初中近义词辨析

1. too much / much too

1.The computer is ____ expensive.

2.Stop, Peter. You talked ____.

3.I’ve got ____ work to do.

4.Father, have a rest. You’ve ____ tired today.

5.Hurry up! You have wasted ___ time.

2. holiday/ vacation/ leave/ off

1.Christmas is a ____ for everybody.

2.The children will take their summer __ in half a month.

3.My father is on _____.

4.The manager gave the worker a day _____.

5.I have to ask you for half a day’s _____.

3. close/ shut off/ turn off

1.You’d better ____the motor. It is making too much noise.

2.All the shops are ____ now.

3.She didn’t __ the door and entered the house.

4.He ____ the lights before he left the lab.

5._____ the television, please.

4. instead/ instead of/ without

1.I don’t like this one; please give me that____.

2.He stayed at home studying English ___ going to the cinema.

3.Tom passed by me ___ saying hello to me.

4.He went to school by bike ____ by car.

5.If Harry is not well enough to go with you, take me _____.

5. mail/ post

1.There is a heavy ____ today.

2.I received much ___ yesterday.

3.The _____ from Beijing have arrived.

4.Is there any ____ for me?

5.The ___ post office is beyond the department store.

6. many/ much / lots of / a lot ( of )

1.____ of the visitors are workers.

2.Has Jack ____ money?

3.During those three weeks, he ate ____ meat.

4.I did not understand why you had so _____ strange questions.

5.Although he is a boy, he reads _____.

7. during / in / within

1.My uncle lives _____ ten minutes’ walk.

2.The president will arrive ____ ten minutes.

3.We’ll be on holiday ___ July.

4.He was killed ____ the war.

5.We made a lot of friends ___ our stay in Beijing.

8. above all / after all / first of all / at all

1.Never waste anything, but ___ never waste time.

2._____, let me introduce myself to you.

3.What are you doing here ___ at all?

4.He is still a child ____. Don’t blame him.

5.I don’t know him _____.

9. passed/ past

1.They hurried ____ the building.

2.Tom _____ by me without greeting just now.

3.The train for the small town leaves at ten __ eight.

4.Two weeks had ____ since Martin had seen him.

5.In the ____ I have had many jobs.

10. agree to / agree with / agree on

1.I ____ what he said.

2.All those who _____ the plan, raise your hands.

3.We _____ leaving there the next day.

4.Finally he _____ get someone to help me.

5.The food doesn’t _____ him.

11. build/ found/ set up/ put up

st year a cinema was _____ near our school.

2.The rich man _____ the hospital and a school in the town where he was born.

3.The nursery was _____ in our school.