在職攻讀教育碩士學(xué)位英語詞匯題詳解(六)

101. Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _____ in giving the class lectures.
A. exchange B. alter C. shift D. alternate

[答案]D. alternate.
[注釋]alternate vt./vi. 輪流，交替發(fā)生或出現(xiàn)：Wet days alternate with fine days.(晴雨天交替更迭。)The weather today will alternate between fine and cloudy.(今天的天氣將是晴間多云。)
shift般動，移動（vt.）；轉(zhuǎn)移到，遷移（vi.）；改變：1)Lend me a hand to shift the piano, will you?(請幫個(gè)忙搬一下這臺鋼琴。) 2)They have shifted away from this area.(他們已從這一地區(qū)遷走了。) 3)The candidate is constantly shifting his opinion about the problem.(這位競選者在這個(gè)問題上不斷改變他的觀點(diǎn)。)
exchange交換；exchange... for ... 用.......換......；alter(部分)修改。

102. Pack the cake in a strong box, or it might get _____ in the post.
A. splashed B. spilt C. crushed D. crashed

[答案]C. crushed.
[注釋]crush壓壞，壓碎；弄皺；輾散；1)Don't crush this box; there are flowers inside.(不要把這個(gè)盒子壓壞了，里面有鮮花。) 2)Her dress was crushed.(她的衣服弄皺了。) 3)The machine crushes wheat grain to make floor.(這臺機(jī)器把麥粒輾成面粉。)
splash濺，潑；split(中間)裂開；crash(向下)猛跌；（飛機(jī)）失事。

103. The thief _____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.
A. abandoned B. vanished C. scattered D. deserted

[答案]C. scattered.
[注釋]scatter(=throw or put in various directions, or here and there)撒。
abandon放棄，拋棄。desert遺棄（而離開）。vanish消亡，滅亡。本題句意是將小偷在搜尋錢時(shí)的情景，所以應(yīng)選scattered(撒)。

104. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.
A. facilities B. appliances C. instruments D. equipment

[答案]B. appliances.
[注釋]electric appliances電器用具，facilities公用設(shè)備。equipment設(shè)備,裝備，是集合名詞，指“設(shè)備”的總稱，只有當(dāng)數(shù)形式。instrument儀器。

105. The _____ of the trees in the water was very clear.
A. mirror B. sight C. reflection D. shadow

[答案]C. reflection.
[注釋]reflection此處意為“映在水中的倒影”，而不是“影子”或“陰影”，故不能用shadow。其他選擇均不合題意。

106. One _____ needed when making a cake is flour; another is sugar.
A. container B. ingredient C. content D. equivalent

[答案]B. ingredient.
[注釋]ingredient(混合物的)成分。container容器，含量；內(nèi)容（復(fù)數(shù)）。equivalent:相等物。

107. They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been _____.
A. behind the times B. behind schedule
C. ahead of time D. in no time

[答案]B. behind schedule.
[注釋]behind schedule(=late, behind time)晚點(diǎn)：The train is running behind schedule today.(=The train is not on time today.)behind the times(=using things not in style; still following old ways; old fashioned)過時(shí)，跟不上時(shí)代，落后：1)The store is behind the times.(=The store is old-fashioned; it looks as stores looked 40 years ago.) 2) Mary thinks her parents are behind the times because they still do the fox-trot and don't know any new dances.(=Mary's parents are old-fashioned in their dancings .) ahead of time提前： They have fulfilled their production plans ahead of time, in no time(=soon, quickly)立即，馬上：I'll be back in no time to see you home.

108. Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.
A. hamper B. support C. assist D. encourage

[答案]A. hamper.
[注釋]hamper(=hinder, prevent free movement or activity)阻礙：Lack of equipment is hampering our work.
本題譯文：他們兩人都認(rèn)為他不怎么樣并極力阻礙他工作。
Think highly of... 對...評價(jià)很高，認(rèn)為......很好。

109. Her display of bad temper completely _____ the party.
A. harmed B. damaged C. spoilt D. hurt

[答案]C. spoilt.
[注釋]spoil指出意指“使...... 掃興，搞糟”，如：Quarrelling spoilt the picnic.(爭吵使這次野餐弄得很掃興。)hurt傷害，damage 損壞，harm危害，均不合題意。

110. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great _____.
A. emotion B. excitement C. crisis D. stress

[答案]D. stress. 

[注釋]put sb. under(great) stress使某人處境（非常）緊張，使某人受（很大）壓力。

111. The reference she made to her friend, the poet, was interesting but too _____ for anyone to appreciate.
A. drastic B. dull C. obscure D. distinct

[答案]C. obscure.
[注釋]obscure(=not clearly seen or understood)模糊難懂得。drastic激烈的，嚴(yán)厲的；dull單調(diào)的；distinct清楚的，明顯的；截然不同的（from）。
本題譯文：她提到她的朋友----詩人時(shí)所說的話是令人感興趣，但沒有說清楚，以致沒有人為此感激。

112. He _____ his engagement just before the wedding.
A. broke out B. broke away from
C. broke off D. broke up

[答案]C. broke off.
[注釋]break off(=cease suddenly, discontinue)突然中斷；break off one's engagement(解除婚約)。Break off(=interrupt) one's conversation(打斷談話)。Break out(=begin suddenly)爆發(fā)。Break away from擺脫，從......退出。

113. When she heard from the hospital that her father had died, she _____ into tears.
A. burst B. went C. exploded D. fell

[答案]A. burst
[注釋]burst into tears放聲大哭；又如：burst into thunderous cheers(發(fā)出雷嗚般的歡呼)；burst into laughing(捧腹大笑)。

114. Your help is _____ for the success of the project.
A. indispensable B. indicative
C. inevitable D. inherent

[答案]A. indispensable.
[注釋]indispensable(to, for)不可缺少的，必需的。Indicative(of)指示的。Inevitable 不可避免的。Inherent固有的，內(nèi)在的，天生的。

115. _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.
A. In spite of B. But for C. Because of D. As for

[答案]B. But for
[注釋]but for(=without, except for)若非，要不是：But for your help we could not have finished it in time.(要不是你的幫助，我們本來不會及時(shí)完工。)

116. It was difficult to guess what her _____ to the news would be.
A. impression B. comment C. reaction D. opinion

[答案]C. reaction.
[注釋]reaction(to)對......的反應(yīng)：Our reaction to a joke is to laugh.

117. Our attitude toward our teachers should be _____, but not slavish or superstitious.
A. respectable B. respected C. respective D. respectful

[答案]D. respectful.
[注釋]respectable(=deserving respect)值得尊敬的,品行端正的。respectful(=showing respect to)有禮貌的，表示尊敬的。Respective各個(gè)的。respected尊敬的。Respecting prep.(=relating to; concerned with)關(guān)于，說到。

118. We could see that he was trying to _____ his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.
A. run over B. smooth over C. pass off D. turn down

[答案]B. smooth over.
[注釋]smooth over(=make smooth, put right, balliate)使平息，使恢復(fù)正常的，掩飾：1)I will try to smooth their quarrel over.(我將設(shè)法平息他們的爭吵。) 2)Don't try to smooth over your fault.（不要設(shè)法掩飾你的過錯(cuò)。）
run over 詳見Ⅲ.145,146.注釋；pass off詳見Ⅲ.126.注釋；turn down詳見Ⅲ.180,181.注釋.

119. Glemp's heroic flight into space entitled him _____ a place in history.
A. for B. with C. to D. of

[答案]C. to.
[注釋]entitle sb. to sth.(=give a right to)給予權(quán)利： 1)He is entitled to special treatment because of his rank(由于他的級別他有權(quán)享受特殊待遇。) 2) Officers are entitled to travel first class.（軍官們有權(quán)乘頭等車旅行。）

120. He's _____ drink and never does a stroke of work.
A. gone to B. taken to C. taken up D. gone for

[答案]B. taken to.
[注釋]take to養(yǎng)成（某種習(xí)慣）。A stroke of一件。本題譯文：他以成了酒徒，從來沒有干過一件工作。