2015考研英语：词汇练习及解析（8）

　　71. He stopped his ears with his hands to _____ the terrible noise.

　　A. show off B. cut out C. keep from D. shut out

　　 D. shut out.

　　shut out排除。参看IV.64。

　　show off炫耀; cut out删掉; keep from; 1) 隐瞒; She kept the truth from me. 2) 不沾, 避开; He keeps from alcohol. 3) 使不做某事：She kept herself from laughing.

　　72. My house is the only brick one on the street. It _____ and you cant miss it.

　　A. stands up B. looks out C. sticks out D. wipes out

　　 C. stick out.

　　stick out 伸出, 突出; 显露, 显眼：1) The doctor asked him to stick his tongue out. 2) Spelling mistakes stick out in this composition. stick out 坚持到底; If you can stick out a bit longer ,everything will be all right.

　　wipe out 擦去, 消灭, 参看III.193.注释.

　　73. After the show, the crowd _____ out of the theater.

　　A. poured B. melted C. drew D. dismissed

　　 A. poured.

　　pour 此处意为：涌出, 涌来, 如：People poured out to the rally.

　　74. Although it is not our normal _____ to give credit, this time I think we should consider the matter more closely.

　　A. state B. intention C. occasion D. practice

　　 D. practice.

　　practice 做法, 惯例 ：It is my practice always to rise early. To give credit 让赊欠：No credit is given at this shop.

　　75. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in _____.

　　A. news B. print C. publication D. press

　　 B. print.

　　in print是习语, 意指印出来, 发表出来, 如：She finally saw her novel in print. in print 的另一个意思是在印行, 还在发行, 如：This book is still in print. 反义词是out of print , 意指不在印行, 买不到了。如：The book you speak of is out of print.

　　76. The engineers have rejected the employers proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in _____.

　　A. opposition B. return C. sympathy D. readiness

　　 C. sympathy.

　　 in sympathy 以示同情, come out 此处意为 表明态度, 所以come out in sympathy 意为表示同情。In return 作为报答, 如：I wanted nothing in return . collaboration协作, 如：work in collaboration with sb. 。Opposition 反对, 如：rise in opposition to 。readiness 准备 ; 待机, 如：having everything in readiness for departure 。

　　77. Her work is often very hard and she gets very tired. The work is _____.

　　A. wonderful B. splendid C. tedious D. magnificent

　　 C. tedious .

　　 tedious 沉闷的, 厌烦的, 乏味的。

　　Splendid 壮丽的, 辉煌的, 极好的。magnificent 壮丽的, 宏伟的：It was a magnificent ceremony. 。

　　78. With prices _____ so much, its hard for the company to plan a budget.

　　A. fluctuating B. waving C. swinging D. vibrating

　　 A. fluctuating

　　本句前一部分是with+名词+现在分词短语的独立结构, 做状语。Fluctuate 波动。如：Prices fluctuate from year to year. wave飘扬, 挥舞; 招手; 波动。Swing摆动, 摇摆; vibrate振动。可见, 根据题意, 只能选A. fluctuating.

　　79. Some teenagers have a generalized resentment against society, which _____ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.

　　A. deprives B. restricts C. rejects D. denies

　　 D. denies.

　　deny 拒绝给予:He denied his children nothing . deprive .剥夺。deprive sb. of sth.剥夺某人某物：They deprived women of the right to vote. restrict The doctor restricted him to 5 cigarettes a day. reject 拒绝接受, 如：She rejected my suggestion.

　　本题译文：一些十几岁的孩子们往往对社会有普遍的逆反心理, 虽然他们发育成熟, 但社会拒绝给予他们同成年人一样的权利和优惠。

　　80. Though _____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

　　A. raised B. grown C. developed D. cultivated

　　 A. raised

　　本句中Though raised in San Franciscos是省略的让步状语从句。Raise 抚养：grow种植; cultivate耕作; 培养 。如cultivate后接某人, 则意为培养与某人的感情。如：John always tries to cultivate the people, who are useful to him professionally.