大学英语四级强化训5.

1、大学英语四级强化训练 Vocabulary and Structure 答案窗体顶端Directions: There are some incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line throu

2、gh the centre. 1. The government has a very bad _ because it continues with plans that nobody likes.      A)image      B)impression      C)influence      D)position       The correct answer:

3、 A   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选aimage n“像；（在人们心目中的）形象；图像”impression n“印象；感想”influence n“影响”position n“位置；职位；姿势；立场” 2. He put in a special _ for an extra day's holiday so that he could attend his daughter's wedding.      A)request  &

4、#160;   B)requirement      C)demand      D)enquiry       The correct answer: A   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选arequest（for）n“请求”（put in a request to sb for sth“向提出的请求”；at the request of“应的请求”；byon r

5、equestof“应请求”；be in great request“需求量很大”）requirement（for）n“要求，必要条件；需要，需要的东西”demand n（上级对下级的或有权提出的）“要求；需要，需求（量）” enquiry n“打听，询问；调查，查问”（make enquiries of sb aboutinto/as to sth） 3. When the whole area was _ by the flood, the government sent food there by helicopter.      A)cut awa

6、y      B)cut down      C)cut up      D)cut off       The correct answer: D   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选d. cut off（from）“切断，阻隔t阻断，使与隔绝” cut away“切除，剪掉” cut down“削减，减少；减少到（to）” cut up“切碎”

7、 4. In previous times, when fresh meat was in short _ , pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food.      A)provision      B)reserve      C)supply      D)store       The correct

8、 answer: C   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选csupply (of) n“供应（量）”（the supply of uniforms； the water supply； supply and demand“供求关系”；food supplies/a good supply of food）provision n“供应”（指行为）；“（法律）条款;(pl）给养，口粮”reserve n“保留；储备（物），后备人员” store n“商店，店铺；贮藏；贮备品” 5. The noise was so _ that

9、 only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.      A)soft      B)faint      C)quiet      D)inaudible       The correct answer: B   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选b

10、faint adj“微弱的，微小的；模糊的”（可用于描述人的身体，声音，气味，光等）soft adj“软的；温柔的；细嫩的；光滑的”quiet adj“安静的，平静的” inaudible adj（声音）听不到的 6. There was a _ drop in support for the Union in the 1974 election.      A)delicate      B)downward      C)distant    

11、;  D)distinct       The correct answer: D   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选ddistinct（from） adj”清楚的，明显的；不同的（from）” delicate adj“微妙的，棘手的；灵敏的，精密的” downward adj“向下的，下行的” distant adj“久远的，在还处的” 7. The general _ the success by attacking the enemy on al

12、l fronts      A)continued      B)pursued      C)followed suit      D)followed up       The correct answer: D   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选dfollow up“接着又，继·之后又”（如

13、 After Mary sent a letter to apply for a job，she  followed  it  up  by  going  to  talk  to  the  personnel  manager ； The doctor followed up Bill's operation with ex-rays.） continue vt.“继续”pursue vt.“追求，从事；追赶，追踪”follow suit“照着干”（如 When

14、 the others went swimming，I followed suit） 8. Some of the members demanded to know why they had been kept in _ of the true_ facts until they reached the present critical stage.      A)secret      B)dark      C)ignor

15、ance      D)quest       The correct answer: C   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选cignorance（of/about）nu“对不知；无知，愚昧”（如 I regret my ignorance on the subject；Ignorance of the law is no excuse

16、；We are in complete ignorance of his plans）in secret“秘密地”（注：可以说do sth in secret“秘密做某事”，不说 keep sb in secret/in secret of）in the dark“在黑暗中；被蒙在鼓里；不让知道”（注：可以说 keepleave sb in the dark about sth“不让某人知道某事”，或 keep sth in the dark“对某事保密”，不说 keep sb in darkin dark of sth）in que

17、st of“寻找”（此处不合逻辑） 9. The train has left but is still _ sight.      A)at      B)on      C)in      D)by       The correct answer: C   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选cbe in

18、sight“在视野之内，看得见” aton sight“见到（立即）”（know sb）by sight“看见了（认识，但没有交谈过）” 10. The dictionary has been completely _ after being in use for twenty years.      A)revised      B)reviewed      C)revived      D)renovated 

19、      The correct answer: A   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选arevise vt.“修订，修改；复习”（to revise a manuscriptthe earlier edition； to revise ones lessons for the examination）review vt.“审核；回顾，检讨；复习” revive v“恢复；（使）复苏”renovate vt.“修缮一新，修理得像新的一样”。 11. The remarka

20、ble gains in the general health of the population in the world have been due in large measure _the efforts of some great doctors.      A)for      B)with      C)by      D)to       The correct

21、 answer: D   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选dbe due to“由于，因为，由造成”（注意：due to在正规英语中一般只作表语，在不太讲究的情况下可以作状语，相当于owing to。本句中的 due to被介词短语in large measure隔开了，不熟悉固定搭配就容易选错别的介词） 12. Radio, television and press _ of conveying news and information.      A)are the most th

22、ree common means      B)are the most common three means      C)are the three most common means      D)are three the most common means       The correct answer: c   Your answer:()   讲评：  

23、;本题考核多个前位修饰语的语序问题，当一个名词有几个前位修饰语时，表示最基本特征的词往往离所修饰的名词最近。在本句中，most修饰common，构成形容词最高级，所以most放在common的前面。数字一般放在形容词的前面，冠词通常放在最前面，所以，应选C）。 13. Police officers working on the murder case have _ hundreds of families.      A)demanded      B)questioned    &

24、#160; C)requested      D)required       The correct answer: B   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选bquestion vt.“询问，审问，盘问；怀疑，对表t疑问”（如 Stop questioning me about my personal business! I question his leadership abilities.）demand vt.“询问，查

25、问”（注：question作“询问、审问”解时以人作宾语；demand作“询问、查问”解时以事物作宾语，如 The gatekeeper demanded my business； The policeman demanded the boy's name）request  vt.“请求，要求 require vt.“要求，规定；需要 14. Joan was _ the grant money to pay her way through graduate school.  

26、    A)counting on      B)counting down      C)expecting on      D)expecting with       The correct answer: a   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选A）。(was) counting on 作“依靠”、“依赖”解。

27、 15. Hearing the bad news, Tom sprang up _ .      A)with a start      B)for a start      C)at the start      D)from the start       The correct answer: a   Your answer:()  

28、60;讲评：  本题应选A）。with a start意为“惊起，跳起”，符合句意。for a start，“首先”；at the start，“开始时，在起点”；from the start，“从一开始”，均不符合句意。 16. Very few people _ for his party at the last election.      A)elected      B)chose      C)preferred    &#

29、160; D)voted       The correct answer: D   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选dvote（foragainst）vi.“投票（赞成或反对）；选举，表决” elect vt.“选举，推选；选择”choose vt.选择，挑选”prefer vt.“更喜欢；宁愿”（句型：prefer A to B prefer-ing A to-ing B；prefer to do A 

30、rather than do B） 17. I am easily hurt because my feelings are very _ .      A)sensible      B)sensational      C)sensitive      D)sentimental       The correct answer: c 

31、0; Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选C）。sensitive意为“敏感的”，符合句意。sensible“理智的”；sensational“令人吃惊的”；sentimental“多愁善感的”，均不符合句意。 18. Don't worry, there is _ room in my bag.      A)great deal of      B)plenty of      C)large amount

32、of      D)abundance of       The correct answer: B   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选bplenty of“很多，大量的，绰绰有余的”（注：只用在肯定句中，可修饰不可数名词或可数名词复数）a greatgood idea of“大量的”（用在肯定句中，只修饰不可数名词）a large amount of“很多的，大量的”（用在肯定句中，修饰不可数名词）an abun

33、dance of“大量的”（用在肯定句中，修饰不可数名词或可数名词复数） 19. All our attempts to _the child from drowning wear in vain .      A)regain      B)recover      C)reserve      D)rescue       The correct answer: D

34、60; Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选d.rescue vt/n.“营救，援救”（rescue sb from“把从救出”；come/go to sb'srescue“前去营救某人”）regain vt.“重新获得，收复，恢复” recover vt.“重新获得，重新找到；收回，挽回”reserve vt.“保留，留存；预订（座位）” 20. Trains stop here in order to _ passages.      A)get

35、off      B)pull up      C)pick up      D)pull in        The correct answer: C   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选cPick up（停车）“让人上车，让搭乘；拿起，捡起” get off“下（车、船、飞机）” pull up“（使车、马等）停下；拔起” pull

36、 in“（车）进站，（船）到岸” 21. The two men were found guilty of armed robbery, and _ to four years' imprisonment.      A)judged      B)condemned      C)convicted      D)found       The correct ans

37、wer: B   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选bcondemn vt.“定罪，判处，宣告有罪；谴责”（如 The judge condemned the criminal to ten years in jail/to the gallows/to a year of hard labour/to spend all his life in jail.） judege vt.“审判，判决；作裁判”（注：宾语多为 casecompetition等，如 Who is going to judge the next caset

38、he competition？）convict vt.（经审讯）“证明有罪，宣判犯有罪”（convict sb of a crime）find vt.“判定，断定”（只用于表示 find sb guilty“断定某人有罪”；find that it was murder“判断这是一起谋杀”） 22. Although the family trusted her, she let them _ badly.      A)off      B)out      C)down

39、     D)alone       The correct answer: C   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选cletdown“辜负，使失望，做对不起的事；放下，降低”（如 He let the team down by not trying hard enough ；  Our friends let us 

40、down badly during the last crisis）let off“排放；放过（某人的过失不惩罚），宽恕”（参见注 58）let out“放走，释放；发出” let alone“不打扰，不惊动；更别提”（参见注534） 23. Employers expect their employees to be _ for work.      A)timely      B)punctual      C)

41、prompt      D)urgent       The correct answer: B   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选bpunctual adj“准时的，正点的，严守时刻的”（如 He is punctual to the minute；punctual for appointments；punctual in answering lette

42、rsin the payment of one's rent）timely adj.“及时的，适时的” prompt adj.“及时的，迅速的，敏捷的” urgent adj“急迫的，紧要的，催逼的” 24. When she was criticized, she claimed that it was outside her _ of responsibility.      A)field      B)limit      C)extent  

43、60;   D)range       The correct answer: D   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选drange n（职权、学识、可供选择的）“范围；幅度；距离；一系列”（如 The shop keeps a wide range of goods；Hiring and firing are within the range&#

44、160;of his responsibilities；Shout as soon as she comes within range.）field n“（学科）领域，范围；（从事的）专业”limit n“限度，限制；（pl）范围”extent n“程度，范围” 25. The general _ out his battle plan to a special group of officers, leaving them to organize the details.      A)sketched  

45、60;   B)drew      C)worked      D)laid       The correct answer: A   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选asketch vt.“概述，简述；绘略图，拟制粗略计划，画素描”（如 He sketched the situation in a few words； They are sketching out

46、 proposals for a new road）draw out“取出（款）；拔出；（火车、汽车）缓缓开出；拟定，草拟（粗略计划）”（注：sketch out可表示口述，而 draw out一般表水笔拟）work out“想出，制定出，解决；算出”lay out“安排，布置，设计；摆出，展开” 26. The new owner of the house had electric lights _ at once.      A)installed      B)inserted   

47、60;  C)fixed      D)repaired       The correct answer: A   Your answer:()   讲评：  本题应选ainstal（l）vt.“安装，设置”（如 A man came to install a telephone in our house.） insert (into) vt.“插入，嵌入”fix vt.“安装，固定；修理；安排” repair vt.“修理，修补；补救” 27. Barbara promised to show me the coat she _ the day before.      A)bought      B)buy