题目内容
The store had to ____ a number of clerks because sales were down .
| A.layout | B.layoff | C.layaside | D.laydown |
B
解析试题分析:句意:因为商店的销售量下降,商店不得不解雇一些员工。lay out安排;lay off解雇;lay aside储存;lay down制定。根据句意故选B。
考点:考查动词短语辨析。
点评:本题难度适中。动词短语辨析是近几年高考常考的内容,需要考生平时加强背诵短语的意义及用法,命题者还考查学生对语境的理解。
即学即练:He is able to ____ fifty pounds each week.
A. lay out B. lay off C. lay aside D. lay down
解析:C。句意:她每周能积蓄五十镑。
To pass the driving test, Alice had a busy month __________ driving the car.
| A.to practise | B.practising | C.practised | D.practice |
It is necessary for children to exchange ideas with parents from time to time so that the generation gap between parents and children can be _________.
| A.released | B.replaced | C.narrowed | D.disappeared |
The young dancers looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took ____pictures of them.
| A.many of | B.a large amount of |
| C.a plenty of | D.masses of |
My good performance in the job interview left me about my future and about what I can do here.
| A.puzzled | B.sensitive | C.optimistic | D.embarrassed |
I believe his design is ______for it’s completely different from others’.
| A.common | B.reasonable | C.practical | D.original |
—Can I help you with it?
—I appreciate your________,but I can manage it myself. (2012·江苏,21)
| A.advice | B.question |
| C.offer | D.idea |
While working outdoors, Linda was ________ by the heat and fell to the ground, unconscious.
| A.astonished | B.depressed |
| C.overcome | D.hit |