大学英语四级强化训11

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. ___________ are not allowed to play in most professional golf tournaments.
A)Amateurs
B)Laymen
C)Fencers
D)Boxers
The correct answer: A Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选a．Amateur n．（科学、艺术、体育等方面的）业余爱好者”（如 Our actors are amateurs．）layman n．“门外汉，外行”fencer n．“击剑者”boxer n．“拳师”
2. Do you _________ your young daughters to go to pop concerts with any sort of men?
A)believe
B)let
C)trust
D)leave
The correct answer: C Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选c．trust v.“敢于让……（做某事而感到放心）；对……放心；托付，托交；信任，信赖”（trust ［in］ sb/[in] his account/[to] his judgment/[to]his memory; trust sb for sth; trust sth to sb; trust sb with sth; trust sb to-V; trust sb that he is speaking the truth）believe vt.“相信，信任；认为”（不用于句型 believe sb to-V）let vt.让（做）（let sb do）leave（sb to-V）“委托某人做某事，将某事交由某人去做”
3. The noise was terrible, but I had to live ____________ it.
A)with
B)on
C)through
D)up to
The correct answer: A Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选a．live with“接受某种不愉快的局面”（如 I don't enjoy the pain，but can live with it；You've lost all your money; now you must learn to live with the situation.） live on靠吃……维持生命；靠（某人或做……）生活 li ve through“度过，经受住（某种困难时期）” live up to “遵守，实践（诺言、原则等）；符合，不辜负（期望等）”
4. Believe it or not, last year, Matt earned ____ his brother, who has
a better position in a big company.
A)much as twice as
B)twice as much as
C)as twice much as
D)as much twice as
The correct answer: b Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选B）。

twice as much as是英语习惯表达法。

5. His misbehavior and _________ dismissal from the firm was reported in the newspaper.
A)thereafter
B)afterward
C)punctual
D)subsequent
The correct answer: D Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选d．subsequent (to) adj.（书面语）“随后的，后来的”（如 We made plans for a visit，but subsequent difficulties with the car
prevented it；The child became ill subsequent to an injection.）thereafter adv.“在那以后，之后” afterward（s）adv．“以后，后来” punctual adj．“严守时刻的，准时的，正点的”
6. I find it difficult to __________ with him when he complains so much.
A)sympathize
B)approve
C)consent
D)correspond
The correct answer: A Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选a. sympathize (with) vi.“同情，怜悯；体谅，赞同”（如 I sympathize with all those who are poor; I sympathize with your point of view.）approve (of) v.“赞同，同意；批准，核准”（参见注740）consent （to）vi.“同意，赞成”（参见注205） correspond（to／wit）vi.“相符合，相一致（with）；与……通信（with）；相当，相类似（to）”
7. A newspaper ___________ is an amusing drawing, usually about some event in the news.
A)sketch
B)cartoon
C)carton
D)caption
The correct answer: B Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选b. cartoon n.“漫画，幽默画；动画片” sketch n.“略图，草图；梗概，大意；素描，速写” carton n.“（装货的）纸箱，纸盒” caption n.“图画说明；（电影的）字幕”
8. All these sweaters are extremely ____ by the local residents of a small Scottish island.
A)well-knit
B)well-founded
C)well-worn
D)well-made
The correct answer: a Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选A）。

well-knit （sweater）作“织得很好的（毛衣）”解。

9. To _________ concrete is to embed metal in it to make it stronger.
A)intensify
B)consolidate
C)reinforce
D)empower
The correct answer: C Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选c．reinforce vt.“增强，加固”（如 That concrete is reinforced with steel beams；to reinforce a dam with sandbags；to reinforce an argument with facts）intensify vt.（主要表示程度上）“加剧，加强，使变尖锐”（宾语多是表示抽象意义的名词，如 This intensified their economic crisis；to intensify work／pain/discontent/suppression）consolidate vt.（多指对抽象事物在程度上）“巩固，加强；合并” empower vt.“授权，使有能力”
10. No one would have known our plans if Kay hadn't made a(n) _________ of the tongue.
A)slip
B)mistake
C)revelation
D)exposure
The correct answer: A Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选a．slip n．“疏忽，小错，口误，笔误”
（a slip of the tongue／of the pen“口误／笔误”）mistake n．“错
误”revelation n．“揭示，透露，显示，新发现”exposure n．[u]“暴露，曝光；揭露”
11. Of all the four grandchildren, Bill is their ____________ one.
A)favorite
B)most favorite
C)favourable
D)preferable
The correct answer: A Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选a．favourite adj．“特别受喜爱的，特别受宠爱的”（从理论上讲 favourite没有比较级和最高级，但在实际生活中人们并不十分遵守这一规则，也有人会说most favourite，但这并不是十分规范的英语）favourable （to/for）adj．“有利的，顺利的；赞成的，称赞的”preferable （to）adj．“更好的，更可取的，更合意的”（参见注659）
12. All day my father was in __________as he had lost his wallet.
A)great anxiety
B)a rage
C)account
D)plot
The correct answer: D Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选d．humour n.［u］“幽默，诙谐；心情，情绪”（be in ill humour／in a bad humour“情绪不好”； in a god humour/in excellent humour “情绪好”；be in the humour for working“乐于工作”）anxiety n．[u]“挂虑，焦虑；热望，渴望”（wait in anxiety for sth“焦虑地等着”）be in a rage“在发怒”be in（an）agony“（极度）痛苦”
13. The dinner in the restaurant was good, but there weren't enough people to the guests.
A)wait upon
B)see to
C)care for
D)look after
讲评：本题应选a. wait on/upon“服侍，侍候；（饭馆服务员为顾客）上饭菜”（如 She watched over him and waited on him day and night.） see to “照料，处理；修理” care for “照顾，照料”“照料”（注：后三个动词短语都可用于表示“照顾，照料”，但比较之下，饭店服务员照料顾客最好用wait on/upon ）
14. ____ sure that the light is turned off when you go out.
A)Make
B)Take
C)Do
D)Get
The correct answer: a Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选A）。

make sure是固定短语，意为“弄确实，查明”，其他三个选择项不能和sure连用。

15. His letters indicate that he loved his son and took pride ___________ him.
A)for
B)in
C)of
D)on
The correct answer: B Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选b．take（a）pride in“为……感到骄傲”（He takes ［a］great pride in his work．）（该句型不与其它三个介词搭配）
16. A car _________ Mary's cat and sped away.
A)ran down
B)ran through
C)ran away with
D)ran over
讲评：本题应选d．run over“从上面碾过；匆匆看一遍”（如 A car ran over a dog；The speaker ran over his notes before the lecture.） run down“说…坏话，贬低；减少，缩减，耗尽”（参见注326）run through“贯穿，普遍存在于；创览” run away with（以感情等作主语，人作宾语）“战胜，不受……约束”
17. 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）
18. It's going to be some time before I _________ my full strength.
A)restore
B)recover
C)reclaim
D)return
The correct answer: B Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选b．recover vt.“恢复，康复，痊愈；重新获得，重新找到”（to recover one's breath／health/consciousness/spirits/reputation; recover from an illness）restore vt.“恢复，使回复（到原状）；归还，交还；修复，重建”（参见注805）reclaim vt.“收回，要回；开垦（荒地）” return v．“回来；归还”
19. Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any ___________ of what I said.
A)notice
B)regard
C)observation
D)attention
The correct answer: A Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选a．notice n．“［u］注意；察觉；［J（关于离职或解雇的）提前通知；布告”（以事物作主语）（catch/attract/bring to sb's notice“引起某人的注意”；be worth/beneath sb's notice“值得／不屑于某人注意”；take notice of“注意到”；at a moment's/a month's notice“只提前一会儿／一个月通知”；give a month's notice“提前一个月通知（要解雇或辞职）”）regard n．［u］“关心，关怀；(pl)敬意，致意，问候” obserVation n．“注意，观察；（pl）观察资料（或数据）” attention n．“注意，留心”
20. The two men were __________ of receiving stolen property.
A)charged
B)suspected
C)informed
D)doubted
The correct answer: B Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选b．suspect（of）vt.“怀疑（某人做了不好的事）；疑有（某种危险存在）”（suspect danger/sb's motives; suspect sb to be/that he is a liar; suspect sb of murder/of killing the girl） charge (with) vt.“控告，指控”（charge sb with a crime）inform（sb of／that）“通知，报告”doubt vt.“怀疑，不相信”（doubt sth; doubt whether/if…; not doubt that…）
21. Vingo obtained his release from jail ____ the successful efforts of his friends to prove his innocence.
A)in accordance with
B)for reasons of
C)as a result of
D)with the help of
讲评：本题应选C）。

介词短语as a result of意为“作为……的结果”，符合句意。

22. We cannot _________ our influence unless we have an organ.
A)execute
B)apply
C)play
D)exercise
The correct answer: D Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选d. exercise vt.“运用，行使” ( to exercise
care/caution/restraint/patience; to exercise one's
influence/intelligence/strength) execute vt.“实施，执行；处死，处决”（参见注1156）apply vt.“应用，运用” play vt.“扮演，演出”
23. Education should not be restricted to any one _________ age group.
A)peculiar
B)specific
C)exact
D)definite
The correct answer: B Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选b．specific adj．“明确的，具体的；特定的，特有的” peculiar adj．“奇怪的，古怪的；特殊的，独特的”exact adj．“确切的，精确的” definite adj．“明确的，确切的；肯定的”
24. After a long walk on a hot day, one often feels _________.
A)exhaust
B)exhausting
C)exhaustive
D)exhausted
讲评：本题应选d．（注：该答案先从exhaust解释起）exhaust vt. use
／finish all; use up completely；make empty用尽，耗尽；（引申）使精疲力尽（to exhaust oneself/one's strength by hard work“勤奋工作使自己精疲力尽”）因此：be exhausted adj．“精疲力尽的”（如 He was completely exhausted after a day's hard work．）exhausting adj．“令人疲劳的” exhaustive adj．“彻底的，寻根究底的，无遗漏的”
25. They were given nothing _________ dry bread and water for their evening meal.
A)rather than
B)other than
C)less than
D)worse than
The correct answer: B Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选b．other than／other…than“除了；不同于，非”（如
Is anyone other than yourself coming？There's no other chair than this；You can't get there other than by swimming； They imposed no pre-conditions other than that the meeting should be held in their capital；I could not feel other than surprised“只能是……”）rather than“而不是；与其……宁愿”（参见注 528）nothing less than“不少于；最少”nothing worse than“没有比……更糟的了”
26. Anyone who wants to can call any timepiece a clock, but technically speaking, only ____ ones ring out the time actually deserve the name.
A)whichever
B)whatever
C)whenever
D)wherever
The correct answer: a Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选A）。

whichever（无论哪个）在这里既是定语形容词，又
作关系代词用，表示“any...that”。

27. Although I liked the appearance of the house, what really made me decide to buy it was the beautiful ___________through the window.
A)vision
B)look
C)picture
D)view
The correct answer: D Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选d．view n．“（外界的自然）景色，风景” vision n．“视力，视觉；幻想，幻觉”look n．“脸色，外表，神情；看，（一）瞥”picture n．“画，照片；美景，景色”（多用于夸张的说法，如 The park is a picture itself．）
28. Being somewhat short-sighted, she had the habit of ___________ at people.
A)glancing
B)peering
C)gazing
D)scanning
The correct answer: B Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选b．peer vt.“（眯着眼）仔细看，费力地看”（peer through the mist／the darkness；peer at the small print in a newspaper）glance （a）vt.“扫视／又快地看一眼”gaze（at）vt.“凝视，注视，盯”scan vt.“扫描；例览；仔细看，审视”
29. The students _______ their thanks to Professor Davis by presenting him with a parting gift.
A)extended
B)offered
C)expressed
D)indicated
The correct answer: C Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选c．express vt．“表m，表达”extend vt．“致，给予”
（多以 welcome／sympathy／invitation／congratulations／greetings／
best regards／help等作宾语）（注：express可以说“以……方式表不感谢”而不说 extend one's thanks by－lug）（一般不说 offer one's thanks to sb；也不说indicate one's thanks to sb）
30. When Mary paid the bill, she was given a ___________ for her money.
A)check
B)ticket
C)label
D)receipt
The correct answer: D Your answer:()
讲评：本题应选d．receipt n．收据，收条；收到，接到check n．支票，账单”ticket n．“票；入场券；车票；（交通违章）罚款传票” label．“标签，标记”。