2012年高考英语高频400单词（回帖看详解）（12）

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221. Professor Jordon is well known for his _____ into the habits of the common housefly.

A. examination    B. introduction

C. research       D. expression

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222. The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumor that he had planned to _____.

A. discharge    B. dismiss    C. resign    D. resume

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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

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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

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225. She _____ the temptation to buy a coat she could not afford.

A.challenged  B.obstructed C.contradictedD.resisted

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226. Scientists have to work hard to keep _____ with modern discoveries and   developments.

A. company    B. track    C. touch    D. pace

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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

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228. We made plans for a visit but _____ difficulties with the car prevented it.

A. consequent     B. subordinate

C. substantial    D. subsequent

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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

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230. This watch is _____ to all the other watches on the market.

A. superior  B. advantageous  C. super D. beneficial

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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

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232. The branches could hardly _____ the weight of the fruit.

A. retain    B. maintain   C. sustain    D. remain

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233. He thought this was the first pair of shoes that had fitted him _____.

A. perfectly    B. justly    C. fairly    D. rightly

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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

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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

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236. It would be _____ a risk to let the child go to school by himself.

A. following  B. passing  C. running    D. carrying

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237. Children who are over-protected by their parents may become _____.

A. hurt    B. spoiled    C. damaged    D. harmed

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238. Paper making began in China and from there it _____ to North Africa and   Europe.

A. sprang    B. spilled    C. carried    D. spread

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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

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240. The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing   football.

A. state  B. condition C. occasion   D. situation

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