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1、易混词练习2007高考英语词汇400题及详解注释一1. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for monthsbefore they are fully _.A.admitted B.acknowledged C.absorbed D.considered答案 D. considered注释 considered 考虑; admit 承认; absorb 吸收。注意acknowledge 1) (=agree or admit the truth of; confess) 承认,供认; A. He acknowledged his

2、mistake. (他承认了他的错误。) B. 接动名词 Heacknowledged having been beaten. (他承认被打败了。) 2) (express thanksfor) 致谢; A. Mary acknowledged the gift with a pleasant letter.(玛丽致函感谢馈赠的礼物。) B. His long service with the company wasacknowledged with a present. (向他赠送礼品以感谢他长期来对公司的服务。)2. The boy slipped out of the room and

3、headed for the swimmingpool without his parents _.A. command B. conviction C. consent D. compromise答案 C. consent注释 consent 同意, 赞成, 答应。conviction 深信, 确信。compromise 妥协,折中。command 命令, 指令; 掌握, 运用能力。3. Our research has focused on a drug which is so _ as tobe able to change brain chemistry.A. powerful B.

4、influential C. monstrous D. vigorous答案 A. powerful注释 powerful (=having or producing great power)强有力的。在这里四个形容词中, 只有powerful (有效力的) 可与表示药物的名词搭配。influential有影响的, 有势力的, monstrous 异常大的, vigorous 精力旺盛的, 强健有力的。4. The lost car of the Lees was found _ in the woods offthe highway.A. vanished B. abandoned C. s

5、cattered D. rejected答案 B. abandoned注释 abandoned (=give up completely) 放弃, 抛弃; 1) The scientistabandoned his research for lack of fund. 2) The sailorsabandoned the burning ship注意abandon 暗指某人对其所抛弃的人或物将会发生什么事情不感兴趣, 如把撞坏的汽车抛弃在路旁。vanish(=suddenly disappear; go out of existence) vi.消失, 绝迹; 1) Theairplane

6、vanished into the clouds.2) Many kinds of animalshave vanished form the earth. (许多种类的动物以在地球上绝迹。) scatter(=send, go in different direction) 驱使, 使分散; The policescattered the crowed. (警察驱散人群。) (=throw or put in variousdirections) 撒, 到处放; He scattered his clothes all over theroom. reject (=refuse to acc

7、ept) 拒绝接受; She rejected mysuggestion5. Henrys news report covering the conference was so _that nothing had been omitted.A.understanding B.comprehensibleC.comprehensive D.understandable答案 C. comprehensive.注释 comprehensive 完全的无所不包的; comprehensible 能懂的, 可以理解的;understandable 可以理解的, 主要用来指人的行为。understandi

8、ng 用来指人时,表示善于理解别人或别人问题的 (人) 。注意下面的搭配：a comprehensive map (街区详图) ; a comprehensible remark (听得懂的话) ,an understandable mistake(可以理解的错误) ; an understanding friend (一位能理解人的朋友) 。6. She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she wouldlose her _ to Scotland.A. ticket B. place C. seat D. connection答案 D

9、. connection注释 lose ones connection to 误了到.地方去的 (汽车、火车、轮船的) 联运;The train was late and I missed my connection.7. The ship was _ in a storm off Jamaica.A. drowned B. sunk C. wrecked D. submitted答案 C. wrecked注释 wreck vt. 撞坏, 毁坏; 1) My son wrecked my car. 2) My car wascompletely wrecked in the accident.

10、sink vt. 下沉, 沉没, 该动词也可作及物动词用, 意为“使下沉”, 但按本题句意看, 用被动语态不妥。 drown溺死, 淹死： (vt.) He drowned his wife. (vi) He drowned in theriver. (他在河里淹死了。) submit 1) (=put oneself under the control ofanother) 提交, 呈送 (to) ： Should a wife submit herself to herhusband? (妻子应顺从他丈夫吗？) 2) (=put forward for option, discussion

11、,decision ect.) 提出 (供评论、讨论决定等) You must submit your request tothe committee. 3) (=surrender (to) , give in) 屈服,投降：Afterbeing defeated, they submitted to the enemy. (打败后, 他们向敌人投降了。)8. No one has _ been able to trace the author of the poem.A. still B. yet C. already D. just答案 B. yet注释 yet 常用于现在完成时的否定句

12、中, 意为“尚, 还”。9. More than one-third of the Chinese in the United Stateslive in California, _ in San Francisco.A. previouslyB. predominantlyC practicallyD. permanently答案 B. predominantly.注释 predominantly (=mostly; mainly) 主要地。 previously (=comingearlier in time or order) 先前, 早先; This is better than an

13、ysolution previously. (这个办法比以前提出的任何解决办法都好。) practically(=really; in a practical way) 实际上。permanently (=going on for along time) 永久地。本题译文：在美国, 华人中有三分之一居住在加利福尼亚洲, 其中主要是在旧金山。10. The new secretary has written a remarkably _ reportonly in a few pages but with all the details.A. concise B. clear C. precis

14、e D. elaborate答案 A. concise.注释 concise (=brief; giving much information in few words)简明扼要的：He gave a concise report of the meeting.(他对会议作了简明扼要的报道。) clear 清楚的。precise (=exact; correctly stated;free form error) 精确的, 明白无误的; Please tell me the precisemeasurements. (请告诉我精确的尺寸。) elaborate (=worked out wit

15、h muchcare; carefully prepared) 精心制作的, 丰盛的：Peter worked out anelaborate scheme for raising the money. (彼得制定了一项详尽得计划来筹集着笔款项。)孤立地看, 似乎4个形容词均能修饰report, 但从句子的逻辑关系看, 后半句中有only in a few pagesbut with all the details, 故concise 是最贴切的选择了。11. The managing director took the _ for the accident,although it was not really his fault.A. guilt B. charge C. blame D. accusatio答案 C. blame.注释take the blame for 对.承担责任。Take charge of 负责管理 (照顾)。注意charge 前无冠词the.12. The worker agreed to _ the strike i