全国通用2010届高考英语最新词汇精编详解(上)
"Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?"
"Most of the fault lies _____ the administration."
A.in | B.to | C.on | D.with |
People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.
A.sum | B.quantity | C.deal | D.amount |
Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.
A.deliberately | B.intensively |
C.decisively | D.objectively |
They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake.
A.friendship | B.relations | C.intentions | D.terms |
Do you think a wife should _____ her habits and tastes to those of her husband?
A.comply | B.confirm | C.consent | D.conform |
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 |
High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.
A.discourage | B.decrease | C.disturb | D.disgust |
Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.
A.equivalent | B.uniform | C.alike | D.likely |
The two things are the same in outward form but different _____.
A.in addition | B.in brief | C.in common | D.in essence |
_____ 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 |
_____ inviting guests and not treating them properly!
A.Strangely | B.Fantastically |
C.Surprisingly | D.Fancy |
With sufficient scientific information a manned trip to Mars should be _____.
A.obtainable | B.potential | C.considerable | D.feasible |
The generation _____ makes it difficult for parents to understand their children's opinions.
A.division | B.gap | C.separation | D.interval |
If the boy had _____ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him.
A.set | B.left | C.had | D.put |
They were so far away that I couldn't _____ their faces clearly.
A.see through | B.make up | C.see off | D.make out |
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 |
. I must go now. _____, if you want that book I'll bring it next time.
A.Incidentally | B.Accidentally |
C.Occasionally | D.Subsequently |
A completely new situation is likely to _____ when the school leaving age is raised to 16.
A.arouse | B.rise | C.arise | D.abide |
The illness from which Mary is suffering has now been _____ as hepatitis (肝炎).
A.diagnosed | B.determined | C.deduced | D.discovered |
These continual _____ in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear.
A.alterations | B.vibrations | C.waves | D.fluctuations |
All foreign visitors are requested to _____ with the regulations in this area.
A.agree | B.comply | C.consent | D.conform |
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 |
Although Lucy was slimming, she found cream cakes quite _____.
A.irregular | B.inevitable |
C.incredible | D.irresistible |
In order to _____ the rising production costs, the subscription rates have been increased.
A.add up to | B.look up to | C.cut short | D.keep up with |
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 |
I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination.
A.regard | B.account | C.thought | D.observation |
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 |
Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.
A.ordinary | B.common | C.usual | D.general |
American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
A.ignored | B.refused | C.neglected | D.denied |
On turning the corner, we saw the road _____ steeply.
A.departing | B.decreasing | C.descending | D.depressing |
We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.
A.hope | B.wait | C.expect | D.imagine |
It was necessary to _____ the factory building as the company was doing more and more business.
A.extend | B.increase | C.lengthen | D.magnify |
I asked the tailor to make a small _____ to my trousers because they were too long.
A.change | B.variation | C.revision | D.alteration |
Because of the strong sun Mrs. William's new dining room curtains _____ from dark blue to gray within a year.
A.faded | B.fainted | C.paled | D.diminished |
Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.
A.As a result | B.By the way | C.On the whole | D.In a word |
Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to _____ a scientific theory.
A.confirm | B.confine | C.conform | D.conceive |
Political parties often differ in their views on various _____ concerning their own countries.
A.ways | B.measures | C.issues | D.patterns |
_____ his knowledge of the mountainous country, John Smith was appointed as our guide.
A.In spite of | B.On account of | C.Regardless of | D.Instead of |
The lawyer was expected to _____ some proposals after reading all those documents.
A.come up with | B.put up with | C.look up to | D.keep up with |
While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping _____ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.
A.occasionally | B.simultaneously | C.eventually | D.directly |
In my opinion, you can widen the _____ of these improvements through your active participation.
A.dimension | B.volume | C.magnitude | D.scope |
The noise was so _____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.
A.dim | B.soft | C.faint | D.gentle |
If he refuses to _____ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative.
A.put up with | B.fall in with | C.do away with | D.get along with |
Some people either _____ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.
A.violently | B.sincerely | C.properly | D.deliberately |
Her skirt had been so _____ in packing that she had to iron it before going out.
A.faded | B.torn | C.dirty | D.crushed |
His landlady gave him a week's _____ to leave the flat.
A.threat | B.notice | C.advice | D.caution |
Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store.
A.anyone | B.the others | C.that | D.the ones |
When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.
A.average | B.ordinary | C.regular | D.normal |
With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is _____ rapidly transformed.
A.anything but | B.more or less | C.at large | D.any more |
The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.
A.acquainted | B.informed | C.enlightened | D.advised |
It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.
A.process | B.attention | C.measure | D.part |
The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more _____.
A.at length | B.at last | C.at stake | D.at ease |
When the big bills for mother's hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____.
A.fall short of | B.fall through | C.fall back on | D.fall in with |
These plastic flowers look so _____ that many people think they are real.
A.beautiful | B.natural | C.artificial | D.similar |
The managing director promised that he would _____ me as soon as he had any further information.
A.communicate | B.notice | C.notify | D.note |
When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had _____ to visit London on business.
A.opportunity | B.possibility | C.occasion | D.chance |
The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.
A.element | B.spot | C.sense | D.point |
It has always been the _____ of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities.
A.plan | B.campaign | C.procedure | D.policy |
The climbers _____ their ambition by reaching the summit of the mountain.
A.obtained | B.sustained | C.maintained | D.realized |
I remember her face but I cannot _____ where I met her.
A.recall | B.remind | C.remember | D.remark |
He has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it.
A.purpose | B.intention | C.aim | D.meaning |
The magician picked several persons from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.
A.by accident | B.on occasion | C.at random | D.on an average |
The open university was started in order to help those who _____ having a university education when they were young.
A.stopped | B.failed | C.missed | D.ceased |
His _____of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly.
A.shape | B.pattern | C.design | D.model |
. If you _____ your demand, then maybe you will have more chance of getting what you want.
A.conduct | B.dismiss | C.grant | D.moderate |
Don't _____ the news to the public until we give you the go-ahead (许可,准许).
A.release | B.discard | C.relieve | D.retain |
The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _____ of vegetables in the coming days.
A.rarity | B.scarcity | C.invalidity | D.variety |
Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to _____ until help came.
A.keep on | B.catch on | C.count on | D.hang on |
Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to _____ healthy.
A.preserve | B.stay | C.maintain | D.reserve |
Expected noises are usually more _____ than unexpected ones of the like magnitude.
A.manageable | B.controllable | C.tolerable | D.perceivable |
It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____.
A.above all | B.in all | C.at all | D.after all |
Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want.
A.efforts | B.pains | C.attempts | D.endeavors |
. He ate what he could, and gave the _____ of the food to the birds.
A.remain | B.uneaten | C.rest | D.part |
The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.
A.limitations | B.restraint | C.requirements | D.restrictions |
We won't know whether it will be successful. We won't know whether there will be good _____.
A.ends | B.results | C.effects | D.causes |
No one imagined that the apparently _____ businessman was really a criminal.
A.respectful | B.respectable | C.respective | D.respected |
At first the institute refused to purchase the telescope, but this decision was _____ revised.
A.occasionally | B.consequently | C.successively | D.subsequently. |
The speaker _____ several other subjects in the course of his talk but mostly kept himself to the main topic.
A.held on | B.worked out | C.touched on | D.kept out of |
Comrade Li Dazhao, _____ librarian of Beijing University, was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party.
A.sometimes | B.sometime | C.some time | D.some times |
Alice was very sorry to hear that her grandmother had _____ two days before.
A.broken off | B.passed off | C.given away | D.passed away |
What makes the space shuttle _____ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an airplane.
A.exceptional | B.strange | C.unique | D.rare |
People cannot but feel _____, for they simply cannot understand how he could have made such a stupid mistake.
A.puzzled | B.delighted | C.induced | D.inspired |
When a space shuttle has accomplished its _____, it can be ready for another trip in about two weeks.
A.venture | B.mission | C.commission | D.responsibility |
He's the kind of man who is fond of _____ compliments to other men's wives.
A.paying | B.saying | C.expressing | D.showing |
Radar enables the pilot of an airliner to take off, fly and land in _____.
A.danger | B.comfort | C.continuity | D.safety |
The map was drawn to the standard _____ of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail.
A.route | B.line | C.rate | D.scale |
Our Party has always devoted great attention to raising the living _____ of the working people.
A.cost | B.situation | C.level | D.standard |
It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent.
A.noticed | B.stated | C.suggested | D.noted |
The chances of discovering life on Neptune are about a million _____.
A.at one | B.for one | C.to one | D.against one |
Everything he said then was _____ by what happened later.
A.identified | B.signified | C.noticed | D.verified |
The party, which had been greatly _____, was spoiled by the rude behavior of an uninvited guest.
A.looked forward to | B.looked up to | C.called forth | D.called for |
It was clear that the small grocer was _____ people he owed money to.
A.at the expense of | B.at the risk of |
C.in the way of | D.at the mercy of |
I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she would not listen to me.
A.warned | B.persuaded | C.suggested | D.noticed |
When products made in factories _____, they are thrown away as garbage.
A.come to an end | B.are put to use | C.are used up | D.wear out |
She is making herself ill with _____ over her son's future.
A.trouble | B.annoyance | C.disgust | D.worry |
The microphone enabled them to keep in touch, in other words, it made it _____ for them to contact each other.
A.likely | B.capable | C.possible | D.probable |
They did not find _____ to prepare for the worst conditions they might meet.
A.worth their while | B.it worthwhile | C.it worth | D.it worthy |
In spite of the thunderstorm, the children slept _____ all night.
A.densely | B.soundly | C.loudly | D.noisily |
John _____ knowledge of radio just by staying around the radio station.
A.caught on | B.worked up | C.took up | D.picked up |
I support your decision, but I should also make it clear that I am not going to be _____ to it.
A.connected | B.fastened | C.bound | D.stuck |
Professor Jordon is well known for his _____ into the habits of the common housefly.
A.examination | B.introduction | C.research | D.expression |
The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumor that he had planned to _____.
A.discharge | B.dismiss | C.resign | D.resume |
It was decided to _____ the search when there was no hope of finding the missing girl alive.
A.call off | B.take up | C.keep off | D.ring up |
. He put in a special _____ for an extra day's holiday so that he could attend his daughter's wedding.
A.request | B.demand | C.inquiry | D.proposal |
She _____ the temptation to buy a coat she could not afford.
A.challenged | B.obstructed | C.contradicted | D.resisted |
Scientists have to work hard to keep _____ with modern discoveries and developments.
A.company | B.track | C.touch | D.pace |
He didn't _____ what I read because his mind was on something else.
A.hold on | B.catch on | C.take in | D.get over |
We made plans for a visit but _____ difficulties with the car prevented it.
A.consequent | B.subordinate |
C.substantial | D.subsequent |
Arrogance and pride are similar in meaning, but there is _____ difference between them.
A.a submerged | B.an indecisive | C.an indistinct | D.a subtle |
This watch is _____ to all the other watches on the market.
A.superior | B.advantageous | C.super | D.beneficial |
. The government has lost a great deal of _____ because of the large increase in food pries.
A.strength | B.support | C.agreement | D.vote |
The branches could hardly _____ the weight of the fruit.
A.retain | B.maintain | C.sustain | D.remain |
He thought this was the first pair of shoes that had fitted him _____.
A.perfectly | B.justly | C.fairly | D.rightly |
I feel sure that _____ qualification, ability and experience, you are abundantly suited to the position we have in mind.
A.in case of | B.in terms of | C.in the opinion of | D.in the course of |
So far as he could, John had always tried to _____ the example he saw in Lincoln.
A.live up to | B.set forth | C.call for | D.cut out |
It would be _____ a risk to let the child go to school by himself.
A.following | B.passing | C.running | D.carrying |
Children who are over-protected by their parents may become _____.
A.hurt | B.spoiled | C.damaged | D.harmed |
Paper making began in China and from there it _____ to North Africa and Europe.
A.sprang | B.spilled | C.carried | D.spread |
. When the entire class worked together they finished the project _____.
A.in no way | B.in no time | C.on no account | D.in no case |
The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing football.
A.state | B.condition | C.occasion | D.situation |
Circus tigers, although they have been tamed, can _____ attack their trainer.
A.unexpectedly | B.deliberately | C.reluctantly | D.subsequently |
Stressful environments lead to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which _____ increase the risk of heart disease.
A.in turn | B.in return | C.by chance | D.by turns |
The patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them _____.
A.correct | B.perfect | C.right | D.well |
They decided to leave the waiter a big _____ because the food and service had been excellent.
A.note | B.reward | C.tip | D.gift |
And you find that you're not to be _____ with a position of real responsibility.
A.offered | B.trusted | C.furnished | D.retained |
There was a good _____ of the countryside from the front of the bus.
A.sight | B.view | C.scene | D.scenery |
In aerospace devices the weight of the necessary power producing equipment is _____.
A.vital | B.possible | C.capable | D.reliable |
This album is _____ as it was the only one ever signed by the President.
A.unusual | B.unique | C.rare | D.special |
Trains stop here in order to _____ passengers only.
A.get off | B.pick up | C.pull up | D.pull in |