全国通用2010年高考二轮总复习重点词汇讲解及练习三百六十题（中）

. Some people either _____ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

Her skirt had been so _____ in packing that she had to iron it before going out.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

. He has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it.

. The magician picked several persons from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.

The open university was started in order to help those who _____ having a university education when they were young.

. His _____of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly.

If you _____ your demand, then maybe you will have more chance of getting what you want.

. Don't _____ the news to the public until we give you the go-ahead (许可，准许).

The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _____ of vegetables in the coming days.

. Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to _____ until help came.

Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to _____ healthy.

Expected noises are usually more _____ than unexpected ones of the like magnitude.

. It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____.

. Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want.

. He ate what he could, and gave the _____ of the food to the birds.

The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.

We won’t know whether it will be successful. We won’t know whether there will be good _____.

I can't advise you what to do. You must use your own _____.

Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have _____ in the last six months.

There is a 20 minute parking _____ here, so we must get back to the car very quickly.

.The country needs a _____ government. We have had three Prime Ministers in a year.

Having said he would mend the clock, he discovered that he had not brought the _____ tools for the job.

Radium salts, which have been found to _____ in bones, give rise to cancers of the bone.

. It has been laid down that each student must _____ a composition to the teacher once a week.

Our house is the most _____ one in the street; it is painted red.

I shall take you back to Beijing _____ you are well enough to travel.

The writer was always looking for suitable _____ to use in his next story.

He gave me some very _____ advice on buying a house.

You will get to the church more quickly if you take this _____ across the fields.

A landing on Mars is within the _____ of current physical theory.

He was _____ by a bee when he was collecting the honey.

. Don't go too far into the sea, children, or the waves will _____ you off your feet.

The store had no more red shoes _____, so Mary chose brown ones instead.

. Bill is not a fast runner and he doesn't have a chance of winning the marathon, but he will _____ the race even if he finishes last.

Can you _____ me _____ two hundred copies of this article by tomorrow.

The current political _____ of our country is favorable for foreign investments.

Children are likely to get _____ if no one cares about their upbringing.

When the Greeks had _____ the Persians, a soldier ran from Marathon to Athens.

. There was a large box behind the door and Peter couldn't _____ falling over it in the darkness.

.Maria is a _____ person and never makes any unreasonable demands.

Violent programs on television may have a bad _____ on children.

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

If you put too many potatoes in that paper-bag it will _____.

One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.

I'm afraid you have no _____ but to come along with us.

I shall never beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same _____.

. As soon as Charles had _____ a little from his surprise, his one thought was to get away.

When I arrived in this country, I had to start learning the language from _____.

. The thieves _____ him _____ in the park, took his wallet and escaped.

Japan has to employ an increasing number of overseas workers because there is no easy solution to its labor _____.

The two dogs started to fight, so we tried to _____ them.

The rapidly growing birth rate brings about a lot of environment problems, which the government is supposed to take _____.

Carl wanted to play a joke on Bob but gave himself _____ by laughing.

. The government is _____ and will take the necessary steps to maintain security and stability.

. Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.

. She has lost her handbag with the _____ sum of $150 in it.

Russia's withdrawal of its experts from China did not strangle (压垮) the Chinese people; _____ it stirred up their enthusiasm for greater exertions.

As he had no friends and relatives in the town, the traveler tried to find a _____ somewhere.

Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place.

. The manager said that they had an _____ plan if the plan they had submitted was not accepted.

. Jim isn't _____, but he did badly in the final exams last semester.

In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.

The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' _____.

Our research has focused on a drug which is so _____ as to be able to change brain chemistry.

The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.

Henry's news report covering the conference was so _____ that nothing had been omitted.

She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her _____ to Scotland.

The ship was _____ in a storm off Jamaica.

No one has _____ been able to trace the author of the poem.

. More than one-third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, _____ in San Francisco.
A. previously            B. predominantly         C practically       D. permanently

The new secretary has written a remarkably _____ report only in a few pages but with all the details.

The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.

The worker agreed to _____ the strike if the company would satisfy their demands.

. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____ what color it was.

. He has impressed his employers considerably and _____ he is soon to be promoted.

It was a great _____ for him to be pleasant to people he didn’t like.

The firemen managed to _____ the fire in time.

What is most obvious in this book are all those details of daily living which make Mrs. Richard _____ common.

The car was completely _____ and the driver seriously injured.

On this happy occasion, I'd like to say that we are _____ much obliged to you for your kind cooperation.

His new appointment takes _____ from the beginning of next month.

The policeman stopped him when he was driving home and _____ him of speeding.

Mr. Smith gradually _____ a knowledge of the subject.

This is the _____ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.

. My camera can be _____ to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.

According to the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, wisdom comes from the _____ of maturity.

The number of tickets _____ will be determined by the size of the stadium.

Too many hotels have been built and this has _____ prices, making holidays cheaper.

He is a very honest official and never _____ any gifts from the people who sought his help.

He was not _____ to the club because he wasn't a member.

Although he doesn't like that law, he will _____ with it.

The Department is also deeply _____ in various improvement schemes.

Keys should never be hidden around the house since thieves _____ know where to look.