第二部分 高考专项突破(一)1.(2017·长春模拟改编)The idea puzzled me so much that I stopped for a few seconds to try to make it________.
答案：out make out意为“理解，弄懂”。
2．(2017·福建质检改编)I didn't know whether the driver was ________(blame) for the accident.
答案：to blame be to blame意为“应负责任；应受责备”，符合句意。
3．They've ________(transform) the old train station into a science museum.
答案：transformed 句意为：他们把那座旧火车站改造成了一座科学博物馆。transform“改造，改观”，符合题意。
4．(2017·杭州二模改编)I always take something to read when I go to the doctor's ________ case I have to wait.
答案：in 意为“以防万一；假若”。根据前后句的逻辑关系判断应用in case。
5．(2017·上海模拟改编)The cause he had devoted himself to ________(prove) a perfect success.
答案：proved 句意：他全身心投入的事业被证明是非常成功的。该句中he had devoted himself to是定语从句，修饰主语the cause，要填的词在句中作谓语。prove作“证明是”讲时，是系动词，不能用于被动结构，所以答案为prove。
6．—What do you know about the traffic accident ________(occur) yesterday?
—It was the drunken driver who was ________(blame) for it.
答案：occurring; to blame occur“发生”，是不及物动词，由于第一空是在句中作定语，所以要用occurring；“某人应该受到责备”常用sb. be to blame来表示，所以第二空要用to blame。
7．(2017·辽宁协作体模拟改编)The school is giving most of these children hope for the future by providing them a chance to ________ knowledge.
答案：acquire acquire意为“获得；学到”。根据句意判断应用acquire，表示“学到知识”。
8．(2017·大连测试改编)I know it's time I got down to______(do) my homework, but I just can't resist ________(play) computer games.
答案：doing；playing get down to意为“着手做某事”，其中to为介词，所以第一个空应用doing；resist doing sth.意为“拒绝做某事”。
9．(2017·黑龙江哈九中模拟改编)I could hear their voices, but I couldn't make________what they were saying.
答案：out make out意为“辨认出”，符合句意。
10．(2017·安徽六校联考改编)This is the second time I have been let________ by that person; I shall never trust in him again.
答案：down 句意：这是那个人第二次让我失望，我再也不会相信他了。let down意为“使失望”，符合句意。
11．(2017·西安五大名校一模改编)After the accident, the police spent a week finding out the person who ________(witness) it.
答案：witnessed witness意为“见证；证明；目睹”，根据句意判断警察找的应该是目击证人。
12．(2017·福建泉州高三质检改编)I once lived a very miserable life, so I have a lot of ________ with the poor.
答案：sympathy sympathy意为“同情(心)”。根据句意判断应用sympathy，have sympathy with...表示“对……表示同情”。
13．(2017·北京东城一模改编)The launch of Chang'e I has ________(prove) a success.
答案：proved prove可用作系动词，表示“证明是；结果是”，符合句意。
14．(2017·山东实验中学诊断改编)It seems that most educators approve________ the plan for Advanced Assessment for Admission, which gives rise to a complete reform of College Entrance Exams.
答案：of approve of意为“赞成；同意”。根据后半句句意“提升高考改革”可知是认可这项计划，所以用of。
15．(2017·江苏扬州模拟改编)Try ________ she might, Sue couldn't get the door open.
答案：as/though as表示“尽管，虽然”引导让步状语从句时，从句要用倒装语序。如果从句谓语有实义动词，需要把动词原形提前。