专四单选精选(详解)

专四单选精选（详解）

1.His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any__1__of it at all.

A. explanation

B. meaning

C. sense

D. interpretation

C) 【句意】他的答案很不清楚，我根本弄不懂。

【难点】sense意为“意义；含义”,短语make sense of意为“弄懂…的意思”；explanation意为“解释，说明，阐述”，侧重说明事件的真相、原因；meaning意为“意义，意思；含义”，但不能在make sense of

短语中代替sense；interpretation意为“解释，说明，阐明”，比较正式。

2. You should have your eyes tested every year in case the__2__of your spectacles need changing.

A. lenses

B. glasses

C. sights

D. crystals

A) 【句意】你应该每年检查一次自己的眼睛，因为你的眼镜镜片也许需要更换。

【难点】lenses意为“镜片”；glasses意为“眼镜”；sights意为“视野；风景”；crystals意为“水晶，晶体”。

3. The school committee hoped that their choice of play would be__3__with the students and their parents.

A. recognized

B. popular

C. favorable

D. fascinated

B) 【句意】校董会希望他们选择的那出剧会受到孩子和家长的欢迎。

【难点】popular意为“讨人喜欢的；得人心的；受欢迎的”。recognized意为“被赏识的；受表彰的”。favorable意为“赢得赞许的；讨人喜欢的”，但后面不能接with。fascinated意为“被迷住的，被弄得神魂颠倒的”

4. By cutting down trees we__4__the natural home of birds and animals.

A. harm

B. hurt

C. injure

D. damage

D) 【句意】我们砍伐树木的行为损坏了鸟兽的自然家园。

【难点】damage意为“加害于…，损伤…”；harm意为“对…有害”；hurt意为“疼痛，受伤，(精神上)伤害”；injure意为“使受伤”，身体受外力伤害。

5. Mr. Robinson knew that the most trivial chore could prove to be a __5__if approached with enthusiasm.

A. prize

B. reward

C. refund

D. bonus

B) 【句意】罗宾逊先生知道，如果带着热情去做，最琐碎的家务也能证明是一种报偿。【难点】reward意为“报答；奖赏”；prize意为“奖金，奖品”；refund意为“退款”；bonus意为“奖金，红利”。

1. Agriculture is the country's chief source of wealth,wheat__1__by far the biggest cereal crop.

A. is

B. been

C. be

D. being

D 参考译文：农业是这个国家财富主要的来源，其中小麦是最主要的谷类作物。

【试题分析】本题考查对非谓语动词的掌握。

【详细解答】这是一个独立主格结构。wheat前用逗号，且没有连词，表示这一句起补充说明作用，该空不能用动词的形式，则being为唯一之选。

2. Jack__2__from home for two days now, and I am beginning to worry about his safety.

A. has been missing

B. has been missed

C. had been missing

D. was missed

参考译文：到目前为止，杰克已经失踪两天了，我开始担心他的安全。

【试题分析】本题考查时态的用法。

【详细解答】由句中时间状语“for some time now”可知，这里要用现在完成时；选项A为现在完成进行时，表示动作从过去某一时间一直持续到现在，故为正确答案

3. Above the trees are the hills,__3__ magnificence the river faithfully reflects on the surface.

A. where

B. of whose

C. whose

D. which

C 参考译文：树的后面有小山，它的壮丽景色在河面上真实地反射出来。

【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查关系代词的用法。

【详细解答】这是一个定语从句，此处缺少一个关系代词。whose 指代前面的hills,whose magnificence表示它的壮丽景色。

4. Who__4__was coming to see me in my office this afternoon?

A you said B. did you say C. did you say that D. you did say

B 参考译文：你说今天下午谁会到办公室找我？

【试题分析】本题考查插入语的用法。

【详细解答】did you say是一个插入语。比如说Who do you think is the best teacher in our school? 即你认为谁是我们学校最好的老师？

5. —Does Alan like hamburgers?

—Yes. So much __5__that he eats them almost every day.

A. for

B. as

C. to

D. so

D 参考译文：---艾伦喜欢汉堡包吗？---喜欢，以至于他几乎每天吃。

【试题分析】本题考查连词的用法。

【详细解答】这句话实际上是(He likes Hamburgers) so much so that he eats them almost every day. 连词“so that”如此...以致。

1. The first two stages in the development of civilized man were probably the invention of weapons and the discovery of fire, although nobody knows when he acquired the use of the

_____.

A. latter

B. latest

C. later

D. last

考点：易混淆词

辨析：latter ---后面的，后者的，末尾的

latest ---最新消息，最新式样；最近的

later --- 后来的，后来，过后

last ---最后，上次；最后的人（物）；刚过去的

2. It will take us twenty minutes to go to the railway station, _____ traffic delays.

A. acknowledging

B. affording

C. allowing for

D. accounting for

辨析：acknowledge --- 承认感谢答应

They acknowledged having been defeated.

afford --- 买得起，经受得住，承担得起；提供，给予

allow for ---考虑到，顾及: allow for the circumstances

考虑到具体情况/ The journey usually takes six days but you should allow for delays caused by bad weather. 这段旅程通常需要6天，但你应当考虑到坏天气造成的延误。

account for ---说明，证明，对…负责: He is ill, that accounts for his absence. / How do you account for the accident?

3. He will have to _____ his indecent behavior one day.

A. answer to

B. answer for

C. answer back

D. answer about

辨析：answer to --- have the name of: The dog answer to the name of Tom. /correspond to: The man does not answer to the description given. / This dictionary answers precisely to our needs.

answer for --- be responsible for 对…负责，因…而受罚: You will answer for your wrong doing one day.

answer back ---顶嘴

4. With _____ exception, the former president does not appear in public now.