同等学力英语日常小练及答案解析(2)

　　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.

　　[注释]talk back 顶嘴;1)Don't talk back to me! (别对我顶嘴!)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 让路;look up查阅;get down从......下来;记下。

　　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.

　　[注释]get (be) fed up with (=having had too much of something; at the end of your patience; disgusted; bored; tired)讨厌;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，与......一致。参阅III.51注释。Keep company with 与......交往，结伴;catch up with 赶上。

　　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.

　　[注释]in particular (=especially, particularly) 特别是：1) You should avoid eating fat meat, in particular pork. (你应该避免吃脂肪多的肉类，特别是猪肉。2)The speaker talked about sports in general and about football in particular.

　　In general 是in particular 的反义结构，从上述例2)中可以看到。about all最重要的;after all毕竟。

　　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.

　　[注释]a row of houses (desks, books etc.) 一排房子(书桌、书等)，戏院的“一排座位”即为a row of seats. queue (乘车，购物的)队，队伍。Rank(军队队列中的)排、横列。train指“(行进中的)长列，队列”;a long train of visitors(一长列参观者)。

　　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.

　　[注释]in public 公开地，当众;in private 私下;in secret秘密地; in detail 详细地。

　　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.

　　[注释]put in for(=make an application or request) 提出申请或请求;May I put in for five days' leave?( 我可以请5天假吗?)

　　get round to (doing sth.) 找到时间作某事;ask after 询问，问候;hold on to 坚持(接to 加名词)。

　　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

　　[注释]readily (=with no difficulty)容易地;They can readily be bought anywhere. (这些 东西在任何地方都能容易地买到。)

　　actually 实际上;fairly 公平地;相当，划算;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.

　　[注释]undergo (=experience esp. suffering or difficulty) 经受：1)She underwent a thorough examination at the hospital. (她在医院接受了全面的检查。)2)The travelers underwent many difficulties. (这些旅行者经受了许多困难。)

　　undertake (=take up a [position]; start on [work]) 从事，负责(某事)：1)He undertook the responsibility for changes. (他负责对各种变化作出安排。)2)At first we could only undertake repair jobs.(起初我们只能干修理活。)3)We shall undertake the construction of this bridge. (我们将负责这座桥的修建工作。)

　　transform 改变;suspend吊，悬挂;推迟，暂定。

　　本题译文：由于暴露于空气、水和有机物，岩石经受了称之为风化的变化。

　　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.

　　[注释]lean vi. 倚，靠;lean out of the window(倚着窗户探出身去)，lean against a tree(背倚靠着树)，lean back in a chair (坐在椅子上背向后倾)，lean on a desk(靠在桌上)，指胸对桌子。

　　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.

　　[注释]exaggerate(=say or believe more than the truth about sth.)夸张，夸大：It was a rabbit, not a lion. You are exaggerating as usual. (这是一只兔子，不是狮子。你经常夸大事实。)

　　simplify 简化;mature使成熟;isolate使孤立。

　　本题译文：这个问题在他头脑里夸大了，因此他无法决定该怎么办

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