1、2010高考英语湖北卷单选解析作者：夏光罗21. This restaurant has become popular for its wide _ of foods that suit all tastes and pockets. A. division B. area C. range D. circle【解析】：C。考查名词辨析。“这家餐馆越来越出名是由于它做的各种各样的食物适应各类人群。” “a wide range of意为“各种各样的”。符合题意。22. After the earthquake, the first thing the local government did
2、was to provide _ for the homeless families. A. accommodation B. occupation C. equipment D. furniture. 【解析】：A。考查名词辨析。句意：地震后，当地政府的首要事情是为无家可归的家庭提供住处。occupation“职业”；equipment“设备”；furniture “家具”，均不符合题意。23. In this lecture, I can only give you a purely _ view of how we can live life to the full and make s
3、ome suggestions about the future. A. private B. personal C. unique D. different【解析】：B。考查形容词辨析。句意：在这次演讲中，我只给你们提供一个纯属个人的看法，就是如何能够使我们的生活过的完美，并对未来提出一些建议。private意为“个人的，私人的”，侧重修饰不让其他人知道或参与的事情；personal意为“个人的，私人的”，侧重修饰特定的人的事情而不是其他人，由此比较语境可知用personal正确。unique意为“独一无二的”；different“不同的”。 24. Mistakes dont just h
4、appen; they occur for a reason. Find out the reason and then making the mistake becomes . A. favourable B. precious C. essential D. worthwhile【解析】：D 。考查形容词辨析。句意：错误不是偶然发生的，错误发生是有原因的。找出原因，这样所犯错误就值得了。“worthwhile”表示“值得的，有价值的”，符合句意。A表示“有利的，赞同的”，B“珍贵的”；C“必不可少的”。25. If I find someone who looks like the sus
5、pect, my reaction will be to tell the police. A. physical B. immediate C. sensitive D. sudden 【解析】：B。考查形容词辨析。句意：如果我发现看上去像嫌疑犯的人，我最直接的反应就是要报警。immediate “最接近的，直接的”，符合题意。physical表示“身体的，物质的”； sudden表示“突然的，出乎意料的”； sensitive表示“敏感的”。26. I wasnt blaming anyone; I said errors like this could be avoided. A. me
6、rely B. mostly C. rarely D. nearly【解析】：A。考查副词词义辨析。句意：我并没有责怪任何人，我只是说类似这种错误是可以避免的。merely意为“仅仅，只不过”，符合题意。mostly“主要地”；rarely“不常，难得”；nearly“几乎，差不多”，均不符合题意。27. Duty is an act or a course of action that people _ you to take by social customs, law or religion. A. persuade B. request C. instruct D. expect【解析
7、】：D。考查动词词义辨析。Persuade sb. to do sth意为“说服某人做某事”；request sb. to do sth意为“请求某人做某事”；instruct sb. to do sth意为“指导/命令某人做某事” ；expect sb. to do sth “期待/希望某人做某事”。根据句意：责任是人们通过社会惯例、法律或宗教信仰期望你来承担的一种行动或行动的过程。可知选择D项。28. Just as the clothes a person wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his ti
8、me, his house his personality. A. resembles B. strengthens C. reflects D. shapes【解析】：C。考查动词词义辨析。句意：就好像一个人穿的衣服，吃的东西，以及花时间交往的朋友能反映一个人的个性一样，他的住房也是如此。知选reflect“反映”。 resemble“类似”； strengthen“加强，巩固”；shape “塑造”。29. Had he her promise, she would have made it to Yale University. A. looked up to B. lived up t
9、o C. kept up with D. come up with 【解析】：B。考查动词词组辨析。该句是典型的虚拟语气， 是由if引导的非真实条件句转换而来的倒装句，描述的事与过去事实相反。句意：如果她当年履行了自己的诺言，她就会进入耶鲁大学了。look up to“尊敬，敬仰”；keep up with“跟上，追上”；come up with“想出；提出”，只有live up to“遵守，履行”符合题意。30. It is illegal for a public official to ask people for gifts or money favors to them. A. in preference to B. in place of C. in agreement with D. in exchange for 【解析】：D。考查介词短语辨析。in preference to“优先于”；in place of“代替”；in agreement with“同意，与一致”；in exchange for“交换”。根据句意：对于一个公职官员来说要求人们送礼或送钱来与对人们的帮助交换是非法的。
