专业四级词汇辨析汇总第二周

1.She _____at the mention of her lover’s name.

A.blushed

B.flushed

C.blushed her face

D.flushed with

2.Drive straight ahead, and then you will see a _____to the Shanghai_Nanjing Express way.

A.sign

B.mark

C.signal

D.board

3.He spent his weekend in the _____of his family.

A.blossom

B.belly

C.blond

D.bosom

4.The river is the _____between the two countries.

A.border

B.boundary

C.limit

D.frontier

5.If the body is robbed this way for too long, vital organs_____.

A.break down

B.break out

C.break through

D.break up

6.A faint _____stirred tiny ripples on the surface of the water.

A.breeze

B.gust

C.gale

D.typhoon

7.The diamond sparkles with _____light.

A.glorious

B.magnificent

C.grand

D.brilliant

8.The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to _____government spending.

A.fiance

B.expand

C.enlarge

D.buget

9.In the dim light he couldn’t see clearly and _____a tree.

A.bump into

e across

C.crash against

D.stumble over

10.We _____everythin into the drawers.

A.buried

B.burdened

C.hustled

D.bundled

11.The light bulb in the bathroom_____and Father put in a new one.

A.burnt down

B.burnt off

C.burnt out

D.burnt away

12.This automobile plant has a monthly_____of 500 cars.

A.proficiency

B.strength

C.capability

D.capacity

13.With her soft curls and her sweet, innocent smile, she had _____film-goers heats by 1914.

A.capture

B.seized

C.gripped

D.grasped

14.The talented artist_____an interesting decoration from this piece of tree root.

A.cut

B.carved

C.trimmed

D.chopped

15.His very presence_____a shadow on the meeting.

A.threw

B.cast

C.tossed

D.caste

16.There were different _____of books in a library.

A.kinds

B.sorts

C.varieties

D.categories

17.Many people nowadays save money to _____ for their old age.

A.cater

B.supply

C.provide

D.equip

18.The Prime Minster is the _____figure in the government.

A.central

B.century

C.certificate

D.centenary

19.I had the _____that he was at home.

A.confirmation

B.affirmation

C.appraisal

D.certainty

20.These boundary disputes can be solved through diplomatic_____.

A.ways

B.methods

C.means

D.channels

21.What are the _____that distinguish the Chinese from the Japanese.

A.features

B.traits

C.characteristics

D.character

22._____your bicyle brakes before you ride.

A.Examine

B.Inspect

C.Investigate

D.check

23.The whole class replied in _____to the teacher’s questions.

A.together

B.line

C.chorus

D.queue

24.The audience _____Billy Graham’s speech enthusiastically.

A.attacked

B.beat

C.hit

D.clapped

25.His manual of botany has become a _____among scientists.

A.classic

B.masterpiece

C.legend

D.work

26.He _____his pencil in his teeth while he wiped his glasses. A.grasped B.clinched C.clenched D.seized

27.Many college students in China today still _____to their parents for support.

A.keep

B.hold

C.cling

D.stick

28.Does the witness’s story _____with that of the defendant?

A.coincide

B.coincidental

C.coherent

D.collapse

29.In those days, many Frenchmen looked fown upon those who were in _____with the Nazis.

A.cooperation

B.corporation

C.coincidence

D.collaboration

30.The Great Depression taking place in the United States in 1929 caused many business _____all over the world.

A.falling

B.collapses

C.endings

D.collaboration

31.The government _____with Parliament over its industrial plans.

A.crashed

B.smashed

C.collided

D.colluded

32.The Brazilian football players showed good _____in the matches of the World Cup.

bination

batant

C.union

D.together

33.One atom of carbon_____with two atoms of oxygen to form a molecule of carbon dioxide.

bines

B.joins

C.unites

D.connects\

34.Napoleon took _____of numerous battles in his life time.

mand

B.order

C.rule

D.leading

35.After the election the new government _____developing the roads.

menced

B.started

C.began

D.embarked

36.He wanted to make a living in the arts rather than in the _____world.

A.partial

B.beneficial

mercial

D.advantageous

37.Without a proper education in their childhood, young people could _____all kinds of crimes.

A.conduct

B.perform

C.do

mit

38.They used carrier pigeons to _____with the headquarters.

A.associate

municate

C.assist

pact

39.Racial and religious similarities _____ the tribes into a nation.

A.strengthened

pacted

C.reinforced

D.powered

40.What he said was too _____for me to understand.

plex

plicated

prehensive

pletive

41.The United Kingdom _____England, Wales, Scotland and North Ireland.

prises

B.includes

C.contains

prehends

42.You must go; it’s _____and you’ll be fined if you don’t.

plusive

pulsory

C.demanded

D.claimed

43.The heat in summer is no less _____here in this mountain region.

A.concentrated

B.extensive

C.intense

D.intensive

44.Through literary woeks he comes to understand that blood, sewat, and tears is a _____description of war.

A.concise

pact

C.terse

D.brief

45.The bar associtaion_____the lawyer’s action but did not dis bar him.

A.denounced

B.condemned

C.charged

D.accused

46.We had a good time there, and the food was plentiful and _____.

A.conducive

B.wholesome

C.helpful

D.appreciative

47.Her heart was breaking, and she had no one to _____in.

A.entrust

B.consign

C.confide

mit

48.Our knowedge about agriculture has so far been exclusively _____to books.

A.restricted

B.controlled

C.confined

D.restrained

49.We _____two apartments buildings for 80 households.

A.established

B.erected

C.constructed

D.consulted

50.Thousands of people turned out into the streets to _____against the local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field.

A.contradict

B.reform

C.counter

D.protest