1.Showing some sense of humor can be a(n) ________ way to deal with some stressful situation.
A) effective
B) efficient
C) favorable
D) favorite
2.The situation described in the report ________ terrible, but it may not happen.
A) inclines
B) maintains
C) sounds
D) remains
3.The company is trying every means to ________ the wholesale price of its products.
A) pull down
B) put down
C) set down
D) bring down
4.The mayor ________ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims.
A) rewarded
B) awarded
C) credited
D) prized
5.The native Canadians lived in ________ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.
A) coordination
B) acquaintance
C) contact
D) harmony
6.Many people are asking whether traditional research universities in fact have any future ________.
A) at all
B) so far
C) in all
D) on end
7.I was impressed ________ the efficiency of the work done in the company.
A) in
B) about
C) with
D) for
8.Now in Britain, wines take up four times as much ________ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits.
A) block
B) land
C) patch
D) space
9.His hand shook a little as he ________ the key in the lock.
A) squeezed
B) inserted
C) stuffed
D) pierced
10.For professional athletes, ________ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.
A) access
B) attachment
C) appeal
D) approach
给大家留一点作业,建议准备参加六月份考试的同学练习一下,主要是对以往节目内容的复习.
1)翻译:The writer was so ________ (太专注于他的工作)that she didn’t notice him enter the room.
2)翻译:________ (方言之所以应该被保留的最根本原因)is that language helps to retain a culture.
第一题:
effective:a. 有效的,有力的,实际的
efficient:a. 有效的,效率高的;有能力的,能胜任的
favorable:a. 有利的,赞许的,良好的
favorite:n. 喜欢的事物,幸运儿a. 喜爱的,宠爱的,中意的
第二题:
incline:n. 倾斜,斜坡,斜面vt. 使倾向于,使倾斜vi. 倾向,倾斜,爱好,易于
maintain:vt. 维修,保养;维持,保持;坚持,主张;供养,扶养
sound:n. 声音,语音,噪音,吵闹,语调,听力范围,探条,海峡a. 健全的,可靠的,合理的
remain:vi. 逗留,留待;剩余,遗留;继续存在,仍是 n. [常用复]剩余物, 残余; 余额;遗物, 废物, 废墟, 遗迹;遗体, 遗骸; 残存者;遗稿; (古代作家)尚存的著作; (古代)化石
第三题:
pull down:v.摧毁,推翻,使降低,使身体变差,使下跌,使萎靡,领取
put down:v.放下,拒绝,镇压,羞辱,削减,记下,制止,取缔
set down:v.放下,使下车,使着陆,登记,把...归于,击败,把...看作,记下 放下,制定
bring down:v.打倒,击落,打死,降低
第四题:
reward:n. 报酬,酬谢,赏金vt. 奖赏,酬谢,报应
award:n. 奖品,决定,判决vt. 颁发,赏给
credit:n./v. 信任,信誉,信用,信贷,赊欠n./v. 荣誉,光荣,称赞,给予荣誉
prize:n. 奖赏,奖金,奖品,战利品,捕获,横财a. 得奖的vt. 珍视,估价,捕获,撬,撬动
第五题:
coordination:n. 同等,调和
acquaintance:n. 认识,了解;相识的人,熟人
contact:n. 互通信息,交际,互通意见,接触vi. 接触,会晤,交际vt. 使接触a. 有联系的
harmony:n. 和谐,融洽,协调
第六题:
at all:完全,丝毫,根本
so far:到目前为止,到现在为止,迄今
in all:总计,总共,总的说来
on end:adv.竖着,连续地
第八题:
block:n. 大块,大块木料;一排房屋;阻塞,障碍物 vt. 阻塞,拦阻
land:n.陆地,地面;土地,田地;国土,国家;地带,境界;地皮vt. 使上岸,使登陆
patch:n. 补丁,补片,补块;小块土地;碎片,碎屑vt. 补,修补
space:n. 位置,空间,距离;v. 隔开,分隔;
第九题:
squeeze:n. 紧握,挤,榨,榨取,压榨,佣金vt. 紧握,挤,榨取vi. 压榨,榨
insert:vt. 插入,镶补vi. 附着n. 插入,插入物
stuff:n. 原料,要素,东西,材料,素质,织品,废物,废话;食物 vt. 装填
pierce:vt. 刺穿,穿透,洞悉vi. 刺入
第十题:
access:n. 访问 n. 通路,进入,使用权,发作 vt. 存取
attachment:n. 附著,附属物,爱慕;
appeal:vi. 呼吁,要求;诉,求助;上诉;有吸引力n.呼吁,要求;吸引力
approach:vt. 向…靠近;与…打交道 vi. 靠近,临近 n. 方法,途径;靠近,临近,接近
1.答案:A
参考译文:显示幽默感可以成为处理一些紧张情况的一种有效的方式。
题目分析:本题的提干结构比较简单,只需注意主语Showing some sense of humor为动名词作主语.
考点解析:本题的解题主要根据上下文的意思判断,由stressful situation可以大概判断出要填入词语的意思.本题主要是对两组词语意思的辨析,effective和efficient,以及favorable 和favorite,两组词汇的形式差不多,且都可以做形容词,大家要重点辨析一下.
2.答案:C
参考译文:报道中所描述的情况听起来可怕,但它可能不会发生。
题目分析:本题的提干结构简单,只需注意一个定语从句,described in the report,其先行词为The situation.
考点解析:本题所需填入的是一个系动词,由标志词report以及后面的半个分句but it may not happen,可以很容易选出需填入sound.
注意:incline这个作动词的用法在四级考试中经常涉及,大家要特别注意.
3.答案:D
参考译文:该公司正试图通过各种手段来降低其产品的批发价格.
题目分析:本题题干结构简单,只需注意其中由to引导的目的状语to bring down the wholesale price of its products
考点解析:本题主要考查由动词与介词down构成的词组意思的辨析.由题目中的company,trying every means以及the wholesale price of its products可以确定需要选择含有降低意思的词组,由此可以很容易的选出bring down.