历年(最近15年200余套)高考英语语法题详解（2008湖北卷）

21. The young man made a ______ to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation. (2008湖北卷)

A. prediction        B. promise            C. plan                   D. contribution

【答案】B。

【考点】考查名词的固定搭配。

【解析】make a promise为固定搭配，意为“许诺”，如：It’s easy to make a promise. 许愿是容易的。 He made a promise that he would pay back within a week. 他答应在一周之内会偿还。

22. The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly ______. (2008湖北卷)

A. atmosphere     B. state                  C. situation           D. phenomenon

【答案】A。

【考点】考查名词用法辨析。

【解析】比较：atmosphere意为“气氛”；state意为“状态”；situation意为“状况，处境”；phenomenon意为“现象”。根据句子语境，显然只有A最合适。

23. Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still ______ the traditional customs. (2008湖北卷)

A. perform            B. possess            C. observe            D. support

【答案】C。

【考点】考查动词用法辨析。

【解析】observe在此表示“遵守，奉行”，又如：This law must be strictly observed. 这项法律必须严格遵守。

24. As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for an engineer to ______ the problem. (2008湖北卷)

A. handle             B. raise                  C. face                   D. present

【答案】A。

【考点】考查动词用法辨析。

【解析】handle的意思是“处理，应付，对待”，又如：Correctly handle the contradictions among the people. 正确处理人民内部矛盾。

25. The teacher stressed again that the students should not ______ any important details while retelling the story. (2008湖北卷)

A. bring out          B. let out                C. leave out          D. make out

【答案】C。

【考点】考查短语动词辨析。

【解析】leave out的意思是“未包括；省略；删除；遗漏；排除”，又如：This chapter may be omitted. 这一章可以删除。 This word is wrongly spelt; you’ve left out a letter. 这字拼错了，你漏了一个字母。

26. In modern times, people have to learn to ______ all kinds of pressure although they are leading a comfortable life. (2008湖北卷)

A. keep with         B. stay with           C. meet with         D. live with

【答案】D(http://ask.hxen.com/)。

【考点】考查短语搭配。

【解析】live with sth的意思是“接受或容忍某现象”，又如：You’ll have to learn to live with it, I’m afraid. 我看，你得学会容忍这种现实。