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2012年大学英语四级考试高频词汇精选精学课程:第5讲

48. it’s no use _b_ me not to worry.

a you tell b your telling c for you to have told d having told

it's no use + 动名词。 动名词的复合结构,宾格(形容词性物主代词)+ 动名词。

52. if it _a_ too much trouble, i’d love a cup of tea.

a isn’t b wasn’t c weren’t d hadn’t been

一般日常用语,用一般时。

56. she was glad that her success would ___ for the women who would follow.

a make things easier b make it easier c be easier d be easier to make

make for 导致,促成;朝某个方向前进,走向那里。

不要选有代词指代不明的选项。 a项中的things指的是境况,境遇。

60. we object _c_ punishing a whole group for one person’s fault.

a against b about c to d for

68. the newest satellite can _a_ a thousand telephone conversations and a color tv program at the same time.

a carry b extend c bring d take

carry vt. 传送,传输; extend vt. 延伸,延续(extend to 延伸到,延续到)。

fetch vt. 去拿来,去请来,去叫来; fetch water 打水。

41. the grey building is where the workers live, and the white one is where the spare parts _b_. [spare parts零部件]

a are producing b are produced c produced d being produced

48. _a_ a teacher in a university, it is necessary to have at least a master's degree.

a to become b become c one become d on becoming

master's degree 硕士学位; 当介词on后面加动词ing形式时表示时间概念“在…之后”。

49. the little man was _c_ more than one metre fifty tall.

a nearly b quite c hardly d almost

hardly more than 不足,不到。

36. the little man was _b_ one metre fifty high.

a almost more than b hardly more than c nearly more than d as much as

53. medical care reform has become this country's most important public health _c_.

a question b stuff c matter d issue

matter 事物,事情; question 有疑而问,并且有待回答的问题;

questions and answers q & a 问与答; issue n. 问题(强调的是政治方面的问题)。

1999年前,台湾问题taiwan issue;1999年后,台湾问题taiwan question,态度转变。

60. if you don't like to swim, you _b_ stay at home.

a should as well b may as well c can as well d would as well

may as well 还是,到不如。

70. they are teachers and don't realize _a_ to start and run a company.

a what it takes b what takes it c what they take d what takes them

start and run a company 创立并经营一家公司。

23. a healthy life is frequently thought to be _d_ with the open countryside and homegrown food.

a tied b bound c involved d associated

be involved with 牵涉,卷入; be associated with 与...相关,联系起来。

homegrown food 自家种的食品; wine 葡萄酒; house wine 自家的酒。

33. the traditional approach _a_ with complex problems is to break them down into smaller, more easily managed problems.

a to dealing b in dealing c dealing d to deal

approach n. 方式,方法; approach to + 动名词。

43. it's already 5 o'clock now. don't you think it's about time _c_?

a we are going home b we go home c we went home d we can go home

it's about time后面加句子,要用一般过去时来体现虚拟语气。

44. lightning is a _a_ of electrical current from a cloud to the ground or from one cloud to another. [lightning n. 闪电]

a rush b rainbow c rack d ribbon

rush n. 冲撞,冲击,撞击; rainbow n. 彩虹,幻想; rack n. 支架,挂架;

ribbon n. 缎带,丝带,绒带。

46. i've already told you that i'm going to buy it, _a_.

a however much it costs b however does it costs much

c how much does it cost d no matter how it costs

however在这里不表示转折,而是句子的引导词,这种情况下它相当于:no matter how。

意思是,我已经决定要买了,不管多少钱。

47. new york _a_ second in the production of apples, producing 850,000,000 pounds this year. [rank 排名,名列第几,强调名列前茅;big apple 纽约]

a ranked b occupied c arranged d classified