语境性名词考题(2008年高考模拟)

1. If you don’t know how to operate the machine, read what the ______ say.

A. explanations             B. instructions               C. introductions              D. descriptions

2. Although she didn’t mention me by name, I know her remarks were intended for my ______.

A. decision                   B. benefit                      C. demand                     D. value

3. Her ______ changed when she heard the news.

A. impression               B. sight                         C. appearance                 D. expression

4. She raised her finger to her lips as ______ for silence.

A. an idea                     B. a mark                      C. a sign                        D. a word

5. You thought I was the boss? Whatever gave you that ______?

A. news                       B. idea                           C. position                     D. right

6. The reason I didn’t tell you was that I wanted it to be a ______.

A. news                       B. wonder                      C. pleasure                     D. surprise       

7. He decided not to accept the job, but wouldn’t tell us his ______.

A. words                      B. reasons                     C. feelings                       D. secret

8. A big ______ soon gathered at the scene of the accident.

A. people                      B. group                        C. team                          D. crowd

9. He left a ______ saying that he would be a little late.

A. message                   B. sentence                    C. word                          D. letter

10. He has no ______ from me. He tells me everything.

A. news                        B. secrets                      C. friendship                   D. facts

11. Shelly had prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first ______.

A. intention                   B. attempt                      C. purpose                      D. desire

12. I didn’t have to work all weekend — I did it by ______.

A. chance                     B. choice                       C. accident                      D. myself

13. You’ve just missed your ______, and you will have to wait for the next round.

A. chance                     B. turn                           C. time                           D. part

14. Electricity, like other forms of ______, has greatly increased in price in recent years.

A. pressure                   B. force                         C. strength                      D. energy

15. Those black clouds are a sure ______ that it’s going to rain.

A. thing                        B. mark                         C. sign                             D. one

16. I paid him ￡50 for the painting, but its true ______ must be at least ￡500.

A. price                        B. money                       C. value                           D. importance

17. Were you given a ______, or did you have to do it?

A. job                           B. duty                          C. request                         D. choice

18. Just as a famous Chinese saying goes, a timely heavy snow is a ______ of good harvest next year.

A. mark                        B. track                          C. sign                            D. appearance

19.—Hi, this way, please.

—OK.I sometimes have no sense of ______ when I arrive at the crossroad.

A. position                    B. direction                    C. situation                       D. condition

20.—I’ve got an “A” in the examination.

—That’s a good ______. You will surely win a second.

A. result                       B. news                         C. start                              D. idea

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