08年北京高考英语95个新增词汇训练
1. Water can _______ and give off a lot of heat without big changes in temperature, thus creating a stable environment. A. absorb B. adopt C. annoy D. approach 2. So _______ was she that her husband didn't dare to make a sound. A. absorbed B. adopted C. annoyed D. approached 3. --- Having no children of their own, they decided to _______ an orphan. --- Anyway, they are leading a happy life now, aren't they? A. absorb B. adopt C. annoy D. approach 4. --- She refused to _______ the idea, however ever clever it sounded. --- It was stubborn of her to do so. A. absorb B. adopt C. annoy D. approach
5. His grandfather died from abuse of _______ and smoking, do you want to follow the same old disastrous road? A. alcohol B. approach C. ancestor D. angle
6. --- The _______ of spring brings warm weather, and many parents take their children to the parks to enjoy nature's gift.
--- Sounds interesting. A. alcohol B. approach C. ancestor D. angle
7. His _______ came to America from Europe, which they often dreamed to return to until the last minute of their lives. A. alcohols B. approachs C. ancestors D. angles 8. The reporter wrote the story from the political _______. A. alcohol B. approach C. ancestor D. angle
9. The professor _______ his report to suit the audience he was speaking to. A. absorbed B. adopted C. angled D. approached
10. People react to advertisements in different ways. Some people find ads useful and entertaining; others think that they are _______. A. absorbing B. adopting C. annoying D. approaching 11. _______ the town, you can see the bell tower, waving in the howling wind. A. absorbing B. adopting C. annoying D. approaching
12. --- Son, since the old Santana often breaks down, the time is _______ when we must think about buying a new car.
--- Dad, you are so great! A. absorbing B. adopting C. annoying D. approaching
13. --- He studied _______ at college, where he met what is called his beautiful wife. --- How romantic! A. architecture B. building C. construction D. structure
14. --- It is said that _______ comes after the Duke of Beaufort's country seat(乡间别墅) in western England, who liked it very much. --- Just like Sandwich? A. badminton B. band C. basis D. border
15. As soon as the _______ started playing, the audience in the concert went silent. A. badminton B. band C. basis D. border
16. Don't evaluate a person on the _____ of appearance, and that often spoils everything. A. badminton B. band C. basis D. border
17. --- I’m on the _____ of fifty now, and most of my friends are now living with their children in the town.
--- I am sorry for that. A. badminton B. band C. basis D. border
18. There used to be _____ incidents in the 1960s between China and its neighbours. A. badminton B. band C. basis D. border
19. --- I put on the _____ before the car knocked into the fire engine. ---Thank goodness. A. brake B. brand C. burden D. border
20. The taxi driver _____ hard as the boy ran onto the road ahead of her, which avoided a terrible accident. A. braked B. branded C. burdened D. boredered 21. --- The company is developing a new _____ of toothpaste. --- So we will enjoy its products. A. brake B. brand C. burden D. border 22. --- Do you find homework a _____? --- I can't agree more. A. brake B. brand C. burden D. border
23. --- Was her husband one of the _____ in the election?
--- No, he used to be president of the USA, he is now helping his wife to run for it. A. candidates B. debates C. champions D. conflicts
24. Whether we are out to set a new record ourselves or simply enjoy reading about _____, the Guinness Book of World Records makes for interesting reading. A. candidates B. debates C. champions D. conflicts 25. --- What are the college students doing in the lecture room?
--- They are having a _____ on the question whether they should work while studying. A. candidate B. debate C. champion D. conflict 26. --- He works with both companies and there is obviously a _____ of interest. --- Poor boy. A. candidate B. debate C. champion D. conflict
27. --- The government is _____ the education laws, and it is hopeful that the entrance examination will be canceled.
--- Long lives the Communist Party of China! A. debating B. conflicting C. calculating D. concentrating 28. --- The two stories _____, so I did not know what to believe. --- Just believe your eyes. A. debated B. conflicted C. calculated D. concentrated
29. --- Thanks to modern schince, scientists _____ when the Shenzhou Ⅴ would return to the earth. --- It can't be better.
A. debated B. conflicted C. calculated D. concentrated 30. --- Can you _____ on your studies with the music going on? --- Sorry, I will turn it off. A. debate B. conflict C. calculate D. concentrate 31. --- If you don’t _____ more on your work, you’ll be dismissed! --- Sorry, I won't. A. debate B. conflict C. calculate D. concentrate
32. I don’t like the _____ arguments with you, I'd like to read in the library. A. constant B. contact C. contract D. content
33. Friendly _____ between different peoples promote the cultural and economic interchange. A. constants B. contacts C. contracts D. contents 34. Their firm have _____ to build a double-purpose bridge across the river. A. constanted B. contacted C. contracted D. contented 35. I'm under _____ to teach here for one year, but I'd like to work here all my life. A. constant B. contact C. contract D. content
36. His father was _____ to hear that his only girl was admitted into Qinghuo Unversity. A. constant B. contact C. contract D. content 37. It is advisable to look at the _____ page of a book, before buying it. A. constant B. contact C. contract D. content
38. Did you go to the show of the photos of some _____ from outer space? A. create B. creative C. creatures D. creations 39. We've _____ a beautiful new house from an old ruin. A. created B. creative C. creature D. creation 40. Human beings are _____ animals. A. create B. creative C. creature D. creation 41. Economic conditions may lie responsible for the _____ of social unrest. A. create B. creative C. creature D. creation
42. --- Before Christmas came, Jane brought some beautiful pictures to _____ the walls of her room. --- No wonder most of the girls went to her room to play. A. decorate B. decrease C. delete D. differ
43. --- In order to increase the income of its staff, he company _____ the number of workers. --- That is not too goood. A. decorated B. decreased C. deleted D. differd 44. --- If you _____ 80 words, we can put the whole passage on two pages. --- Exactly. A. decorate B. decrease C. delete D. differ
45. --- On the right stand rows of big houses _____ one from another in the color of their front door. --- But how can we find Mr. Smith's house. A. decorating B. decreasing C. deleting D. differing
46. --- My wife prefers to buy a _______ camera.
--- Why not go to Dazhongshi, where you can buy nice and cheap electric equipment. A. digital B. discount D. disc D. dormitory
47. --- The vests are $1 each but if you buy a dozen, we’ll give you a 20% _______. --- What if I buy all of them? A. digital B. discount D. disc D. dormitory 48. --- She found some of her computer _______ missing the next day. --- It must be Tom, I found he came out your room secretly. A. digital B. discounts D. discs D. dormitories 49. --- A new _______ building for girl students has been built in our college. --- Great! So we don't have to rent rooms out. A. digital B. discount D. disc D. dormitory
50. --- How much on average do you _____ to charity per year? --- It depends. About 5,000 $ each year. A. discriminate B. distinguish C. donate D. download 51. --- Remember to restart the computer after you finish the _____. --- All right. I will.
A. discriminate B. distinguish C. donate D. download 52. --- What is wrong with Mary, she has been crying for half an hour. --- There was a power failure when she was _____ a new song. A. discriminating B. distinguishing C. donating D. downloading 53. --- They are trying to get rid of the laws that _____ anyone. --- The coloured people will have a better life. A. discriminate B. distinguish C. donate D. download 54. --- Young people should be educated to be able to _____ right from wrong. --- It seems that the schools are doing something else. A. discriminate B. distinguish C. donate D. download
55. --- The accident was caused by human _______.
--- So the officer on duty should be responsible for this? --- I am afraid so. A. error B. essay C. export D. expression
56. --- Professor Kent, he refused to mark my _______ because I handed it in a bit late. --- I afraid that you should appoligize to him first. A. error B. essay C. export D. expression 57. He carefully examined their _______ licence before he let them out. A. error B. essay C. export D. expression 58. --- What do you think of the performance of the concert last night? --- Beyond _______. A. error B. essay C. export D. expression
59. --- For the second time they _______ Lincoln president. --- Because he devoted himself to the American people. A. elected B. evaluated C. embarrassed D. expanded 60. --- I was a bit _______ by her comments about my clothes. --- Just forget that. She is that kind person. A. elected B. evaluated C. embarrassed D. expanded 61. --- Is the exhibition a great success?
--- The exhibition has just been open for three days, so it’s too early to _______ its success.
A. elect B. evaluate C. embarrass D. expand
62. --- Our company has _______ its operations by building new factories in some different cities. --- Your manager must be a successful man. --- She is a woman! A. elected B. evaluated C. embarrassed D. expanded 63. --- Did Columbus discover America and _______ the new continent? --- Absolutely. A. explore B. evaluate C. embarrass D. expand
64. --- What do you know about a _______ government like that of the US? --- People feel very free and confortable. A. federal B. fiction C. fireworks D. flu 65. --- The popular writer of _______ wasn’t present at the meeting as expected.
--- That was a pity, I enjoy his works so much. I really wanted to have a look at him. A. federal B. fiction C. fireworks D. flu
66. This is the second year that the government has allowed people to light _______ . Many people went into the street to watch their beautiful performance. A. federal B. fiction C. fireworks D. flu 67. --- How much do you know about bird _______?
--- When you were infected, you should be very sick --- even dead, unless you were taken to hispital in time.
A. federal B. fiction C. fireworks D. flu
68. --- I met a young man who spoke _______ though not very correct French. --- That must be my friend Jack. A. fierce B. fluent C. frequent D. forgive
69. Living in such environment with _______ competition makes more and more young people feel more and more depressed. A. fierce B. fluent C. frequent D. forgive 70. --- I'll never _______ you for what you have done wrong to your parents. --- You kill me. A. fierce B. fluent C. frequent D. forgive
71. _______ failure did not discourage him, on the contratry, he worked twice harder than before. A. fierce B. fluent C. frequent D. forgive
72. --- The street was covered with _______ these days.
--- Why not call the police, maybe they can do something. A. grocery B. garbage C. grasp D. gravity
73. Having heard the truth of the story, the little boy _______ her mother’s hand firmly. A. grocery B. garbage C. grasped D. gravity
74. If the students just remember some new words and texts, it means that they haven’t _______ the spirit of the foreign language. A. grocery B. garbage C. grasped D. gravity
75. The famous scientist Newton told us that anything that is dropped falls to the ground, pulled by the force of _______. A. grocery B. garbage C. grasp D. gravity
76. The owner of the _______, from whom I bought the pills yesterday, was found dead by the roadside.
08年北京高考英语95个新增词汇训练
