2012高考英語復(fù)習(xí)：高考英語詞匯400題及詳解（八）(2)

　　376. The authorities declared that because of the war petrol was _____ and had to be rationed (定量供應(yīng)).


　　A. inadequate    B. rare    C. lacked    D. scarce

　　[答案] D. scarce.

　　[注釋]本題譯文：汽油供不應(yīng)求，因此必須定量配給。

　　Scarce(=not available in sufficient quantity, not equal to the demand)不充足的，缺乏的，供不應(yīng)求的。Inadequate不適應(yīng)的，不充分的。lack vt./vi. (=be without ; not have; have less than enough of) 缺乏；沒有；缺少，例如：1）He lacks perseverance.(他缺乏堅(jiān)定性。)2)Money is lacking for the plan.(此計(jì)劃尚缺錢。)3)He is lacking in courage.(他缺乏勇氣。)be lacking in 常指缺乏某種品質(zhì)、特點(diǎn)等。lack作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)，一般不用被動(dòng)語態(tài)，故不能選C. lacked.4)They lacked for nothing.(他們什么也不缺。)有人認(rèn)為，lack for是美國(guó)英語。

　　377. How did it _____ that the two men arrived to address the same meeting at the same time.

　　A. fall out  B. take place C. get around  D. come through

　　[答案] A. fall out.

　　[注釋]fall out 1)吵架，鬧翻。參閱III.45,52 2)結(jié)果是。參III.50注釋。本題中fall out意為happen, come about(發(fā)生),例如：As it fell out, they were able to sell their old car.(=They didn't know if they could sell their old car, but at last they did sell it.)本題中it是形式主語，that引導(dǎo)主語從句。一般來說，不宜用take place作主語謂語，故不能入選。

　　本題譯文：事情結(jié)果怎么會(huì)這樣：這兩個(gè)人來在同一時(shí)間同一會(huì)議上作演講？

　　378. He looked incredulous(不輕信的) on hearing the news. He seemed to think it _____.

　　A. incompatible B.incredible C.inclusive D indifferent

　　[答案] B. incredible.

　　[注釋]incredible (=that cannot be believed; difficult to believe) 不可相信的，難以置信的：His story of rescuing six drowning men was incredible. (他搶救6個(gè)溺水人的事情是難以置信的。) incompatible(with)不相容的。inclusive包括的，包含的。indifferent 冷淡的，不關(guān)心的。

　　379. In my opinion, your work does not _____ what I expected of you.

　　A. catch up with  B. add up to  C. come up to  D. go in for

　　[答案] C. come up to.

　　[注釋]come up to 達(dá)到，符合：1)He tries his best to come up to the expectations of the people.(他努力達(dá)到人民對(duì)他的期望。)2)This piece of work does not come up to the

　　required standard.(這件工作沒有達(dá)到需要的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。)catch up with 趕上；add up to總計(jì)；go in for 從事，致力于，追求，沉溺于。

　　380. I broke my relationship with John because he always found _____ with me.

　　A. error    B. mistake    C. fault    D. failure

　　[答案] C. fault.

　　[注釋]find fault with 挑剔，找......的岔子。例如：1)She tries to please him, but he always finds fault. (=He finds something wrong with everything she does.) 2)They found fault with every box I made. (=They found something wrong or something they did not like in every box I made.)

　　381. Though he did not say so directly, the inspector _____ the man was guilty.

　　A. declared   B. implied   C. disclosed   D. said

　　[答案] B. implied.

　　[注釋]imply 暗示，含有......的意思：Silence sometimes implies consent.(沉默有時(shí)暗示同意。)

　　382. At first it seemed that the building would be all right but later it was found to need _____.

　　   A. installations   B. modifications

　　   C. innovations     D. illustrations

　　[答案] B. modifications.

　　[注釋]modification 更改，修改；installation 安裝，裝置；設(shè)備；innovation革命；illustration說明，例證，圖解。按題意modifications最為切題。

　　383. We can only give you the _____ number of refugees crossing the border at the moment.

　　A. obscure  B. approximate C. impartial  D. imaginary

　　[答案] B. approximate.

　　[注釋]approximate 近似的，大約的；obscure模糊的；impartial公正的，不偏的；imaginary假想的。

　　384. Magnificent views over the countryside have often _____ people to write poems.

　　   A. convinced   B. inspired   C. induced   D. attracted

　　[答案] B. inspired.

　　[注釋]inspire 鼓勵(lì)，激勵(lì)，產(chǎn)生：1)His speech inspired us to try again. 2)He inspired confidence in me.(他使我產(chǎn)生信心。)3)The good news inspired us with hope. (這個(gè)好消息使我們產(chǎn)生希望。)

　　385. There are several landladies approved by the universities who take in _____.

　　A. lodgersB. residents C. inhabitants  D. settlers

　　[答案] A. lodgers.

　　[注釋]lodger客房；resident居民(對(duì)游客而言);local residents(當(dāng)?shù)鼐用?,temporary residents(臨時(shí)居民)；inhabitant(=person living in a place)居民；a small town of 5,000 inhabitants(有5,000居民的小鎮(zhèn))；settler殖民者，移居者；White settlers in Kenya(在肯尼亞僑居的白人)；immigrant移民。

　　本題譯文：有幾位房東太太是這些大學(xué)批準(zhǔn)她們接納房客的。

　　386. He is the rudest man I have ever met. Jane, his present secretary, is the only person who can _____ him.

　　   A. respect   B. stand   C. support   D. dislike

　　[答案] B. stand.

　　[注釋]stand (=endure, bear, put up with)忍耐，忍受；1)I can't stand that woman. 2)He cannot stand criticism.

　　387. The main road through Littlebury was blocked for three hours today after an accident _____ two lorries.

　　A. containing B. connecting C. involving D. including

　　[答案] C. involving.

　　[注釋]involve 涉及到。例如：1)This problem involves us all. (這個(gè)問題涉及到我們大家。)2)His work involves occasional journeys. (他的工作使他不得不時(shí)常旅行。)3) To accept the appointment would involve living in London. (接受這項(xiàng)任命將不得不住在倫敦。)4)John was involved in the trouble. (約翰已陷入困境。)contain 包含，裝有；connect 連接，include 包括。

　　本題譯文：今天在涉及兩輛卡車的交通事故發(fā)生后，穿過Littlebury的大陸堵塞了3個(gè)小時(shí)。

　　388. Jane read the article over ten minutes but continued to feel the event related were _____.

　　A. inheritable B.incredible C.infeasible  D. inaccessible

　　[答案] B. incredible

　　[注釋]incredible 難以置信的；inheritable可繼承的；infeasible不切實(shí)際的; inaccessible不可到達(dá)的(to)。

　　389. In some cities it is very difficult to have a telephone _____ , and people have to wait a long time before they can get a phone.

　　A. assembled  B.installed  C. equipped  D. repaired

　　[答案] B. installed.

　　[注釋]install 安裝；assemble(=put together) 裝配；equip裝備；repaire修理。

　　390. _____ up children properly is mainly their parents' duty.

　　A. Growing   B. Rearing   C. Bringing   D. Raising

　　[答案] C. bringing.

　　[注釋]bring up 教育，教養(yǎng)，撫養(yǎng)大；1)The child is badly brought up. 2) I was brought up to be honest. 參看III.17注釋。grow up 成長(zhǎng)，長(zhǎng)大；發(fā)展，形成；1)I grew up on a farm. (我在農(nóng)莊長(zhǎng)大。)2)The custom of going away for one's holiday has grown up during the last thirty years. (外出度假的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣是最近30年形成的。)rear培養(yǎng)，撫育；rear children.

　　raise[美國(guó)英語]養(yǎng)大；Where was he raised? (他在哪里長(zhǎng)大的？) raise還有“飼養(yǎng)”的含義。

　　[注意]rear 和raise后不能接up,故本題不能選用rearing 或 raising.

　　391. When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he _____ to her and said she couldn't make him.

　　A. gave way   B. talked back   C. looked up   D. got down

　　[答案] B. talk back.

　　[注釋]talk back 頂嘴；1)Don't talk back to me! (別對(duì)我頂嘴！)2)Mary talked back when her mother told her to stop watching television; she said, “I don't have to if I don't want to.”give way 讓路；look up查閱；get down從......下來；記下。

　　392. People _____ with anyone who is always talking about how wonderful he is.

　　A. fall in   B. get fed up   C. keep company   D. catch up

　　[答案] B. get fed up.

　　[注釋]get (be) fed up with (=having had too much of something; at the end of your patience; disgusted; bored; tired)討厭；I have had enough of his complaints. I'm fed up. (=I have heard all of the complaints I can stand.)

　　fall in with 符合，與......一致。參閱III.51注釋。Keep company with 與......交往，結(jié)伴；catch up with 趕上。

　　393. Margaret liked all her classes, but she liked sewing class _____.

　　A. above all B. in general  C. after all D. in particular

　　[答案] D. in particular.

　　[注釋]in particular (=especially, particularly) 特別是：1) You should avoid eating fat meat, in particular pork. (你應(yīng)該避免吃脂肪多的肉類，特別是豬肉。2)The speaker talked about sports in general and about football in particular.In general 是in particular 的反義結(jié)構(gòu)，從上述例2)中可以看到。about all最重要的；after all畢竟。

　　394. Walking down the street, she noticed a long _____ of houses, all exactly alike.

　　   A. queue   B. rank   C. train   D. row

　　[答案] D. row.

　　[注釋]a row of houses (desks, books etc.) 一排房子(書桌、書等)，戲院的“一排座位”即為a row of seats. queue (乘車，購(gòu)物的)隊(duì)，隊(duì)伍。Rank(軍隊(duì)隊(duì)列中的)排、橫列。train指“（行進(jìn)中的）長(zhǎng)列，隊(duì)列”；a long train of visitors(一長(zhǎng)列參觀者)。

　　395. The president has told his friends that he is sick but will not admit it _____.

　　A. in private  B. in secret  C. in public  D. in detail

　　[答案] C. in public.

　　[注釋]in public 公開地，當(dāng)眾；in private 私下；in secret秘密地; in detail 詳細(xì)地。

　　396. The sailor _____ time to visit his family before the ship went to sea.

　　A. put in for B. got round to C. ask after D. hold on to

　　[答案] A. put in for.

　　[注釋]put in for(=make an application or request) 提出申請(qǐng)或請(qǐng)求；May I put in for five days' leave?( 我可以請(qǐng)5天假嗎？)get round to (doing sth.) 找到時(shí)間作某事；ask after 詢問，問候；hold on to 堅(jiān)持(接to 加名詞)。

　　397. Throughout most of their lives, humans _____ learn and increase their mental capacity.

　　A. actually   B. readily   C. fairly   D. primarily

　　[答案] B. readily

　　[注釋]readily (=with no difficulty)容易地；They can readily be bought anywhere. (這些 東西在任何地方都能容易地買到。)

　　actually 實(shí)際上；fairly 公平地；相當(dāng)，劃算；primarily主要地，首先；根本上。

　　398. Through exposure to air, water, and organic matter, rocks _____ changes known as weathering.

　　A. undergo   B. transform   C. undertake   D. suspend

　　[答案] A. undergo.

　　[注釋]undergo (=experience esp. suffering or difficulty) 經(jīng)受：1)She underwent a thorough examination at the hospital. (她在醫(yī)院接受了全面的檢查。)2)The travelers underwent many difficulties. (這些旅行者經(jīng)受了許多困難。)undertake (=take up a [position]; start on [work]) 從事，負(fù)責(zé)（某事）：1)He undertook the responsibility for changes. (他負(fù)責(zé)對(duì)各種變化作出安排。)2)At first we could only undertake repair jobs.(起初我們只能干修理活。)3)We shall undertake the construction of this bridge. (我們將負(fù)責(zé)這座橋的修建工作。)transform 改變；suspend吊，懸掛；推遲，暫定。

　　本題譯文：由于暴露于空氣、水和有機(jī)物，巖石經(jīng)受了稱之為風(fēng)化的變化。

　　399. She tried to _____ out of the window to see the procession more clearly.

　　A. bend   B. lean   C. bow   D. slope

　　[答案] B. lean.

　　[注釋]lean vi. 倚，靠；lean out of the window(倚著窗戶探出身去)，lean against a tree(背倚靠著樹)，lean back in a chair (坐在椅子上背向后傾)，lean on a desk(靠在桌上)，指胸對(duì)桌子。

　　400. The problem had become _____ in his mind, and he could not decide what to do about it.

　　A. simplified  B. exaggerated   C. matured   D. isolated

　　[答案] B. exaggerated.

　　[注釋]exaggerate(=say or believe more than the truth about sth.)夸張，夸大：It was a rabbit, not a lion. You are exaggerating as usual. (這是一只兔子，不是獅子。你經(jīng)�？浯笫聦�(shí)。)simplify 簡(jiǎn)化；mature使成熟；isolate使孤立。

　　本題譯文：這個(gè)問題在他頭腦里夸大了，因此他無法決定該怎么辦。