2016同等学力英语考试词汇专项练习题(十三)
1. Probability is the mathematical study of the _____ of an event's occurrence.
A. desire B. likelihood C. result D. effect
2. Driving a car without insurance can have _____ consequences.
A. uncertain B. disastrous C. potential D. unworthy
3. The police refused to _____ the clues they were working on.
A. exhibit B. disclose C. expose D. discern
4. What you have done is _____ the doctor's orders.
A. attached to B. resistant to C. responsible to D. contrary to
5. The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of ____quality, he'd tell them so.
A. minor B. humble C. inferior D. awkward
【参考答案】
1.[答案] B. likelihood
[注释] 句意：概率是对事件发生的可能性的数学研究。
2. [答案] B. disastrous.[注释] disastrous 灾难性的。
3.[答案] B. disclose.
[注释]disclose (=uncover; allow to be seen; make known) 透露, 使显露： 1) The lawyer disclosed the details of the case. 2) He disclosed that he had made arrangements to buy a new car. exhibit 展览, 展出, 显示, expose 暴露,discern 认出, 发现, 辨别,识别。本题译文：警方拒绝透露他们正在调查的线索。
4. [答案] D. contrary to.
[注释] (be) contrary to与.......相反, 违反 (作表语) :What you wish to do is contrary to the regulations. contrary to也可以作状语：a. If you act contrary to the doctor's advice, you won't get well again. b. Contrary to what I thought, he has proved to be successful. 2) 作定语：The boy was swimming in a direction contrary to the current. (这男孩朝着逆流方向游去。)
5. [答案] C. inferior
[注释] inferior
