备战2010高考英语—高频词汇400题及详解注释（下）

备战2010高考英语—高频词汇400题及详解注释（下）

200. Alice was very sorry to hear that her grandmother had _____ two days before.

   A. broken off    B. passed off

   C. given away    D. passed away

[答案]D. passed away.

[注释]pass away(=die)死亡，是“死亡”的委婉语。

break off中断；give away给掉；泄露；pass off中止，中断。

201. What makes the space shuttle _____ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an airplane.

A. exceptional    B. strange    C. unique    D. rare

[答案]C. unique.

[注释]unique(=being the only one of its type)同类事物中独一无二的。如：This stamp is unique; all others like it have been lost or destroyed.

202. People cannot but feel _____, for they simply cannot understand how he could have made such a stupid mistake.

A. puzzled    B. delighted    C. induced    D. inspired

[答案]A. puzzled.

[注释]be (feel, get) puzzled感到迷惑、为难。

本题译文：人们不得不感到迷惑，因为他们简直不能理解，他怎么能犯这样愚蠢的错误。

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