词义辨析要点

词义辨析要点

2. Jim passed the driving test, ______ surprised everyone in the office.

A. which

B. that

C. this

D. it

3.The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without _____ his notes.

A. bring up

B. referring to

C. looking for

D. trying on

6.--- Ow! I’ve burnt myself!

--- I _____ a hot pot.

A. touched

B. kept

C. felt

D. held

7.The old tower must be saved, _______ the cost.

A. however

B. whatever

C. whichever

D. wherever

9.The World Wide Web is sometimes jokingly called the World Wide Wait because it _______ be very slow.

A. should

B. must

C. will

D. can

10.---People should stop using their cars and start using public transport.

---_______ .The roads are too crowed as it is.

A. All right

B. Exactly

C. Go ahead

D. Fine

13.My mother always gets a bit ______ if we don’t arrive when we say we will.

A. anxious

B. ashamed

C. weak

D. patient

16.I am sure David will be able to find the library--- he has a pretty good _____ of direction.

A. idea

B. feeling

C. experience

D. sense

19.I couldn’t ______. The line was busy.

A. go by

B. go around

C. get in

D. get through

20.We’ve been looking at houses but haven’t found _______ we like yet.

A. one

B. ones

C. it

D. them

Meeting my uncle after all these years was an unforgettable moment,_______ I will always treasure. (2002 NMET 35)

A. that

B. one

C. it

D. what

22. No one helped me. I did it all ____ myself.

A. for

B. by

C. from

D. to

23. Mary wrote an article on _____ the team had failed to win the game.

A. why

B. what

C. who

D. that

25. We haven’t enough books for ______; some of you will have to share.

A. somebody

B. anybody

C. everybody

D. nobody

26. Tom, you_____ leave all your clothes on the floor like this.

A. wouldn’t

B. mustn’t

C. needn’t

D. may not

27.They wanted to charge $ 5,000 for the car, ____ we managed to bring the price down.

A. but

B. so

C. when

D. since

31.---Oh, dear! I’ve just broken a window.

--- ______. It can’t be helped.

A. Never mind

B. All right

C. That’s fine

D. Not at all

1. alone / lonely

①Let him _______.

②I shall have a companion in the house after all these _______ years.

2. accept / receive

Mary _______ a gift from a friend, but she didn’t seem to ________ it.

3. means / way / method

①Thoughts are expressed by ________ of speech.

②He always speaks in a careless ________.

③He work ed out the maths problem with a different ________.

4.other / others / the other / the others / another

①We study Chinese, maths, English and ________ lessons.

②I don’t want this one. Please give me ________.

③She has two children. One is a boy, ________ is a girl.

④Some are singing and dancing, some are drawing,and________ are climbing the hill.

⑤There are fifty-five students in our class. Thirty of us are girls. ____ are boys.

5.instead / instead of

①If you are too busy, you may come another day ________.

②If you have no time, I’ll go ________ you.

6.occur / happen / take place

①An idea suddenly ________ to me.

②The car accident ________ yesterday.