2015考研英语：词汇练习及解析（12）

　　111. The reference she made to her friend, the poet, was interesting but too _____ for anyone to appreciate.

　　A. drastic B. dull C. obscure D. distinct

　　C. obscure.

　　obscure模糊难懂得。drastic激烈的，严厉的;dull单调的;distinct清楚的，明显的;截然不同的。

　　本题译文：她提到她的朋友----诗人时所说的话是令人感兴趣，但没有说清楚，以致没有人为此感激。

　　112. He _____ his engagement just before the wedding.

　　A. broke out B. broke away from

　　C. broke off D. broke up

　　C. broke off.

　　break off突然中断;break off ones engagement。Break off ones conversation。Break out爆发。Break away from摆脱，从......退出。

　　113. When she heard from the hospital that her father had died, she _____ into tears.

　　A. burst B. went C. exploded D. fell

　　A. burst

　　burst into tears放声大哭;又如：burst into thunderous cheers;burst into laughing。

　　114. Your help is _____ for the success of the project.

　　A. indispensable B. indicative

　　C. inevitable D. inherent

　　A. indispensable.

　　indispensable不可缺少的，必需的。Indicative指示的。Inevitable 不可避免的。Inherent固有的，内在的，天生的。

　　115. _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

　　A. In spite of B. But for C. Because of D. As for

　　B. But for

　　but for若非，要不是：But for your help we could not have finished it in time.

　　116. It was difficult to guess what her _____ to the news would be.

　　A. impression B. comment C. reaction D. opinion

　　C. reaction.

　　reaction对......的反应：Our reaction to a joke is to laugh.

　　117. Our attitude toward our teachers should be _____, but not slavish or superstitious.

　　A. respectable B. respected C. respective D. respectful

　　D. respectful.

　　respectable值得尊敬的,品行端正的。respectful有礼貌的，表示尊敬的。Respective各个的。respected尊敬的。Respecting prep.关于，说到。

　　118. We could see that he was trying to _____ his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.

　　A. run over B. smooth over C. pass off D. turn down

　　B. smooth over.

　　smooth over使平息，使恢复正常的，掩饰：1)I will try to smooth their quarrel over. 2)Dont try to smooth over your fault.

　　run over 详见Ⅲ.145,146.注释;pass off详见Ⅲ.126.注释;turn down详见Ⅲ.180,181.注释.

　　119. Glemps heroic flight into space entitled him _____ a place in history.

　　A. for B. with C. to D. of

　　C. to.

　　entitle sb. to sth.给予权利： 1)He is entitled to special treatment because of his rank 2) Officers are entitled to travel first class.

　　120. Hes _____ drink and never does a stroke of work.

　　A. gone to B. taken to C. taken up D. gone for

　　B. taken to.

　　take to养成。A stroke of一件。本题译文：他以成了酒徒，从来没有干过一件工作。