2011高考英语多项选择题经典400题(附详解)

　　151. We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.

　　A. hope B. wait C. expect D. imagine

　　152. It was necessary to _____ the factory building as the company was doing more and more business.

　　A. extend B. increase C. lengthen D. magnify

　　153. I asked the tailor to make a small _____ to my trousers because they were too long.

　　A. change B. variation C. revision D. alteration

　　154. Because of the strong sun Mrs. William's new dining room curtains _____ from dark blue to gray within a year.

　　A. faded B. fainted C. paled D. diminished

　　155. Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.

　　A. As a result B. By the way C. On the whole D. In a word

　　156. Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to _____ a scientific theory.

　　A. confirm B. confine C. conform D. conceive

　　157. Political parties often differ in their views on various _____ concerning their own countries.

　　A. ways B. measures C. issues D. patterns

　　158. _____ his knowledge of the mountainous country, John Smith was appointed as our guide.

　　A. In spite of B. On account of C. Regardless of D. Instead of

　　159. The lawyer was expected to _____ some proposals after reading all those documents.

　　A. come up with B. put up with C. look up to D. keep up with

　　160. While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping _____ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.

　　A. occasionally B. simultaneously C. eventually D. directly

　　161. In my opinion, you can widen the _____ of these improvements through your active participation.

　　A. dimension B. volume C. magnitude D. scope

　　162. The noise was so _____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.

　　A. dim B. soft C. faint D. gentle

　　163. If he refuses to _____ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative.

　　A. put up with B. fall in with C. do away with D. get along with

　　164. Some people either _____ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

　　A. violently B. sincerely C. properly D. deliberately

　　165. Her skirt had been so _____ in packing that she had to iron it before going out.

　　A. faded B. torn C. dirty D. crushed

　　166. His landlady gave him a week's _____ to leave the flat.

　　A. threat B. notice C. advice D. caution

　　167. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _____ at the other store.

　　A. anyone B. the others C. that D. the ones

　　168. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.

　　A. average B. ordinary C. regular D. normal

　　169. With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is _____ rapidly transformed.

　　A. anything but B. more or less C. at large D. any more

　　170. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

　　A. acquainted B. informed C. enlightened D. advised

　　171. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.

　　A. process B. attention C. measure D. part

　　172. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more _____.

　　A. at length B. at last C. at stake D. at ease

　　173. When the big bills for mother's hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____.

　　A. fall short of B. fall through C. fall back on D. fall in with

　　174. These plastic flowers look so _____ that many people think they are real.

　　A. beautiful B. natural C. artificial D. similar

　　175. The managing director promised that he would _____ me as soon as he had any further information.

　　A. communicate B. notice C. notify D. note

　　176. When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had _____ to visit London on business.

　　A. opportunity B. possibility C. occasion D. chance

　　177. The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

　　A. element B. spot C. sense D. point

　　178. It has always been the _____ of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities.

　　A. plan B. campaign C. procedure D. policy

　　179. The climbers _____ their ambition by reaching the summit of the mountain.

　　A. obtained B. sustained C. maintained D. realized

　　180. I remember her face but I cannot _____ where I met her.

　　A. recall B. remind C. remember D. remark

　　181. He has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it.

　　A. purpose B. intention C. aim D. meaning

　　182. The magician picked several persons from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.

　　A. by accident B. on occasion C. at random D. on an average

　　183. The open university was started in order to help those who _____ having a university education when they were young.

　　A. stopped B. failed C. missed D. ceased

　　184. His _____of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly.

　　A. shape B. pattern C. design D. model

　　185. If you _____ your demand, then maybe you will have more chance of getting what you want.

　　A. conduct B. dismiss C. grant D. moderate

　　186. Don't _____ the news to the public until we give you the go-ahead (许可，准许).

　　A. release B. discard C. relieve D. retain

　　187. The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause _____ of vegetables in the coming days.

　　A. rarity B. scarcity C. invalidity D. variety

　　188. Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to _____ until help came.

　　A. keep on B. catch on C. count on D. hang on

　　189. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to _____ healthy.

　　A. preserve B. stay C. maintain D. reserve

　　190. Expected noises are usually more _____ than unexpected ones of the like magnitude.

　　A. manageable B. controllable C. tolerable D. perceivable

　　191. It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____.

　　A. above all B. in all C. at all D. after all

　　192. Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want.

　　A. efforts B. pains C. attempts D. endeavors

　　193. He ate what he could, and gave the _____ of the food to the birds.

　　A. remain B. uneaten C. rest D. part

　　194. The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.

　　A. limitations B. restraint C. requirements D. restrictions

　　195. We won't know whether it will be successful. We won't know whether there will be good _____.

　　A. ends B. results C. effects D. causes

　　196. No one imagined that the apparently _____ businessman was really a criminal.

　　A. respectful B. respectable C. respective D. respected

　　197. At first the institute refused to purchase the telescope, but this decision was _____ revised.

　　A. occasionally B. consequently C. successively D. subsequently.

　　198. The speaker _____ several other subjects in the course of his talk but mostly kept himself to the main topic.

　　A. held on B. worked out C. touched on D. kept out of

　　199. Comrade Li Dazhao, _____ librarian of Beijing University, was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party.

　　A. sometimes B. sometime C. some time D. some times

　　200. Alice was very sorry to hear that her grandmother had _____ two days before.

　　A. broken off B. passed off C. given away D. passed away