学位英语语法与词汇模拟题（十）

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.

[注释]shut out排除。show off炫耀; cut out删掉; keep from;

1） 隐瞒; she kept the truth from me. （她向我隐瞒真相。）

2） 不沾, 避开; he keeps from alcohol. （他滴酒不沾。）

3） 使不做某事：she kept herself from laughing. （她没有笑出来。）

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.

[注释]stick out （=protrude, project） 伸出, 突出; 显露, 显眼：

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

2） spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. （这篇作文中拼写错误很显眼。）

stick out （=endure to the end） 坚持到底;

if you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right. （假如你能在坚持一下, 一切都会好起来。）

wipe out 擦去, 消灭

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

a. poured b. melted c. drew d. dismissed

[答案] a. poured.

[注释]pour 此处意为：涌出, 涌来, 如：people poured out to the rally. （人们踊跃参加群众大会。）

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.

[注释]practice （=way of doing sth. that is common or habitual; sth. done regularly） 做法, 惯例 ：

it is my practice always to rise early. to give credit 让赊欠：no credit is given at this shop. （这家商店概不赊欠。）

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.

[注释]in print是习语, 意指“印出来, 发表出来”, 如：

she finally saw her novel in print. （她终于看到他的小说出版了。）

in print 的另一个意思是“在印行, 还在发行”, 如：

this book is still in print. （这本书还在发行, 可以买到）

反义词是out of print , 意指“不在印行, 买不到了。”如：

the book you speak of is out of print. （你说到的那本书已不在发行了。）

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.

[注释] in sympathy 以示同情, come out 此处意为 （=declare oneself） 表明态度, 所以come out in sympathy 意为“表示同情”。

in return 作为报答, 如：i wanted nothing in return . （我不要什么报答。）

collaboration协作, 如：work in collaboration with sb. （与某人协力合作） 。

opposition 反对, 如：rise in opposition to （起来反对） 。

readiness 准备 （状态）; 待机, 如：having everything in readiness for departure （做好一切准备, 以便出发）。

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 .

[注释] tedious （=tiresome ;wearying; uninteresting） "沉闷的, 厌烦的, 乏味的”。splendid 壮丽的, 辉煌的, 极好的。magnificent 壮丽的, 宏伟的：it was a magnificent ceremony. （这是一次盛大隆重的仪式）。

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

[注释]本句前一部分是"with+名词+现在分词短语"的独立结构, 做状语。

fluctuate （=move up and down） （指物价, 标准等的） 波动。如：prices fluctuate from year to year. （物价年年波动）

wave飘扬, 挥舞; 招手; （庄稼的） 波动。

swing摆动, 摇摆; vibrate振动。可见, 根据题意, 只能选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

[注释]deny （=refuse to give or allow）拒绝给予:he denied his children nothing . （孩子们要什么他就给什么。）

deprive （=take away from） .剥夺。deprive sb. of sth.剥夺某人某物：they deprived women of the right to vote. （他们剥夺了妇女的投票权。）

restrict （=keep within limits）the doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. （医生限制他一天抽5支烟。）

reject （refuse to accept ） 拒绝接受, 如：she rejected my suggestion.

本题译文：一些十几岁的孩子们往往对社会有普遍的逆反心理, 虽然他们发育成熟, 但社会拒绝给予他们同成年人一样的权利和优惠。

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

[注释]本句中though raised in san franciscos是省略的让步状语从句。raise （=bring up） 抚养：grow种植; cultivate耕作; 培养 （友谊等） 。

如cultivate后接某人, 则意为“培养与某人的感情”。如：john always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally. （约翰一向喜欢与事业上对他有用的人来往。）

本题译文：尽管在旧金山长大, 但戴夫米切尔总是愿意把小镇生活中平凡的事情记载下来。