2010年高考考前强化练习词汇辨析专练一百零五

It rained continuously for a week, completely _______ our holiday.

When I _______ my shopping list, I found I’d forgotten to buy pork and eggs.

The president wanted to _______ him about filling the post of the sales department.

He lay in bed, listening to the rain _______ the window.

.What a _______ that dress makes! She looks very pretty now.

A(n) _______ will be paid to anyone who brings back the money Mr. Brown lost, according to the advertisement.

The world has twice as much shipbuilding _______ as it needed in the 1980s.

The next morning Mr. Smithson spoke his mind to his wife in a very straightforward _______.

. —Why are you so frightened?
—I saw two dark _______ enter the building.

Mike’s temper and personality show that he can become a soldier of the top _______.

. Although Miss Black began her _______ by singing in a local pop group, she is now a famous singer in the world.

. Although I liked the appearance of the house, what really made me decide to buy it was the beautiful _______ from the window.

The law that farmers don’t need to turn over agricultural tax to the state has come into _______.

Mary was praised by the headmaster in public and on that _______ she was simply proud.

There are a number of words in the English language that were French in ______.

The Browns stood staring at the happy _______ of children playing in the park.

You’d better put the milk in the fridge, which has a _______ to go bad in hot weather.

He has a _______ knowledge of animals.

Is your ring _____ gold?

It was a _____ evening and I really had a good sleep.

We share a_________ purpose, so let’s help each other.

The huge picture looks more beautiful _____ the blue sky.

The doctor bent _____ the boy and checked his wound.

.The spring breezes gently _____ her cheeks and everything is clothed in green.

May I ____ your dictionary for a while?

She _____ the children round him and asked them to listen to her attentively.

.He, out of breath ,_____ himself along the street. Perhaps he was badly ill.

. --- How do you _____ your spare time?
--- Travelling, fishing and surfing through the internet.
A. employ      B. elect      B. choose      D. cost

.It is raining cats and dogs. Don’t go out, otherwise you will ____ all wet.

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

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

.A university is an educational institution which _____ degrees and carries out research.

The workmen made so much _____ that Mrs. Walker had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards.

.This book gives a brief _____ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.

The child enjoyed _____ up the wooden bricks then knocking them down.

John was very upset because he was _____ by the police with breaking the law.

It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.

She said she was glad the difficulty had been _____.

I used to be able to play well but I'm _____ now.

Her display of bad temper completely _____ the party.

. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great _____.

. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.

They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake.

High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.

A completely new situation is likely to _____ when the school leaving age is raised to 16.

. Thomas Edison considered genius to be _____ one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

There are three basic ways of _____ language to writing, and all known graphic systems use one or a combination of these.

American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

. The lawyer was expected to _____ some proposals after reading all those documents.

. If he refuses to _____ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No one imagined that the apparently _____ businessman was really a criminal.

What makes the space shuttle _____ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an airplane.

It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent.

The map was drawn to the standard _____ of 1/100,000, so there was not much detail.

It was clear that the small grocer was _____ people he owed money to.

The microphone enabled them to keep in touch, in other words, it made it _____ for them to contact each other.

He put in a special _____ for an extra day's holiday so that he could attend his daughter's wedding.

The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing football.

Circus tigers, although they have been tamed, can _____ attack their trainer.

There was a good _____ of the countryside from the front of the bus.

. In aerospace devices the weight of the necessary power producing equipment is _____.

It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the population is widely _____.

The book seems to have been _____ from various books and articles.

. I could tell he was surprised from the _____ on his face.

Jim's close _____ to his brother made people mistake them for one another.

. What a terrible experience! _____ , you are safe, that's the main thing.

There is not much time left; So I'll tell you about it _____.

The rain was heavy and _____ the land was flooded.

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

He hated the war so much that he decided to leave the army _____.

If we can _____ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.

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

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

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

. 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.

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

It was with great delight that I read in your February _____ the letter to the Editor written by Prof. Johnson.

What I'm telling you is strictly _____. Do not let anyone know of it.

.She is so _____ that she cried for days when her pet rabbit died.

All too _____ it was time to go back to school after the glorious summer holidays.

When there's doubt the examiner's decision is _____.

The old man got into the _____ of storing money under the bed.

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

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

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

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

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

Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.

I'm sorry but what he thinks is not of the _____ importance to me.

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

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

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

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

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

Sugar is not an important element in bread , but flour is       .

Try not to start every sentence with “the”. _____ the beginnings of your sentences.