College Entrance Examination English Vocabulary Test Center Handbook

Chapter 15

obey, obey, follow, execute; listen to, be at the mercy of

obey the whole/obey the order
follow follow/disobey disobey/order command/command command/require
The guard at the gate insisted that everybody____the rules.
A． obeys B． obey
C． obeyed D． will obey
Parsing the answer to the meaning of the sentence: The soldiers at the gate require everyone to obey the rules. The subjunctive mood is used in the object clause followed by insist, which means "resolutely demand", and should is omitted.

object object, object; object, purpose; object
aim goal, purpose/goal goal/purpose purpose, intention/effort, try our best

I became____of attack for the village boys.
A． a subjectB. an object
C． a point D． a kind
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: I became the target of the village boys. The subject refers to the subject, the point refers to the kind, and a kind refers to the category. Only the object has the meaning of the goal and conforms to the meaning of the question.

Bject is used as an intransitive verb, often with the preposition to, followed by a gerund.When used as a transitive verb, it is often followed by a subordinate clause.Example: I object to smoking. I am against smoking. I objected that he was too young for the job.My objection is that I am too young for the job.

obvious, obvious
occur, be thought of
Happen (accidentally) happened; by chance/. ccur happened/accident accident; accidental event, accidental thing/incident small incident; (contains violence) event, (political) event; event/event big event, event/adventure adventure, strange experience/experience experience; experience , experience/chance opportunity; chance

O'clock... o'clock

o'clock is an abbreviation of the clock.When expressing what time and minutes, o'clock must be omitted.Such as at nine o'clock (at 9 o'clock), nine ten (9:10).

of belongs to; about...; expresses a certain nature, content, condition, etc.; expresses the quantity or type of...; expresses part or all of...; expresses part or all of...; expresses the most in... Prominent; expressing... on the one hand; coming from..., from...: due to, because of; composed of...

The home improvements have taken what little there is
A. from B. in C. of
The parsed answer is C.This question examines the usage of the preposition of in sentence structure. The clause guided by what is the object of the predicate have taken, and the basic structure in the clause is "there is little of" means "...there are very few", and what modifies little refers to the beginning of the clause.

The of phrase constitutes an ownership relationship.When expressing a part of the whole, the noun after of should use possessive case, and the pronoun should use nominal possessive pronoun, which constitutes a double possessive case.Example: Fan Wen is a friend of mine. Fan Wen is a friend of mine. 0 The structure of "be of+noun" is equivalent to the structure of be+adjective, indicating the nature, status, characteristics, etc. of the subject.Example: The jacket is of good quality. The jacket is of good quality.

off (representing space, time, distance) distance, distance, take off; remove; break; stop, nothing; idle; stopped prep. from...
I'll ask for a day____to go and see my mother, who's in hospital.
A． away B． off C． ofD． out
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: I'm going to take a day off to see my mother, she is in the hospital.The new phrase ask for a day off means "ask for a day off", and off is an adverb here, and of cannot be used.
offer proposes, provides; tries, expresses to
offer sb. some money for sth．bid on someone...

market market/shop store/store store; storage, spare parts; storage, storage/bargain contract; transaction; bargaining/exchange exchange, exchange/trade trade, business/export export/import import/goods goods/provide to provide, supply /supply supply, supply; supplies/exhibition exhibition/show exhibition; exhibition
They apologized for not being able to____.
A. offer us tea B. offer tea us
C. offering us tea D. offered tea to
Parse answer A.Sentence meaning: They apologized for not being able to serve us tea.Examine the use of the verb offer. offer as a verb means "provide" and "put forward", and it can take double objects. According to the sentence meaning and alternatives of this question, A should be selected. If item B is expressed in this way, it is correct, namely: offer tea to us; item C should use the original form of the verb; item D has the wrong form of the verb and is incomplete.

offer as a verb.Offer to give someone something.When speaking, I am more accustomed to using the structure of double objects, that is, "offer somebody something".Example: He offered me his seat. He wants to give me my seat. offer is followed by an infinitive as an object, which means "offering to do something", without a gerund object.

office
of (=ob strengthens meaning) + fic (do, office) office, office + e
work in an office/go to office/an inquiry office/a head office head office/take (come into, enter upon) office

officer clerk; military officer
of (= ob strengthens the meaning) + fic (do, office) + er (represents people) officials, military officers

official officials, administrative staff cr rush, official, official; official

official dutiespublic office/an official visitofficial visit/official routinecase

Official language/official language official language
often often

Usually, ften, sometimes and other adverbs of frequency are usually placed before action verbs, after be verbs or auxiliary verbs.Such as: Our teacher usually tells us a story on Saturday morning.Our old Bing usually tells us stories on Saturday mornings. When 00ften is placed at the beginning of a sentence, the word order is usually inverted.Example: Often did we warm them not to do so.We warned them multiple times not to do this. Ooften is a disyllabic, but its comparatives and superlatives are more commonly formed by adding more and most.Example: He goes to the cinema more often than I．He goes to the cinema more often than I do.

old old, old, former; ... old

Four of Robert's children were at the party, including____, Luke.
A. the oldest B. an oldest one
C, the old D． an old one
The analytical answer is A. the oldest is the superlative, referring to the oldest of the four children mentioned.

Elder is an attributive adjective and cannot be used as a predicative. To ask the older of the two, use the comparative degree older. "哥哥" and "姐姐" often use "elder brother" and "elder sister" instead of older. Older and oldest can modify people or things, while elder and oldest can only modify people, and usually relatives.Example: Who is older, you or hec?Who is older between you and him?
on forward; go on; put on, put on: put on, on...; at the time of...; according to; with; about, about
on and on continue; continue/on board on board/on business; on business trip/on holiday, vacation/on show exhibition; display/on the air transmit (or broadcast) by radio (or TV)/on the point of Just about to.../on the(an) open fire/on the radio
Our teacher is away___holiday this week
A. on B. in C. to D. at
Parse answer A.Sentence meaning: Our teacher is not here this week, he is on vacation. on holiday fixed phrase, meaning "on vacation".

On a tree usually refers to the fruit and leaves that grow by itself, which means hanging. In a tree usually refers to the outside person or thing falling on the tree, which means being inside the branches and leaves.Example: A monkey is playing in a tree.There is a monkey playing in a tree.

once, once, ever, once

on(e).a + ce (... times) once, once

at once immediately, immediately/once more(again)again, once again/all at once suddenly, at the same time, together/once and again again/once and away -times finally, thoroughly/once in a while occasionally, ask or /once upon a time long ago, once upon a time

twice twice/thrice three times
How often do you go to the cinema: l
A. Once in a month B. Once for a month
C. One time a month D. Once a month
Parse answer D.Sentence meaning: How often do you go to the movies?Once a month. once a month once a month, a fixed phrase.

once said.Once... Then... , leads an adverbial clause equivalent to a condition, so the tense of the clause uses the simple present tense to express the future. "Once", English uses once instead of one time, "twice" means twlce, "three times" means three times, and so on.Example: I have been there once.I have been there once.

one another each other, each other/one after another -one by one/one by one -one by one/all one is exactly the same, no difference/one and all everyone, everyone/one and the same the same/one day has one day, one day

Meeting my uncle after all these years was an unforgettable moment, ____I will always treasure.
A. that B. one C. it D. what
The analytical answer is B.One of this question is used as an apposition of moment.

one said.anyone. , is a general meaning and cannot replace the one mentioned above.But it is a special reference, referring to the singular nouns mentioned above.Example: "Here, have an apple. - No, thanks, I've just have one. Give, eat an apple. No, thank you. I just ate it. - One's own is followed by a noun, indicating 4 someone's own Things", such as: my own car (my own car). The plural form of one of+ noun means "one of ...", if followed by an attributive clause, the predicate verb of the clause is consistent with the plural noun, not with one -. The plural form of the only one of + noun, which means that 4 is the only one in ", if followed by an attributive clause, it is a modification of the only one, so the predicate verb in the clause is in singular form, not the plural noun Consistent. The phrase one and a half is followed by plural nouns. Example: He's the only one of the engi-
neers who knows Japanese．He was the only one among those engineers who knew Japanese.

oneself oneself, oneself, personally
by oneself alone, alone / for oneself for oneself, personally / of oneself naturally, automatically / come to oneself to wake up (wake up)
The students handed in their test papers to the teacher____.
A. one after the others B. one by one
C. one after one D. each following the other
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: The students handed the test papers to the teacher one by one.Examine the usage of fixed phrases: one by one (= one after another) -one by one, successively.

only but, but

not only but also not only...but also...(see neither, nor)/only not is simply, almost the same as.../only that+clause, if not.../only too very, really/if only I hope, if... Just like (common subjunctive mood)/only a few
Only when your identity has been checked,

______.

A. you are allowed in B. you will be allowed in
C. will you allow in D. will you be allowed in
The analytical answer is D.Sentence meaning: Your identity will only be allowed to enter after being verified.The adverb only is placed at the beginning of the sentence. If it is a main clause, the main clause should be inverted.Excluding A and B, judging by the meaning of the sentence, the main sentence needs to use the sleeve-moving voice, and only item D is correct.

only can be an adjective, modifying a noun, or an adverb, modifying an adjective, verb, adverb or sentence.Therefore its position is very important, which part it emphasizes, it is placed before that part.Such as: Only I gave a pencil to him.Only I gave him a pencil. /I gave only a pencil to him.I just gave him a pencil. /I gave only a pencil to him.I just give him a pencil. 0nly is followed by an infinitive phrase, often used as a result adverbial in a sentence, expressing the meaning of "unexpectedly...", "the result is...". When Oonly leads an adverbial to be placed at the beginning of a sentence, the sentence requires partial inversion.This is a more formal expression. When Oonly leads an adverbial clause to be placed at the beginning of the sentence, the clause is not inverted, but only constitutes an inversion on the main clause.Example: Only after a year did I begin to see the results of my work.It was only after a year that I saw the fruits of my work. When only is used as an adjective to modify the subject of a sentence, the sentence will not be inverted.

onto on top of

It is generally used with dynamic verbs to emphasize the direction of the action, and n is generally used with static verbs to indicate the positional relationship.Such as: He jumped onto the bed and lay on it.He jumped into bed and lay down.

open, open, open, open, open: open;
be open to open to..., susceptible to.../break open/in the
open in the open, in the open / into the open / open fire / open out open, develop, show / open up open; expose

close/shut/fold/unfold
Some new oilfields____opened up since 1976.
A. were B. has C. have been D. had been
Parse answer C.Sentence meaning: Since 1976, some new oil fields have been developed.The present perfect tense is used together with "slnce + a point in time in the past". The subject of this sentence and the predicate verb open up are passive, so the passive voice of the present perfect tense is used.

operate, run; operate, operate
oper (work) +ate (verb suffix) work, operation
perate on to operate for...
industry industry, industry/company company/firm company, enterprise/factory factory/work(s) fortification; engineering; works; factory/plan plan, planning, layout/design design/make, manufacture/produce products; production/electric of; power generation, electric /equip equipment, equipped with /fitting device, equipment /machine machine /robot robot

operation operation, work, operation; surgery

oper (work) +ation (noun suffix) work, operation
opinion view, opinion

in one's opinion according to someone / ask the opinion of sb.seek someone's opinion/
be of the opinion that_think.../give one's opinion on/have
a good (bad) opinion of sb. (sth.) When someone (something) evaluates a good (bad) / a matter of opinion with different opinions

oppose against

opposlte opposite, opposite/opposition opposes, opposes/support supports/contribution contributes/devote concentrates on, dedicates to/liberate liberates/revolution revolution/depends on/contrary opposite, opposite

Opposite opposite; opposite, opposite /.opposite person or thing

be opposite to and ... relative/in the opposite direction towards the opposite direction

opposlng opposite/oppositely opposite/contrary opposite

He is the opposite____his brother.
A. to B. of C. again D. from
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: He is the complete opposite of his brother. When the opposite is spoken as a noun, it is followed by of+noun.

When the opposite said.Face to talk into. ,or.When facing the person in question, it is often used as a post-attributive.Example: I noticed that the man opposite was staring at me. I noticed that the man opposite was staring at me. O When expressing one of a group of opposite things, the opposite is often used, and at this time the opposite should be placed in front of the noun it modifies.And contrary is mainly used in the phrase on the contrary (opposite) o Example: I think the picture would look better on the oppo-site wall.I think the picture would look better on the opposite wall.

or (indicates choice) or, or, or; (indicates unclear) approximately; (often used with else) otherwise, otherwise

eitheror…or/or so about,…up and down/sooner or later/whetheror is…or, regardless…or…/or else otherwise
We're going to the bookstore in John's car. You can come with us___you can
meet us there later.
A. but B. and C. or D. then
The analytical answer is C, sentence meaning: We will take John's car to the bookstore, you can go with us, or meet us here later.This question examines the difference in the use of conjunctions, "but" means "but, but", a turning conjunction; "and" means "fork, and", a coordinating conjunction, "or" means "or, otherwise", is Choose conjunctions; "then" means "then", a coordinating conjunction.The key to this question is the "later," in the sentence, where there should be an option for "or".

When a series of parallel things are in a negative sentence, or is used to form a parallel, and is used in an affirmative sentence.Example: She doesn't like bananas or apples.She doesn't like bananas and apples.When two verb infinitives are joined by or, the second infinitive is usually not to.In the structure of "imperative sentence + simple sentence", the function of the imperative sentence is equivalent to a conditional adverbial clause, and there is a coordinating conjunction in front of the simple sentence. Depending on the meaning of the expression, and can be used to represent "progressive 5", or to represent "turning" and so on. Example: I wonder whether he'II go himself or whether he'll send a friend. I don't know whether he is going by himself or letting a friend go.

order order, sequence; order; order order, order order test, order, order
in order to/in order that force r so that
order means.Command, when used as a verb, followed by that clause, the should do sentence pattern should be used in the clause, where should can be omitted.In addition, in order to, so as to, so that and in order that all mean "for, so that", in which in order to, so as to can cause the adverbial of purpose, followed by the original form of the verb.Such as: I finish work today in order to play football tomorrow. I finish work today in order to play football tomorrow.In the so that clause, may, might, can or could are generally used.Such as: He got up early so that he could reach on time.He got up early in order to get there on time.In the in order that clause, may or might are generally used.Such as: I cleaned the room today in order that it might make her happy.I cleaned the room today in order to possibly please her.

ordinary, ordinary (synonymous with coi11mon); ordinary, mediocre

ordinary workers/an ordinary dress an ordinary dress/very ordinary wine

organize

organ (organ-organization) + ize (verb suffix) organization, establishment

other, other; (often with definite article) (in two) another, the rest; previous /), another person (or thing); (p/.) the rest of the person (or thing)

the other day a few days ago, a few days ago/every other day mother every other day/each other each other, each other/other than different, except/in other words/the other hand/every other_every other One...the rest each/one after the other in succession, exchanged/one_ the other -one...another (total two)/onethe others -others (total three or more)/some... others some...some (referring to some in the unfixed range...and some..., in addition to these two categories, there may be other situations, so others do not add the before, it is a general reference) /somethe others -some... ...the rest (part of the majority...another part)

Sarah has read lots of stories by American writers. Now she would like to read___stories by writers from countries.
A. some; any B. other; some C. some; other D. other; other
Parsing the answer to C someother is a fixed collocation.

When other is used as an adjective, there is no plural form.Its plural form "others".Can only be used as a pronoun, meaning other ones (others) or other people (other people).Example: Where are the other photos?Where are the other photos? 00thers generally refers to several other people or things, and the others refers to another part within a range, so it is a specific usage.Before a number or a plural word beginning with few, use another to mean "other", not other. Any other + noun is used in comparative structure, which means any other in the same range except the one mentioned above.If the compared components are not in the same range, other is not needed.Refers to the other of two people or two things, expressed by the other, and another generally refers to the other of many.Example: I have two brothers; one is twenty, and the other is fifteen.I have two brothers, one is 20 years old and the other is 15 years old.

Otherwise otherwise; otherwise aclv. Otherwise; otherwise; differently

if if, if; whether, is it/whether or not/suppose/unless if not, unless/though; however; however; however/although although/even even; more/but/however anyway, anyway/so So, then /such then, very /too; too; too much /also /quite very, very /rather quite; rather /pretty quite; very /or otherwise; or

We must leave now，___we'II be late for work.
A. so B. otherwise
C.Lhen D． and
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: We must start now, or we will be late for work. Items A, C, and D all represent the order, not the turning point. The question stem has obvious turning points, so otherwise is the correct answer.

The conjunction otherwise,. , connected sentences can be used to express the subjunctive mood.Example: I ran all the way, or I should have been late for school.I came all the way, otherwise I would be late for school.

should, should

ought to
Sir, you___be sitting in this waiting room. It is for women and chiidren only.
A.oughtn't toB.can'tC.won'tD.needn't
The analytical answer is A.From the information sentence It is for women and children onlv, candidates can be prompted that "men should not sit in the waiting room". oughtn't to be means "shouldn't".

There was a lot of fun at yesterday's party. You___come, but whv didn't you?

A. must have
C. need have
B. should
D．ought to have
The analytical answer is D.When yesterday-word is seen, item B is excluded. Item C has no affirmative expression, only negative expression needn't have done, "I don't have to".From the following why didn't you?Item A can be excluded. ought to have done means should have done...

ought is a special modal verb, and the following verb must be an infinitive with to.Example: You ought not to be satisfied with that.You shouldn't be content with that.

ourselves (reflexive pronoun) ourselves; (used to strengthen the tone) ourselves

Reflexive pronouns are usually used as the apposition of the subject or object in the sentence to strengthen the mood, and can also be used as the object of the verb or preposition, but they cannot be used as the subject in the sentence.Example: (×) Ourselves built this house. (√)We built this house ourselves.We built this house ourselves.

out, out, out; end, past

He took___his exercise-book and began to write
A. outB. out ofC. out fromD. from
Parse answer A.Sentence meaning: He took out his exercise book and began to write. take out sth．Take it out, common phrases.

When adverbs of position are placed at the beginning of a sentence, the word order should be inverted.But when the subject is a personal pronoun, the word order of the subject and predicate remains unchanged.Example: Out rush the children. The children rushed out.

outdoor

outer, outside

the outer world/the outer space outer space/the outer man's appearance/the outer covering

outside

out (outside)+side (edge) outside, outside

out/outer/outdoors/inside/in-door, into
They ran outside____the burning building.
A． out B． ofC． from D． /
Parse answer C.Sentence meaning: They escaped from the burning building. run trom to flee from.

When outside refers to outside, refers to.somewhere closer outside. .Such as: There is a man knocking at the door outside.There was a knock on the door. Out often refers to the outside in the distance, such as: He is out and I can't see him here.He's outside and I can't see him from here.

They had a pleasant chat___a cup of coffee
A． for B. with C. during D. over
The analytical answer is D.Sentence meaning: They drank coffee and talked for a while.This question examines fixed usage. "Have a pleasant chat over" means to have a pleasant chat over.Only "over" can be used as a preposition.

When expressing "covering", use over Li instead of above.Note: Sometimes it means "covering" without touching, but referring to the volley covering that is relatively close in space. At this time, only over can be used, such as: The doctor and two policemen were leaning over the injured man.The doctor and two policemen bent over the wounded man.Example: (×) There were above 10 peo-ple on Sunday in the park. (√) There were over 000 people on Sunday in the park.More than 10 people were in the park on Sunday.When expressing a quantity exceeding a certain number, over should be used instead of above. Over in this sense means more than.However, above is often used when expressing a value above a certain point on a range of numbers.Example: Don't let your overdraft rise above $000.Don't let your overdraft exceed £1.

owe owed, should be paid to...; be thanked, should be attributed to (to)
I___.
A. owe $200 to Mr John
C. spent $200 0n Mr John
B． paid $200 to Mr John
D． owe to mr john $200
Parse answer A.Sentence meaning: I owe Mr. John $200. owe sb. +the number of money=owe+the number of money+to sb. (how much money is owed to someone); pay sb. +Amount of money: pay+amount of money+to sb. (how much to pay someone).

own own, own
Of one's own belongs to someone's own / on one's own independently; alone

Reflexive pronouns cannot be used as attributives, but must be expressed.my own.In this statement, the form of "possessive pronoun (noun possessive) + own + noun" can be used.

oxygen
gas/air/element/hydrogen/gold/lead/iron/copper/zinc/silver

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