专四词汇语法练习七及答案

专四词汇语法练习（19）

1. Everyone in the family bullied her and made her do all the chores, she was indeed __B__.

A. Ciderella

B. a Cinderella

C. the Cinderella

D. that Cinderella

1. B)

【句意】家中的每个人都欺侮她，叫她做所有的家务，她真是个灰姑娘。

【难点】Cinderella源于童话《灰姑娘》,现已成为专有名词。

2. Air is to us __C__ water to fish.

A. like

B. as

C. what

D. that

2．C)

【句意】空气对于我们来说就像水对于鱼一样。

【难点】固定句型A is to B what C is to D.

3. __A__ troublesome the problem is, he faces it with patience.

A. However

B. No matter

C. Despite

D. Although

3．A)

【句意】无论问题多么麻烦，他都耐心地去面对。

【难点】however=no matter how, 意为“不管…”。

4. Peter became angry and said that _D__.

A. he was tired to listen to them

B. the listening to them was tired for him

C. he was tiring listening to them

D. he was tired of listening to them

4．D)

【句意】彼得非常生气，并说他很讨厌他们说话。

【难点】sb be tired of doing sth意为“某人厌倦做某事”。

5. Weather __D__, the picnic will be held as scheduled.

A. permits

B. should permit

C. will permit

D. permitting

5．D)

【句意】若天气允许的话，野餐将如期进行。

【难点】“Weather permitting”作为独立结构，意为“如果天气允许的话”，也可以用“if weather permits”。

6. We regret __B__ you that your subscription is overdue.

A. informing

B. to inform

C. being informed

D. to be informed

6．B)

【句意】我们很遗憾地通知你，你的订单已经过期。

【难点】“We regret to inform you”意为“我们很遗憾地通知你”。

7. __D__ you are a college teacher, you probably have to take your holidays in July and August.

A. Since that

B. Since now

C. By now

D. Now that

7．D)

【句意】既然你是个大学老师，你大概不得不在七、八月份休假。

【难点】now that=since, 意为“既然”。

8. He had no business __A__ mixed up in such a matter.

A. getting

B. in getting

C. to be got

D. get

8．A)

【句意】他没有理由卷入这件事情。

【难点】getting为get的现在分词形式，与mixed up构成现在分词短语，修饰business，作定语。

9. Everybody must observe the rule, not __B__ the director.

A. except

B.but

C. excepting

D. except for

9．B)

【句意】每个人都要遵守规则，主任也不例外。

【难点】but=except,not but意为“不除……之外”。

10. The texture of the rock’s grains were described _A___“like sugar”.

A. as being

B. as is

C. as was

D. as if

10．A)

【句意】岩石的纹理结构被描述为“像糖”。

【难点】be described as 意为“被形容为”。

11. The subject of children starving to death is too ____to joke about.

A. grim

B. grief

C. shrewd

D. snobbish

11．A)

【句意】儿童饿死这一话题太无情，不该拿来开玩笑。

【难点】grim意为“无情的，冷酷的，可怕的”；grief是名词，意为“悲伤，悲痛”；shrewd 意为“机灵的，精明的”；snobbish意为“势力的，媚上欺下的”。

12. We can’t just ____ these objections off.

A. ward

B. lay

C.shrug

D. shake

12．C)

【句意】我们不能对这些反对意见不予理睬。

【难点】shrug off 意为“对…满不在乎，对…不屑一顾”；ward off 意为“避开，挡开，避免”；lay off 意为“停止打扰；不理会；戒绝”；shake off 意为“抖落，摆脱”。

13. Children are ____ for saying the wrong thing at -the wrong time.

A.naughty

B. plain

C. versatile

D. notorious

13．D)

【句意】孩子们常在错误的时间说错话，这一点众所周知。

【难点】notorious意为“坏方面闻名的，臭名昭著的”，后接介词for；naughty 意为“顽皮的，淘气的；plain意为“明白的，清楚的”；versatile意为“多才多艺的，有多方面才能的”。

14. Let’s ____ the bird from the case.

A. liberate

B. put

C. set

D. free

14．D)

【句意】咱们把鸟从笼子里放了吧。

【难点】free意为“使自由；释放”，常与from连用；liberate意为“释放”；put不能和from 连用；set后面接from的时候还要加free，即set free from.

15. She regarded the burglary as a(n) ____of her home.

A. invasion

B. suppression