1.(2011江蘇卷,27)Teachers have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional______.
A.consequence B.independence C.competence D.intelligence
答案:C
解析:
考查名詞的辨義。句意為“教師要不斷地更新他們的知識以便保持專業上的稱職。”consequence后果,結果;independence獨立;competence能力,勝任,稱職;intelligence智力, 智慧; 理解力。根據句意選C。
2.(2011福建卷,26) The lack of eco-friendly habits among the public is thought to be a major of global climate change.
A.result B.cause C.warning D.reflection
答案:B
解析:
考查名詞的辨義。句意為“公眾缺乏對生態環境友好的習慣被認為是全球氣候變化的主要原因。”result結果;cause原因;warning警告;reflection反映。cause與global climate change存在著因果關系,故選B。
3.(2011浙江卷,18) Anyway, I can’t cheat him—it’s against all my ____.
A. emotions B. principles C. regulations D. opinions
答案:B
解析:
考查名詞的辨義。句意為“不管怎樣,我不能欺騙他—這違反我的原則。”emotion情緒;principle原則,準則;regulation規定,規則;opinions意見。根據句意選B。
4.(2011四川卷,13)Always remember to put such dangerous things as knives out of children’s______ .
A.touch B.sight C.reach D.distance
答案:C
解析:
考查名詞的辨義。句意為“時刻記住:這些危險物品,比如刀子,要放在孩子們夠不著的地方。”out of touch不聯系,不接觸;out of sight看不見, 在視野之外;out of reach手夠不著, 達不到;out of distance遠離=far away。根據前面的交代的危險品,選C。
5.(2011湖北卷,21) “Tommy, run! Be quick! The house is on fire!” the mother shouted, with______ clearly in her voice.
A . anger B. rudeness C. regret D. panic
答案:D
解析:
考查名詞的辨義。句意為“Tommy,快跑!快點!房子著火了!”母親大聲叫喊,嗓音里夾雜這明顯的驚慌。”anger生氣;rudeness粗魯;regret后悔;panic驚慌,慌亂。根據句意選D。
6.(2011湖北卷,22)Giving up my job to go back to full-time education was a big________, but now I know it was the best decision I ever made.
A. project B. commitment C. competition D. ambition
答案:B
解析:
考查名詞的辨義。句意為“當初放棄我的工作重新接受全日制的教育是個了不起的決定,現在我知道那是我作出的最好的決定。”project項目, 計劃, 方案, 課題;commitment 承諾,許諾,保證;competition比賽,競爭;ambition抱負,雄心,野心。commitment與后面的decision相呼應,故選B。
7.(2011湖北卷,30)When asked about their opinions about the schoolmaster, many teachers would prefer to see him step aside______ younger men.
A. in terms of B. in need of C. in favor of D. in praise of
答案:C
解析:
考查名詞的辨義。句意為“當被問到對于校長的看法時,許多老師都愿意看到他靠邊站為更年輕的人讓路。”in terms of就而論;in need of需要;in favor of贊成;in praise of表揚,贊揚。
8.(2011江西卷31)What’s the_____, in your opinion, of helping him if he doesn’t make an effort to help himself?
A.sympathy B.theme C.object D.point
答案:D
解析:
考查名詞的辨義。sympathy同情,theme 主題,object 物體,point意義。句意為你認為如果他沒有作出努力去幫助自己而去幫助他的意義是什么?選D。
9.(2011山東卷,34) There’s a _____ in our office that when it’s somebody’s birthday, they bring in a cake for us all to share.
A. tradition B. balance C. concern D. relationship
答案:A
解析:
考查名詞的辨義。句意為“我們辦公室有個傳統:輪到某個人的生日時,他就帶蛋糕來與大家分享。”tradition傳統;balance平衡;concern關心;relationship關系,聯系。句中somebody 與they相照應,說明不止一次,因此用tradition作答案。
10.(2011江蘇卷,32)We’d better discuss everything ______ before we work out the plan.
A.in detail B.in general C.on purpose D.on time
10.答案:A
解析:
考查名詞的辨義。句意為“我們最好先詳細地討論好一切,然后再制定計劃。”in detail詳細地;in general一般而言, 總的來說;on purpose故意地;on time準時。根據句意,先討論后定計劃,選A。