12.　 His knowledge of English was _______ for the job ，although he was not fluent in the language。[甘肃省天水市2010届高三第一次模拟考试][形容词]

A. adequate　　　　　 B. enough　　　　 C. suit　　　 D. fitful

[答案]A

[解析]主要测试形容词。结合所给答案可知译文：虽然他英语说得不流利，但是能胜任这份工作。单词adequate“充足的;足够的”，但是还有“可以胜任的;让人满意的;恰当的”之义。例如：This hotel room wasn't luxurious，but it was adequate.旅馆房间不奢华，但是可以让人满意。

11．_____ and happy, Tom stood up and accepted the prize．[云南省玉溪一中2010届高三下11第二次模拟考试][形容词]

　 　 A．Surprising　　　　 B．Surprised　　 　 C．Being surprised 　　　 D．To be surprised

[答案]B　　　 　　　　　　

[解析]本句是形容词词组作状语，有时放在句子的前面，有时放在句子的后面。

10. No man probably had a greater effect on the daily lives of most people of the USA____ Henry Ford________, a pioneer in automobile production. [湖南师大附中2010届高三上学期第六次月考][形容词]

A. as ;was　 B. as; did C. than ;was　 D. than ; did

[答案]D　　　　　　　　　　

[解析]根据had a greater effect on 可知这句子要用比较级，而且 did 代动词，代替had an effect on the daily lives of most people of the USA,故选项D是正确的。

9.The question of that my family go to Beijing for a holiday is purely _______，since we don't have any money。[辽宁省沈阳市2010届高三3月联考][形容词]

　　　 A. academic　　　　　 B. practical　　　　 C. possible　　　　　 D. considered　

[答案]A

[解析]主要测试形容词。词汇academic“学术的”但是还有生僻意义“不切实际的”。例如：the question the student asked in class was purely academic。那位学生课上提的问题完全不切实际。从语境可知译文：我全家去北京度假的问题完全不切实际

8. It's said that __________ is going to give us a lecture. [西安市2010届期末联合测试][形容词]

A. an American famous young　　　　　　 B. a famous American youg

C. a famous young American　　　　 　　　D. a young famous American

[答案]C

[解析]本题是形容词知识的考查。famous是描绘性形容词，应放在前面，American 指的是国籍，放在young之后。

7. Mary, who was a very shy girl, felt _____ and uncomfortable when she couldn’t answer the

teacher’s questions.[浙江省杭州中学2010届高三第四次月考][形容词]

A. curious　　　　　　 B. awkward　　　　　 C. cautious　　　　　 D. unfair

[答案]B

[解析]awkward“尴尬的；难堪的”。

6.The dress is two sizes ____for me．Would you please show me another one? [安徽省三名校2010届期末联考][形容词]

A．larger　　　 B．too large C．more large 　　 D．very large

[答案]B

[解析]习惯用语问题。在英语中，表示“衣帽等太大或太小而不合适”，须用too large／too small for sb。

5．Every child is __________, with their own needs, preferences and talents. [湖北省六校联考][形容词]

A．contradictory　　　　　 B．similar

C．original　　　　　　 D．unique

[答案]D

[解析]本句译为“每个孩子都是独一无二的，他们有各自的需求、爱好以及天赋”。A项意为“相互矛盾的；对立的；不一致的”；B项意为“相似的”；C项意为“原来的；起初的；最早的”；均与题意不符。

3. What he has done is far from___________.[银川市2010届期末联考][形容词]

　 A. satisfactory　 　　　B. satisfied　　　 C. satisfaction　　　　 D. satisfy

[答案]A

[解析]本题是形容词的辨析。首先要确定空格处需填人一个形容词，做is的表语。排除C、D两项。而satisfactory通常表示“(某物)令人满意的”；satisfied通常表示“(某人)对……感到满意”。

4 As we all know, _________ medical examination will help us find out health problems as early as possible. [吉林市2010届期末质量检测][形容词辨析]

　　　 A. regular　　 　　 B. general　　　 　　　　　 C. common　　　 D. normal

[答案] A

[解析]. 定期体检。

2. I'd like to be a professional singer, but I don't think I've got__________.[河南省郑洛汴2010届一摸][形容词]

A. a good voice enough　　　　　　 B. a good enough voice

C. a voice enough good　　　　　　 D. an enough good voice

[答案]B

[解析]enough修饰形容词时要后置，修饰名词时要前置。