高考英语3500词汇s开头的单词（高考核心词汇字母E开头）

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1. eager a. 热切的；渴望的

(1) Some patients are __________________(太急于) tell you exactly how they feel.

【答案】only / just / but / all too eager to

(2) The manager is _____ that the project should be started as early as possible.

A. eager B. worried C. anxious D. longed

【答案】答案A解析：句意：经理急于尽早地开始这项计划。be eager that…“急于……”。其他选项在搭配或意义上不合适。

(3) He listened to the story with _____ attention.

A. eager B. eagerly C. eagerness D. more eagerly

【答案】答案 A解析：句中需要一形容词修饰名词attention，故答案为Ａ。

2. ease v. 减轻；缓解 n. 容易；轻易

(1) He passed the exam _________ ease.

( 2) Peter felt ill ________ease with strangers.

【答案】(1) with (2) at

( 3) Old people desire a life of _____, which does not fit young people of my age.

A. easy B. easily C. ease D. more easily

【答案】答案 C解析：of是介词，后跟名词，a life of ease“安逸的生活”。

(4) It would _____ my mind to know that she was settled.

A. rob B. keep C. use D. ease

【答案】答案D解析：句意：知道她已安顿下来会使我放心些。ease one’s mind = make sb. less worried“使某人放心”。

3. employ v. 雇用

(1) He has been employed _______ writing a new book these days.这些日子他一直忙于写一本新书。

【答案】(1) in

(2) There is a problem even for people in ______.

A. employment B. job C. employ D. profession

【答案】答案A解析：in employment“有工作”，多指为得酬劳而受人雇佣的工作。题意为：甚至对于有工作的人来说，这也是一个问题。profession特指需要一定学问或特殊训练的脑力劳动者的职业。

(3) The factory is the largest single ______ in the area.

A. employ B. employment C. employer D. employee

【答案】答案C解析：句意：这家工厂是该地区最大的一位雇主。employer“雇主”；employee“雇员”。根据句意即可知正确答案。

4. entertain v. 招待；款待；使有兴趣；使快乐

(1) I entertained my friends ________ dinner yesterday evening.昨晚我招待朋友吃晚饭。

(2) I found the talk both informative and _________(entertain).

【答案】(1) to (2) entertaining

( 3) My wife ______ them as honored guests.

A. entertained B. interested C. amused D. encouraged

【答案】答案 A解析：句意：我妻子把他们当作尊贵的客人招待。entertain…as…“把……当……招待”。

(4) He often listens to the music in his spare time to ______ himself.

A. entertain B. encourage C. educate D. improve

【答案】答案 A解析：entertain sb. / oneself“使某人 / 自己高兴（愉快）”。

5. equal n. 同等的人a. 相同的；同样的；平等的；能胜任的 v. 与……相等；等于

(1) They are equal _______ ability. = They are _______ equal ability.

( 2) He is a player _________ equal.他是个无与伦比的运动员。

【答案】(1) in ; of (2) without

(3) I don’t think he is equal ______ this kind of work, so I can’t hire him.

A. in doing B. doing C. to do D. to doing

【答案】答案D解析：be equal to doing…“胜任……”，为固定短语，其中to为介词。

(4) The winning in the 100-meter butterfly gives the American swimmer Michael Phelps the seventh gold medal in Beijing, _____ the record set by American legend Mark Spitz at the 1972 Munich Games.

A. equaling B. equaled C. to equal D. being equaled

【答案】答案 A解析：现在分词短语作结果状语。

6. equip v. 配备；装备；使有所准备；使有能力

(1) We want our son to have an education that will equip him _______ later life.我们想让儿子接受能为其日后生活打下基础的教育。

【答案】for

( 2) Your education will ______ you to earn a good living. Work hard from now on.

A. associate B. equip C. relate D. feed

【答案】答案B解析：句意：你所受的教育会使你过上富裕的生活。从今后努力学习吧。associate“使联合（系）”；relate“适应，使相互关联”；feed“喂养”。equip“使有能力”，符合语境。

(3) The explorers were told to ______ themselves with everything they would need for their voyage.

A. communicate B. feed C. equip D. associate

【答案】答案C解析：equip … with…“用……装备……”。

7. escape v. 逃跑；逃走；被忘掉；被忽视 n. 逃跑；漏出

(1) You are lucky to escape ________________(punish).

【答案】punishment / being punished

(2) In the great fire, he was lucky to escape ________.

A. to be killing B. killing C. killed D. being killed

【答案】答案 D解析：动词escape后跟动名词，不接不定式，且句子主语和kill之间为被动关系，故

D为正确答案。

3) Mike often attempts to escape ______ whenever he breaks traffic regulations.

A. having been fined B. to have been fined C. to be fined D. being fined

【答案】答案 D解析：动词escape后接名词或动名词，不接不定式。Fine是及物动词，意为“罚款”，常用被动形式。

8. exchange n. 交换；交流v. 交换；掉换

(1) He gave me an apple ______________(交换) a piece of cake.

( 2) I exchanged seats _________ Bill. 我和比尔换了座位。

( 3) Where can I exchange my dollars _______ pounds?我在哪里可以用美元兑换英镑？

【答案】(1) in exchange for (2) with (3) for

( 4) He _____ his old car for a new model as soon as he won the money.

A. converted B. exchanged C. replaced D. transferred

【答案】答案 B解析：exchange…for…“把……换成……”。replace的搭配是replace…with…。

(5) The battery I bought is the wrong size, and I wonder if the ship will _____ it.

A. compare B. connect C. exchange D. convey

【答案】答案 C解析：我买的电池型号不对，我不知道商店是否会给换一下。exchange“交换”，符合题意。

9. expand v. 扩大；增加；扩展

(1) The __________(expand) of the factory will mean the employment of sixty extra workers.

【答案】expansion

(2) In order to prevent A (H1N1) flu ______ to other districts, the government has taken many

measures.

A. extending B. spreading C. expanding D. stretching

【答案】答案 B解析：expand“展开，扩大”，不仅指尺寸的增加，还可指范围和体积的扩大；extend“伸出，延伸”，指空间范围的扩大，以及长度、宽度的向外延伸，也可指时间的延长；spread“伸开，传播”，一般指向四面八方扩大传播的范围，如传播（疾病）、散布（信息）等；stretch“伸展，拉长”，一般指由曲变直、由短变长的伸展，不是加长。

(3) It is quite necessary for a qualified teacher to have good manners and ______ knowledge.

A. extensive B. expansive C. expensive D. intensive

【答案】答案 A解析：句意：一位称职的教师必须行为端正，知识渊博。extensive “广泛的，广博的”，符合题意。

10. exist v. 存在；实有

(1) exists (exist) a good way to solve the existing (exist) problem in geography.

( 2) This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence (exist).

【答案】(1) exists ; existing

( 2) existence

(3) People do not now believe in the ______ of ghosts.

A. birth B. evidence C. existence D. occurrence

【答案】答案 C解析：birth“出生”；evidence“证据”；existence“存在”；occurrence“发生”。句意：如今人们不信有鬼存在。

(4) It is said that this old building has _____ for more than three hundred years.

A. existed B. appeared C. been built D. come into being

【答案】答案 A解析：exist“存在”，是延续性动词，其他三项中的动词都为非延续性动词，不与一段时间连用，故只有Ａ项正确。

11. explain v. 解释；说明……的原因

(1) He left the room abruptly without ____________(explain).

【答案】explanation

(2) Is this the reason _____ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?

A. he explained B. what he explained

C. how he explained D. why he explained

【答案】答案 A解析：explain为及物动词，中心词reason后面的定语从句省略了作宾语的关系代词which或that，故答案为Ａ。

(3) —I failed again.

—Why not explain ______ you have done your best?

A. him B. him that C. that D. to him

【答案】答案 D解析：explain后不跟双宾语，可说explain to sb. that…。

12. expose v. 暴露； 显露；使面临，使遭受

(1) As a nurse in the war she ____________(置身于) many dangers.

(2 )__________ (expose) to the sun，the flower will become dry soon.

【答案】(1)was exposed to (2) Exposed

(3) ______ the sun for too much time will do great harm to your skin.

A. Exposed to B. Being exposed to C. Exposing to D. To expose to

【答案】答案 B解析：所填入的部分在句中作主语，且具有被动意味，故A项（过去分词）不可；C、D主动形式，只有B项动名词的被动式可作主语。

( 4) It is important to ______ children to more good books.

A. explode B. explore C. expand D. expose

【答案】答案 D解析：expose表示“使处于……作用（或影响）之下”，后接介词to。题意：使儿童多读一些好书是很重要的。

(5)She smiled happily， a set of amazing white teeth to us.

A．exposing B．being exposed

C．exposed D．to expose

【答案】答案A解析　expose和其逻辑主语she之间为主谓关系，故此处应用现在分词短语作状语。

13. elect v. 选举；推选

(1) She became the first black woman ________________(elect) to the Senate.

( 2) They have only recently won an _________ (elect) under his leadership.

【答案】(1) to be elected (2) election

(3) He was elected the next day _____ Vice President.

A. for B. to C. as D. on

【答案】答案 C解析：句意：第二天他被选举为副总统。elect sb. as，“选举某人为……”。

( 4) Every nation should have a right to ______ their own government.

A. choose B. pick C. select D. elect

【答案】答案 D解析：句意：每个国家都应该有权选举出自己的政府。choose, select意为“选择”；elect“选举”。

14. ensure v. 保证；担保

(1) Our new research strategy _____ that we get the best possible results.

A. improves B. ensures C. offers D. thinks

【答案】答案 B解析：句意：我们新的研究计划保证了我们能取得最好的结果。ensure“保证，确保”，符合题意。

(2) The new measures can ensure us _______ danger.

A. for B. to C. toward D. against

【答案】答案 D解析：考查固定短语ensure sb. against / from danger“保护某人免受危险”。

15. effect n. 影响，作用；结果

( 1) The new law will come _________ effect next month.这项新法律下个月生效。

(2) The medicine was _______ no effect ________ the patient.这种药对病人无效。

【答案】(1) into (2) of ; on

(3) Usually what the teacher says will have a deep _____ on a child.

A. mark B. effect C. satisfaction D. expression

【答案】答案 B解析：have a deep effect on，“对……产生深远影响”。

(4) How close parents are to their children _____ a great effect on the character of the children.

A. have B. to have C. having D. has

【答案】答案 D解析：句意：父母对孩子的密切（程度）对孩子的性格有重大影响。How close parents are to their children是句子的主语，缺少谓语动词，故用has。

16. energy n. 力气；劲；力量；精力

(1) Her mother, now an _______ (energy) 73, was also present.

【答案】energetic

(2) Mary _____ than John.

A. has more energy B. has energier

C. has more much energy D. has many more energy

【答案】答案 A解析：句中有than，故用比较级，且energy是不可数名词，不用many修饰，故答案为A。

( 3) He has _____ energy that he can do the work of three ordinary men.

A. such much B. so much C. many more D. more much

【答案】答案 B解析：energy作“能量；精力”解，是不可数名词，不能用many修饰，且此句考查so … that…句型。

17. engage v. 雇用

(1) He is now engaged __________his second novel.他正埋头写他的第二部小说。

( 2) She got engaged ________Tom last year.她去年和汤姆订了婚。

【答案】(1) in (2) to

(3) I phoned her last night but the number was _____.

A. engaged B. employed C. enforced D. ensured

【答案】答案 A解析：engaged在句中意为“占线的，使用中的”。

(4) Her views are based on years of _______ with the problems of the inner city.

A. employment B. engagement C. supplement D. service

【答案】答案 B解析：句意：她的观点是以多年对市内中心区问题的了解为基础的。Engagement意为“（对……的） 了解；（与……的）密切关系”，符合题意。

18. examine v. 审查；调查；测验

(1) Your proposals are still __________________(在审查中).

【答案】under examination

(2) ______ closer examination it was found that the signature was not genuine.

A. In B. At C. On D. Through

【答案】答案C解析：句意：经过进一步认真检查发现签名是伪造的。on examination 意为“经过检查”。

(3) I had my eyes ______.

A. examining B. to examine C. examined D. having examined

【答案】答案C解析：have sth. done“让别人做……”。句意：我让（医生）检查了眼睛。

19. experience n. 经验；实践；经历 v. 经历；经受

(1) _____________(据我的经验看), very few people really understand the problem.

【答案】In my experience

( 2) Jumping out of ______ airplane at ten thousand feet is quite _____ exciting experience.

A. /; / B. /; an C. an; an D. the; the

【答案】答案 C解析：an airplane泛指“任何一架飞机”；experience作“经历；体验”讲，是可数名词，其前应加冠词。

( 3) As we know, ______ is the best teacher.

A. experiment B. experience C. effort D. skill

【答案】答案 B解析：句意：我们都知道，经验是最好的老师。experience“经验”，不可数名词。

20. envy v. 羡慕；忌妒 n. 羡慕；忌妒

( 1) He looked ____________ (羡慕地) at her latest purchase.

【答案】with envy

(2) How I _____ him the pleasure he had during the vacation!

A. envy B. admire C. appreciate D. enjoy

【答案】答案 A解析：句意：我多么忌妒他在假期间的快乐。admire“羡慕”，后接for；appreciate“欣赏”；enjoy“喜欢”；envy后跟双宾语。

(3) My colleague bought a new house, which made his neighbors _____ him.

A. envy B. admire C. respect D. pride

【答案】答案A解析：句意：我的同事买了一所新房子，这使的他的邻居非常羡慕。envy“羡慕”，符合句意。

21．end up(多指出乎意料地)最终处于，(以……)告终(in sth.)；最终(成为……)(as sth.)；最终(做……)(doing)；以……结尾(with sth.)；结果为……

(1)He ended up ________ the top leader of the company.

(2) After a luxurious life，he ended up ________ poverty.

(3)The restaurants were all full and we ended up ________(eat) hamburgers at home.

【答案】(1)as (2) in (3) eating

(4)It is possible that one day we will disability，so we shouldn’t look down upon the disabled.

A．end up with B．put up with

C．come up with D．catch up with

【答案】答案　A

解析　句意为：将来有一天，我们也可能以残疾而告终，因此我们不应看不起残疾人。end up with以……告终，符合句意。

(5)We insisted that the meaningless argument .

A．should bring to an end

B．was brought to an end

C．might come to an end

D．come to an end

【答案】答案　D

解析　句意为：我们坚决要求停止无意义的争论。insist表示“坚决要求”，其后的宾语从句中使用虚拟语气，谓语动词应为should＋动词原形，should可省略。bring to an end使……终止，为及物动词短语，与从句主语为动宾关系，因此应使用被动形式；come to an end结束，为不及物动词短语。

22．every/each time＋从句

(1) __________ I attempted to convince her，I failed completely. 每一次我试图说服她，但全然不起作用。

(2)I thought of her as a nice and honest girl _____________ I met her.第一次见到她我就认为她是个诚实的好女孩。

【答案】(1) Every time (2) the first time

(3) you tell someone about something that happened to you or something you did，you tell the “story” of what happened.

A．By the time B．Every time

C．The moment D．The first time

【答案】答案　B

解析　句意为：每当你向某人讲述发生在你身上或你所做的事的时候，你就是在讲述发生的“故事”。

(4)—Do you know Mary very well?

—Yes.We became good friends we met at a meeting.

A．by the time B．the first time

C．until D．as long as

【答案】答案　B

解析　答语句意为：是的，在一次会议上，第一次见面的时候，我们就成了好朋友。

23．every 数词 名词 每（隔）……

(1)The buses go ______________(每隔10分钟)．

(2) A：Take a pill every three hours.

B：Take a pill every ______ hour.

【答案】(1) every 10 minutes (2) third

(3)The teacher asked his students to leave a space in their exercise book .

A．every a few lines B．each a few lines

C．every few lines D．each few lines

【答案】答案　C

解析　every few lines每隔几行。

(4)The teacher asked the children to write line but Tom just wrote very carelessly lines.

A．other every；few every

B．other every；every a few

C．every other；every few

D．every other；every a few

【答案】答案　C

解析　“每隔一行”为every other line；“每隔几行”为every few lines。

24．except for除……之外(表细节上的修正)

(1)____________________ the cost，the dress doesn’t suit me either.

(2)The holidays I spent in Italy were very good ______________a few rainy days.

【答案】(1) Apart from/Besides/In addition to (2) except for

(3)Your composition is well­written some spelling mistakes.

A．besides B．except for

C．as well as D．in addition to

【答案】答案　B

解析　此处是指在细节上对整体加以修正说明，故用except for。

(4) such subjects，the department also taught mathematics and geography.

A．Except B．Except for

C．As well as D．In addition to

【答案】答案　D

解析　由句中关键词also可知，此处意思应为“除……之外，还”，故选D项。

25. ever since与完成时

(1)John promised his doctor he would not smoke，and_____________. 约翰答应医生他不再吸烟了，从那以后，他再也没有吸过烟。

(2) Ever since __________ (get) to know you，I can’t stop thinking about you.

(3) It ___________ (be) 3 years since I _________ (join) the army.

【答案】(1) he has never smoked ever since (2) getting

(3) is/has been ; joined

(4)As is reported，it is 100 years Qinghua University was founded.

A．when B．before

C．after D．since

【答案】答案　D

解析　句意为：正如报道的那样，清华大学已建校100年了。It is some time since...为固定句型。根据句意可确定正确选项为D。

(5)His sister left home in 1998，and ever since.

A．had not been heard of

B．has not been heard of

C．had not heard of

D．has not heard of

【答案】答案　B

解析　此处指“自从那时起，她便杳无音信”，应用现在完成时，且hear of和主语为动宾关系，故选B项。

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