高考英语词汇练习

高考英语词汇练习

1. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above__________ .

A. average

B. ordinary

C. regular

D. normal

2. When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had__________to visit London on business.

A. opportunity

B. possibility

C. occasion

D. chance

3. The most important__________of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

A. element

B. spot

C. sense

D. point

4. It has always been the__________of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities.

A. plan

B. campaign

C. procedure

D. policy

5. I remember her face but I cannot__________ where I met her.

A. recall

B. remind

C. remember

D. remark

6. The open university was started in order to help those who__________having a university education when they were young.

A. stopped

B. failed

C. missed

D. ceased

7. We won’t know whether it will be successful. We won’t know whether there will be good__________ .

A. ends

B. results

C. effects

D. causes

8. At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia’s waving, but then it__________his mind that she was trying to tell him something.

A. crossed

B. passed

C. occurred

D. opened

9. Before the final examination, many students have shown__________of tension. Some have trouble in sleeping while others have lost their appetite.

A. anxiety

B. marks

C. signs

D. remarks

10. The old man got into the__________of storing money under the bed.

A. tradition

B. habit

C. use

D. custom

11. I caught a__________of the car before it disappeared around the bend.

A. glance

B. glimpse

C. glare

D. stare

12. I’ll__________him off this time but next time he’ll be punished.

A. leave

B. let

C. put

D. set

13. —Who on earth could it be?

—It was__________other than Peter.

A. none

B. nothing

C. not

D. nobody

14. In the__________of proof, the police could not take action against the man.

A．lack B．shortage

C．absence D．failure

15. Does this car give you good__________for your money ?

A. value

B. price

C. worth

D. cost

16. As they haven’t had a child of their own,they’re going to__________a little girl.

A. accept

B. receive

C. adapt

D. adopt

17. After careful research, it was decided that the spaceship should reenter the Earth’s__________ .

A. surface

B. air

C. environment

D. atmosphere

18. He had a talent for music and was__________ conductor of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra at the age of 30.

A. assigned

B. appointed

C. named

D. honored

19. After many years’waiting, Chinese people __________ realized their dream to hold the Olympic Games.

A. constantly

B. eventually

C. lastly

D. generally

20. Such noble deeds of the doctors and nurses can’t be only__________with money.

A. rewarded

B. awarded

C. praised

D. valued

21. Shanghai is so full of__________ ; it seems as if things never stop.

A. strength

B. spirit

C. force

D. energy

22. When we finally arrived, a lady gave us a __________introduction to the university.

A. clear

B. brief

C. main

D. abstract

23. If you build a house with good__________ , it will last long.

A. foundation

B. floor

C. basis

D. ground

24. Although I had read the book assigned by the professor several times, it didn’t make any__________to me.

A. meaning

B. importance

C. sense

D. significance

25. As civilization__________ , more and more people have realized the importance of preserving rare animals from extinction.

A. stretches

B. spreads

C.extends

D. expands