高考英语必备高频词汇重点突破练习：Unit12

　　高中英语必备重点高频词汇突破专练 Unit 12

　　1. The woman entered politics in 1996, and two years later she was __________ president.

　　A. exchanged

　　B. elected

　　C. enjoyed

　　D. employed

　　2. Be careful with the __________ equipment, or you will get an __________ shock.

　　A. electrical; electric

　　B. electrical; electronic

　　C. electronic; electric

　　D. electric; electrical

　　3. The Queen of the UK often behaves ___________ whenever she is on her visit to foreign countries and she is

　　always regarded as a respectable lady.

　　A. excitedly

　　B. equally

　　C. elegantly

　　D. elderly

　　4. --- Victor certainly cares too much about himself.

　　--- Yes. He抯 never interested in what ___________a__ is doing. (2005重庆卷)

　　A. no one else

　　B. nobody else

　　C. someone else

　　D. anyone else

　　5. Everything from greeting to eating can be an opportunity to do the wrong thing, and not only ___________

　　yourself, but upset your host.

　　A. excite

　　B. enjoy

　　C. embarrass

　　D. encourage

　　6. The young lady responded to my greeting with a vacant look, which made me feel somewhat ____________.

　　A. embarrassed

　　B. endless

　　C. especial

　　D. explicit

　　7. In case of an ___________, one should stay calm, not panic, and take immediate action if necessary.

　　A. electricity

　　B. emergency

　　C. employment

　　D. enemy

　　8. It is surprising that the young man should have been _____________ in a big company after graduation.

　　A. encouraged

　　B. enjoyed

　　C. elected

　　D. employed

　　9. Her father gave her advice on learning English that she should ___________ it as much as possible.

　　A. employ

　　B. enlarge

　　C. encourage

　　D. enter

　　10. Mother often __________ me that there is nothing difficult in the world that I can give in to.

　　A. embarrasses

　　B. excites

　　C. enjoys

　　D. encourages

　　11. But for your timely ___________, I would have lost heart after going through so much difficulty.

　　A. equipment

　　B. entertainment

　　C. encouragement

　　D. enquiry

　　12. It snowed heavily for three days ___________ and it was ____________ yesterday evening.

　　A. at an end; in the end

　　B. on end; at an end

　　C. in the end; on end

　　D. on end; on end

　　13. The battle finally _________ the war to an end, which was what the people were expecting.

　　A. came to

　　B. put

　　C. drove

　　D. brought

　　14. To our relief, this military conflict which carried off many peoples’ lives ___________ an end in the end.

　　A. come to

　　B. put

　　C. drove

　　D. brought

　　15. Both sides reached a consensus that only political solution could __________ an end to the violence.

　　A. come to

　　B. put

　　C. drive

　　D. bring

　　16. We must try to distribute the country’s wealth properly so that we can help those who cannot __________ both

　　ends meet.

　　A. come to

　　B. put

　　C. make

　　D. bring

　　17. Joining the firm as a clerk, he got rapid promotion, and _____________ a manager. (2010天津卷)

　　A. dropped out

　　B. ended up as

　　C. ended up with

　　D. started off

　　18. My friend and I planned the trip for a long time, but then her father fell ill, so I __________ going alone.

　　A. ended up

　　B. ended up with

　　C. stayed up

　　D. cheered up

　　19. --- You'd better leave out the last misleading sentence'?

　　--- Sounds reasonable. Then could you add a good ___________ to it?

　　A. essay

　　B. edge

　　C. end

　　D. ending

　　20. It is well known that water is not an ___________ resource, nor one that can be made once more.

　　A. extreme

　　B. entire

　　C. endless

　　D. equal

　　BACDC

　　ABDAD

　　CBDAB

　　CBADC