2012高考英语高频词汇单选专练_4_.pdfVIP

2012 高考英语高频词汇单选专练（16） 1. We cant _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time. A. hope B. wait C. expect D. imagine [答案]C. expert. [注释]expert 期望，盼望，表示认为有很大的客观可能性，例 如： I expert the work to be finished by Friday.（我期望这项工作能 在星期五前做完。） wait for ... to do sth.等待、等待......做......，强调“等”这一动 词的本身，如： The audience are waiting eagerly for the performance to begin.(观众正等着演出开始。)本题如改为这样： I waited for him to arrive in time for dinner, but he didnt come.(我等他来赶上晚餐，但他没有来。)则句子使是对的。 由此可见，expect 是表示“期待”，而 wait for 是表示“等待”， 词义完全不同。 注意 hope 后不能接 sb. to do sth. 1)imagine being on the moon. 2)Im sorry, but I cant imagine anyone doing research like that.(很遗憾，我不能想象人家那样做实验。) 本题译文：我们不能期望一个人在这样短的时间内改变一辈 子养成的习惯。 2. It was necessary to _____ the factory building as the company was doing more and more business. A. extend B. increase C. lengthen D. magnify [答案]A. extend. [注释]本题中 extend 意为“扩大”。lengthen 拉长,延长。magnify 放大。 Spread vi. 传播；vt.展开；He spread butter on the toast.(他在烤面包上涂上奶油。) 3. I asked the tailor to make a small _____ to my trousers because they were too long. A. change B. variation C. revision D. alteration [答案]D alteration. [注释]alteration 修正，更改，尤指部分的改变。 Change 改变，变化，可指表面的、本质的、内在的变化。 Revision 修订、修正，常指文章、词典、剧本等的修改、订 正。 Variation(形式、位置、条件的)变化、改变、变动： We need some variation in our daily routine.(我们的例行公事 需要作些变动。) 4. Because of the strong sun Mrs. Williams new dining room curtains _____ from dark blue to gray within a year. A. faded B. fainted C. paled D. diminished [答案]A. faded. [注释]fadevt/vi 褪色。 Faint 晕到，变得虚弱： He fainted from hunger. Diminish vt./vi.减少： 1)His illness diminished his strength. 2)The campers food supply diminished as the days wore on.(随 着日子的缓缓消逝，野营者的食品供应日益减少。)pale 变苍 白。 5. Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I cant speak too highly of him. A. As a result B. By the way C. On