2011高考英语多项选择题经典400题(附详解)

　　301. The writer was always looking for suitable _____ to use in his next story.

　　A. contents B. articles C. notions D. ideas

　　302. He gave me some very _____ advice on buying a house.

　　A. precious B. worthy C. precise D. valuable

　　303. You will get to the church more quickly if you take this _____ across the fields.

　　A. track B. passage C. method D. journey

　　304. A landing on Mars is within the _____ of current physical theory.

　　A. scheme B. scope C. scrap D. scale

　　305. He was _____ by a bee when he was collecting the honey.

　　A. scratched B. pricked C. stung D. bitten

　　306. Don't go too far into the sea, children, or the waves will _____ you off your feet.

　　A. flow B. cut C. press D. sweep

　　307. The store had no more red shoes _____, so Mary chose brown ones instead.

　　A. in demand B. in store C. in need D. in stock

　　308. Bill is not a fast runner and he doesn't have a chance of winning the marathon, but he will _____ the race even if he finishes last.

　　A. keep on B. keep to C. stick out D. stick to

　　309. Can you _____ me _____ two hundred copies of this article by tomorrow.

　　A. give .. out B. send .. in C. write .. off D. run .. off

　　310. The current political _____ of our country is favorable for foreign investments.

　　A. climate B. weather C. state D. occasion

　　311. It was with great delight that I read in your February _____ the letter to the Editor written by Prof. Johnson.

　　A. issue B. printing C. magazine D. copy

　　312. What I'm telling you is strictly _____. Do not let anyone know of it.

　　A. secretive B. special C. individual D.confidential

　　313. The author had qualified as a doctor but later gave up the _____ of medicine for full-time writing.

　　A. prescription B. procedure C. treatment D. practice

　　314. Julie is one of those women who always _____ the latest fashions.

　　A. put up with B. come up with C. get on with D. keep up with

　　315. Having made his first film earlier this year, he is _____ starting in a new one.

　　A. currently B. actually C. recently D. lately

　　316. My house is very _____ for getting to work as it is only a few minutes from the station.

　　A. comfortable B. suitable C. convenient D. available

　　317. When college students _____ future employment, they often think of status, income, and prestige.

　　A. demand B. assume C. apply D. anticipate

　　318. Alice _____ her father that both she and her husband would be happy if he would live with them.

　　A.convinced B.reinforced C.pledged D.required

　　319. Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.

　　A.hamper B.support C.depress D.prevent

　　320. She chose cushions of a color which would _____ her carpet.

　　A. equal B. agree C. help D. match

　　321. We finally managed to _____ the committee's approval of our plans.

　　A. secure B. arouse C. acquire D. exert

　　322. I have such a bad cold that I have lost all _____ of smell.

　　A. degree B. sense C. strength D. scent

　　323. She is so _____ that she cried for days when her pet rabbit died.

　　A. sensitive B. sensible C. imaginative D.impressive

　　324. The lorry driver was badly _____ when his lorry crashed into a wall.

　　A. damaged B. hit C. hurt D. harmed

　　325. I caught a _____ of the car before it disappeared around the bend.

　　A. glance B. glimpse C. glare D. gleam

　　326. The car salesman took the customer for a driver in the new model in order to _____ its improved features.

　　A. advocate B.demonstrate C.exhibit D. reveal

　　327. The rainbow _____ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.

　　A. dissolved B. removed C. resigned D. disappeared

　　328. All too _____ it was time to go back to school after the glorious summer holidays.

　　A. often B. fast C. soon D. late

　　329. Deserts, dry areas with _____ no vegetation, cover more than one-third of the Earth's land surface.

　　A. surprisingly B. eventually C. permanently D. virtually

　　330. After dinner the minister made a short _____ to the guests.

　　A. delivery B.pronunciation C.conversation D. speech

　　331. When there's doubt the examiner's decision is _____.

　　A. right B. final C. definite D. fixed

　　332. Busy and successful as he was, the novelist was willing to _____ any promising young man and give him all the help he could.

　　A. take up B. pick up C. make up D. look up

　　333. He did not find a job yet because he had no _____ to men who could help him.

　　A. approach B. application C. access D. approval

　　334. The old man got into the _____ of storing money under the bed.

　　A. tradition B. habit C. use D. custom

　　335. The beauty of the place is more than I can describe. I am sure whoever sees it will _____ its charm.

　　A. appeal to B. stick to C. keep to D. yield to

　　336. Children are likely to get _____ if no one cares about their upbringing.

　　A. out of hand B. out of order C. out of place D. out of work

　　337. When the Greeks had _____ the Persians, a soldier ran from Marathon to Athens.

　　A. won B. bitten C. beaten D. hit

　　338. There was a large box behind the door and Peter couldn't _____ falling over it in the darkness.

　　A. help B. resist C. avoid D. prevent

　　339.Maria is a _____ person and never makes any unreasonable demands.

　　A. sensitive B. sensible C. obedient D. jealous

　　340. Violent programs on television may have a bad _____ on children.

　　A. affection B. pressure C. influence D. control

　　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