标题: 2012年高考英语高频400单词（回帖看详解）（12） [打印本页] 作者: 遇见明天 时间: 2012-4-18 14:55 标题: 2012年高考英语高频400单词（回帖看详解）（12） 221. Professor Jordon is well known for his _____ into the habits of the common housefly.
A. examination B. introduction
C. research D. expression
222. The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumor that he had planned to _____.
A. discharge B. dismiss C. resign D. resume
223. It was decided to _____ the search when there was no hope of finding the missing girl alive.
A. call off B. take up C. keep off D. ring up
224. He put in a special _____ for an extra day's holiday so that he could attend his daughter's wedding.
A. request B. demand C. inquiry D. proposal
225. She _____ the temptation to buy a coat she could not afford.
A.challenged B.obstructed C.contradictedD.resisted
226. Scientists have to work hard to keep _____ with modern discoveries and developments.
A. company B. track C. touch D. pace
227. He didn't _____ what I read because his mind was on something else.
A. hold on B. catch on C. take in D. get over
228. We made plans for a visit but _____ difficulties with the car prevented it.
A. consequent B. subordinate
C. substantial D. subsequent
229. Arrogance and pride are similar in meaning, but there is _____ difference between them.
A. a submerged B. an indecisive
C. an indistinct D. a subtle
230. This watch is _____ to all the other watches on the market.
A. superior B. advantageous C. super D. beneficial
231. The government has lost a great deal of _____ because of the large increase in food pries.
A. strength B. support C. agreement D. vote
232. The branches could hardly _____ the weight of the fruit.
A. retain B. maintain C. sustain D. remain
233. He thought this was the first pair of shoes that had fitted him _____.
A. perfectly B. justly C. fairly D. rightly
234. I feel sure that _____ qualification, ability and experience, you are abundantly suited to the position we have in mind.
A. in case of B. in terms of
C. in the opinion of D. in the course of
235. So far as he could, John had always tried to _____ the example he saw in Lincoln.
A. live up to B. set forth C. call for D. cut out
236. It would be _____ a risk to let the child go to school by himself.
A. following B. passing C. running D. carrying
237. Children who are over-protected by their parents may become _____.
A. hurt B. spoiled C. damaged D. harmed
238. Paper making began in China and from there it _____ to North Africa and Europe.
A. sprang B. spilled C. carried D. spread
239. When the entire class worked together they finished the project _____.
A. in no way B. in no time
C. on no account D. in no case
240. The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing football.
A. state B. condition C. occasion D. situation