2012高考英語復習：高考英語詞匯400題及詳解（六）(2)

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

　　A. in detail   B. in brief   C. in short  D. in all

　　[答案]B. in brief.

　　[注釋]in brief(=in a few words)簡短地（作狀語）,例如：He told me in brief what had happened.（他簡短地向我講了已發生地事情。）此處in brief等于briefly。此處，in brief(=in a word, in short)簡言之（作插入語）1)It is a long letter, but in brief, he says "No".(這是一封長信，但簡言之，他說“不”。) 2)John is smart, polite, and well-behaved. In brief, he is admirable.此句中in brief意為in a word 或in short. in short作插入語，其意思是in a word(總之)。In detail詳細地。In all總計，總共：There are 20 in all.

　　277. She got married although her parents had not given her their _____.

　　A. allowance   B. consent   C. permit  D. appreciation

　　[答案]B. consent.

　　[注釋]consent n. 同意，贊成；consent (to) vi.同意，如：consent to a plan(同意一項計劃)。allowance津貼。permit執照，許可證。

　　278. The rain was heavy and _____ the land was flooded.

　　   A. consequently    B. constantly

　　   C. continuously    D. consistently

　　[答案]A. consequently.

　　[注釋]consequently (as a result)因而，所以。

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

　　A. convinced   B. inspired C. induced  D. attracted

　　[答案]B. inspired.

　　[注釋]inspired鼓舞，激勵，產生：1)His speech inspired us to try again. 2)He inspired confidence in me.(他使我產生信心。) 3)The good news inspired us with hope.(這個好消息使我們產生希望。)

　　280. From the cheers and shouts of _____, I gathered that he was winning the race.

　　A. stimulus B. urgency  C. encouragement D. promotion

　　[答案]C. encouragement.

　　[注釋]encouragement鼓勵，支持：shouts of encouragement(鼓勵的歡呼聲)。

　　本題譯文：從歡呼聲和鼓勵聲中，我猜想他正在贏得這場競賽。

　　281. She once again went through her composition carefully to _____ all spelling mistakes from it.

　　A.withdraw B.abandon   C.diminish  D.eliminate

　　[答案]D. eliminate.

　　[注釋]eliminate(=get rid of, do away with)消除，排除，淘汰：1) Can the government eliminate poverty?（政府能否消除貧困？） 2)eliminate slang words form an essay(從文章中去掉俚語詞)。

　　282. When the little child caught sight of the young woman _____ in white he started brawling immediately.

　　A. dressed  B. wearing  C. worn  D. putting on

　　[答案]A. dressed.

　　[注釋]be dressed in 穿這......衣服。Wear意為“穿著”是及物動詞，語法結構上與本題不符。Put on穿上，強調的動作。

　　283. Some areas, _____ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.

　　A. due to B. but for C. in spite of D.with relation to

　　[答案]A. due to.

　　[注釋]due to由于。有些語言專家認為due to引導的短語，在句中只能作表語，如：1)His absence was due to the storm. 2)The delay was due to heavy traffic. 3)This accident was due to his carelessness.但現代英語里due to引導的短語可以作狀語用，如：He failed due to carelessness. Due to heavy traffic, he was late for an hour or so.

　　284. Many university courses are not really _____ to the needs of students or their future employers.

　　A.associated  B. relative   C. geared  D. sufficient

　　[答案]C. geared.

　　[注釋]be geared to與......相連接的，與......搭配得上的。Be relative to與......有關的：This is not relative to the accident.(這和這次事故無關。)本題意指courses(課程)是否與needs(需要)掛得上鉤，而不是一般得有點關系，故應選geared.

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

　　A. get off  B. come across  C. come over  D. get over

　　[答案]D. get over.

　　[注釋]get over (difficulties)克服（困難）。

　　286. Be careful how you _____ that jug, it will break very easily.

　　 A. pour   B. operate   C. handle  D. employ

　　[答案]C. handle.

　　[注釋]handle意為“用手拿......”:Wash your hands before you handle my books.

　　287. We suddenly saw the bus about to leave and had to run _____ to catch it.

　　A. hardly    B. awkwardly    C. hard    D. strongly

　　[答案]C hard.

　　[注釋]run hard意為“使勁跑”，句中hard是副詞。Hardly“幾乎不“，是否定副詞，與本題不符。

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

　　   A. for long    B. once in a while

　　   C. for good    D. once upon a time

　　[答案] C. for good.

　　[注釋] for good (=permanently)永久地:He says he's leaving the country for good. for long 長久地。按本題題意，用 for long 不妥。once upon a time 從前。once in a while 偶爾。

　　289. This year the farmers were just able to gather in the _____ before the fine weather came to an end.

　　A. collection    B. harvest    C. flower    D. plant

　　[答案] B. harvest.

　　[注釋] gather in “收獲(莊稼)”: The farmers are gathering in the corn.

　　290. A successful scientist needs _____ if he wants to make hypothesis (假設) of how processes work and how events take place.

　　   A. permission     B. penetration

　　   C. imagination    D. convention

　　[答案] C. imagination.

　　[注釋] imagination 想象力；penetration 穿透；permission 允許; convention 慣例，常規。

　　291. Tell your brother to come _____, because it's going to rain in a minute or two.

　　A. indoors    B. outdoors    C. outward    D. inwards

　　[答案] A. indoors

　　[注釋] 按句子的邏輯意思應選indoors adv. 向屋里；在屋里，inwards adv，向內，向中心，outward 向外。outdoors 是 indoors 的反義詞。

　　本文譯文: 叫你兄弟進屋來，因為天馬上要下雨了.

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

　　A. opinion    B. guesswork    C. justice    D. judgment

　　[答案] D judgement

　　[注釋] judgement 判斷。guesswork 猜測，justice 正義，公正，ideal 理想。

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

　　A. added    B. jumped    C. amounted    D. developed

　　[答案] B. jumped.

　　[注釋] jump (=rise suddenly in price) 指“(價格)暴漲”。

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

　　A. freedom   B. limit C. allowance  D. prohibition

　　[答案] B. limit.

　　[注釋] parking limit 意為在停車場“停車的時間限制”。a 20 minutes parking limit (停車時間限制為20分鐘).

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

　　A. stationary B. changeless C.constant D.stable

　　[答案] D. stable.

　　[注釋] stable 穩定的。stationary 靜止的，不變的，固定的。changeless 不變 的，無變化的。constant 經常不斷的。

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

　　A. concise    B. correct    C. right    D. precise

　　[答案] C. right.

　　[注釋] right 適當的，恰當的:He is the right man to do the job。(他是干這項工作的合適人選) concise 簡明扼要的，correct 正確的；exact 確切的： exact time 確切的時間，exact age 確切的年齡，exact weight 確切的重量； exact weight 確切的重量；exact information 確切的信息；exact cause 確切 的原因；exact meaning 確切的意思。

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

　　A. pile up    B. build up    C. keep up    D. pull up

　　[答案] B. build up.

　　[注釋] build up(=accumulate) 積累。pile up 堆積。keep up 保持，維持。 pull up 停車。

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

　　A. turn in  B. give up C. put forward D. bring out

　　[答案] A. turn in.

　　[注釋] turn in(=hand in) 上交。

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

　　A. permanentB.indifferentC.predominant D. prominent

　　[答案] D. prominent.

　　[注釋] prominent 突出的；突起的。indifferent 漠不關心的；permanent 永久的；predominant 占優勢的，主要的。

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

　　A. presently B. promptly C. immediately  D. shortly

　　[答案] C. immediately

　　[注釋] immediately(=directly) 作連詞用，意為“一……就……”，相當于 as soon as .