专四词汇语练习及答案8
231.Grace _________tears when she heard that her husband had been injured in an accident.
a. broke inb. broke offc. broke intod. broke out
232.She refused to _______ the car keys to her husband until he had promised to wear his safety
belt.
a. hand inb. hand outc. hand downd hand over
233.Michael found it difficult to get his British jokes _______ to American audiences.
a. aroundb. onc. acrossd. down
234.Jack is _________ about his chance g of winning a gold medal at the Olympics next year.
a. optimisticb. optionalc. obviousd. outstanding
235.Nowadays advertising costs are no longer in reasonable ______ to the total cost of the product.
a. proportionb. correlationc. connectiond. correspondence
236. When she saw the clouds she went back to the house to ______ her umbrella.
a. carryb. fetchc. bringd. reach
237.We must _____that the experiment is controlled as rigidly as possible.
a. assureb. securec. ensured. issue
238.He was knocked down by a car and badly _________.
a. injuredb. damagedc. harmedd. wounded
239.Tropical diseases are comparatively _____ in Britain.
a. scarceb. minorc. slightd. rare
240.You must obtain _________ from the authorities to fish in this river.
a. permitb. permissionc. rightd. freedom
241.His name is on the ________ of my tongue, but I just can't remember it.
a. edgeb. pointc. tipd. top
242.The ability to use a language can be _______ only by the act of using the language.
a. acquiredb. requiredc. performedd. perfected
243.The explorer _______ all the way to the source of the river by boat .
a. droveb. traveledc. roded. tracked
244.It is the responsibility of the police to ________ law and order in the city.
a. retainb. sustainc. restraind. maintain
245.The situation very soon got _________ in that country.
a. into handb. out of handc. off handd. at hand
246.The customs inspector was _________ for smugglers.
a. on the watchb. on the guardc. on watchd. at alert
247.Trains stop here in order to ________ passengers.
a. get offb pull upc. pick upd. pull in
248.I ______ several interesting facts about Mexico in that book..
a. came tob. came overc. came intod. came across
249.It's a pity that he is blind ________ his own faults.
a. atb. withc. byd. to
250.John did it _______ his will. He did not really want to do it.
a. againstb. inc. tod. at
251.During that hard winter, the workers in Detroit went _____ strike.
a. intob. inc. ond. to
252.They took __________ measures to prevent poisonous gases from escaping.
a. efficientb. beneficialc. validd. effective
253.Can a novelist remain _______ to the problems of the world in which he lives?
a. impartialb. indifferentc. carelessd. detached
254.That story you have just told _________ me of an experience I once had.
a. informsb. recallsc. remindsd. refreshes
255. _________to the Revolutionary War, the United States was an English colony.
a. Priorb. Beforec. Precedingd. Following
256. This room is partly ________ with a few old armchairs.
a. providedb. decoratedc. beautifiedd. furnished l
257.Jane was fairly good at English, but in mathematics she could not______ the rest of the
students in her class.
a. put up withb. keep up withc. do away withd. run away with
258.Standing on the seashore, we could just see the ship on the _________.
a. edgeb. earthc. horizond. view
259.This album is _________ as it was the only one ever signed by the President.
a. unusualb. uniquec. rared. singular
260. They have had a good harvest for three years in __________.
a. lineb. endc. rowd. succession
答案：
231．c 232．d 233．c 234．a 235．a 236．b 237．c 238．a 239．d 240．b
241．c 242．a 243．b 244．d 245．b 246．a 247．c 248．d 249．d 250．a
251．c 252．d 253．b 254．c 255．a 256．d 257．b 258．c 259．b 260．d
专四词汇解析：
rigidly
adv. 严格地；坚硬地；严厉地；牢牢地
comparatively[kəm'pærətivli]
adv. 比较地；相当地
sustain [sə'stein]
vt. 支撑，承担；维持；忍受；供养；证实
impartial [im'pɑ:ʃəl]
adj. 不偏不倚的；公平的，公正的
detached [di'tætʃt]
adj. 分离的，分开的；超然的
v. 分离
colony ['kɔləni]
n. 殖民地；移民队
singular ['siŋɡjulə]
adj. [语]单数的；单一的；非凡的；异常的
n. [语]单数