2012高考英語復(fù)習(xí)：高考英語詞匯400題及詳解（五）

　　201. 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

　　[答案]C. unique.

　　[注釋]unique(=being the only one of its type)同類事物中獨(dú)一無二的。如：This stamp is unique; all others like it have been lost or destroyed.

　　202. 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

　　[答案]A. puzzled.

　　[注釋]be (feel, get) puzzled感到迷惑、為難。

　　本題譯文：人們不得不感到迷惑，因?yàn)樗麄兒?jiǎn)直不能理解，他怎么能犯這樣愚蠢的錯(cuò)誤。

　　203. 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

　　[答案]B. mission.

　　[注釋]mission通常指一種特殊的、特定的且有一定難度的使命或工作，常與accomplish, complete等詞搭配，如：accomplish a historic mission完成一項(xiàng)歷史使命。Venture冒險(xiǎn)；常指商業(yè)上的冒險(xiǎn)投機(jī)。例如：He declined the business venture. Commission委任；代理；傭金。He often goes beyond his commission.(他時(shí)常越權(quán)。)responsibility責(zé)任。

　　本題譯文：當(dāng)航天飛機(jī)完成了它的使命，它能在大約兩周內(nèi)做好準(zhǔn)備再次航行。

　　204. He's the kind of man who is fond of _____ compliments to other men's wives.

　　A. paying  B. saying  C. expressing  D. showing

　　[答案]A. paying

　　[注釋]pay a compliment (compliments) to sb.恭維某人。

　　205. Radar enables the pilot of an airliner to take off, fly and land in _____.

　　A. danger   B. comfort  C. continuity D. safety

　　[答案]D. safety.

　　[注釋]in safety安全地。從邏輯上看，其他選擇均不切題。

　　206. 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

　　[答案]d. scale.

　　[注釋]scale在此題中意指“（實(shí)物與地圖、圖解等代表物間的）比例，比例尺”.be drawn to be standard scale of 1/100,000(按照十萬分之一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)比例尺繪制)。

　　207. Our Party has always devoted great attention to raising the living _____ of the working people.

　　A. cost    B. situation    C. level    D. standard

　　[答案]D. standard.

　　[注釋]living standard生活水準(zhǔn)。

　　208. 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

　　[答案]B. stated.

　　[注釋]state此處意為“（=make sth. know, announce）宣布，通告，聲明（口頭的或書面的）”，如：It is stated that all the accident were killed.(據(jù)宣布，事故中全部人員無一幸免。)suggest建議，是表示欲望意義的動(dòng)詞，從句中要用虛擬語氣（should +動(dòng)詞原形）。Note(=notice)“注意到”，如：It was noted that the temperature rose during this time.

　　209. The chances of discovering life on Neptune are about a million _____.

　　A. at one    B. for one    C. to one    D. against one

　　[答案]c. the one.

　　[注釋]a million to one百萬分之一，意為“幾乎沒有什么可能”。

　　210. Everything he said then was _____ by what happened later.

　　A. identified  B. signified C. noticed   D. verified

　　[答案]D. verified.

　　[注釋]verify(=prove the truth of)證實(shí)，證明：1)It was easy to verify his statements.(很容易證實(shí)他說的話。) 2)Later findings verified the scientist's theory(后來的各種發(fā)現(xiàn)證明這位科學(xué)家的理論是對(duì)的。)

　　identify識(shí)別，鑒別；signify表示，意味，要緊；有重要性：1)He signified that he agreed by nodding.(他點(diǎn)頭表示同意。) 2)Never mind, it doesn't signify.(沒事兒，這無關(guān)緊要。)

　　211. 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

　　[答案]A. looked forward to.

　　[注釋]Look forward to 期待，盼望。參閱Ⅲ.109.; call forth引起，喚起。參閱Ⅲ.29注釋。 Call for需要，參閱Ⅲ.26注釋。Look up to尊敬。

　　212. 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

　　[答案]D. at the mercy of.

　　[注釋]at the mercy of在......支配下：The ship was at the mercy of the waves.(這艘船任憑風(fēng)浪擺布。)

　　at the expense of以......為代價(jià)，靠犧牲......；in the way of礙......事；at the risk of冒......的危險(xiǎn)：1)He devoted his time to football at the expense of his studies.(他犧牲學(xué)習(xí)把時(shí)間都花在足球上。) 2)Her social lift got in the way of her studies.(她的社交生活妨礙了她的學(xué)習(xí)。) 3)We do this at the risk of our lives and liberties.(我們冒丟掉生命和喪失自由的危險(xiǎn)做這件事。)

　　本題譯文：顯然，這家小雜鋪任憑其債主的擺布。

　　213. I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she would not listen to me.

　　A. warned    B. persuaded    C. suggested    D. noticed

　　[答案]A. warned.

　　[注釋]warn sb. (not) to do sth.警告某人（不）做某事。

　　Suggest不能接sb. to do sth。persuade sb.(not) to do sth.說服、某人（不）做某事；本題中不能選D. persuaded, 因該動(dòng)詞強(qiáng)調(diào)行為的結(jié)果。從邏輯上講，既然“說服了”，那么與she wouldn't listen to me就前后矛盾了。如果把句子該為：I tried to persuade her not to walk on the thin ice but she wouldn't listen to me.(我極力勸她不要在薄冰上走，但她不愿聽我的話。)，那么就符合邏輯了。

　　[注意]warn sb. of sth.警告某人有......。

　　214. 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

　　[答案]D. wear out.

　　[注釋]wear out本題中意指（become useless form continued use of wear）用壞，穿破，如：The machine will soon wear out.(這機(jī)器即將用壞。)come to and end(結(jié)束)，put ... to use(投入使用), use up(用完)， come into use(開始投入使用)。

　　215. She is making herself ill with _____ over her son's future.

　　A. trouble    B. annoyance    C. disgust    D. worry

　　[答案]D. worry

　　[注釋]worry既可作動(dòng)詞用，也可以作名詞用，意思是“憂慮”，后接介詞about或over。worry over 比worry about對(duì)某事的憂慮更為持久，更為專注，如：He worries over the least thing that goes wrong.(他總是惟恐有一點(diǎn)小事出錯(cuò)。)

　　216. 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

　　[答案]C. possible

　　[注釋]able有才能的，有能力的，指人的才智，而且是受過實(shí)際鍛煉的才干。Capable“有才能的，能勝任的”(有褒、貶二義)，如：He is capable of anything.(他什么事都干得出來。)此句含有明顯得貶義。此外，作表語時(shí)，able接不定式，capable接of. capable還有一意思是“有可能 的”，例如：The car is capable of being repaired .（這輛汽車是有可能修好的。）用于此義時(shí)，be capable of 后常接被動(dòng)語態(tài)動(dòng)名詞或有動(dòng)作意義的名詞：The situation is capable of improvement .possible 強(qiáng)調(diào)客觀可能性，“可能的”程度比probable"大概的，很可能的低一些。

　　[注意]likely與possible在結(jié)構(gòu)搭配上的區(qū)別。Likely可用于下列句型中：1)It is likely that...例如：It is highly likely that he will succeed.（很可能他會(huì)成功。）2)think(feel, consider)it likely ...例如：I think it likely that we will ultimately get a certain amount of money.3)be likely to do sth.例如：He is likely to see you again .但下面的句型是錯(cuò)誤的，It is likely for sb to do sth.所以think it likely for sb. to do sth.也是錯(cuò)誤的，故本題不能選likely.

　　217. 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

　　[答案]B. it worthwhile

　　[注釋]worthwhile值花時(shí)間（或精力）干的：1)The visit to Paris was worthwhile .2)He thinks teaching foreign languages is worthwhile.3)She has a very worthwhile job.4)I think it worthwhile to work on my stamp collection.

　　Worthy (of)配得上，值得：1)He is worthy of being praised.(=He is worthy to be praised.)2)He is a worthy winner.3)She is not worthy to talk to man like you.（她配不上與你這樣一位男士談話）。

　　218. In spite of the thunderstorm, the children slept _____ all night.

　　A. densely    B. soundly    C. loudly    D. noisily

　　[答案]B. soundly

　　[注釋]sleep soundly熟睡。也可以說sleep heavily.

　　219. John _____ knowledge of radio just by staying around the radio station.

　　A. caught on  B. worked up  C. took up  D. picked up

　　[答案]D. picked up

　　[注釋]pick up學(xué)到，習(xí)得。詳見Ⅲ。130注釋。

　　220. 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

　　[答案]C. bound

　　[注釋]be bound to sth.受...的約束：I was bound to my promise.(我受我的諾言約束)[注意]be bound to do sth.1)一定會(huì)：The plan is bound to win.（這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃一定會(huì)成功。）2)有責(zé)任（義務(wù)）：You are bound to obey the laws.(你有責(zé)任遵守法紀(jì))。

　　本題譯文：我支持你的決定，但是我得說明，我不打算受它約束。

　　221. Professor Jordon is well known for his _____ into the habits of the common housefly.

　　   A. examination    B. introduction

　　   C. research       D. expression

　　[答案]C. research

　　[注釋]research into對(duì)...研究：1)(作動(dòng)詞用)He is researching into the reading problems of young school children.2)（作名詞用）to carry out a research(=some research)into the causes of brain damage.(對(duì)大腦損傷原因進(jìn)行研究)。

　　研究可譯為make researches into, make a study of 或直接用動(dòng)詞study vt或research into (a problem etc.).

　　222. The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumor that he had planned to _____.

　　A. discharge    B. dismiss    C. resign    D. resume

　　[答案]C. resign

　　[注釋]resign(=give up a post)辭職：1)imagine he will resign.2)It was his duty to resign his position.

　　discharge sb.= dismiss sb.解雇某人：He was discharged(=dismissed) for being dishonest.

　　223. 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

　　[答案]A. call off

　　[注釋]call off(=cancel)取消。詳見Ⅲ。25注釋。

　　224. 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

　　[答案]A. request

　　[注釋]request請(qǐng)求，put in a request for (提出請(qǐng)求)。enquiry詢問，demand 需求，需要，proposal建議，均不和題意。

　　225. She _____ the temptation to buy a coat she could not afford.

　　A.challenged  B.obstructed C.contradictedD.resisted

　　[答案]D. resisted.   [注釋]resist 此處意指（=keep oneself back from）“忍住...”，resist temptation(不受誘惑)。

　　本題譯文：她不受誘惑，不去買她買不起的外衣。