drastic激烈的，嚴厲的；dull單調(diào)的；distinct清楚的，明顯的；截然不同的（from）。本題譯文：她提到她的朋友-詩人時所說的話是令人感興趣，但沒有說清楚，以致沒有人為此感激。112. He _ his engagement just before the wedding.   A. broke o

15、ut    B. broke away from   C. broke off    D. broke up答案C. broke off.注釋break off(=cease suddenly, discontinue)突然中斷；break off one's engagement(解除婚約)。Break off(=interrupt) one's conversation(打斷談話)。Break out(=begin suddenly)爆發(fā)。Break away from擺脫，從.退出。113.

16、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注釋burst into tears放聲大哭；又如：burst into thunderous cheers(發(fā)出雷嗚般的歡呼)；burst into laughing(捧腹大笑)。114. Your help is _

17、for the success of the project.   A. indispensable    B. indicative   C. inevitable       D. inherent答案A. indispensable.注釋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，內(nèi)在的，天生的。115. _ the English examina

18、tion 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注釋but for(=without, except for)若非，要不是：But for your help we could not have finished it in time.(要不是你的幫助，我們本來不會及時完工。)116. It was difficult to guess what her _ to the news wo

19、uld be.A. impression B. comment  C. reaction  D. opinion答案C. reaction.注釋reaction(to)對.的反應(yīng)：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.注釋respecta

20、ble(=deserving respect)值得尊敬的,品行端正的。respectful(=showing respect to)有禮貌的，表示尊敬的。Respective各個的。respected尊敬的。Respecting prep.(=relating to; concerned with)關(guān)于，說到。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&

21、#160; C. pass off  D. turn down答案B. smooth over.注釋smooth over(=make smooth, put right, balliate)使平息，使恢復(fù)正常的，掩飾：1)I will try to smooth their quarrel over.(我將設(shè)法平息他們的爭吵。) 2)Don't try to smooth over your fault.（不要設(shè)法掩飾你的過錯。）run over 詳見.145,146.注釋；pass off詳見.126.注釋；turn down詳見.180,181.注釋.119. Glem

22、p's heroic flight into space entitled him _ a place in history.   A. for    B. with    C. to    D. of答案C. to.注釋entitle sb. to sth.(=give a right to)給予權(quán)利： 1)He is entitled to special treatment because of his rank(由于他的級別他有權(quán)享受特殊待遇。) 2) Officers

23、 are entitled to travel first class.（軍官們有權(quán)乘頭等車旅行。）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.注釋take to養(yǎng)成（某種習(xí)慣）。A stroke of一件。本題譯文：他以成了酒徒，從來沒有干過一件工作。121. "Who is responsi

24、ble for sending out misinformation?""Most of the fault lies _ the administration."   A. in    B. to    C. on    D. with答案D. with.注釋lie with應(yīng)由.（承擔(dān)責(zé)任）；（作出決定等）得靠. 1)The responsibility lies with the driver.(責(zé)任應(yīng)由這個司機承擔(dān)。) 2)It lies with

25、 you to accept or reject he the proposal.(接受還是拒絕這項建議由你決定。)lie in在于： 1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty.(困難在于他們非常貧困。) 2)the solution lies in social and political reform.(解決方法在于社會政治改革。)122. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _ of each other.   A. sum &#

26、160;  B. quantity    C. deal    D. amount答案C. deal.注釋see a good deal of each other 經(jīng)常見面。123. Maria _ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.   A. deliberately    B. intensively   C. decisively  &#

27、160;   D. objectively答案A. deliberately.注釋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.注釋keep (be) on good terms with與.

28、和睦相處。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.注釋conform vi遵守，符號：All the students must conform to the rules.(全體學(xué)生必須遵守規(guī)章。)conform sth. to sth

29、. else(vt)使符合：He conformed the plans to the new specifications.(他使這些集合符合新規(guī)范。)      comply with遵守；confirm使堅定，確認，證實；consent (to)同意，贊同。126. He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _ to the ground.A. crashing   B. throwing 

30、60;  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(diào)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

31、0;  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. eq

32、uivalent    B. uniform    C. alike    D. likely答案A. equivalent.注釋equivalent相等的，相當(dāng)?shù)模篐e 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

33、different _.A. in addition B. in brief  C. in common  D. in essence答案D. in essence.注釋in essence本質(zhì)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

34、 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(yīng)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(dāng)時我很失望。131. _ inviting guests and not treating them properly!   A. Strangely 

35、;      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 s

36、hould 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(nèi)要進行這次旅行是做不到的。)obtainable可得到的；considerable相當(dāng)?shù)?，可觀的；potential潛在的，可能的。133. The gene

37、ration _ 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

38、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

39、 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，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

40、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(gòu)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 mor

41、e to make up the dozen. 4)化裝： The actors were making up when we arrived. 5)構(gòu)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. pr

42、ocedure    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(jīng)過什么過程羊毛織成呢料？)practice(=the doing of something of, performance or repeated exercise, etc.)實習(xí)，練習(xí)；開業(yè): She is doing her practice at the piano.(她在

43、練習(xí)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.

44、 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 accidenta

45、lly 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 situa

46、tion 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(chǎn)生，發(fā)生：Difficulties will arise as we do the work.(我們做這項工作時將會發(fā)生困難。)arouse 喚起，激起，喚醒；r

47、ise 上升;abide (by)遵守。本題譯文：當(dāng)中學(xué)畢業(yè)年齡上升到16歲時，很可能產(chǎn)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(xiàn)已診斷為肝炎。140. These continual _ in temperature make it impossible to

48、 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(xué)上)振動。141. All foreign visitors are requested to _ with the regulations in this area.   A. agree   

49、 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(guī)則；conform to the customs of society(遵從社會習(xí)

50、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

51、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(tài)，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 irresistibl

52、e desire to run away,2)I can't refuse this offer; it is irresistible.Irregular 不規(guī)律的, 不合規(guī)則的：1)the trains from here are irregular.(這里發(fā)的火車是不規(guī)律的。) 2)These procedures are highly irregular.(這些程序是非常不合規(guī)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

53、)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 su

54、bscription 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(chǎn)成

55、本的上升，預(yù)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 alterati

56、ons)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