最近14年(含2008年)高考英语语法题详解·名词

13. —I’m sorry I stepped outside for a smoke. I was very tired.

—There is no __________ for this while you are on duty. (2003北京春)

A. reason                          B. excuse

C. cause                           D. explanation

14. I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children’s __________. (2004天津卷)

A. reach                            B. hand

C. hold                              D. place

15. Don’t leave matches or cigarettes on the table within __________of little children. (2004湖北卷)

A. hand                             B. reach

C. space                            D. distance

16. I am sure David will be able to find the library—he has a pretty good __________of direction. (2005浙江卷)

A. idea                               B. feeling

C. experience                      D. sense

17. Bill was doing a lot of physical exercise to build up his__________. (2005天津卷)

A. ability                             B. force

C. strength                          D. mind

18. My __________ of this weekend’s activity is going out with some good friends. (2005安徽卷)

A. idea                                B. opinion

C. mind                               D. thought

19. The head office of the bank is in Beijing, but it has __________ all over the country. (2005辽宁卷)

A. companies                       B. branches

C. organizations                    D. businesses

20. Finding information in today’s world is easy. The __________ is how you can tell if the information you get is useful or not. (2006天津卷)

A. ability                              B. competition

C. challenge                          D. knowledge

【参考答案】

1. D。wealth 是不可数名词，没有复数形式，排除 B 和 C; work 作“工作”解是不可数名词，但作“作品、著作”解是可数名词，可加 a，但通常用复数形式。

2. C。have a little patience 有点耐心。

3. A。leave a message 留下口信或便条。letter 信件, sentence 句子, notice 通知。

4. C。of great value(很有作用)与 very valuable 相当，在句中作宾补。price (价格), cost (费用)，usefulness (有用)不用于 of 这种结构。

5. A。natural gas(天然气)和 wind(风力)均为“能(源)”，即 energy，而不是source(来源)，power(能力、力量)，material(材料)。

6. D。运动员应当是通过严格的训练(training)。practice 实践，education 教育，exercise 练习。

7. D。(谚)行动胜过言辞。

8. A。have one’s own way of doing sth(有自己做某事的方法)是惯用句式。

9. A。come into effect (生效)是习语。

10. C。fault 过失、责任，mistake 错误, error(指违反一定标准或道德规范等方面的)错误。

11. D。who else 的所有格是 who else’s。

12. D。climate 指具有某种气候特征的地区。

13. B。考查在语境中选择恰当的名词。excuse(理由、辩解), reason(原因), cause (原因), explanation(解释)。