高考英语相似、同义、近义词汇讲与练
精选练习（一）
1. we can’t _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.
a. hope b. wait c. expect d. imagine
expect期望，盼望，表示认为有很大的客观可能性，例如：i expect the work to be finished by friday.（我期望这项工作能在星期五前做完。）wait for ... to do sth.等待、等待......做......，强调“等”这一动词的本身，如：the audience are waiting eagerly for the performance to begin.(观众正等着演出开始。)本题如改为这样：i waited for him to arrive in time for dinner, but he didn’t come.(我等他来赶上晚餐，但他没有来。)由此可见，expect是表示“期待”，而wait for 是表示“等待”，词义完全不同。
注意hope后不能接sb. to do sth. imagine being on the moon. 例如：
i’m sorry, but i can’t imagine anyone doing research like that.
本题译文：我们不能期望一个人在这样短的时间内改变一辈子养成的习惯。
2. the noise was so _____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.
a. dim b. soft c. faint d. gentle
faint(=weak, indistinct; not clear)“微弱的，模糊的，不清楚的”。dim(=not bright, not clearly to be seen)不亮的，看不清的；the dim light of a candle(微弱的烛光)。
3. his landlady gave him a week’s _____ to leave the flat.
a. threat b. notice c. advice d. caution
notice预先通知（尤用雇主、雇员或房东、房客之间）：give one’s employee a month’s notice (通知雇员一个月后离职)。本题译文：他的女房东通知他一周后从套间搬走。
4. even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store.
a. anyone b. the others c. that d. the ones
代词one可以用来替代前面提到过的名词，以避免重复。如果它替代的名词是复数，则用ones。本题中它代替refrigerators；因特指，故用the ones.
5. when i took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.
a. average b. ordinary c. regular d. normal
normal正常的；ordinary普通的；average平均的；regular有规律的，定期的。
6. it is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.
a. process b. attention c. measure d. part
take part in参加。
本题译文：显然，整个世界正经历着一场社会革命；科学家和技术人员必定是这场革命地主要参加者。
7. these plastic flowers look so _____ that many people think they are real.
a. beautiful b. natural c. artificial d. similar
8. 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
occasion 作可数名词时，意为“时机”，作不可数名词时，意为“必要”，本题中occasion意为“必要”。从句语法结构上看，本句中用opportunity(难得的)机会，chance（偶然的）机会均可，但按逻辑意思，应用occasion.
9. 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
point (=chief idea of sth. said, done, or planned)要点；论点，主旨：i don’t see your point.(我不明白你的意思。)he said nothing to the point.(他说的不切题。)
10. 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
policy(尤指政党、政府、大企业、商行等的)政策，方针。campaign(政治或竞选的)运动；（军事的）行动，procedure做事的手续、程序，plan计划，均不合题意。
本题译文：本公司的一贯方针是鼓励工人参加社会活动。
11. i remember her face but i cannot _____ where i met her.
a. recall b. remind c. remember d. remark
recall(=bring back to the mind)想起，回忆起：but i really can’t recall your name at his moment.
remind sb. of ...使......想起：
1)the photo reminds me of my late father.(这张照片使我想起已故的父亲。)
2) the sight of the clock reminded me that i was late.
remind sb. to sth.提醒......做......；please remind me to write the letter.
12. he has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it.
a. purpose b. intention c. aim d. meaning
on purpose是介词习语，意为“故意地”。如用intention,则应说by intention故意地。
13. 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
miss doing sth.没有做某事：i missed seeing the film when it was shown at school.(学校放映那部电影时，我没有能去看。)
14. 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
result意为“由某种活动或某种原因所产生的结果”，如：obtain(=get, attain, gain win, secure)good results（取得好结果），publish the results（公布成绩）。
15. comrade li dazhao, _____ librarian of beijing university, was one of the founders of the chinese communist party.
a. sometimes b. sometime c. some time d. some times
sometime(=former)过去的，以前的：alice brown, a sometime pupil of our school, is now a teacher there.
16. the patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them _____.
a. correct b. perfect c. right d. well
put sth. /sb. right 纠正；治好，使恢复健康：since man has done so much damage, it is up to man to put the matters right. (既然人类已造成了如此巨大的损害，人类有责任纠正这种状况。)又如：this medicine will soon put you right. (这药很快会使你恢复健康。)其他3个选择均不能与put 构成习语，故不能入选。本题译文：病人相信医生清楚地知道怎样治好他的病。
17. and you find that you’re not to be _____ with a position of real responsibility.
a. offered b. trusted c. furnished d. retained
trust sb. with sth. 把某事托付给某人 trust sth to sb ：i can’t trust him with my car.(我不能把我的车托付给他。)本题译文：你认为不会把真正有责任的工作托付给你。
18. she got married although her parents had not given her their _____.
a. allowance b. consent c. permit d. appreciation
consent n. 同意，赞成；consent (to) vi.同意，如：consent to a plan(同意一项计划)。allowance津贴。permit执照，许可证 permission n 允许。
19. 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
cross (enter)one’s mind 想起：1)a sudden thought crossed my mind. 2)it never crossed my mind that he might refuse the request. (我从来没有想到他可能会拒绝这个请求。)
如用pass through, 例如：when jane did not come home by midnight, many terrible fears passed through mother’s mind. (=mother thought of many things that might have happened to jane.)
occur的用法如下：1）that view of the case did not occur to me before. (对这个案件的那种看法以前我没有想到过。)2）it occurred to her that she might adopt a homeless child.(她想到，她可以收养一个无家可归的孩子。)
关于"想起"的以上三种表达法考生务必弄懂熟记。这些词组和句形不仅在词汇测试中经常遇到，而且在短文写作时也可以使用。
本题译文：起初鲍玻对弗吉尼亚的挥手致意感到迷惑，但后来他想到，她想告诉他某事。
20. when college students _____ future employment, they often think of status, income, and prestige.
a. demand b. assume c. apply d. anticipate
anticipate vt预料，期望，预望：the first question is one the john has anticipated. (第一个问题是约翰已经预料到的.)
anticipate n/anticipate that; anticipate doing sth; i anticipated seeing you soon.