2012名师精选四级词汇与语法特训(154)

1. The tourist industry ____ greatly to the economy of that country.  A) supports B) benefits  C) assists D) contributes 2. Poor health and lack of money may both be ____ to educational progress. A) losses B) barriers  C) tragedies D) vacuums 3. I am glad you have come; I was ____the point of ringing you up, but you have saved me trouble now.  A) at B) on  C) to D) in 4. The ____ Court is the highest court in the UnitedStates A) Superior B) Supreme  C) Super D) Superficial 5. We hoped to go abroad for our holiday but our plans did not ____.  A) come up B) come out  C) come on D) come off 6. The travels of Marco Pole in the twelfth century would not have been so well known ____ for the book he wrote while in jail. A) it had not been  B) had it not been  C) it has not been  D) has it not been 7. Chinese immigrants began ____ to the United States in large numb ers in the middle of the nineteenth century.  A) to come B) coming  C) to have come D) having come 8. The Gadfly was too much ____ to wake easily once asleep.  A) abandoned B) deserted  C) exhausted D) injured  9. In the ____ of rain, the party will be held indoors. A) face B) event  C) time D) course 10. The manager said that all the cameras sold in the shop are ____ for one year.  A) guaranteed B) ensured  C) confirmed D) assumed 答案与解析： 1.D 旅游业为那个国家的经济作出了很大的贡献。近义词辨析题。support 是及物动词，指“支持”；benefit 作及物动词，指“使受益”，作不及物动词，指“从中受益”，后接介词from，不接介词to；assist 指“援助，帮助”；contribute作不及物动词，后接介词to， 指“贡献，捐献，促成”。 2.B 体质不好、缺少金钱都可能妨碍教育的进步。近义词辨析题。loss 指“损失”；barrier指“障碍物，屏障”； tragedy 指“悲剧”；vacuum 指“真空”。 3.B 我很高兴你来了；我刚才正要给你打电话，你来了省去了我的麻烦。固定词组题。be on the point of doing something是固定短语，指“正要做某事的时候”。  4.B 最高法院是美国最高等的法院。形近词辨义题。superior 指“优越的，突出的”；supreme 指“至高的，最高的”；super 指“上等的，极好的”；superficial 指“表面的，肤浅的”。 5.D 我们原来希望去国外度假，但是计划没有成功。形近短语辨义题。come up 指“走近，（问题等）被提出”；come out 指“出来，出版”；come on 指“跟随，进步”；come off 指“举行，结果，成功”。 6.B 要不是马可波罗在狱中写的那本游记，他在十二世纪的所见所闻不会被人们如此得熟悉。语法结构题。本题考点是虚拟式if it had not been for...（要不是……的话）的倒装形式：将连词if省略，把助动词had放到主语之前。 7.C 十九世纪中期中国移民开始大量来到美国。语法结构题。begin后接动词不定式，一般情况下接动词不定式一般式，而本句强调动作已完成则最好用动词不定式come的完成式to have come。 8.C 牛虻太累了，一旦睡着就不会容易醒来。单词辨义题。abandon 指“放弃，遗弃”；desert 指“抛弃，舍弃”；exhaust 指“用尽，使筋疲力尽”；injure 指“损害，伤害”。 9.B 万一下雨的话，聚会将在室内举行。形近短语辨义题。in the face of 指“面对…… ”； in the event of 指“万一……的话”； in the time of 指“在……的时候”； in the course of 指“在……的过程中”。 10.A 经理说商店出售的所有商品都保修一年。近义词辨析题。guarantee 指“保证，担保”，它强调保证商品的品质和服务； ensure 指“保证得当，使安全”；confirm 指“确定，批准”；assume 指“假定，设想”。