在職攻讀教育碩士學(xué)位英語(yǔ)詞匯題詳解(九)

161. In my opinion, you can widen the _____ of these improvements through your active participation.
A. dimension B. volume C. magnitude D. scope

[答案]D. scope.
[注釋]scope(=the area within the limits of a questions, subject ect. ; range)(活動(dòng))范圍，機(jī)會(huì)，余地：The politics of a country would be outside the scope of a book for tourists.(一個(gè)國(guó)家的政治不屬于旅游手冊(cè)的內(nèi)容范圍之內(nèi)。)
dimension尺寸，尺度；magnitude大小，數(shù)量；volume體積。均不切題，不能入選。
本題譯文：依我看，通過(guò)你的積極參與，你能夠擴(kuò)大這些改進(jìn)措施的范圍。

162. The noise was so _____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.
A. dim B. soft C. faint D. gentle

[答案]c. faint.
[注釋]faint(=weak, indistinct; not clear)“微弱的，模糊的，不清楚的”。Dim(=not bright, not clearly to be seen)不亮的，看不清的；the dim light of a candle(微弱的燭光)。

163. If he refuses to _____ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative.
A. put up with B. fall in with
C. do away with D. get along with

[答案]B. fall in with.
[注釋]fall in with(=agree to)同意：Is it true that you have fallen in with them?(你真的同意他們的意見(jiàn)嗎？)put up with忍受。do away with廢除；殺死。get along with進(jìn)行，進(jìn)展；相處。
本題譯文：如果他不肯同意我的計(jì)劃，我或許能找一個(gè)更能合作的人。

164. Some people either _____ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.
A. violently B. sincerely C. properly D. deliberately

[答案]D. deliberately.
[注釋]deliberately(=on purpose)故意地。Sincerely真誠(chéng)地；violently強(qiáng)暴的，激烈的，暴力引起的。
properly 1)好好地，恰當(dāng)?shù)兀籗he never makes any attempt to clean it properly.(她從來(lái)也不打算好好地把它擦干凈。) 2)嚴(yán)格地：Properly speaking, a whale is not a fish.(嚴(yán)格地說(shuō)，鯨魚不是魚。)

165. Her skirt had been so _____ in packing that she had to iron it before going out.
A. faded B. torn C. dirty D. crushed

[答案]D. crushed.
[注釋]crush把......弄皺。因?yàn)楹蟀刖渲衖ron指“熨平”，所以不能選其他答案了。

166. His landlady gave him a week's _____ to leave the flat.
A. threat B. notice C. advice D. caution

[答案]B. notice.
[注釋]notice預(yù)先通知（尤用雇主、雇員或房東、房客之間）：give one's employee a month's notice (通知雇員一個(gè)月后離職)。本題譯文：他的女房東通知他一周后從套間搬走。

167. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store.
A. anyone B. the others C. that D. the ones

[答案]D. the ones
[注釋]代詞one可以用來(lái)替代前面提到過(guò)的名詞，以避免重復(fù)。如果它替代的名詞是復(fù)數(shù)，則用ones。本題中它代替refrigerators；因特指，故用the ones.

168. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.
A. average B. ordinary C. regular D. normal

[答案]D. normal
[注釋]normal正常的；ordinary普通的；usual平常的；regular有規(guī)律的，定期的。

169. With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is _____ rapidly transformed.
A. anything but B. more or less C. at large D. any more

[答案]B. more or less.
[注釋]more or less 或多或少地；anything but根本不；at large大體上；逍遙法外；詳細(xì)地。
本題譯文：隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)基礎(chǔ)的改變，整個(gè)龐大的上層建筑也或多或少地發(fā)生變革。

170. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.
A. acquainted B. informed C. enlightened D. advised

[答案]A. acquainted.
[注釋]be acquainted with熟悉，be well informed of(about)對(duì)......消息靈通。可見(jiàn)，此題中應(yīng)用acquainted,因?yàn)楹竺娴亟樵~是with.

171. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.
A. process B. attention C. measure D. part

[答案]D. part.
[注釋]take part in參加。
本題譯文：顯然，整個(gè)世界正經(jīng)歷著一場(chǎng)社會(huì)革命；科學(xué)家和技術(shù)人員必定是這場(chǎng)革命地主要參加者。

172. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more _____.
A. at length B. at last C. at stake D. at ease

[答案]C. at stake.
[注釋]at stake(=to be won or lost; risked, depending upon the result of sth.)在危險(xiǎn)中；利害攸關(guān)；His life itself was at stake.(他的生命本身瀕臨危險(xiǎn)。); at last最終；at length詳細(xì)地；at ease安詳，自在，隨便，不拘束：She knew he was not at ease.(她知道，他并不自在。)
本題譯文：農(nóng)民們比城里人更渴望魚，因?yàn)橛晁畬?duì)農(nóng)民來(lái)說(shuō)關(guān)系更大。

173. When the big bills for mother's hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____.
A. fall short of B. fall through
C. fall back on D. fall in with

[答案]C. fall back on.
[注釋]fall back on求助于。參閱Ⅲ.48注釋。
Fall short of沒(méi)達(dá)到，低于：1)He fell short of what we had expected.(他沒(méi)有達(dá)到我們的期望。) 2)The measures proposed fall far short of what is required.(所提出的這些措施遠(yuǎn)沒(méi)達(dá)到需要的 目標(biāo)。)
Fall in with與......一致，符合；同意，贊成，支持。
Fall through落空。參閱Ⅲ.49注釋。
本題譯文：母親在醫(yī)院就醫(yī)的各種帳單送來(lái)時(shí)，父親高興的是他可用銀行里的存款來(lái)支付。

174. These plastic flowers look so _____ that many people think they are real.
A. beautiful B. natural C. artificial D. similar

[答案]B. natural.
[注釋]natural自然的，與后半句“許多人認(rèn)為它們是真的”相呼應(yīng)。

175. The managing director promised that he would _____ me as soon as he had any further information.
A. communicate B. notice C. notify D. note

[答案]C. notify.
[注釋]notify通知。Notice n.通知；v.注意到；note n.筆記；v.記下，摘下