高考每日练习-词汇与语法 2012-9-7


  1. I'm afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It's only a copy and so it's _____.

  A.priceless     B.invaluable      C.unworthy       D. worthless

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  [答案] D. worthless.

  [注释] worthless 无价值的, 无用的。Priceless 无价的, 贵重的, 无法估价的:a priceless treasure 无价之宝。Invaluable 无法估价的, 非常宝贵的。Unworthy 不值得的, 不配的; 无价值的。

  2. The final _____ of the play will take place on Monday.

  A. action     B. performance      C. view        D. sight

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  [答案] B. performance.

  [注释]performance (话剧的) 一场演出。

  3. It was a long time before the cut on my hand _____ completely.

  A. healed         B. cured         C. improved        D. recovered

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  [答案] A. healed.

  [注释] heal

  1) 使痊愈, 治愈:The salve will help to heal the wound. (这种药膏能治愈你的伤。)

  2) 痊愈 (多指外伤) :The cut on my leg has healed. (我腿上的伤口以痊愈。) 可见, 本题是heal的第二种用法。

  cure治疗, 治好;

  1) The drug cured my fever. (这种药使我退烧了。)

  2)This medicine should cure you of your cold. (这种药定会治好你的感冒。)

  recover也可以表示“痊愈”, 意为“恢复正常”。例如:

  1) I think she will recover. (我认为她会痊愈的。)

  2) He almost fell ill, but quickly recovered. (他差点病到, 但很快就痊愈了。)

  也可以用recovered做表语表示“痊愈, 恢复正常:Are you completely recovered from your illness? (你的病是不是完全好了?)

  [注意] recover vi. 用作“痊愈”时, 句子主语通常是人。Improve 改善, 此词无“治疗”或“痊愈”之意。

  本题译文:过了很长时间我手上的伤口才痊愈。

  4. To get my travelers' checks I had to have the bank _____ a special check for the total amount.

  A. make up       B. make out        C. make for       D. make up for

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  [答案] B. make out.

  [注释] make out 辨别

  5. She said she was glad the difficulty had been _____.

  A. cleared away            B. cleared up

  C. broken away            D. broken down

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  [答案] B. cleared up.

  [注释] clear up 解释, 澄清; 解决:

  1) I had some doubts, but now they are cleared up. (以前我有许多疑点, 但现在都解决了。)

  2) The book has cleared up many difficulties for me. (这本书解决了我不少困难。)

  clear away 清除