高二年级英语词汇竞赛
班级____________ 姓名________________
一、根据上下文的意思，猜出划线部分的意思。
1. Kill time by reading a long time.
A. 抓紧时间 B. 珍惜时间 C.浪费时间 D. 消磨时间
2. When the poet showed his head, we all stood up.
A. 到场 B. 伸出头
C. 出风头 D. 显示自己
3. The film begins at 8:00 in the evening, but Dick made a monkey of Jack by telling him the film was at 10:00 in the evening.
A. 调皮 B. 欺侮 C. 戏弄 D. 批评
4. Although we have different opinions about some other questions, we see eye to eye in this matter.
A. 屡见不鲜 B.看法一致 C. 目瞪口呆 D. 面面相觑
5．I was nervous when I was introduced to Sally, but she broke the ice by offering me a drink and soon we were dancing together.
A. 打破僵局 B. 满面笑容 C. 破碎冰块 D. 破冰变水
6. He has a family to provide for.
A. live with B. support C. get along with D. hold
7. Jack said that he would be back presently.
A. at present B. soon C. now D. at once
8. They are trying to put the plan into action.
A. carry away the plan B. make the plan
C. carry out the plan D. change the plan
9. He couldn’t keep from the temptation.
A. stop from B. resist C. insist D. get off
10. He’s too ready to sing English songs at the party.
A. is prepared to sing B. isn’t going to sing
C, has got everything ready to sing D. is very willing to sing
二、词义配伍
11. (1) equipment (2) transportation (3) majority (4) knowledge (5) destination
a. a number of people or things that form more than half of a group
b. information and understanding about a subject.
c. a place you are going to
d. a means or way of carrying passengers or goods
e. the things needed for a particular activity
A. bdeac B. ceadb C. abdec D. edabc
12. (1) rub (2) recommend (3) fold (4) recognize (5) pat
a. to know who someone is because you have seen him or her before
b. to press something against something else and move it
c. to tap someone gently with the open hand
d. to bend a piece of paper, cloth etc. by laying or pressing one part over another
e. to advise someone to do something especially because you have special knowledge of a subject
A. abced B. bedac C. abcde D. becad
13. (1) oval (2) flexible (3) conventional (4) selfish (5) painful
a. easily bent not breaking
b. caring only about yourself and not about other people
c. a shape like a circle, but longer than it is wide
d. making you feel very upset, or very hard and unpleasant for you
e. always following the opinions and behaviors that most people in a society consider to be normal, right but sometimes slightly boring
A. cbaed B. aecdb C. caebd D. daebc
14. (1) challenging (2) tiresome (3) universal (4) kind (5) basic
a. forming the main or most necessary part of something
b. not simple in an interesting or enjoyable way
c. involving or understood by everyone in the world
d. making you feel annoyed or not patient
e. saying or doing things that show that you care about other people and want to help them or make them happy
A. bdcea B. dbcea C. becda D. bcdae
15. (1) thunder (2) sorrow (3) hospital (4) excuse (5) toilet
a. a large bowl that you sit on to get rid of waste liquid or waste matter from your body
b. the loud noise that you hear during a storm, usually after a flash of lightning
c. a feeling of great sadness, usually because someone has died or because something terrible has happened
d. a reason that you give to explain careless or bad behaviour
e. a large building where sick or injured people are looked after and received medical treatment
A. dbeca B. bceda C. cbead D. cbead
16. (1) entertainment (2) blackboard (3) channel (4) phrase (5) offence
a. a group of words that together have a particular meaning
b. behaviour which makes someone angry
c. things such as film, TV etc that amuse or interest people
d. a board with a dark smooth surface used in schools for writing on with chalk
e. a passage that water or other liquids flow along
A. cbdae B. cbead C. cedba D. cdeab
17. (1) legal (2) encourage (3) dilemma (4) hammer (5) digest
a. a tool with a heavy metal part on a long handle, used for hitting nails into wood or something else
b. to change food that you have just eaten into what your body can use
c. to say or do something that helps someone have courage to do something
d. allowed, ordered or approved by law
e. a situation in which it is hard to decide what to do because all the choices seem equally good or equally bad
A. dceab B. cdeba C. caebd D. cabde
18. (1) kettle (2) measure (3) lounge (4) seed (5) harmony
a. a metal or plastic container with a lid, a handle and a spout used to boil water
b. to live or work together without fighting or disagreeing with each other
c. an official action that is intended to deal with a particular problem
d. a small comfortable public room in a hotel or other building used by many people
e. a small hard object produced by plants, from which a new plant of the same kind grows
A. cadeb B. cdaeb C. cdeab D. acdeb
19. (1) zipper (2) quilt (3) yoghurt (4) bow (5) radiation
a. to bend your upper body forward
b. a thick liquid food that tests slightly sour and is made from milk
c. two lines of small metal or plastic pieces that slide together to fasten a piece of clothing
d. a warm thick cover for a bed made of cloth filled with something such as feather, cotton
e. energy in the form of heat or light sent out as beam that you cannon see
A. cbade B. cdbae C. dcbae D. cbaed
20. (1) confirm (2) forest (3) brick (4) journalist (5) drawer
a. someone who writes news reports for newspapers, magazines, television or radios.
b. a large area of land that is thickly covered with trees
c. to show that something is surely true, especially by providing
d. part of a piece of furniture such as a desk that you pull out and push in and used to keep things in
e. a hard block of baked clay used for building walls, houses etc.
A. acbed B. cbaed C.cbead D. cbeda
三、词语辨析
21. The news of the mayor’s coming to our school for a visit was _______ on the radio yesterday.
A. turned out B. found out C. given out D. carried out
22. If we can _______ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.
A. come across B. get over C. come over D. get off
23. The teacher has a special way of_______ her students’ nervousness when they speak English.
A. breaking down B. going over C. taking off D. giving away
24. More advanced technique information was _______ from abroad.
A. brought out B. brought in C. brought on D. brought up
25. It's really difficult to _______ a conversation with someone who only says "Yes" or "No".
A. keep out B. keep off C. keep on D. keep up
26. He didn't go into detail on the subject. He spoke _______.
A. in general B. in particular C. in common D. in short
27. I hate ______ large impersonal companies.
A. referring to B. bringing about C. looking for D. dealing with
28. People have planted a great many trees in order to ______ wind and sand in the desert.
A. hold down B. hold up C. hold back D. hold out
29. The congress opened with a three-minute silence _______ those who died in the terrible earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichaun Province.
A. in need of B. in search of C. with the help of D. in memory of
30. —How did they discover the entrance to the underground palace?
—Totally ______.
A. take the chance B. no accident C. by chance D. on purpose
四、英汉互译（单词）
31. 键盘_____________ n. 32. 寡妇 ________________ n.
33. 王室的，皇家_____________ adj. 34. 方便的___________________ adj.
35. 厨房________________ n. 36. 百万富翁___________________ n.
37. 枕头________________ n. 38. 最小的___________________ adj. 39. 海拔，高度________________ n.
40. 清白无罪的,幼稚的 ________________ adj
41. warehouse n._________________ 42. dominate vt. ____________________
43. striking adj. _________________ 44. exceptional adj. __________________
45.legend n. _________________ 46. spectator n. ____________________
47.refreshment n. _______________ 48. sceptical adj. ____________________
49.spouse n. __________________ 50. versatile adj. ____________________
答案：
1-5 DACBA 6-10 BBCBD
11～15 DBCAB 16～20 DADBC
21～25 CBABD 26～300 ADCDC
31. keyboard 32. widow 33. royal 34.convenient 35. pineapple
36. millionaire 37. pillow 38. minimum 39. altitude 40. innocent
41. 仓库，货栈 42. 统治，支配，控制 43. 显著的，惊人的
44. 例外的；优越的 45. 传说，传奇 46. . 参观者，观众
47. 茶点，点心，便餐 48. 怀疑的 49. 配偶,夫妻
50. 多方面的；通用的
