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以下是2008年湖北省高考英语试题的词汇辨析题的详细解析：

21. The young man made a______ to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation.

A. prediction B. promise

C. plan D. contribution

【答案与解析】 B。此题考查名词，that从句的内容与所缺词构成同位关系；根据句意应该理解为“向父母许诺” 较好，而make a prediction(做预测)和make a plan (做计划)虽然都可以接同位语从句，但语意不通；make a contribution to sb./sth.(为……做贡献)除句意不通外，后面也不宜接同位语成分。

22. The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly______.

A. atmosphere B. state

C. situation D. phenomenon

【答案与解析】 A。此题考查名词的用法。句意是“两国最高层领导人在友好的氛围中进行了交谈”，atmosphere 正合此意。而state 常用于in a good/bad/poor state of 表示“处在好/坏/差的状况中”，如：She is in a poor state of health. 有时也用于in a state of 结构中，如：Everything was in a state of disorder. situation是“形势、局面、局势”的意思，如He was in a hopeless situation. 而phenomenon 作为 “现象”讲，明显不符合句意要求。

23. Though having lived abroad for years，many Chinese still______ the traditional customs.

A. perform B. possess

C. observe D. support

【答案与解析】 C。此题考查动词的用法；observe 在此处是 “庆祝、欢度”而非“观察”的意义。perform (an operation/some astonishing tricks)表示“实施/表演”的意思；possess “拥有，占有”，常用于possess a gun/a sense of humor，表达个体所有权；support “支持”，与句意相差甚远。

24. As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine，we must send for an engineer to______ the problem.

A. handle B. raise

C. face D. present

【答案与解析】 A。此题考查动词用法；handle the problem 意为deal with the problem，handle 还有control 的意思，如：handle a fast car；而raise(提出)，face(面对)，present(呈现、出示)都与句意相差甚远。

25. The teacher stressed again that the students should not______ any important details while retelling the story.

A. bring out B. let out

C. leave out D. make out

【答案与解析】 C。此题考查动词词组的用法；leave out important details是“遗漏重要的细节”的意思；bring out讲解清楚(一些事情)、出版(书)；let out泄露(秘密)、发出(声音)、出租、将(衣服)放大；make out 辨识/看清(物件或笔迹)、理解/明白(意思或想法)。

26. In modern times，people have to learn to______ all kinds of pressure although they are leading a comfortable life.

A. keep with B. stay with

C. meet with D. live with

【答案与解析】 D。此题考查含with动词短语的用法；此句意思是“在当代，人们虽然过着舒适的生活，但还是不得不学会忍受各种各样的压力”。此句来源于高二课本Unit17 Disabilities中的一句话“I have learned to live with my body as it is and adjust my way of life. 我已经学会容忍我的身体现状并调整自己的生活方式。”

27. The present situation is very complex，so I think it will take me some time to______ its reality.

A. make up B. figure out

C. look through D. put off

【答案与解析】 B。此题考查动词短语的用法；figure out its reality 是“弄清事实真相”的意思；make up编造(故事、借口)、和解、弥补，look through 翻阅/查看(书报等)，put off延期、让……下车。