同等学力申硕英语词汇练习及解析(12)

　　166. His landlady gave him a week's _____ to leave the flat.

　　A. threat B. notice C. advice D. caution

　　[答案]B. notice.

　　[注释]notice预先通知(尤用雇主、雇员或房东、房客之间)：give one's employee a month's notice (通知雇员一个月后离职)。本题译文：他的女房东通知他一周后从套间搬走。

　　167. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store.

　　A. anyone B. the others C. that D. the ones

　　[答案]D. the ones

　　[注释]代词one可以用来替代前面提到过的名词，以避免重复。如果它替代的名词是复数，则用ones。本题中它代替refrigerators;因特指，故用the ones.

　　168. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.

　　A. average B. ordinary C. regular D. normal

　　[答案]D. normal

　　[注释]normal正常的;ordinary普通的;usual平常的;regular有规律的，定期的。

　　169. With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is _____ rapidly transformed.

　　A. anything but B. more or less C. at large D. any more

　　[答案]B. more or less.

　　[注释]more or less 或多或少地;anything but根本不;at large大体上;逍遥法外;详细地。

　　本题译文：随着经济基础的改变，整个庞大的上层建筑也或多或少地发生变革。

　　170. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

　　A. acquainted B. informed C. enlightened D. advised

　　[答案]A. acquainted.[注释]be acquainted with熟悉，be well informed of(about)对......消息灵通。可见，此题中应用acquainted,因为后面地介词是with.

　　171. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.

　　A. process B. attention C. measure D. part

　　[答案]D. part.

　　[注释]take part in参加。

　　本题译文：显然，整个世界正经历着一场社会革命;科学家和技术人员必定是这场革命地主要参加者。

　　172. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more _____.

　　A. at length B. at last C. at stake D. at ease

　　[答案]C. at stake.

　　[注释]at stake(=to be won or lost; risked, depending upon the result of sth.)在危险中;利害攸关;His life itself was at stake.(他的生命本身濒临危险。); at last最终;at length详细地;at ease安详，自在，随便，不拘束：She knew he was not at ease.(她知道，他并不自在。)

　　本题译文：农民们比城里人更渴望鱼，因为雨水对农民来说关系更大。

　　173. When the big bills for mother's hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____.

　　A. fall short of B. fall through

　　C. fall back on D. fall in with

　　[答案]C. fall back on.

　　[注释]fall back on求助于。参阅Ⅲ.48注释。

　　Fall short of没达到，低于：1)He fell short of what we had expected.(他没有达到我们的期望。) 2)The measures proposed fall far short of what is required.(所提出的这些措施远没达到需要的 目标。)

　　Fall in with与......一致，符合;同意，赞成，支持。

　　Fall through落空。参阅Ⅲ.49注释。

　　本题译文：母亲在医院就医的各种帐单送来时，父亲高兴的是他可用银行里的存款来支付。

　　174. These plastic flowers look so _____ that many people think they are real.

　　A. beautiful B. natural C. artificial D. similar

　　[答案]B. natural.

　　[注释]natural自然的，与后半句“许多人认为它们是真的”相呼应。

　　175. The managing director promised that he would _____ me as soon as he had any further information.

　　A. communicate B. notice C. notify D. note

　　[答案]C. notify.

　　[注释]notify通知。Notice n.通知;v.注意到;note n.笔记;v.记下，摘下。

　　176. When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had _____ to visit London on business.

　　A. opportunity B. possibility C. occasion D. chance

　　[答案]C. occasion

　　[注释] occasion 作可数名词时，意为“时机”，作不可数名词时，意为“必要”，本题中occasion意为“必要”。从句语法结构上看，本句中用opportunity(难得的)机会，chance(偶然的)机会均可，但按逻辑意思，应用occasion.

　　177. The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

　　A. element B. spot C. sense D. point

　　[答案]D. point.

　　[注释]point(=chief idea of sth. said, done, or planned)要点;论点，主旨：I don't see your point.(我不明白你的意思。)He said nothing to the point.(他说的不切题。)

　　178. It has always been the _____ of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities.

　　A. plan B. campaign C. procedure D. policy

　　[答案]D. policy.

　　[注释]policy(尤指政党、政府、大企业、商行等的)政策，方针。Campaign(政治或竞选的)运动;(军事的)行动，procedure做事的手续、程序，rule规则，plan计划，均不合题意。

　　本题译文：本公司的一贯方针是鼓励工人参加社会活动。

　　179. The climbers _____ their ambition by reaching the summit of the mountain.

　　A. obtained B. sustained C. maintained D. realized

　　[答案]D. realised.

　　[注释]realise sth. by doing sth. else通过做......来实现.......。

　　180. I remember her face but I cannot _____ where I met her.

　　A. recall B. remind C. remember D. remark

　　[答案]A. recall.

　　[注释]recall(=bring back to the mind)想起，回忆起：But I really cann't recall your name at his moment.

　　Remind sb. of ...使......想起：1)The photo reminds me of my late father.(这张照片使我想起已故的父亲。) 2)The sight of the clock reminded me that I was late.

　　Remind sb. to sth.提醒......做......;Please remind me to write the letter.

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