2019年學位英語語法與詞匯練習題（二十八）

1. He stopped his ears with his hands to _____ the terrible noise.

A. show off B. cut out C. keep from D. shut out

[答案] D. shut out.

[注釋]shut out排除。show off炫耀; cut out刪掉; keep from;

1) 隱瞞; She kept the truth from me. (她向我隱瞞真相。)

2) 不沾, 避開; He keeps from alcohol. (他滴酒不沾。)

3) 使不做某事：She kept herself from laughing. (她沒有笑出來。)

2. My house is the only brick one on the street. It _____ and you can't miss it.

A. stands up B. looks out C. sticks out D. wipes out

[答案] C. stick out.

[注釋]stick out (=protrude, project) 伸出, 突出; 顯露, 顯眼：

1) The doctor asked him to stick his tongue out.

2) Spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. (這篇作文中拼寫錯誤很顯眼。)

stick out (=endure to the end) 堅持到底;

If you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. (假如你能在堅持一下, 一切都會好起來。)

wipe out 擦去, 消滅

3. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.

A. poured B. melted C. drew D. dismissed

[答案] A. poured.

[注釋]pour 此處意為：涌出, 涌來, 如：People poured out to the rally. (人們踴躍參加群眾大會。)

4. Although it is not our normal _____ to give credit, this time I think we should consider the matter more closely.

A. state B. intention C. occasion D. practice

[答案] D. practice.

[注釋]practice (=way of doing sth. That is common or habitual; sth. done regularly) 做法, 慣例 ：

It is my practice always to rise early. To give credit 讓賒欠：No credit is given at this shop. (這家商店概不賒欠。)

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

A. news B. print C. publication D. press

[答案] B. print.

[注釋]in print是習語, 意指“印出來, 發(fā)表出來”, 如：

She finally saw her novel in print. (她終于看到他的小說出版了。)

in print 的另一個意思是“在印行, 還在發(fā)行”, 如：

This book is still in print. (這本書還在發(fā)行, 可以買到)

反義詞是out of print , 意指“不在印行, 買不到了?！比纾?

The book you speak of is out of print. (你說到的那本書已不在發(fā)行了。)

6. The engineers have rejected the employers' proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in _____.

A. opposition B. return C. sympathy D. readiness

[答案] C. sympathy.

[注釋] in sympathy 以示同情, come out 此處意為 (=declare oneself) 表明態(tài)度, 所以come out in sympathy 意為“表示同情”。

In return 作為報答, 如：I wanted nothing in return . (我不要什么報答。)

collaboration協(xié)作, 如：work in collaboration with sb. (與某人協(xié)力合作) 。

Opposition 反對, 如：rise in opposition to (起來反對) 。

readiness 準備 (狀態(tài)); 待機, 如：having everything in readiness for departure (做好一切準備, 以便出發(fā))。

7. Her work is often very hard and she gets very tired. The work is _____.

A.wonderful B.splendid C.tedious D.magnificent

[答案] C. tedious .

[注釋] tedious (=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting) "沉悶的, 厭煩的, 乏味的”。Splendid 壯麗的, 輝煌的, 極好的。magnificent 壯麗的, 宏偉的：It was a magnificent ceremony. (這是一次盛大隆重的儀式)。

8. With prices _____ so much, it's hard for the company to plan a budget.

A.fluctuating B.waving C.swinging D.vibrating

[答案] A. fluctuating

[注釋]本句前一部分是"with+名詞+現(xiàn)在分詞短語"的獨立結構, 做狀語。

Fluctuate (=move up and down) (指物價, 標準等的) 波動。如：Prices fluctuate from year to year. (物價年年波動)

wave飄揚, 揮舞; 招手; (莊稼的) 波動。

Swing擺動, 搖擺; vibrate振動。可見, 根據(jù)題意, 只能選A. fluctuating.

9. Some teenagers have a generalized resentment against society, which _____ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.

A. deprives B. restricts C. rejects D. denies

[答案] D. denies

[注釋]deny (=refuse to give or allow)拒絕給予:He denied his children nothing . (孩子們要什么他就給什么。)

deprive (=take away from) .剝奪。deprive sb. of sth.剝奪某人某物：They deprived women of the right to vote. (他們剝奪了婦女的投票權。)

restrict (=keep within limits)The doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. (醫(yī)生限制他一天抽5支煙。)

reject (refuse to accept ) 拒絕接受, 如：She rejected my suggestion.

本題譯文：一些十幾歲的孩子們往往對社會有普遍的逆反心理, 雖然他們發(fā)育成熟, 但社會拒絕給予他們同成年人一樣的權利和優(yōu)惠。

10. Though _____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

A. raised B. grown C. developed D. cultivated

[答案] A. raised

[注釋]本句中Though raised in San Franciscos是省略的讓步狀語從句。Raise (=bring up) 撫養(yǎng)：grow種植; cultivate耕作; 培養(yǎng) (友誼等) 。

如cultivate后接某人, 則意為“培養(yǎng)與某人的感情”。如：John always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. (約翰一向喜歡與事業(yè)上對他有用的人來往。)

本題譯文：盡管在舊金山長大, 但戴夫米切爾總是愿意把小鎮(zhèn)生活中平凡的事情記載下來。