英语四级词汇与语法精选特训(1)

 　　1. Would you mind ____ quiet for a moment? I'm trying ____ of form.

　　A) keeping,to fill out

　　B) keeping,filling out

　　C) keep,to fill out

　　D) to keep,to fill out

　　2. Mercury¹ is different from other industrial metals ____ it is a liquid.

　　A) because of

　　B) whereas²

　　C) in that

　　D) though

　　3. He made a hypothesis³ ____ the great storms on the sun create large amounts of electric energy.

　　A) why B) which

　　C) when D) that

　　4. He had the ____ over other boys of having had very good preschool education.

　　A) alternative B) advantage

　　C) ability D) challenge

　　5. ____ went to the birthday party last night.

　　A) Many friends of John

　　B) Many John’s friends

　　C) Many of John friends

　　D) Many friends of John's

　　6. —"Are you tired?"

　　—"No, not ____."

　　A) in the least

　　B) at the least

　　C) so to speak

　　D) at least

　　7. The notice says that no books in the reading room are allowed ____ out of it.

　　A) to take

　　B) take

　　C) taking

　　D) to be taken

　　8. ____ in the front row and ____ a pair of binoculars⁴ I saw everything

　　clearly and beautifully.

　　A) Seated,using

　　B) Seating,using

　　C) Seated,used

　　D) Seating,used

　　9. ____ they want to the bar to enjoy a drink.

　　A) No sooner had they got to know the news when

　　B) Hardly they had got to know the news than

　　C) No sooner had they got to know the news than

　　D) Scarcely⁵ had they got to know the news than

　　10. At the beginning of a year, everybody ____ many plans for the comingdays.

　　A) come up with

　　B) come up to

　　C) come through

　　D) come round

　　答案与解析：

　　1.A

　　安静一会儿好吗?我正在填表。习惯用法的考查。Would you mind doing something?(你介意做……吗?)。 try to do something(努力或设法做……。)

　　2.C

　　水银不同于其他的金属，因为它是液体。

　　A)because of因为、由于，后接名词。B)though而、却。C)in that因为，由于，后接从句。D)though尽管。

　　3.D

　　他做了一个假想：太阳系一场巨大风暴能产生出大量电能。本题属同位语从句。that引导的从句做抽象名词hypothesis的同位语。

　　4.B

　　在接受良好的学前教育方面，他比其他的孩子有优势。习惯用法的考查。have the advantage over在……方面占优势。A)alternative二者择一;C)ability能力;D)challenge挑战。

　　5.D

　　昨晚约翰的很多朋友去参加了生日晚会。本句考查的是语法中名词的双重所有格：of + 名词’s ，此结构常用于表示部分概念或带有一定的感情色彩。

　　6.A

　　——“你累吗?”——“一点儿也不累。”习惯用法的考查。A)not in the least 一点儿也不;B)at (the) least至少;C)so to speak可以这么说。

　　7.D

　　告示上说阅览室的书不允许被带出去。本题考查动词的用法。动词allow后跟不定式做宾语。本题属于被动语态，故应用be allowed to be done。

　　8.A

　　坐在前排，用望远镜我能清楚地看到所有的事物。本题考查分词的用法。seat一词的用法较为特殊，它的被动形式常表示主动的意义。

　　9.C

　　他们一知道那个消息，就去酒吧喝酒庆祝。本题考查倒装。no sooner...than..., hardly/scarcely...when...,都表示“一……就……”。当no sooner或 hardly/scarcely置于句首时，主谓要倒装。

　　10.A

　　新年伊始，每个人都为将来制定了很多计划。动词词组的考查。A) come up with(提出、提供)。B)come to合计、苏醒;C)come through通过、穿过;D)come round过来、绕过。

1 mercury   

n.汞，水银，水银柱

参考例句：

• The liquid we can see in thermometers is mercury.我们看到的温度计里的液体是水银。
• Mercury has a much greater density than water.水银的密度比水大得多。

2 whereas   

conj.而，却，反之

参考例句：

• They want a house,whereas we would rather live in a flat.他们想要一座房子，而我们宁愿住在一套房间里。
• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。

3 hypothesis   

n.假说，假设，(无根据的)猜测，揣测

参考例句：

• We have proved the hypothesis.我们已经证明了这种假设。
• The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs.结果证实了他的关于情态动词用法的假设。

4 binoculars   

n.双筒望远镜

参考例句：

• He watched the play through his binoculars.他用双筒望远镜看戏。
• If I had binoculars,I could see that comet clearly.如果我有望远镜，我就可以清楚地看见那颗彗星。

5 scarcely   

adv.几乎不，简直没有，勉强

参考例句：

• He found the dullness of his work scarcely bearable.他觉得他的工作枯燥乏味，简直无法忍受。
• She scarcely earns enough money to make ends meet.她几乎挣不到足够的钱以维持开支。