2012高考英语复习：高考英语词汇400题及详解（八）
2012高考英语复习：高考英语词汇400题及详解（八）
351. The rapidly growing birth rate brings about a lot of environment problems, which the government is suppod to take _____.
A. significantly B. verely C. earnestly D. riously
[答案] D. riously.
[注释]iously 是习惯搭配，意为“重视，认真对待”
352. Carl wanted to play a joke on Bob but gave himlf _____ by laughing.
A. away B. in C. out D. up
[答案] A. away.
[注释]give away 暴露，泄露。参阅III.68.注释。
353. The government is _____ and will take the necessary steps to maintain curity and stability.
A. on the alert B. out of control
C. on guard D. in vain
[答案] A. on the alert.
[注释]on the alert (=alert; watchful; careful) 警惕，小心：Drivers must be on the alert for traffic signals. (=Drivers must be especially careful to e signals when driving a car.) (司机必须密切注视交通信号。)out of control 失去控制；on guard站岗；in vain 徒劳，无效。
354. Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.
A. rate B. pace C. speed D. growth
[答案] B. pace.cul
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[注释]pace 走或跑的速度；发展或进步速度。
355. She has lost her handbag with the _____ sum of $150 in it.respectful
A. extraordinary B. important
C. considerable D. valuable
[答案] C.considerable.
天津留学中介[注释]considerable 相当可观的。[注意]considerate考虑周到的，体谅的，体贴的：1）She is considerate to others. (她能体谅别人。)2）That was very considerate of you.（你真体谅别人。）switzer
356. Russia's withdrawal of its experts from China did not strangle (压垮) the Chine people; _____ it stirred up their enthusiasm for greater exertions.
修改英文A. on the other hand B. on the contrary
C. to the contrary D. in conquence
[答案] B. on the contrary.
[注释]on the contrary相反地：--Have you nearly done?--On the contrary, I have only just begun. Monday unless you write me to the contrary. (我星期一将来，除非你写信告诉我有相反地情况。)
357. As he had no friends and relatives in the town, the traveler tried to find a _____ somewhere.
A. log B. lodge C. landing D. lodging
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[答案] D. lodging.
[注释]log 圆木,lodge门房，传达室,lodging住所,landing登陆；降落。
本杰明 米派德358. Becau the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place.
A. loosing B. missing C. losing D. looking for
[答案] C. Losing.
[注释]lo one's place意为读书时“找不到读到哪儿”。类似的习语有：lo heart(灰心，泄气),lo one's heart to sb. (爱上某人),lo one's head(惊慌失措),lo one's hold on(or over)(失去对......的控制),lo one's temper(发脾气),lo one's tongue (紧张得不知说什么好)，lo one's way (迷路),lo sight of(看不见了),lo one's never(失去勇气)。
商务英语学习课程359. The manager said that they had an _____ plan if the plan they had submitted was not accepted.
A. alternate B.alternative C.absolute D. appreciable
[答案] B. alternative.
[注释]alternative 可提供选择的，两者挑一的：alternate交替的：1)There was no alternative route open to her. (在她面前没有另外可供选择的路线。)2)French and English are not alternative cours; but may be taken in the same year.(语法和英语并不是交替开设的课程；而可以在同一年里选修。)
360. Jim isn't _____, but he did badly in the final exams last mester.
不定式作表语
A. gloomy B. dull C. awkward D. tedious
[答案] B. dull.
[注释]dull (=slow in understanding) 迟钝的。
361. At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it _____ his mind that she was trying to tell him something.
A. crosd B. pasd C. occurred D. opened
[答案] A. crosd.
[注释]cross one's mind 想起：1)A sudden thought crosd my mind. 2)It never crosd my mind that he might refu the request. (我从来没有想到他可能会拒绝这个请求。)如用pass则应加through, 例如：When Jane did not come home by midnight, many terrible fears pasd through Mother's mind. (=Mother thought of many things that might have happened to Jane.)occur的用法如下：1）That view of the ca did not occur to me befor
e. (对这个案件的那种看法以前我没有想到过。)2）It occurred to her that she might adopt a homeless child.(她想到，她可以收养一个无家可归的孩子。)关于“想起”的以上三种表达法考生务必弄懂熟记。这些词组和句形不仅在词汇测试中经常遇到，而且在短文写作时也可以使用。
