标题: 2012年高考英语高频400单词（回帖看详解）（18） [打印本页] 作者: 遇见明天 时间: 2012-4-26 09:03 标题: 2012年高考英语高频400单词（回帖看详解）（18） 341. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _____ quality, he'd tell them so.
A. humble B. minor C. inferior D. awkward
342. If you put too many potatoes in that paper-bag it will _____.
A. fail B. explode C. crack D. burst
343. One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.
A.disposed B. deserted C. isolated D. abandoned
344. I'm afraid you have no _____ but to come along with us.
A. possibility B. permission C. choice D. selection
345. I shall never beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same _____.
A. set B. band C. group D. class
346. As soon as Charles had _____ a little from his surprise, his one thought was to get away.
A. returned B. absorbed C. dissolved D. recovered
347. When I arrived in this country, I had to start learning the language from _____.
A. scratch B. scrap C. snatch D. scrape
348. The thieves _____ him _____ in the park, took his wallet and escaped.
A. held .. back B. held .. up
C. held .. on D. held .. out
。 349. Japan has to employ an increasing number of overseas workers because there is no easy solution to its labor _____.
A. decline B. rarity C. vacancy D. shortage
. 350. The two dogs started to fight, so we tried to _____ them.
A. split B. separate C. tear D. divide
351. The rapidly growing birth rate brings about a lot of environment problems, which the government is supposed to take _____.
A. significantly B. severely C. earnestly D. seriously
” 352. Carl wanted to play a joke on Bob but gave himself _____ by laughing.
A. away B. in C. out D. up
353. The government is _____ and will take the necessary steps to maintain security and stability.
A. on the alert B. out of control
C. on guard D. in vain
。 354. Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life.
A. rate B. pace C. speed D. growth
。 355. She has lost her handbag with the _____ sum of $150 in it.
A. extraordinary B. important
C. considerable D. valuable
356. Russia's withdrawal of its experts from China did not strangle (压垮) the Chinese people; _____ it stirred up their enthusiasm for greater exertions.
A. on the other hand B. on the contrary
C. to the contrary D. in consequence
357. As he had no friends and relatives in the town, the traveler tried to find a _____ somewhere.
A. log B. lodge C. landing D. lodging
358. Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always _____ her place.
A. loosing B. missing C. losing D. looking for
359. The manager said that they had an _____ plan if the plan they had submitted was not accepted.
A. alternate B.alternative C.absolute D. appreciable
360. Jim isn't _____, but he did badly in the final exams last semester.
A. gloomy B. dull C. awkward D. tedious
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