2015考研英语：词汇练习及解析（13）

　　121. Who is responsible for sending out misinformation?

　　Most of the fault lies _____ the administration.

　　A. in B. to C. on D. with

　　D. with.

　　lie with应由.......;得靠...... 1)The responsibility lies with the driver. 2)It lies with you to accept or reject he the proposal.

　　lie in在于： 1)The difficulty lies in their great poverty. 2)the solution lies in social and political reform.

　　122. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.

　　A. sum B. quantity C. deal D. amount

　　C. deal.

　　see a good deal of each other 经常见面。

　　123. Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.

　　A. deliberately B. intensively

　　C. decisively D. objectively

　　A. deliberately.

　　deliberately故意地;存心地

　　124. They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the childrens sake.

　　A. friendship B. relations C. intentions D. terms

　　D. terms.

　　keep on good terms with与......和睦相处。

　　125. Do you think a wife should _____ her habits and tastes to those of her husband?

　　A. comply B. confirm C. consent D. conform

　　D. conform.

　　conform vi遵守，符号：All the students must conform to the rules.conform sth. to sth. else使符合：He conformed the plans to the new specifications. comply with遵守;confirm使坚定，确认，证实;consent 同意，赞同。

　　126. He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground.

　　A. crashing B. throwing C. rushing D. dropping

　　A. crashing.

　　crash猛跌。Crash n.

　　常指飞机等的失事，如：He was killed in an aircraft crash.本句中用falling不妥，fall指落下，掉下，本身并不强调落下的速度，而crash使猛跌，故本题用crashing最佳。

　　127. High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.

　　A. discourage B. decrease C. disturb D. disgust

　　A. discourage

　　discourage sb. from doing sth.使认为某事不值得做：Tht wet weather discouraged people from going to the sports meeting.

　　128. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.

　　A. equivalent B. uniform C. alike D. likely

　　A. equivalent.

　　equivalent相等的，相当的：He exchanged his pounds for the equivalent amount of dollars. uniform 相同的,一样的。Likely adj.很可能的，有希望的。Alike相同的，相象的。

　　129. The two things are the same in outward form but different _____.

　　A. in addition B. in brief C. in common D. in essence

　　D. in essence.

　　in essence本质上;in addition此外;in brief简短地，简言之;in common共同。

　　130. _____ it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time.

　　A. By the way B. In a way C. In the way D. In no way

　　B. In a way.

　　in a way在某种程度上;in no way决不;by the way 顺便提一下;in the way 碍事。此题不能选by the way，因为by the way 做插入语其后应加逗号。

　　本题译文：我没有得到我申请得工作在某种程度上说是件好事，尽管我承认当时我很失望。