大学英语四级强化训2

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大学英语四级强化训练 —— Vocabulary and

Structure 答案

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 through the centre. 1. By signing the

lease you made a(n) _____ to pay $300 a month rent.

A)commission

B)commitment

C)offer

D)obligation

The correct answer: B Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选b. commitment（to）n．“承诺，许诺，保证；承担的义

务”（如 I must honour my commitments to him; He avoided making any

commitments.）commission n.“授权，委托；佣金，回扣”offer n．“提议；

提供（物）”obligation n．“责任，义务”

2. In order to _________ his expenses, he had to do extra work at night.

A)meet

B)solve

C)settle

D)fulfill

The correct answer: A Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选a．meet vt.“满足（需要），符合（要求）”（to meet one's

needs／expense/debts／the qualifications/the economic problems） solve

vt.“解决（困难），解答（问题）”（参见注 1409）settle vt.“支付，结算；

解决，调停”fulfil(l) vt.“满足（要求、需要），符合（条件）；履行，实

现”（注：to meet one's expenses表示有足够的钱支付花费；fulfil不用于

此义）

3. The time is about four o'clock, or, to be __________ , it is one and

a quarter past four.

A)precise

B)concise

C)proper

D)appropriate

The correct answer: A Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选a．precise adj．‘精确的，准确的” tconcise a山．“简

明的，简要的” proper adj.“适合的，恰当的，正当的” appropriate；adj.“恰

当的，适当的”

4. ____ in India, the banana was brought to the Americas by the Portuguese

who found it in Africa.

A)Originally cultivated

B)Originally being cultivated

C)Having originally cultivated

D)Although it originally cultivated

The correct answer: a Your answer:()

讲评： 此句为过去分词短语作状语。B）项时态有错，C）项语态有错，D）

项句子不完整，缺少助动词was。因此A）项为正确答案。

5. You won't get the cricket scores: you've _________ in to the wrong

station.

A)turned

B)switched

C)shifted

D)tuned

The correct answer: D Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选d．tune in（to）“收听（电台广播），拨到（某台）”

（如 tune in to the B．B．C．；tune in to Channel

11; Bob tuned in his portable radio to a record show．）switch to“调

到（„„节目）”switch to“转移到”

6. The policeman managed to ____________ down the owner of the bike.

A)search

B)run

C)look

D)track

The correct answer: D Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选d．track vt．“跟踪，追踪”（track down sth／sb“搜

寻捕获，找到”，如 We tracked down the spy in his quarters and arrested

him; The police tracked him down.注意代词需要放在动词后面；I

managed to track down an old copy of the book．）（search后面跟 for，

不跟 down）run down“减少，缩减；说„„的坏话，贬低”（只能说 look down

on／upon sth／sb，不说 look down sb）

7. One _________ needed when making a cake is flour; another is sugar.

A)component

B)material

C)accessory

D)ingredient

The correct answer: D Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选d．ingredient n．［c］“（烹调的）原料八混合物的）

组成部分，成分;(构成„„的）要素，因素”（如 What ingredients went into

the soup？the ingredients of a cake；the ingredients of a mans character）

component n．［c］“组成部分；部件，元件”material n．材料，原料；素材，

资料accessory n．［c］“附件，配件”

8. Politics ____ one of the subjects that I study.

A)are

B)is

C)shall be

D)be

The correct answer: b Your answer:()

讲评： 以s结尾的科学名词，作为学科时常看作单数，如phonetics, physics

等。故选B）。

9. Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply _________.

A)appreciated

B)appealed

C)acknowledged

D)preferred

The correct answer: A Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选a．appreciate vt.“欣赏；领会，充分意识到；为„表示

感谢”（to appreciate music/a good joke/sb's generosity/sb's kindness）

appeal (to) vi.“呼吁，恳求；诉诸，求助＂（参见注358）acknowledge

vt.“对„„表示感谢”（一般不用被动态）；“承认，认为„„属实” prefer

（to）vt.“更喜欢”

10. As time was running out and the speaker was deviating from the subject,

the chairman had _________.to cut him

A)out

B)short

C)down

D)off

The correct answer: B Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选b．cut„short“打断（某人讲话）；中断（活动）”（如

I cut him short in the middle of his explanation；

The meeting was cut short when the chat。an was ill．）cut out“割去，

删去”（参见注 1062）cut down“削减，减少”（参见注 307）cut off“切断，

阻断”

11. The flight was supposed to take off at nine o'clock but __________

we had to wait until ten.

A)at last

B)on the contrary

C)in the end

D)in effect

The correct answer: D Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选d．in effect“实际上，事实上”（注：该短语用在陈述

句中表示这种说法尽管不准确，但不失为对情况的合理描述和概括，如In effect

I've done him a bad turn；He drank too much，and neglected his

wife and children，and was，in effect，a disgrace to the village．）at

last终于 on the contrary“正相反” in the end“最后，终于”

12. The travelers sought shelter________ the rain and happened to find

a road-side inn.

A)from

B)against

C)for

D)with

The correct answer: A Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选r n.“掩蔽处，躲避处；掩蔽，保

护”(seek/take/find shelter from the rain or other dangers“寻找蔽雨<

或躲避其他危险>的地方”；do sth under shelter of “在„„的掩护下做某

事”可以说 seek/take shelter in „ for the night“在„„过夜”；shelter

不与 against/with搭配)

13. How can you best _________ in your students the speech habits of the

English language?

A)instill

B)sustain

C)cultivate

D)inspire

The correct answer: C Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选c. cultivate（in）vt.“培养，养成，陶冶（精神、习惯、

情操等）；耕作，种植”（to cultivate the habit of -ing；

cultivate one's mind by reading books；

cultivate a love of art）instil（l）（into）vt.“逐渐灌输（思想）”

sustain vt.“保持，使„„持续不息；支持；维持（生命）”（参见注64）inspire

vt.“鼓舞，激励；给„„以灵感”（参见注315）

14. His decision to sail ____ his belief that the world was round.

A)counted on

B)rested on

C)depended on

D)rested with

The correct answer: b Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选B）。rest on意为“依据，依赖，基于，建立在„„上”，

符合句意。count on，“指望”；depend on，“依靠，取决于”；rest with

（后接人），“取决于，要由„„（决定）”，均不符合句意。

15. Cancer is second only ___________ heart disease as a cause of death.

A)of

B)to

C)with

D)from

The correct answer: B Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选b．second to“仅次于”（在该意中 second不与其它三个

介词搭配）

16. The steam can _________ electricity by turning an electric generator.

A)cause

B)grow

C)generate

D)rouse

The correct answer: C Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选c．generate vt.“发生，产生（光、热、电等）；引起，

导致”（如 The machine generates electricity／gas／steam；

A fire generates heat；A good diplomat generates good will.） cause

vt.“引起，使产生” grow v．“生长；发展；成为；种植” rouse vt.“惊起，

唤起，唤醒”

17. They tried _______ respiration but it was of no avail..

A)artificial

B)unnatural

C)false

D)unreal

The correct answer: A Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选a．artificial adj．“人工的，人造的；假的，矫揉造作

的” unnatural adj．“不自然的，奇怪的，不正常的” false adj．“不真实

的；假的；虚伪的” unreal adj。“虚假的，不真实的”

18. A politician must be able to _________ public criticism.

A)resist

B)withstand

C)encounter

D)meet

The correct answer: B Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选b．withstand vt.“经受，承受，抵住，忍任”（如 The

soldiers withstood the attack for hours；Nobody can withstand her charms；

Children's furniture must withstand kicks and blows.） resist vt.“抵

抗，反抗；忍住，抵制，抗拒”encounter vt.／n．“遭遇，遇到（朋友、敌人、

困难）” meet vt.“遇见；会见；迎接；满足”

19. George Bush, once U.S. ____________ to China, became President in 1988.

A)deputy

B)ambassador

C)representative

D)envoy

The correct answer: B Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选b. ambassador n.“大使” deputy n.“代表，代理人；

副职，副手” representative n.“代表，代理人” envoy n.“使节，公使，

使者”（注“如果没有 ambassador 一词， envoy也可表达同一意思）

20. He sets __________ a sum of money every week for his old age.

A)about

B)off

C)aside

D)apart

The correct answer: C Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选c．set（sth）aside“拨出，留出，存蓄；把„„置于一

旁，不予理会”（如 Each week he set aside a few dollars of his salary；

Let's set aside our personal feelings；I warned them not to do it，but

my objections were set aside．）set about 着手，开始（做）（如 set about

one's task；set about making tea；I want to make a dress for myself, but

I don't know how to set about it.）set off出发，启程；激起，引起；引

爆 set„apart（from）（常以某人的品质或性格特点作主语）“使分离，使分

开；使显得突出，使不同于”（如 His intelligence set him apart f）m the

others．）

21. "Is she younger than you?" "Yes, she is younger than ____ 2 year."

A)me for

B)me with

C)I by

D)I for

The correct answer: c Your answer:()

讲评： than引出比较状语从句，从句结构应与前面的主句相符，所以than

后的人称代词应与she一样，用主格。by在此表示相差的程度，因此C）正确。

22. He kept the plane at _________ of 8000 feet.

A)altitude

B)an altitude

C)the altitude

D)altitudes

The correct answer: B Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选b．altitude n．“海拔，高度”（at an altitude of“在„„

高度”，注：“在海拔„„（高度）”习惯上要用不走冠词an，既不能用定冠

词，也不能不用冠词；altitude只有前面有形容词修饰时才用复数，如 at high

altitudes，但后面不再跟什么。）

23. People with _________ dispositions recover quickly from

disappointment.

A)soft

B)elastic

C)gentle

D)kind

The correct answer: B Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选b．elastic adj．“灵活的；有弹性的”（如 My plans are

fairly elastic；With his elastic character he will

soon be cheerful again；Rubber is elastic．）soft adj．“软的；

温柔的”gentle adj．“和蔼的，温和的” kind（to）adj．“和蔼的，仁慈的；

友好的，亲切的”

24. There are a number of words in the English language which were French

__________

A)of origin

B)in origin

C)in the original

D)in source

The correct answer: B Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选b．origin n．“起源，来源，起因；出身，血统”（in origin

源自，起源于”，如psychological in origin“起源于心理作用”；the origin

of the rumour; trace the story back to its origin; words of Latin origin;

The family is Irish by origin/of Irish origin.） in the original“（文

学作品的）原版，原著”（没有of origin／in source的说法）

25. They're going to build a school for ____ and ____ .

A)the deaf, a blind

B)a deaf, a blind

C)a deaf, the blind

D)the deaf, the blind

The correct answer: d Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选D）。定冠词the可以和形容词连用，代表一类事物或东西，

the deaf and the blind意指“聋子和盲人”。

26. After criminals were caught, they were accused and put on ____ .

A)death

B)trial

C)torture

D)sentence

The correct answer: b Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选B）。(put on)trial作“（受）审讯”解，习惯用

语。

27. You should have enough courage to ___________ up to various unexpected

difficulties and never run away from them.

A)live

B)come

C)bring

D)face

The correct answer: D Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选d．face up to“大胆面向，承担”（如 He faced up to his

troubles manfully；We are ruined and must face up to the fact．）live up

to“遵守，实践（诺言、原则等）；符合，不辜负（期望）”come up to“等于，

比得上”（有成语 bring up to date“使不过时”；不说 bring up to sth）

28. You ought to _________ that rude boy for his bad behavior.

A)educate

B)discipline

C)control

D)teach

The correct answer: B Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选b. discipline vt.“处分，惩罚；训练，训导”（如 he

disciplined his students by keeping them after school; He disciplined the

new soldiers.） educate vt.“教育，培养，训练” control vt.“控制，支

配；克制，抑制” teach vt.“教，教授，教导”

29. Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she

could be sure of passing it on her first________.

A)intention

B)purpose

C)attempt

D)desire

The correct answer: C Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选c．attempt n．“企图，试图”（注：名词 attempt后面

多跟at或不定式作定语，如make an attempt to solve/at solving the problem；

如果说“在做第几次尝试时”，一般用介词on, 如 on his first／second„

attempt）intention n．“意图，目的”（没有 on one's first intention

的说法）purpose n．“意图，目的”（可以说如 sth on purpose“故意做某事”；

没有 on one's first purpose的说法）desire n．“欲望，愿望”（可以说 have

a desire to－V／for sth；不说 on„desire）

30. Although he had looked through all the reference material on the

subject, he still found it hard to understand this point and her

explanation only ___________ to his confusion.

A)added

B)amounted

C)extended

D)burdened

The correct answer: A Your answer:()

讲评： 本题应选a．add to“增添，增加”（区分：add up to“合计达”）

amount to“合计，共计达（某数量）；等同，接近于，相当于，意味着，实际

上是”（如 I don't think whatever they say amounts to much；The economic

reforms amount to revolution；That remark amounts to a threat．）

extend to“延伸到，扩展到” burden vt.“给„„以负担”

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