同等学力申硕英语词汇练习及解析(7)

　　91. Probability is the mathematical study of the _____ of an event's occurrence.

　　A. desire B. likelihood C. result D. effect

　　[答案] B. likelihood

　　[注释] 句意：概率是对事件发生的可能性的数学研究。

　　92. Driving a car without insurance can have _____ consequences.

　　A. uncertain B. disastrous C. potential D. unworthy

　　[答案] B. disastrous.[注释] disastrous 灾难性的。

　　93. The police refused to _____ the clues they were working on.

　　A. exhibit B. disclose C. expose D. discern

　　[答案] B. disclose.

　　[注释]disclose (=uncover; allow to be seen; make known) 透露, 使显露： 1) The lawyer disclosed the details of the case. 2) He disclosed that he had made arrangements to buy a new car. exhibit 展览, 展出, 显示, expose 暴露,discern 认出, 发现, 辨别,识别。本题译文：警方拒绝透露他们正在调查的线索。

　　94. What you have done is _____ the doctor's orders.

　　A. attached to B. resistant to

　　C. responsible to D. contrary to

　　[答案] D. contrary to.

　　[注释] (be) contrary to与.......相反, 违反 (作表语) :What you wish to do is contrary to the regulations. contrary to也可以作状语：a. If you act contrary to the doctor's advice, you won't get well again. b. Contrary to what I thought, he has proved to be successful. 2) 作定语：The boy was swimming in a direction contrary to the current. (这男孩朝着逆流方向游去。)

　　95. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality, he'd tell them so.

　　A. minor B. humble C. inferior D. awkward

　　[答案] C. inferior

　　[注释] inferior详见III.400.注释.

　　本题译文：这位商店售货员对顾客很坦率。如果货物质量不好, 他就把情况告诉顾客。

　　96. The continuous rain was _____ for the exceptional poor harvest

　　A. blamed B. condemned C. accused D. charged

　　[答案] A. blamed.

　　[注释] blame sb./sth. for ... 因.......埋怨、责怪 .......：He blames you for neglect of duty. (他责怪你玩忽职守。) condemn 谴责、判刑。Accuse sb. of控告某人犯有.......。charge sb. with控告某人犯有......。

　　97. The rocks are very big with _____ of colors on them.

　　A. bands B. marks C. rails D. shapes

　　[答案] A. bands.

　　[注释] band (颜色与其余部分不同的) 条纹。Mark痕迹, 斑点; 记号, 标记。本题是讲岩石上色彩不同的“条纹”, 故用bands. rail (轨道) ,shape (形状) ,均不合题意。

　　98. There were no tickets _____ for Friday's performance.

　　A. preferable B. possible C. considerable D. available

　　[答案] D. available.

　　[注释] available (=capable of being used; that may be obtained) 可利用的; 可以找到的：1) These tickets are available for one month. (这些票的有效期一个月。) 2) Is there a doctor available? (有否可以找到大夫?) 3) A limited number of seats are still available. (仍然还有少量座位。)

　　99. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the witness _____ that his story was true.

　　A. stuck out B. stood out C. kept down D. held up

　　[答案] A. stuck out.

　　[注释]stick out 坚持。详见III.400.注释.

　　100. In a typhoon, winds _____ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.

　　A. assume B. accomplish C. attain D. assemble

　　[答案] C. attain.

　　[注释] attain (=succeed in doing or getting) 达到 (目的等) ,取得 (成就等) :I hope you will attain your object, accomplish (顺利) 完成。assume假定, 假设, 承担。assemble集合; 装配。

　　101. Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _____ in giving the class lectures.

　　A. exchange B. alter C. shift D. alternate

　　[答案]D. alternate.

　　[注释]alternate vt./vi. 轮流，交替发生或出现：Wet days alternate with fine days.(晴雨天交替更迭。)The weather today will alternate between fine and cloudy.(今天的天气将是晴间多云。)

　　shift般动，移动(vt.);转移到，迁移(vi.);改变：1)Lend me a hand to shift the piano, will you?(请帮个忙搬一下这台钢琴。) 2)They have shifted away from this area.(他们已从这一地区迁走了。) 3)The candidate is constantly shifting his opinion about the problem.(这位竞选者在这个问题上不断改变他的观点。)

　　exchange交换;exchange... for ... 用.......换......;alter(部分)修改。

　　102. Pack the cake in a strong box, or it might get _____ in the post.

　　A. splashed B. spilt C. crushed D. crashed

　　[答案]C. crushed.

　　[注释]crush压坏，压碎;弄皱;辗散;1)Don't crush this box; there are flowers inside.(不要把这个盒子压坏了，里面有鲜花。) 2)Her dress was crushed.(她的衣服弄皱了。) 3)The machine crushes wheat grain to make floor.(这台机器把麦粒辗成面粉。)

　　splash溅，泼;split(中间)裂开;crash(向下)猛跌;(飞机)失事。

　　103. The thief _____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.

　　A. abandoned B. vanished C. scattered D. deserted

　　[答案]C. scattered.

　　[注释]scatter(=throw or put in various directions, or here and there)撒。

　　abandon放弃，抛弃。desert遗弃(而离开)。vanish消亡，灭亡。本题句意是将小偷在搜寻钱时的情景，所以应选scattered(撒)。

　　104. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.

　　A. facilities B. appliances C. instruments D. equipment

　　[答案]B. appliances.

　　[注释]electric appliances电器用具，facilities公用设备。equipment设备,装备，是集合名词，指“设备”的总称，只有当数形式。instrument仪器。

　　105. The _____ of the trees in the water was very clear.

　　A. mirror B. sight C. reflection D. shadow

　　[答案]C. reflection.

　　[注释]reflection此处意为“映在水中的倒影”，而不是“影子”或“阴影”，故不能用shadow。其他选择均不合题意。

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