上海市2016届高三英语核心词汇复习：General Revision (II)
Choose the best one to complete the following sentences:
1. All the passengers were killed in the plane _____
A. crash
B. crack
C. collapse
D. distress
2. They _____ making preparations for spring sowing.
A. put on
B. set about
C. set off
D. put away
3. Why can’t you do this small _____ for me? I often helped you in the past.
A. good
B. offer
C. effect
D. favour
4. Not a _____ has been found so far that can help the police find the murderer.
A. sign
B. signal
C. clue
D. symbol
5. The students _____ a line, and then walked quietly into the theatre.
A. gathered
B. formed
C. stood
D. established
6. It is _____ impossible to make such a long journey in such an old car.
A. rather
B. very
C. fairly
D. quite
7. Despite the failure of his early experiments, the scientist _____ in his research.
A. persevered
B. insisted
C. stuck
D. pursued
8. The story was better _____ than it had been.
A. built
B. formed
C. organized
D. combined
9. I got _____ in the quarrel between Smith and White.
A. fixed
B. confused
C. included
D. involved
10.As a result of _____ losses of money, the factory was finally closed down.
A. frequent
B. adequate
C. miserable
D. fierce
11. It is _____ that he will come.
A. certain
B. confident
C. sure
D. positive
12. Her _____ secretary was off sick for a week.
A. usual
B. ordinary
C. often
D. regular
13. We are _____ to get this job done before the end of the week.
A. decided
B. determined
C. settled
D. decided on
14. _____ they would not like our coming.
A. Possible
B. Probable
C. Perhaps
D. Likely
15. The numerous trips with the girl have _____ him considerable time.
A. spent
B. took
C. paid
D. cost
16. Her _____ are gardening, stamp-collecting, and playing the piano.
A. habits
B. hobbies
C. practices
D. customs
17. She had large, expressive eyes and a(n) _____ face.
A. around
B. circle
C. round
D. rounded
18. The tree was moved out to the hotel _____ our school.
A. near
B. nearly
C. close
D. closely
19. Smith announced that he was going to sea for another _ as soon as he was well rested.
A. journey
B. flight
C. tour
D. voyage
20. I need one volume to _____ my set of Dickens.
A. complete
B. accomplish
C. achieve
D. fulfill
21. It was too early in the _____ to expect many visitors to a seaside town.
A. time
B. season
C. period
D. term
22. I’ve _____ my watch at home, so I don’t know what time it is.
A. missed
B. left
C. thrown
D. forgotten
23. A system of strict discipline has a(n) _____ effect on conduct.
A. beneficial
B. original
C. precious
D. stable
24. The colour _____ from yellow through green to black.
A. consists
B. composes
C. covers
D. ranges
25. This project can go on _____ it is not raining.
A. so far
B. as far as
C. so long as
D. so that
26. Janet’s _____ was becoming more than ever strange.
A. custom
B. operation
C. behavior
D. display
27. We haven’t seen each other for ten years, yet he can recognize my _____.
A. tone
B. sound
C. noise
D. voice
28. We must master at least one foreign language, _____ we’ll find it difficult to
communicate with people from other countries.
A. otherwise
B. however
C. therefore
D. furthermore
29. My computer is out of _____. May I use yours?
A. line
B. place
C. order
D. touch
30. She was _____ every day by the slow bus service in the town.
A. confused
B. annoyed
C. impressed
D. conquered
31. Should I make a _____ of the people I would like to invite to my party?
A. note
B. list
C. content
D. slip
32. What are your _____ on what we should do now?
A. sights
B. shades
C. views
D. scenes
33. And now the _____ shifts to the warehouse, where the murderer is lying in wait.
A. sight
B. shade
C. view
D. scene
34. This artist uses light and _____ to get a charming effect.
A. sight
B. shade
C. view
D. scene
35. I saw her for a moment but then lost _____ of her in the crowd.
A. sight
B. shade
C. view
D. scene
36. Some people like older buildings and others prefer bold new architecture: it’s really
just a question of _____.
A. sort
B. taste
C. style
D. manner
37. In a _____ market, it’s difficult to sell goods unless you lower your prices.
A. annoyed
B. depressed
C. disturbed
D. oppressed
38. Jane Austen used to say, “it is a truth _____ acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
A. entirely
B. generally
C. universally
D. constantly
39. I don’t know what anyone else thinks, but my _____ opinion is that the students
should do more work outside the classroom.
A. human
B. personal
C. private
D. individual
40. They like to wear their colorful national _____.
A. clothing
B. cloth
C. clothes
D. dress
41. The steelworks _____ 300 extra workers last month.
A. took in
B. took over
C. took up
D. took on
42. People with little _____ of responsibility cannot be leaders.
A. feeling
B. mood
C. sense
D. emotion
43. He has broken himself of the _____ of drinking.
A. habit
B. custom
C. tradition
D. practice
44. The written materials are drawn from all _____.
A. sources
B. resources
C. shapes
D. causes
45. Oranges are now out of _____.
A. way
B. date
C. season
D. order
46. Adele is clever, but _____ she makes many mistakes in calculation.
on the other hand B. in general
C. as a result
D. on the contrary
47. If any lady owns this watch, will she please come forward and _____ it?
A. declare
B. request
C. claim
D. recognize
48. In maths, X is the _____ for an unknown quantity.
A. symbol
B. value
C. number
D. figure
49. It was under _____ that he agreed to resign from the office as chief minister
A. control
B. duty
C. pressure
D. influence
50. There were no ticket _____ for Saturday’s performance.
A. probable
B. available
C. feasible
D. capable
General Revision
2 .答案
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. A
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. C
15. D
16. B
17.C
18. A
19. D
20. A
21. B
22. B
23. A
24. D
25. C
26. C
27. D
28. A
29. C
30. B
31. B
32. C
33. D
34. B
35. A
36. B
37. B
38. C
39. B
40.D
41. D
42. C
43. A
44. A
45. C
46. A
47. C
48. A
49. C
50. B