1、1(2012安徽,23)Interest is as _ to learning as the ability to understand ,even more so.A. vital BavailableCspecific D. similar答案:Avital“极其重要的,必不可少的”;available“可用的,在手边的,可利用的”;specific“明确的,具体的”;similar“相似的”。句意:兴趣对于学习就像理解能力一样重要,甚至还重要。由句意可知,A项符合题意。2(2012福建,32)Can you lend me the book Gone with the Wind?Sor
2、ry. I returned it to the library just now. Maybe it is still _.Aavailable BaffordableCacceptable Dvaluable答案:Aavailable意为“可用的,可得到的,可找到的”;affordable意为“负担得起,支付得起”;acceptable意为“可以接受的”;valuable意为“有价值的”。句意:你能借给我那本飘吗?对不起。我刚才把它还给图书馆了。也许它还能借到。故选A项。3(2012湖北,27)Can you tell the _ difference between the words
3、“require” and “request”? I sometimes get puzzled by their meanings.Adramatic BregionalCapparent Dsubtle答案:D句意:你能告诉我“require”和“request”这两个词之间的细微区别吗?我有时会被它们的意思弄糊涂了。dramatic“戏剧性的,显著的”;regional“地区的,区域的”;apparent“显而易见的,明白易懂的”;subtle“微妙的,细微的”。4(2012湖北,28)Whether the buildings in this area should be pulled
4、 down has remained _; people are still looking for other possible solutions.Aunchallenged BrelevantCcontroversial Dcontradictory答案:C句意:这个地区的这些建筑是否应该被拆除仍然存在争议,人们还在寻找其他可行的解决方案。unchallenged“未受质疑的,无异议的”;relevant“紧密相关的,切题的”;controversial“有争议的,引起争议的”;contradictory“矛盾的,抵触的”。5(2012山东,33)Be _you cant expect
5、me to finish all this work in so little time.Areasonable BconfidentCcreative Dgrateful答案:A句意:讲点儿道理好不好,你不能指望我在这么短的时间里完成所有的工作啊。reasonable“合理的,公道的,通情达理的”;confident“自信的,确信的”;creative“创造性的”;grateful“感激的,感谢的”,故选A项。6(2012天津,10)The secretary arranged a(n) _ time and place for the applicants to have an inter
6、view.Aimportant BspareCpublic Dconvenient答案:D句意:秘书安排了一个合适的时间和地点让求职者们参加面试。important重要的;spare多余的,备用的;public公众的,公共的;convenient方便的,合适的。7(2012浙江,10)The research lacks _ evidence, and therefore, its conclusions are doubtful.Asolid BfierceCsevere Dpotential答案:A句意:这项研究缺乏可靠的证据,因此,其结论是令人怀疑的。solid“可靠的,可信赖的”;fi
7、erce“强烈的,极度的”;severe“非常的,严重的”;potential“潜在的,可能的”。8(2012江苏,25)In that school,English is compulsory for all students,but French and Russian are _.Aspecial BregionalCoptional Doriginal答案:C句意:在那所学校,英语是所有学生必修的,但是法语和俄语则是可以选修的。special“特殊的,特别的”;regional“地区的,区域的”;optional“可选的,并非必须的”;original“起初的,原来的”。9(2012安
8、徽,34)Queen Elizabeth is often thought to be richest woman in the world. _, her personal wealth seems rather small.ABesides BOtherwiseCHowever DAltogether答案:C句意:女王伊丽莎白二世通常被认为是世界上最富有的女人。然而,她的个人财富却好像很少。besides“此外,而且,加之”;otherwise“否则,要不然”;however“然而”;altogether“总而言之,完全地,总共”,由句意可知,C项符合题意。10(2012福建,27)Any
9、one, whether he is an official or a bus driver, should be _ respected.Aespecially BequallyCnaturally Dnormally答案:Bespecially意为“尤其”;equally意为“平等地”;naturally意为“自然地”;normally意为“正常地;常态地”。此处用equally“平等地”来表示an official与a bus driver应该受到同等地尊敬。故选B项。11(2012湖北,26)“Perhaps we need to send for Dr. Smith to see w
10、hat we can do about it,” Father suggested _ to his neighbor who had come to discuss the problem.Atentatively BthoughtlesslyCdefinitely Drudely答案:B句意:父亲向前来讨论这个问题的邻居试探性地建议:“或许,我们需要请史密斯博士来看看我们能为此做些什么。”tentatively“试探性地,犹豫地”;thoughtlessly“轻率地,欠考虑地”;definitely“明确地,确切地”;rudely“粗鲁地,不礼貌地”。12. (2012湖南,24)Bicy
11、cling is good exercise; _, it does not pollute the air.Anevertheless BbesidesCotherwise Dtherefore答案:B骑自行车是一种良好的锻炼,此外,它也不会污染空气。nevertheless“然而,不过”;besides“此外,而且”;otherwise“否则,不然”;therefore“因此”。根据句意,B项正确。13(2012辽宁,23)We used to see each other _, but I havent heard from him since last year.Aespecially
12、 BregularlyCparticularly Dapproximately答案:B句意:我们以前经常见面,但自从去年就没有收到他的来信了。especially“尤其,特别”;regularly“有规律地,定期地”;particularly“特别,尤其”;approximately“大约”。根据句意,B项正确。14(2012四川,7)The hotel is almost finished, but it _ needs one or two weeks to get ready for guests.Aonly BalsoCeven Dstill答案:D句意:这家旅馆就要竣工了,但仍然需要
13、一两周才能向客人开放。still“仍然”符合句意。15(2012四川,16)I make $ 2,000 a week. 60 surely wont make_difference to me. Athat a big Ba that bigCbig a that Dthat big a答案:Dthat在此句中是副词,相当于so的用法,修饰形容词big。故选D项。句意:我每周赚2000美元,60美元对我而言根本没什么影响。16(2012天津,4)The dog may be a good companion for the old. _, the need to take it for wa
14、lks may be a disadvantage.ABesides BHoweverCTherefore DInstead答案:B句意:狗可能是老年人的一个好伴侣,然而,需要带它散步可能就是一个不利因素。besides此外,而且;however然而;therefore因此;instead相反,代替。17(2012浙江,18)Mike was usually so careful,_ this time he made a small mistake.Ayet BstillCeven Dthus答案:A句意:迈克通常特别细心,然而这次他犯了一个小错误。前后两句显然是转折关系,故用yet表示“然
15、而”。18(2012北京,28)Many people have donated that type of blood; however, the blood bank needs _.Asome BlessCmuch Dmore答案:D句意:“很多人捐献了那种血型,但是血库需要更多。”根据句意可知选D项。19(2012课标全国,29)This restaurant wasnt _that other restaurant we went to.Ahalf as good as Bas half good asCas good as half Dgood as half as答案:A如果表示两个饭店一样好,应用as good as,在比较句型中,程度状语应放在第一个as或比较级之前,所以答案为A项。20(2012全国,13)Next to biology, I like physics _.Abetter BbestCthe better Dvery well答案:B句意:除了生物,我最喜欢物理。注意本题易误选A项,其实此处并没有把生物和物理作比较。