2012高考英語復(fù)習(xí)：高考英語詞匯400題及詳解（七）(2)

　　326. The car salesman took the customer for a driver in the new model in order to _____ its improved features.

　　A. advocate  B.demonstrate   C.exhibit   D. reveal

　　[答案] B. demonstrate

　　[注釋] advocate擁護(hù),提倡。exhibit展覽,陳列。reveal揭示,暴露。demonstrate(=show clearly by giving proof or example)(用實例,證據(jù))證明,表演。

　　327. The rainbow _____ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.

　　A. dissolved   B. removed  C. resigned   D. disappeared

　　[答案] D. disappeared

　　[注釋]disappear消失。dissolve溶解。remove去除。resign辭去,辭職。retire退休。

　　328. All too _____ it was time to go back to school after the glorious summer holidays.

　　A. often    B. fast    C. soon    D. late

　　[答案] C. soon

　　[注釋]all too實在太......，all too soon意為太快了，帶有惋惜的意味，如：Tom had snatched a short holiday from his work to come here. He said it ended all too soon.（湯姆趁工作之暇匆匆來此渡一短假，他說，假期過得太快了。）

　　329. Deserts, dry areas with _____ no vegetation, cover more than one-third of the Earth's land surface.

　　   A. surprisingly    B. eventually

　　   C. permanently     D. virtually

　　[答案] D. virtually

　　[注釋]virtually(=almost, very nearly; in every way that is really important)幾乎，事實上，實際上；My book is virtually finished; I have only a few changes to make in the writing.( 我的書幾乎寫完了,我只要在作品中再作一點修改就可以了。)surprisingly令人驚奇的；eventually最終的；permanently永久的。

　　330. After dinner the minister made a short _____ to the guests.

　　A. delivery  B.pronunciation  C.conversation D. speech

　　[答案] D. speech

　　[注釋]make a speech to sb.(向某人做演講)。make conversation with sb.(和某人閑談conversation常與下列動詞搭配:get (enter) into conversation with(和......攀談起來),have a conversation with(與......談話),interrupt (break off) conversation(中斷談話),turn the conversation to other matters(把話題轉(zhuǎn)到其他問題上)delivery常指"(演講等的)說話方式,口才",如: His report was good, but his delivery was poor.( 他的報告內(nèi)容很好,但他的口才太差)。

　　331. When there's doubt the examiner's decision is _____.

　　A. right    B. final    C. definite    D. fixed

　　[答案] B. final.

　　[注釋]final最終的,不會改變的。definite明確的。fixed固定的,不變的;a fixed income(固定收入)。right正確的。

　　332. Busy and successful as he was, the novelist was willing to _____ any promising young man and give him all the help he could.

　　A. take up    B. pick up    C. make up    D. look up

　　[答案] A. take up.

　　[注釋]take up把......當(dāng)作被保護(hù)人,關(guān)照,提攜,列如:This athlete was taken up by several Boston universities.(這個運動員得到波士頓大學(xué)的關(guān)照。)pick up參閱III.129,130注釋。

　　本題譯文：雖然他是一位繁忙又有成就的小說家,但他愿意提攜任何有前途的年輕人并盡力給予幫助。

　　333. He did not find a job yet because he had no _____ to men who could help him.

　　A. approach  B. application   C. access  D. approval

　　[答案] C. access.

　　[注釋]have access to進(jìn)入的路；能接近，進(jìn)入,了解或使用(不可數(shù)名詞)。列如：1)We had access to his private files.(我們能接觸他的私人檔案。)2)Only a few people have access to the full facts of the ase.(只有幾人能了解案件的全部事實。)3)Only high officials had access to the emperor.(只有高級官員才能接近皇帝。)approach接近,走近,快到;對待處理(事情的)方式;接近(到達(dá))的路:1)He was warned of the enemy.(已警告他敵人已接近。)2)His book represents a new approach to the difficulty.(他的書代表了處理困難的一種新方法。)3)The approach to the house was a narrow path.(通到這幢房子的路是一條小徑。)application申請,申請書。approval贊同。根據(jù)題意,此句中不是指身體上的“接近或靠近”,而是指“能接觸到”的某人故選access更切題意

　　334. The old man got into the _____ of storing money under the bed.

　　A. tradition    B. habit    C. use    D. custom

　　[答案] B. habit.

　　[注釋]get into the habit of doing sth.意為“養(yǎng)成了做......的習(xí)慣"。habit指個人的習(xí)慣,而custom則指社會的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣。tradition“傳統(tǒng)"。

　　335. The beauty of the place is more than I can describe. I am sure whoever sees it will _____ its charm.

　　A. appeal to   B. stick to    C. keep to    D. yield to

　　[答案] D. yield to.

　　[注釋]yield to:屈服于;投降讓步(經(jīng)常有比較靈活的譯法)。如:The disease yielded to treatment.(=The disease was cured as the result of treatment.)(這病經(jīng)過治療已減輕或治愈。)

　　appeal to向......呼吁;stick to(=keep to)堅持。

　　本題譯文:該地秀麗的景色無法表達(dá)于筆下。我深信,不管是誰看到了它都會折服于它的魅力。

　　336. Children are likely to get _____ if no one cares about their upbringing.

　　   A. out of hand     B. out of order

　　   C. out of place    D. out of work

　　[答案] A. out of hand.

　　[注釋]get(or be) out of hand是習(xí)語,意為“無法控制,不受約束":This situation appears to be completely out of hand.(看來形勢已完全失去控制。)out of order有毛病,失靈;out of place不得其所的,不適當(dāng)?shù)?out of work失業(yè)。

　　本題譯文:如果不關(guān)心孩子的教育,他們很可能會無法控制。

　　337. When the Greeks had _____ the Persians, a soldier ran from Marathon to Athens.

　　   A. won    B. bitten    C. beaten    D. hit

　　[答案] C. beaten.

　　[注釋]beat sb. 打敗某人。beat sb. black and blue(把某人打得鼻青臉腫)。hit,擊,擊中:hit a man on the head(打在人的頭上);hit at sb.(向某人打去)。strike(=hit ,give a blow at blows to)打,擊:strike a man on the chin(打在某人的下巴上)。win贏得,用作此義時,后不能接某人;可以說win a match, a victory, the first prize等。

　　338. There was a large box behind the door and Peter couldn't _____ falling over it in the darkness.

　　   A. help    B. resist    C. avoid    D. prevent

　　[答案]C. avoid.

　　[注釋]avoid 避免(后接動詞或名詞): He tried to avoid answering my questions. can't (couldn't) help doing sth. 禁不住做......不由自主地做......。 can't (couldn't) resist doing sth.禁不住做......: I couldn't resist laughing.

　　339.Maria is a _____ person and never makes any unreasonable demands.

　　A. sensitive  B. sensible C. obedient  D. jealous

　　[答案]B. sensible

　　[注釋]sensible 通情達(dá)理的；sensitive敏感的；obedient順從的；jealous 妒忌的，猜疑的，警惕的；

　　340. Violent programs on television may have a bad _____ on children.

　　A. affection  B. pressure  C. influence  D. control

　　[答案]C. influence.

　　[注釋]have a influence on 對...有影響；

　　341. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality, he'd tell them so.

　　A. humble    B. minor    C. inferior    D. awkward

　　[答案]C. inferior.

　　[注釋]inferior 比較差的；humble謙卑的，恭順的，低下的；awkward 尷尬的，別扭的，笨手笨腳的；不好用的；minor細(xì)小的：1)This cloth is inferior to that one .（這塊布比那塊質(zhì)量差）2)She feels inferior to her elder sister .（她感到比姐姐差的多。）3)He is of humble birth.（她出身低微。）4)He is very humble towards his superiors.（ 他對上司低三下四。）5)he felt awkward and uncomfortable.（他感到尷尬不自在）6)He was an awkward carpenter.（他是個笨手笨腳的木匠）7)This is a very awkward question. We must ask that of Hery.（這個問題不好對付，我們必須去問問亨利）

　　342. If you put too many potatoes in that paper-bag it will _____.

　　A. fail    B. explode    C. crack    D. burst

　　[答案]D. burst

　　[注釋] burst vt./vi.漲破，漲裂。Burst one's clothes（撐破衣服）。

　　343. One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.

　　A.disposed B. deserted C. isolated  D. abandoned

　　[答案]C. isolated

　　[注釋]isolated 孤立的。Deserted被遺棄的；空無一人的；abandoned丟棄的，如；abandoned cars(因報廢而丟棄的汽車)。Dispose of sth. 處理掉某物：He disposed of his old car .（他把舊的汽車處理掉了。）意為賣掉或扔掉等。

　　344. I'm afraid you have no _____ but to come along with us.

　　A. possibility  B. permission C. choice  D. selection

　　[答案]C. choice.

　　[注釋]have no choice but 除了...沒有別的選擇；只能...：I have no choice but to obey.(我只能服從)。

　　345. I shall never beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same _____.

　　A. set    B. band    C. group    D. class

　　[答案] D. class.

　　[注釋]be in the same class 水平相同。此句中class,意為“(高低、優(yōu)劣的)等級；種 類”。

　　346. As soon as Charles had _____ a little from his surprise, his one thought was to get away.

　　A. returned  B. absorbed  C. dissolved  D. recovered

　　[答案] D. recovered.

　　[注釋]recover from 從......恢復(fù)過來

　　347. When I arrived in this country, I had to start learning the language from _____.

　　A. scratch    B. scrap    C. snatch    D. scrape

　　[答案] A. scratch.

　　[注釋]start from scratch (=from the beginning, from nothing) 從頭開始，白手起家；John brought the radio from scratch. (=John bought the parts and put them together himself.)

　　348. The thieves _____ him _____ in the park, took his wallet and escaped.

　　   A. held .. back      B. held .. up

　　   C. held .. on        D. held .. out

　　[答案] B. held ... up.

　　[注釋]hold up sb.攔劫。hold up, hold on, hold out 的用法請參閱III.82,83注釋.

　　349. Japan has to employ an increasing number of overseas workers because there is no easy solution to its labor _____.

　　 A. decline    B. rarity    C. vacancy    D. shortage

　　[答案] D. shortage.

　　[注釋]labour shortage 勞動力短缺。Decline 下降。rarity稀少。vacancy 空缺，未占用.

　　350. The two dogs started to fight, so we tried to _____ them.

　　A. split    B. separate    C. tear    D. divide

　　[答案] B. separate.

　　[注釋]separate 意指將結(jié)合的東西“分開，拆散”，divide指把整體“分成”幾個部分，split（沿一條線-）裂開，tear撕開，distinguish“區(qū)分，區(qū)別，辨別”。