高考英语词汇辨析系列一(上海版)

高考英语词汇辨析系列一（上海版）

1.近义词

1.In the botanic garden, we can find a(n) ______ of plants that range from tall trees to small

flowers.

A. species

B. group

C. amount

D. variety

2. –Can you shoot that bird at the top of the tree?

--No, it’s out of ______.

A. range

B. reach

C. control

D. distance.

3. Her son, to whom she was so ______, went abroad ten years ago.

A. loved

B. cared

C. devoted

D. affected

4. Go and join in the party. ______ it to me to do the washing-up.

A. Get

B. Remain

C. Leave

D. Send

5. To regain their ______ after an exhausting game, the players lay in the grass.

A. force

B. energy

C. power

D. health

6. According to the recent research, heavy coffee drinking and heart disease is not necessarily ______ and effect.

A. reason

B. impact

C. fact

D. cause

7. Every new ______ has the possibility of making or losing money.

A. event

B. venture

C. adventure

D. expectation

8. The shopkeeper gave us ______ weight; we got 9 kilos instead of 10kilos.

A. scarce

B. short

C. light

D. slight

9. Some passengers complain that it usually ______ so long to fill in travel insurance documents.

A. costs

B. takes

C. spends

D. spares

10. “ I don’t think it’s my ______ that the TV blew up. I just turned it on, that’s all,” said the boy.

A. error

B. mistake

C. fault

D. duty

11. Tony is ______ the guidebook, looking for the information about Japan, where we’ll travel soon.

A. tracing

B. skipping

C. inspecting

D. scanning

12. Hospital staff burst into cheers after doctors completed a 20—hour operation to have ______ one--year –old twins at the head.

A. isolated

B. separated

C. divided

D. removed

13. Some people like drinking coffee, for it has ______ effects.

A. promoting

B. stimulating

C. enhancing

D. encouraging

14. Take my ______ young man, and don’t drive so fast.

A. emphasis

B. notice

C. lesson

D. advice

15. When there are small children around, it is necessary to put bottles of pills out of ______.

A. reach

B. hand

C. hold

D. place

16. He is really like a gentleman and he usually _____ the door to let the ladies go first.

A. holds

B. leaves

C. keeps

D. makes

17. They spent the afternoon ______ blackberries in the woods.

A. picking

B. selecting

C. electing

D. gaining

18. The children are curious about who ______ the world.

A. made

B. formed

C. created

D. produced