2015考研英语：词汇练习及解析（10）

　　91. Probability is the mathematical study of the _____ of an events occurrence.

　　A. desire B. likelihood C. result D. effect

　　 B. likelihood

　　 句意：概率是对事件发生的可能性的数学研究。

　　92. Driving a car without insurance can have _____ consequences.

　　A. uncertain B. disastrous C. potential D. unworthy

　　 B. disastrous.

　　 disastrous 灾难性的。

　　93. The police refused to _____ the clues they were working on.

　　A. exhibit B. disclose C. expose D. discern

　　 B. disclose.

　　disclose 透露, 使显露： 1) The lawyer disclosed the details of the case. 2) He disclosed that he had made arrangements to buy a new car. exhibit 展览, 展出, 显示, expose 暴露,discern 认出, 发现, 辨别,识别。

　　本题译文：警方拒绝透露他们正在调查的线索。

　　94. What you have done is _____ the doctors orders.

　　A. attached to B. resistant to

　　C. responsible to D. contrary to

　　 D. contrary to.

　　 contrary to与.......相反, 违反 :What you wish to do is contrary to the regulations. contrary to也可以作状语：a. If you act contrary to the doctors advice, you wont get well again. b. Contrary to what I thought, he has proved to be successful. 2) 作定语：The boy was swimming in a direction contrary to the current.

　　95. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality, hed tell them so.

　　A. minor B. humble C. inferior D. awkward

　　 C. inferior

　　 inferior详见III.400.注释.

　　本题译文：这位商店售货员对顾客很坦率。如果货物质量不好, 他就把情况告诉顾客。

　　96. The continuous rain was _____ for the exceptional poor harvest

　　A. blamed B. condemned C. accused D. charged

　　 A. blamed.

　　 blame sb./sth. for ... 因.......埋怨、责怪 .......：He blames you for neglect of duty. condemn 谴责、判刑。Accuse sb. of控告某人犯有.......。charge sb. with控告某人犯有......。

　　97. The rocks are very big with _____ of colors on them.

　　A. bands B. marks C. rails D. shapes

　　 A. bands.

　　 band 条纹。Mark痕迹, 斑点; 记号, 标记。本题是讲岩石上色彩不同的条纹, 故用bands. rail ,shape ,均不合题意。

　　98. There were no tickets _____ for Fridays performance.

　　A. preferable B. possible C. considerable D. available

　　 D. available.

　　 available 可利用的; 可以找到的：1) These tickets are available for one month. 2) Is there a doctor available? 3) A limited number of seats are still available.

　　99. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the witness _____ that his story was true.

　　A. stuck out B. stood out C. kept down D. held up

　　 A. stuck out.

　　stick out 坚持。详见III.400.注释.

　　100. In a typhoon, winds _____ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.

　　A. assume B. accomplish C. attain D. assemble

　　 C. attain.

　　 attain 达到 ,取得 :I hope you will attain your object, accomplish 完成。assume假定, 假设, 承担。assemble集合; 装配。