英语词汇学作业答案 .pdf

1、 American women were ________the righttovote until 1920after manyyears of hardstruggle. 1.A. ignored 2.B.neglected 3.C.denied 4. D.refused 2、 The antonym of soft isin“a________voice”and in“a________cushion”. 1.A. rough,hard 2.B.rough,rough 3.C. hard,rough 4. D.hard,hard 3、 The figure of speech employed in “My father is a sanitary engineer”is _________. 1.A. hyperbole 2.B.euphemism 3.C. litotes 4. D.metonymy 4、 Mrs. Smith is afraid that she and her husband don’t see _________ on New Year Resolutions. 1.A. facetoface 2.B.eyeto eye 3.C. backto back 4. D.heartto heart 5、 Among the synonymous group, old man, daddy , dad , father and male parent,_______ would mostprobablyused bya lawyer inthe court. 1.A. dad 2.B.old man 3.C.father 4. D.maleparent 6、 Ourteacher is now notwith us.Aha! When the ________ isaway, the ________ will play. 1.A. tiger, monkeys 2.B.cat, mice 3.C. hawk,birds 4. D.old,young 7、 Icouldgiveanopinion________, butIwould ratherthink about it. 1.A. offthe sleeve 2.B.offthe cuffs 3.C.offthe cuff 4. D.offthe sleeves 8、 Chokedtraffic hasbeena(n)________to urbantransportation system. 1.A. archenemy 2.B.primaryenemy 3.C. mainenemy 4. D.majorenemy 9、 Which oneofthefollowing abbreviations means“and soon”?________. 1.A. i.e. 2.B.e.g. 3.C.etc. 4. D.viz. 10、 “ex -”inex-husband reads________and means_______. 1.A. /iks/,“out” 2.B. /iks/,“former” 3.C. /eks/,“out” 4. D. /eks/,“former” 11、 Our work calls for mutual support. We shouldn’t ________ each others efforts. 1.A. activate 2.B.interact 3.C.counteract 4. D.active 12、 I am not sure whether I should fly to London or take the train. I’m really caught betweentwo ________. 1.A. choices 2.B.options 3.C.alternatives 4. D.stools 13、 Hey!Don’tsitthere andcountyour ________.You needtowork reallyhard. 1.A. chicken 2.B.chickens 3.C.duck 4. D.ducks 14、 The figure of speech employed in “The past is a bucket of ashes”is _________. 1.A. metaphor 2.B.euph