2015考研英语：词汇练习及解析（11）

　　101. Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _____ in giving the class lectures.

　　A. exchange B. alter C. shift D. alternate

　　D. alternate.

　　alternate vt./vi. 轮流，交替发生或出现：Wet days alternate with fine days.The weather today will alternate between fine and cloudy.

　　shift般动，移动;转移到，迁移;改变：1)Lend me a hand to shift the piano, will you? 2)They have shifted away from this area. 3)The candidate is constantly shifting his opinion about the problem.

　　exchange交换;exchange... for ... 用.......换......;alter修改。

　　102. Pack the cake in a strong box, or it might get _____ in the post.

　　A. splashed B. spilt C. crushed D. crashed

　　C. crushed.

　　crush压坏，压碎;弄皱;辗散;1)Dont crush this box; there are flowers inside. 2)Her dress was crushed. 3)The machine crushes wheat grain to make floor.

　　splash溅，泼;split裂开;crash猛跌;失事。

　　103. The thief _____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.

　　A. abandoned B. vanished C. scattered D. deserted

　　C. scattered.

　　scatter撒。

　　abandon放弃，抛弃。desert遗弃。vanish消亡，灭亡。本题句意是将小偷在搜寻钱时的情景，所以应选scattered。

　　104. Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical _____.

　　A. facilities B. appliances C. instruments D. equipment

　　B. appliances.

　　electric appliances电器用具，facilities公用设备。equipment设备,装备，是集合名词，指设备的总称，只有当数形式。instrument仪器。

　　105. The _____ of the trees in the water was very clear.

　　A. mirror B. sight C. reflection D. shadow

　　C. reflection.

　　reflection此处意为映在水中的倒影，而不是影子或阴影，故不能用shadow。其他选择均不合题意。

　　106. One _____ needed when making a cake is flour; another is sugar.

　　A. container B. ingredient C. content D. equivalent

　　B. ingredient.

　　ingredient成分。container容器，含量;内容。equivalent:相等物。

　　107. They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been _____.

　　A. behind the times B. behind schedule

　　C. ahead of time D. in no time

　　B. behind schedule.

　　behind schedule晚点：The train is running behind schedule today.behind the times过时，跟不上时代，落后：1)The store is behind the times. 2) Mary thinks her parents are behind the times because they still do the fox-trot and dont know any new dances. ahead of time提前： They have fulfilled their production plans ahead of time, in no time立即，马上：Ill be back in no time to see you home.

　　108. Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.

　　A. hamper B. support C. assist D. encourage

　　A. hamper.

　　hamper阻碍：Lack of equipment is hampering our work.

　　本题译文：他们两人都认为他不怎么样并极力阻碍他工作。

　　Think highly of... 对...评价很高，认为......很好。

　　109. Her display of bad temper completely _____ the party.

　　A. harmed B. damaged C. spoilt D. hurt

　　C. spoilt.

　　spoil指出意指使...... 扫兴，搞糟，如：Quarrelling spoilt the picnic.hurt伤害，damage 损坏，harm危害，均不合题意。

　　110. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his sons illness had put him under great _____.

　　A. emotion B. excitement C. crisis D. stress

　　D. stress. put sb. under stress使某人处境紧张，使某人受压力。