２００８年湖北高考词汇辨析题分析及小结

冯建国

以下是2008年湖北省高考英语试题的词汇辨析题的详细解析：

21. The young man made a______ to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation.

A. prediction B. promise

C. plan D. contribution

【答案与解析】 B。此题考查名词，that从句的内容与所缺词构成同位关系；根据句意应该理解为“向父母许诺” 较好，而make a prediction(做预测)和make a plan (做计划)虽然都可以接同位语从句，但语意不通；make a contribution to sb./sth.(为……做贡献)除句意不通外，后面也不宜接同位语成分。

22. The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly______.

A. atmosphere B. state

C. situation D. phenomenon

【答案与解析】 A。此题考查名词的用法。句意是“两国最高层领导人在友好的氛围中进行了交谈”，atmosphere 正合此意。而state 常用于in a good/bad/poor state of 表示“处在好/坏/差的状况中”，如：She is in a poor state of health. 有时也用于in a state of 结构中，如：Everything was in a state of disorder. situation是“形势、局面、局势”的意思，如He was in a hopeless situation. 而phenomenon 作为 “现象”讲，明显不符合句意要求。

23. Though having lived abroad for years，many Chinese still______ the traditional customs.

A. perform B. possess

C. observe D. support

【答案与解析】 C。此题考查动词的用法；observe 在此处是 “庆祝、欢度”而非“观察”的意义。perform (an operation/some astonishing tricks)表示“实施/表演”的意思；possess “拥有，占有”，常用于possess a gun/a sense of humor，表达个体所有权；support “支持”，与句意相差甚远。

24. As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine，we must send for an engineer to______ the problem.

A. handle B. raise

C. face D. present

【答案与解析】 A。此题考查动词用法；handle the problem 意为deal with the problem，handle 还有control 的意思，如：handle a fast car；而raise(提出)，face(面对)，present(呈现、出示)都与句意相差甚远。

25. The teacher stressed again that the students should not______ any important details while retelling the story.

A. bring out B. let out

C. leave out D. make out

【答案与解析】 C。此题考查动词词组的用法；leave out important details是“遗漏重要的细节”的意思；bring out讲解清楚(一些事情)、出版(书)；let out泄露(秘密)、发出(声音)、出租、将(衣服)放大；make out 辨识/看清(物件或笔迹)、理解/明白(意思或想法)。

26. In modern times，people have to learn to______ all kinds of pressure although they are leading a comfortable life.

A. keep with B. stay with

C. meet with D. live with

【答案与解析】 D。此题考查含with动词短语的用法；此句意思是“在当代，人们虽然过着舒适的生活，但还是不得不学会忍受各种各样的压力”。此句来源于高二课本Unit17 Disabilities中的一句话“I have learned to live with my body as it is and adjust my way of life. 我已经学会容忍我的身体现状并调整自己的生活方式。”

27. The present situation is very complex，so I think it will take me some time to______ its reality.

A. make up B. figure out

C. look through D. put off

【答案与解析】 B。此题考查动词短语的用法；figure out its reality 是“弄清事实真相”的意思；make up编造(故事、借口)、和解、弥补，look through 翻阅/查看(书报等)，put off延期、让……下车。

28. In those days，our______ concern was to provide people who were stopped by the snow storm with food and health care.

A. normal B. constant

C. permanent D. primary

【答案与解析】 D。此题考查形容词用法；句意为“在那些日子，我们最关心的是给那些被暴风雪困住了的人们提供食物和医疗保健”。primary 是chief，main的意思；normal正常的，正规的；constant 经常的，不变的；permanent永久的。

29. As he works in a remote area，he visits his parents only______.

A. occasionally B. anxiously

C. practically D. urgently

【答案与解析】 A。此题考查副词的用法。既然“住在遥远的地方”，因此也就只能“偶尔地看望父母了”。occasionally偶尔地；anxiously 忧虑地，不安地；practically 实际地；urgently 迫切地，急切地。

30. When she first arrived in China，she wondered what the future might have______ for her，but now all her worries are gone.

A. in need B. in time

C. in preparation D. in store

【答案与解析】 D。此题考查介词词组的用法；in store 意思是about to happen“将要发生，就要出现”。此句来源于高二英语第六单元这样一句话：“We will be prepared for whatever the future may have in store for us.”in time 及时地，in preparation 在准备，in need 需要。

下面来看看07年和08年的词汇辨析题比较：

从表一、表二的比较中我们得出以下几点，供2009年备考参考：

1. 这两年湖北卷的词汇辨析题中考查的词汇严格控制在《考纲词汇》范围之内，没有生僻的怪词和难词。因此，对考生来讲，一定要认认真真地、扎扎实实地将考纲词汇进行梳理，对意思和用法要熟练掌握，并对拓展开的同义词和近义词的差别要有意识地进行归纳和总结。

2. 词汇辨析题重在考查动词或动词词组，今年的动词考查已占到了一半，由此可以看出动词的重要性，所以同学们要特别重视动词的学习。

3. 考题在设置上注重情境的营造，这也是语言交际性的一个重要体现。因此正确把握语境，弄清句子的意思就显得尤为重要。

4. 有的词汇辨析题来源于课本(像今年的26和30小题)，体现了近年来出题的一个动向，即以课本为本。这也告诫同学们要注意课本重点句子的学习和落实。★