2012年电力职称英语考试重点

选择题： * After my mother finished cleaning up the house, she _went on to read_ today’s newspaper. * Anybody who has broken the law won’t escape __being punished__. * As a result, he succeeded __reaching__ the castle but failed __to find_ the way to enter it. * Accuracy is _fundamental_ to the programming of computers. * American school; children should learn Lincoln’s Gettysburg address __by heart__. * As winter __gave way to__ spring the days began to lengthen. * Although the family trusted her, she __let__ them down last year. * A dog was __run over__ by a bus and killed. * By improving his learning habits an ____average__ student can be a top one. * Before moving to another city, Brenda __disposed__ of the house and the furniture. * Chinese brown medicine has little side _effect__. * Can we hold __out__ for another day without water? * Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often ___as good as___ or better than an actual performance. * For almost an hour the works were just hanging __about__ waiting for materials to arrive. * His heart stopped ____beating__ just when we reached the hospital. * His parents could not ____get through__ to him on the telephone, so they decided to go to his school and see what is wrong. * How is Mary getting on _with__ her study? * His father is very busy every day. He can’t help complaining of the rapid __pace__ of modern life. * His _total_ income of a year is $ 500. His yearly income _totals_ $ 500. It reached _a total_ of $ 500 a year. * Her deeds are worthy __of being praised_. * He touched _on_ many points without enlarging on any of them. * How can I have put __on__ a pound since yesterday? I’ve eaten nothing! * He intends to __replace__ the secretary he has dismissed by a less glamorous but rather more efficient one . * His energetic efforts met with only __partial__ success. * How can you avoid mistakes when you’re in such a __hurry__? * He is an expert __at__ making himself understood in foreign language. * If you __check___ your paper carefully, some grammar mistakes can be avoided. * If a person is exposed to constant noise ,he may gradually __suffer_ from a loss of hearing. * --I suppose you have got the post. 　　--you __have guessed__ it. * I never expected you to _turn up__ at the meeting; I thought you were abroad. * It isn’t much of a car, but __at any rate__ it was not expensive. * I prefer __staying_ at home to __playing_ outside. * I don’t know how I’d __react__ to a situation like the one you have described. * It’s __up to__ us to give her all the help we can. * In old times, property was usually handed __down__ to the oldest son at his father’s death. * It is not easy to __rid__ oneself of a bad habit. * It is reported that __ approximately __ over 1000 factories closed down last year. * It is only by __accident__ that you see me here, I ought to be in the office. * It is very difficult to keep the trains running __on__ time in winter. * John’s sudden death was a great blow to his mother and it took her a long time to get over_ the grief * Jimmy is the oldest boy and is taller than __any other_ boy in the class. * Jack almost fell off the cliff but managed to hang __on__ until help came. * --Look! The flowers in the garden are growing lovely. 　　--How I wish I had a small piece of ___ground__ when I could plant some flowers of my own. * He’s a nice person, __to be sure__ , but not very competent as a manager. * ---Mum, why do you always make me drink a cup of fresh milk every day? 　　--- To get_ enough protein and nutrition as you are growing up. * Look __out__, that step is not safe! * My family bought a second-hand car _at_ the price of 500 dollars. * My cousin __submitted__ his playground plans to the city council. * Many petroleum products can __serve__ as raw materials for the chemical industry. * Never __trouble trouble_ until _trouble troubles__ you. * Now that I have lost the notes, we’ll have to __go__ without them. * Only when the rain stopped __did the sports meeting start_ again. * Our principal has already placed __an order__ with the company for the textbooks. * Roger gave me some beautiful Japanese stamps in __exchange__ for two sets of 1968 British special issues * Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology _is changing__ rapidly. * She took a _ glance__ at her watch and saw that it was already lunch time. * She was caught spitting in public and fined ten yuan on the __spot_ . * Since the boss of the department wasn’t in , we decided to have a meeting __another day_ . * She changes her mind so __constantly_ that no one wants to work with her. * Sometimes his lectures are boring ,but __by and by__ I find them helpful and interesting. * She’s the most __efficient__ secretary I’ve ever had. * Sometimes you have to make a __sacrifice__ to get what you want. * She told her children that they must not, __on any account__, play with matches. * The kitten climbed the tree and couldn’t ___get down__. * The city Zhangjiakou was extensively __damaged___ in the earth-quake. * The case __contained__ a lot of things , __including___ a second-hand watch. * The high school ___graduated__ 300 student this summer. * The custom __goes back___ to the 12th century. * Teachers __are trained__ in the __training_ college. * The naughty boy is __troublesome_ , and he is __a great trouble_ to his parents. * The sick boy mustn’t be left alone all night and we should __take our turn_ at sitting up. * There are various __techniques_ that _have to be learnt__ before one can do this job properly. * These words are __wrongly_ spelled, that’s to say , he spelled the words __wrong_. * These masterpieces of music can stand the __test_ of time. * The young man has __conquered_ his fear of failure and is making great steps in his work. * The old man __devoted himself to_ teaching foe many years. * The girl would rather _stay__ alone in the classroom than __play_ with her classmates outside. * These years, I am looking forward to __meeting_ the great writer. * There is no easy _method__ to physics. * They were listening to light music __when_ a thunder came down. * The judge _sentenced_ the burglar to two years’ imprisonment. * The glass will __crack__ if you pour boiling water into it. * The meeting __broke up__ at midnight an