名词词义辨析练习及答案

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上名词词义辨析专练1.The railway gives free _ for a certain amount of baggage.A. rights B. ticket C. opportunity D. transportation2. I shall never beat Peter at tennis; we are clearly not in the same_.A. group B. class C. order D. line3. Cartoons and comic strips are used to _ human feelings in ot

2、her ways than words.A. excuse B. express C. expert D. explain4. City life has a quicker _ than life in the country.A. step B. walk C. pace D. rate5.We could make no room for him as the room was full of_.A. corners B. icebergs C. shades D. packages6. It is your _ to recite the second part of the text

3、, isn't it?A. time B. job C. turn D. duty7. The chairman said it gave him great _ to welcome so many guests.A. fun B. pleasure C. incident D. clever8. In spite of the _ of his teeth he still put off going to see the doctor as long as possible.A. discomfort B. trouble C. difficulty D. pain9.The o

4、ld man usually reads the review in the newspapers to get _ about which play is good or bad.A. news B. words C. information D. explanation10.Jane is as vain as peacock and always wants to be the _ of attention.A. object B. sight C. emphasis D. focus11. A red sky at sunset is a _ of good weather.A. sy

5、mbol B. signal C. sign D. emblem12. If you don't take away all your things from the desk, there won't be enough_ for my stationery.A. room B. area C. place D. surface13. She walked along the counters and examined articles of _ on display.A. clothing B. clothes C. cloth D. dress14.Everybody b

6、elieves he will be the winner of the 100-metre_.A. race B. competition C. contest D. match15. _ reached England that the soldiers were receiving very little care.A. A word B. The word C. Word D. Words16. Andrew fell in love with Annie at first _.A. look B. view C. scene D. sight17.The housing _ in S

7、hanghai will be solved in the coming years.A. situation B. condition C. problem D. solution18. His father thought it a good _ to buy a computer for him as a birthday gift.A. news B. advice C. information D. idea19. To the young child, money is a _ of getting things his parents do not give him.A. met

8、hod B. means C. way D. channel20. Please send my best _ to your family.A. ambitions B. desires C. wishes D. wills21. She woke up from the terrible dream with a_.A. start B. beginning C. fear D. surprise22. If the manager sees you doing that, you'll get into _A. problem B. trouble C. punishment D

9、. worry23.Mr. Smith went to the library and got a large _of information on how to improve the company's management.A. amount B. sum C. deal D. number24. I have never had such a wonderful _ of traveling abroad.A. opportunity B. possibility C. advantage D. occasion25. The boss is trying to put _ o

10、n his employees by saying that those who cannot observe the regulations will be dismissed.A. impression B. force C. influence D. pressure26. His wife is constantly finding _ with him.A. mistake B. fault C. pitfall D. error27. She keeps a supply of candles in the house in case of power _A. failure B.

11、 shortage C. lack D. absence28. In basketball one makes a _ when he throws the ball into the basket at the opponent's end of the court.A. cent B. score C. goal D. mark29.I have such a bad cold that I have lost all _ of smell.A. sense B. strength C. skill D. able30.His daughter is really a lovely

12、 _.A. animal B. beast C. creature D. monkey 31.Not a _ has been found so far that can help the police find the criminal.A. fact B. clue C. symbol D. sign32. The _ of the motor can rob us of clean air.A. speed B. noise C. convenience D. traffic jam33.To regain their _ after an exhausting game, the pl

13、ayers lay and rested on the grass.A. force B. energy C. power D. health34. According to the recent research, heavy coffee drinking and heart attack is not necessarily _ and effect.A. reason B. impact C. fact D. cause35. His father, who was an Oxford student, graduated from the famous university with

14、 higher _ twenty years ago.A. marks B. honors C. respect D. praise36. Several of the explorers did not survive the terrible _ across the desert.A. journey B. voyage C. travel D. excursion37.Two important secrets of long life are regular exercise and _ from worry.A. process B. motion C. feelings D. f

15、reedom38. It is widely accepted that young babies learn to do things because certain acts lead to _.A. awards B. results C. prizes D. rewards39. The bedroom was in a state of _ because of these naughty boys.A. disorder B. confidence C. mind D. dirty40. I wrote him a letter to show my _ of his though

16、tfulness.A. appreciation B. agreement C. attention D. achievement41. Students sometimes support themselves by _ of evening jobs.A. ways B. helps C. means D. offers42. For a wedding reception male guests usually wear black _ and white shirts.A. garments B. dresses C. clothes D. suits43. These childre

17、n are so full of _ that they cannot keep still for a while.A. energy B. strength C. force D. power44. Her parents felt very happy because she had passed the college _ examination.A. door B. entrance C. exit D. gate45. There are usually at least two _ of looking at every question.A. means B. views C.

18、 ways D. directions46. Will you take my previous experience into _ when you fix my salary?A. record B. reference C. consideration D. mind47. The director has promised that he will do everything in his _ to support us.A. power B. energy C. strength D. force48. _ of cheating customers with false goods

19、 should no longer exist.A. Events B. Accidents C. Incidents D. Happenings.49. The Chinese first made _ with the Western peoples at about the beginning of the Han Dynasty.A. competition B. contact C. combination D. contrast50. Boys as well as girls are taught _ in school this term.A. cooker B. cooky

20、C. cook D. cookery51. This is a meal of eight_, and the first _ has been served.A. causes, plate B. causes, dish C. courses, dish D. courses, course52. Her careless remark did _ to her reputation.A. damage B. destruction C. wrong D. harm53. After many _, they arrived at last in Sydney.A. reasons B. accidents C. delays D. incidents54. The _ of the space shuttle Challenger shocked the world.A. flight B. wreck C. explosion D. crash55. There was a _ failure on the underground this morning