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