英语四级词汇真题强化训练 (第十八期)

本期真题

1. The clothes a person wears may express his _______ or social position.
A) curiosity B) status C) determination D) significance

2. By law, when one makes a large purchase, he should have _______ opportunity to change his mind.
A) accurate B) urgent C) excessive D) adequate

3. The early pioneers had to _______ many hardships to settle on the new land.
A) go along with B) go back on C) go through D) go into

4. I didn't know the word. I had to _______ a dictionary.
A) look out B) make out C) refer to D) go over

5. I think I was at school, _______ I was staying with a friend during the vacation when I heard the news.
A) or else B) and then C) or so D) even so

正确答案：

1.B

一个人穿的衣服可以表示他的身份或者社会地位。

A)curiosity
n.
1. 好奇心[S1][(+about)][+to-v]
We burned with curiosity over what was in the box.
我们急切地想知道箱子里是什么东西。
2. 奇品;珍品,古玩[C]
The old wooden skis are a curiosity.
那副木制旧滑雪板是珍奇之物。

B)status
n.
1. 地位,身份
Women's social status hasn't changed much over the years.
这些年来妇女的社会地位没有多大改变。
2. 重要地位,要人身份
He is after wealth and status.
他追求财富和地位。
3. 情形,状况,状态[C]
What's the status of the peace talks?
目前和谈的情况如何?

C)determination
n.
1. 坚定;果断,决断力
My father was a man of determination.
我父亲是一个果断的人。
2. 决心[S1][+to-v]
She has the determination to overcome all the obstacles to success.
她有决心克服通往成功路上的一切障碍。
3. 确定;测定[(+of)]
She is responsible for the determination of wage levels within this company.
她负责确定该公司内部的工资水平。
4. 判决[C]

D)significance
n.
1. 重要性, 重要
The proposals they put forward at the meeting were of little significance.
他们在会上提出的建议无足轻重。
2. 意义, 含义; 意思
He did not understand the significance of my wink¹.
他没有领会我眨眼的意思。
3. 【数】权

2.D

根据法律，当一个人购买大宗物品时，他应该有改变主意的充分机会。

opportunity
n.
1. 机会;良机[C][(+of/for)][+to-v]
There may be an opportunity for you to see the chairman of the board tomorrow.
明天你也许有机会见到董事长。
Soon he had an opportunity of explaining that to her.
不久他便有了向她解释那件事的机会。

A)accurate
a.
1. 准确的;精确的[(+in/at)]
The new salesgirl is accurate at figures.
新来的女售货员计算正确无误。
His information was accurate.
他的情报是准确的。

B)urgent
a.
1. 紧急的,急迫的
It's urgent; come quick!
非常紧急;快来!
These people are in urgent need of relief.
这些人急需救济。
2. 催逼的;坚持要求的
She was speaking to him in an urgent voice.
她正急迫地跟他说话。

C)excessive
a.
1. 过度的;过分的;极度的
The food was bad and the bill was excessive.
菜不好而价格却极高。
She takes an excessive interest in clothes.
她对服装有极度的兴趣。

D)adequate
a.
1. 能满足需要(量)的,足够的[(+for)][+to-v]
Martin decided² that he had no adequate proof.
马丁断定他没有充足的证据。
2. 适当的[(+to/for)]
He sought for an adequate solution to the problem.
他寻求解决这个问题的适当办法。
3. 胜任的[F][(+to)]
She proved adequate to the job.
事实证明她能胜任此项工作。
4. 尚可的,差强人意的
That hotel is merely adequate.
那家旅馆只能说是差强人意。

 

3.C

早期的拓荒者们为了在新的国土上安顿下来，不得不经历许多的艰难困苦。

A)go along with陪伴；同意

B)go back on 违背；背弃

C)go through经历，遭受

D)go into 调查，审查；进入，加入

4.C

我不知道这个单词。 我必须参考一本字典

look up 查阅； look up a word in a dictionary 在字典中查单词；

reference³ n. 参考书目； reference room 资料室；

A)look out
ph.
1. 【口】小心;注意

B)make out
1. 辨别出
I could hardly make out anything in the thick fog.
在浓雾中我几乎什么也看不见。
2. 填写;写出
The teacher has made out a list of reference books.
教师已开出了一份参考书单。
3. 理解
We can't make out what he is saying.
我们不懂他在说什么。

C)refer to
1. 提到
Don't refer to this matter again, please.
请别再提这件事。

D)go over
1. 受欢迎
His speech went over well.
他的演讲很受欢迎。
2. 察看
We went over several houses, but haven't bought one yet.
我们看了几栋房子,但尚未买成。
3. 重温
He went over the article again.
他把文章从头至尾又读了一遍。

5.A

我认为我听到这个消息的时候是在学校，要不然我正和一位朋友在一起休假。

A)or else
1. 否则;要不然
They told me to leave at once, or else.
他们要我马上离开,否则(对我不利)。
You will stay away from my girlfriend, or else.
离我女朋友远点,否则要你好看。
Hurry up or else you'll be late.
快点,否则你要迟到了。

C)or so
1. 大约
It'll only cost 15 dollars or so.
只要十五美元左右。
There were twenty or so.
大约有二十个左右。

D)even so
1. 即使如此
The book is rather old; even so, it is very useful.
这本书已很旧,尽管如此,它还是很有用。

1 wink   

n.眨眼，使眼色，瞬间；v.眨眼，使眼色，闪烁

参考例句：

• He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
• The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间，那颗卫星就消失了。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 reference   

n.提到，说到，暗示，查看，查阅

参考例句：

• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
• I like to have my reference books within my reach.我喜欢把参考书放到伸手可取的地方。