2012年高考英語(yǔ)高頻400單詞(含詳解)(5)
181.?He?has?left?his?book?here?on?_____,?so?that?you?can?read?it.
A.?purpose????B.?intention????C.?aim????D.?meaning
[答案]A.?purpose.
[注釋]on?purpose是介詞習(xí)語(yǔ),意為“故意地”。如用intention,則應(yīng)說(shuō)by?intention故意地。
182.?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
[答案]C.?at?random.
[注釋]at random(=without aim or purpose)隨便地,胡亂地:His clothes were scattered about the room at random.
By accident意外地;on occasion偶爾;on an average平均計(jì)算。
183.?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
[答案]C.?missed.
[注釋]miss?doing?sth.沒(méi)有做某事:I?missed?seeing?the?film?when?it?was?shown?at?school.(學(xué)校放映那部電影時(shí),我沒(méi)有能去看。)
184.?His?_____of?the?aeroplane?was?correct?in?every?detail?and?could?really?fly.
A.?shape????B.?pattern????C.?design????D.?model
[答案]D.?model.
[注釋]model此句中意為“(飛機(jī)的)模型”。
185.?If?you?_____?your?demand,?then?maybe?you?will?have?more?chance?of?? getting?what?you?want.
A.?conduct????B.?dismiss????C.?grant????D.?moderate
[答案]D.?moderate.
[注釋]moderate(=make?or?become?less?violent?or?extreme)節(jié)制,緩和,減輕。
186.?Don't?_____?the?news?to?the?public?until?we?give?you?the?go-ahead?(許可,準(zhǔn)許).
A.?release????B.?discard????C.?relieve????D.?retain
[答案]A,?release.
[注釋]release(=allow news to be published)發(fā)布(新聞):Details of the scheme have not yet been released to the public.(這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃的細(xì)節(jié)尚未向公眾發(fā)布。)relieve 1)減輕(痛苦,緊張情緒等):What will relieve a headache? This will help to relieve our hardship. 2)使放心,使寬慰:The good news relieved us, for we had been very anxious. 3)賑濟(jì),救濟(jì):The fund is for relieving distress among the flood victims. 4)relieve...from(of)解除,免除; a. This medicine will help to relieve you from your pain. b. He was relieved of his (= keep; continue to have or hold)保持,繼續(xù)保有:1)She retains a clear memory of her schooldays. 2)You must retain your tickets.
187.?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
[答案]B.?scarcity.
[注釋]scarcity(=the state of being scarce)缺乏;不足(指原本充足之物暫時(shí)在數(shù)量上的缺乏)。例如:The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.(水果的供應(yīng)不足是干旱所引起的。)rarity(=sth. uncommon, unusual or sth. valued because rare)珍稀,稀少:Snow is a rarity around the equator.(雪在赤道周圍是罕見(jiàn)之物。)invalidity(=making weak by illness; not suitable for use)無(wú)效性,喪失工作能力。Variety(=difference of condition or quality)變化,多樣化。
本題譯文:目前席卷這一地區(qū)的暴風(fēng)雨今后肯定會(huì)引起蔬菜短缺。
188.?Jack?almost?fell?off?the?cliff,?but?managed?to?_____?until?help?came.
A.?keep?on???B.?catch?on??C.?count?on????D.?hang?on
[答案]D.?hang?on.
[注釋]hang on(=hold fast, keep hold)牢牢抓住,抓緊不放:Help! I can't hang on much longer.(救命??!我支持不住啦。)keep on(doing sth.)繼續(xù)(做......);catch on 理解;count on 指望,依賴。
本題譯文:杰克差點(diǎn)從懸崖上掉下來(lái),但得以抓住不放直到得救。
189.?Experts?say?walking?is?one?of?the?best?ways?for?a?person?to?_____?healthy.
A.?preserve????B.?stay????C.?maintain????D.?reserve
[答案]B.?stay.
[注釋]preserve, stay, maintain, reserve這4個(gè)詞均有“保持”,“維持”之意。stay后可接形容詞作表語(yǔ):The weather stayed wet for three days.其他3個(gè)詞均為及物動(dòng)詞。Preserve(=keep safe from decay, risk, harm, danger, going bad etc.)保存,保護(hù):1)Policemen preserve order in the streets.(警察在街上維持秩序。) 2)We must preserve our natural resources.(我們必須保護(hù)自然資源。)3)You paint woodwork to preserve it.(你油漆木制品以防腐爛。)Maintain(=keep up)保持,維持,維修。Reserve(=keep for a special purpose; store)保留,預(yù)定:1)I'll reserve my opinion at his time,(這時(shí)我將保留我的看法。) 2)I'll phone up today and reserve a room.(我今天將打電話預(yù)定一個(gè)房間。)
本題譯文:專家們說(shuō),步行是一個(gè)人保持健康的最好方法之一。
190.?Expected?noises?are?usually?more?_____?than?unexpected?ones?of?the?like?? magnitude.
A.?manageable????B.?controllable
C.?tolerable???????? D.?perceivable
[答案]C.?tolerable.
[注釋]tolerable(=fairly good, not too bad)可忍受的:The pain has become tolerable. manageable可處理的;可管理的;controllable可控制的;perceivable可覺(jué)察的。
本題譯文:料想到的嗓音通常情況下比起等量的意外嗓音來(lái)說(shuō)是可以忍受的。