rarely 意为"难得,不常"(not often)。
Rarely have I seen him smile.
hardly 往往强调能力上有困难,意为"简直不,很难"。
He can hardly jump over the fence.
scarcely 往往强调不足,常同 enough,sufficient,any 等表示程度的词连用,意为"不太,几乎,简直没有"。
He has scarcely any money left.
barely 与 hardly 和 scarcely 意思相近,意为"几乎,勉强,仅能做到"。但如果后面跟有 ever,any,at all 等词,只能用 hardly 或 scarcely,不能用 barely。
16.benefit n.益处;优越性;保险金,救济金
I've had the benefit of a good education.我得益于良好的教育。/the benefits of science科学的优良条件/ unemployment benefits失业保险
vi.得益
He hasn't benefited from the experience.他并没有从他的经验中受益。
vt.使……受益
This policy benefits the whole city.这个政策使整个城市受益。
【用法】benefit 作不及物动词时,其后常接介词 from。
17.bore vt.使……感到厌烦
All his old stories bore me.他所有的老生常谈使我厌烦。
n.令人厌烦的事物
Don't be such a bore.别这么讨厌。
【用法】bore的两种分词形式boring 和 bored:boring 表示主动,指某事物令人厌烦;bored表示被动,指被某事物弄得厌烦。
He was bored with his job./It's a boring film.
类似的词还有interesting与interested;exciting与 excited等。
字母C部份的真题
18.concentrate v.全神贯注,精神集中,专心致志;集中,集合;浓缩
We should concentrate all our efforts on improving education.我们应该集中精力努力改进教育工作。
Troops are concentrating south of the river.军队正向河的南边集结。
n.浓缩液
【用法】concentrate(sth.)on sth./doing sth.
【全真考题】Anne couldn't concentrate what she was doing while her family were watching TV.(93.1)
A.to B.on C.for D.in
【答案】B
19.continual adj.继续不断的;一再重复的 continual rain 不停的雨
【辨析】continual与continuous
continual一般指多次重复的动作:Please stop your continual questions.
continuous表示动作或物体继续不停地或不间断地进行下去:a continuous flow of traffic
【全真考题】Our journey was slow because the train stopped at different villages.(99.1)
A.unceasingly B.gradually
C.continuously D.continually
【答案】D
20.contrary adj.(在性质、倾向或方向等方面)相反的;好与人作对的
contrary beliefs 截然相反的信仰
He is an awkward,contrary child.他是个又麻烦又不听话的孩子。
n.反面
【用法】contrary to 违反:be contrary to the law;on the contrary 与此相反:It doesn't seem ugly to me;on the contrary,I think it's rather beautiful.
【全真考题】What you have done is the doctor's orders.(90.1)
A.attached to B.responsible to
C.resistant to D.contrary to
【答案】D
21.contributev.捐款,捐助;有助于;投稿 We contributed clothing to the relief of the poor.我们捐赠衣物救济贫民。
Hard work contributed to his success.努力工作使他成功。
He contributed poems to the magazine.他投诗稿给杂志。
【用法】contribute与介词to搭配:contribute(sth.) to
【全真考题】Medical research has shown that the widespread use of cigarettes contributes the increase of cancers.(94.1)
A.towards B.for C.with D.to
【答案】D
22.critical adj.吹毛求疵的,批评的;决定性的,重要的
He is so critical that nobody can please him.他太吹毛求疵,所以没有人能取悦他。
We arrived at the critical moment.我们在关键时刻到达。
【用法】critical作吹毛求疵的、批评的讲时与介词 of搭配。
【全真考题】The director was critical the way we were doing the work.(2000.1)
A.at B.in C.of D.with
【答案】C
《大学英语教学大纲》中,关于四级词汇的要求是:"领会式掌握4200单词(其中复用式掌握的单词为 2500)以及由这些词构成的常用词组1600条(中学所掌握的单词和词组均包括在内),并具有按照基本构词法识别生词的能力。"大纲中所指的领会式强调对词义的认知,而复用式则强调对这类词的词义辨析、用法以及搭配关系的掌握。因此,以大纲为指导,四级考试中词汇的内容,除了考察对单词的认知外,还测试词义的细微区别、词汇用法和搭配关系。目前考察领会式词汇为73.9%占大部分,复用式占26.1%。在此篇和上期所列重点词汇的四级考题中,bare,concentrate,contribute,continual,critical都以复用式词汇方式来考察。其中,bare和continual考察词义的辨析;concentrate, contribute和critical考察了词的搭配关系。当然,四级试题中词汇的领会与复用也不都是界限分明的,有时在一道题中会既考察认知又考察用法等。
字母D部份的真题
23.The issue is how to_______ of radioactive waste.
A.deal B.dispose C.disposal D.do
[答案与译文]B.问题是怎样处理放射性废料。
[辨析及搭配]A.deal(with)处理;应付;做生意。例句:I have dealt with this company for more than a decade.我已经与这家公司做了十多年的生意。B. dispose(of)处理;处置;除掉;去掉。例句:Man proposes,God disposes.谋事在人,成事在天。Dispose of these old newspapers!把这些旧报纸处理掉。C.disposaln.处理;处置。D.do处理;整顿;解决(问题)。
24.The trend of brain drain does the developing countries _______ degrees of harm.
A.diver B.diversify C.diverse D.diversity
[答案与译文]C.人才外流的趋势不同程度伤害着发展中国家。