大学英语四级词汇语法练习题

大学英语四级词汇语法练习题

Vocabulary test 1

1. The question ____ now is what to do next.

(A) discussing (B) discussed (C) being discussed (D) to be discussed

2. If your parents had known that you were going, they would have ____ it.

(A) forgiven (B) forborne (C) foretold (D) forbidden 3. I would prefer to go the day after tomorrow, ____ it’s all the same to you.

(A) if (B) as if (C) while (D) when 4. To succeed in accomplishing the difficult task, ____.

(A) you need persistent nature (B) one needs to be persistent

(C) persistence is needed (D) persistence is what you need 5. Julia was jealous ____ her younger brother when she was young.

(A) at (B) on (C) to (D) of 6. It will be eight years ____ we have a chance of meeting again.

(A) until (B) when (C) after (D) before 7. ____ being intelligent, he is also very hardworking.

(A) Except (B) Beside (C) Besides (D) Not only 8. Mr. Lytton ____ to give his opinions on the current political problems.

(A) afforded (B) declined (C) offered (D) decided 9. ____ the bad weather, the baseball match had to be put off till next Saturday.

(A) Because (B) Due to (C) Since (D) Owing to 10. I was asked to

____ the important things while we were having the meeting.

(A) set back (B) set at (C) set down (D) set off 11. Attempting to reach his home before the storm, _____.

(A) the bicycle of John broke down (B) it happened that John’s bike broke down

(C) the storm caught John (D) John had an accident on his bicycle 12. The workers waited patiently _____.

(A) that is ship is arrived (B) that the ship should arrived

(C) for the ship to be arrived (D) for the ship arrived 13. No one expected _____.

(A) the old man to disappear (B) the old man disappearing

(C) to disappear the old man (D) disappearing the old man 14. The patient looks _____ ill for a long time.

(A) as if he had been (B) as if he was (C) as if he is (D) as if he has been 15. _____ that he wasn’t able to come. I wouldn’t have sent him the invitation letter.

(A) Since I had known (B) Had I known (C) Did I know (D) If I knew

16. _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.

(A) In spite of (B) But for (C) Because of (D) As for 17. The

English of her composition is too good. She can’t _____ it herself.

(A) have to write (B) have written (C) had written (D) be written 18. The values of a people, their costoms, and their perceptions of the

world

_____ their language.

(A) are influenced (B) be influenced (C) influencing (D) influence

19. The ancient Romans cared less about philosophy and pure mathematics

_____ the Greeks.

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(A) than did (B) than that of (C) that what of (D) than those of

20. _____ is announced in today’s paper, they have succeeded in solving many problems in accordance with the new theory.

(A) Which (B) As (C) What (D) That

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Vocabulary test 2

1. He proved himself a ________ successor to the former Prime Minister.

A. worthwhile

B. worthiness

C. worthy

D. worth 2. Your radio is too loud, turn the ________ down.

A. volume

B. voice

C. sound

D. tone 3. The Channel Tunnel is one of the biggest engineering projects ever ________.

A. understated

B. undertaken

C. undergone

D. underneath 4. He comes from a poor country village in the mountains, so it’s very hard for him to pay the whole school year’s ________ at one time.

A. money

B. fare

C. fees

D. tuition 5. Anthony is a very ________ person and never wastes anything.

A. miserly

B. thrifty

C. economic

D. conservative 6. He is seriously ill because his girlfriend has just deserted him. Why don’t you try some occupational ________ to remove his mind from distress?

A. operation

B. therapy

C. injection

D. medicine 7. The government used their emergency powers to ________ the truth about the accident.

A. suppress

B. manipulate

C. control

D. manage 8. The ________ of the member countries is supposed to be held recently at Geneva.

A. summit

B. summary

C. suffering

D. summon 9. The ghostly presence was just a (n)_________ sensation of some people.

A. objective

B. subjunctive

C. subjective

D. objected 10. The company is on the verge of bankruptcy, and thousands of jobs are at

________.

A. danger

B. loss

C. threat

D. stake 11. The ________ of these islands is still in dispute and the three countries are to have a conference next month to settle the issue.

A. sovereignty

B. right

C. authority

D. power 12. That organization __________ persons of different political stands.

A. owns

B. embraces

C. composes

D. consists 13. We would never have secured our independence without the aid you ______.

A. pursued

B. requested

C. presented

D. rendered 14. Women are

________ against the restrictions on

job opportunities.

A. proceeding

B. negative

C. revolving

D. urgent 15. I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite _________.

A. artistic

B. artificial

C. arbitrary

D. mechanical

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16. Sometimes the student may be asked to write about his ________ to a certain

book or article that has some bearing on the subject being studied.

A. impression

B. reaction

C. comprehension

D. sentiment

17. We’d decided to sell ou r car, but then we began to have second ________.

A. plans

B. minds

C. ideas

D. thoughts

18. The mystery guest on the show is ________ other than the President.

A. no

B. none

C. not

D. nothing

19. During the recession they ________ the workers off for three months.

A. gave

B. laid

C. called

D. dropped

20. I haven’t enough money to buy a car, so I just have to do

_______.

A. nothing

B. none

C. without

D. nobody

答案：

1. 答案为C。worthwhile 意思是“值得花费时间、金钱或精力的”。worthy 可以表示“值得尊重或者考虑的”，用这一意思时通常做定语。worthiness 是worthy 的名词形式。worth 用作表语，意思是“有某种价值的；值得（做某事）”。本句需要填入一个作定语的形容词，所

以， C 是正确答案。

2. 答案为A。volume 意思是“音量，响度”，voice 意思是“嗓音”，sound 意思是“声，声音，声响”，tone 指“音调，音质；语气，腔调；（乐器的）音质，音色”。

3. 答案为B。understate 意思是“有节制地陈述或表达；少说，少报”，undertake 意思是“承担，负起..的责任”，undergo 意为“经历，经受；接受，承受”，underneath 意为“在.. 的下面（介词）；在下面，向下（副词）；底部，底面（名词）”。

4. 答案为D。money 泛指“金钱，货币”；fare 指（公共汽车、轮船、计程车等的）票

价； fee 指付给私人教师、医生等的服务费，酬金；tuition 尤指大专院校

的学费。

5. 答案为B。miserly 意思是“似守财奴的，吝啬的”，thrifty 意思是“节检的，节约的”， economic 意思是“经济学的，经济的”，conservative 意思是“保守的，守旧的”。

6. 答案为B。operation 指“手术”，therapy 指“疗法”，injection 指“注射”，medicine 指“医术，医学；药”。occupational therapy 指“职业疗法”，即给患者创造性或生产性工作

以治疗其身心某些疾病的方法。

7. 答案为A。suppress 意思是“阻止..被知道或看到”，manipulate 指“熟练地控制或操纵（某事物）”，control 意思是“控制”，manage 意思是“负责（谋事物），管理，经营”。

8. 答案为A。summit 意思是“峰会，首脑会晤”，summary 意为“小结”，suffering 指肉体或内心的痛苦，summon 意为“传唤，传讯；（法院的）传票”。

9. 答案为C。objective 意为“客观的”，subjunctive 意为“虚拟语气的”，subjective 意为“主观的”，object 意思是“反对，抗议”，作动词。

10. 答案为D 。at a loss 意思是“不知如何是好，茫然，不知所措”，at stake 指“凶吉难卜，好坏无法预料”。可以说in danger 或under threat,但不可以说at danger 或at threat

11. 答案为A。sovereignty 指“国家主权”；right 指“对某事物的正当要求，做某事的

权利”，通常说right to sth./to do sth.；authority 指“权利，权威；职权，权限”，power 指“（人的）能力，（生理或精神上的）能力；操纵力，影响力；职权，权势”。

12. 答案为B。own 尤指以法定权利拥有某物；embrace 表示“欣然接受”；compose 意为“创作(乐曲或诗歌)”，表示“由……构成”时，应用be composed of 这一表达；consist of 意思是“由……构成”。根据题意及各选项的用法，正确答案为B。

13. 答案为D。pursue 意为“追求追逐”，request 意为“口头或书面的要求，请求”，present 表示“授予，赠予；介绍，引见；提出；呈递”等意思，render 意为“给予”。

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14. 答案为A。proceed against sb. 意为“起诉某人”；negative 用作形容词意为“拒绝的，怀疑的，不同意的”；revolve 意为“反复思考，被仔细考虑”；urgent 意为“紧急的，极力主张的”。B、C、D 三项均不与against 连用。

15. 答案为C。artistic 意为“艺术的，艺术家的；富有艺术创造力的”；artificial 意为“人工的；虚假的；人为的”；arbitrary 意为“任意的；武断的”；mechanical 意为“机械的；机械似的，呆板的”。

16. 答案为A。impression 意为“（人、事件、经历等留下的）印象”，reaction 意为“反应”， comprehension 意为“理解，理解力”，sentiment 意为“情绪，伤感”。

17. 答案为D。second thoughts 意思是“（经重新考虑后）改变想法”。

18. 答案为B。none other than 固定短语，用以加强语气。句意为：该节目

的神秘嘉

宾不是别人，正是总统。

19. 答案为B。lay sb. off 意思是“暂时解雇（工人）”。

20. 答案为C。do without 意思是“没有..也行”。

1. You need to ________ the time for the meeting or you will come late.

A. measure

B. maintain

C. confirm

D. mend

2. All of his friends came and __________ him on his success.

A. concentrated

B. melt

C. congratulated

D. mounted

3. The team ________ twenty young people who were carefully chosen

for

the work.

A. faces up to

B. gets across

C. gives rise to

D. consists of

4. That country was _________ by the Allies in the Second World War.

A. persisted

B. condensed

C. persuaded

D. conquered

5. The ________ expressed their passive view about the government’s policy.

A. critics

B. politics

C. economics

D. tractors

6. At that time work was mainly ______ to slaves in that society.

A. blamed

B. complained

C. restricted

D. expected

7. I didn’t expect to ________ my teacher in the street yesterday.

A. refer to

B. wok with

C. deal with

D. run into

8. A sign announcing “No Meeting” was _________ on the door.

A. removed

B. hung

C. delayed

D. panted

9. She has _________ a large sum of money from her father.

A. inherited

B. presented

C. hosted

D. turned

10. The manager has to be _________ because he could not keep his promise.

A. replaced

B. pasted

C. frightened

D. patched

11. At this moment, they are still __________ with many economic problems.

A. centered

B. believed

C. referred

D. confronted

12. The conference was ____________ by one hundred experts in this field.

A. announced

B. declined

C. attended

D. planned

13. It is believed that _______ spending will certainly lead to the bankrupt.

A. natural

B. mysterious

C. moist

D. excessive

14. With a _________, he didn’t car e about what his friend said.

A. contempt

B. motivation

C. reception

D. realization

15. The guests are often very well _________ by the host in that city.

A. recovered

B. refreshed

C. reassured

D. entertained

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16. The mediccal report confirms that the flu has __________ almost

everyone in this area.

A. infected

B. raised

C. recommended

D. insulated

17. From the passage we can ________ that this disease can be cured.

A. insult

B. inspire

C. refuse

D. infer

18. As the price keeps going up, _______ has turn into double figures.

A. recreation

B. inflation

C. refuge

D. reduction

19. The ______ of jet travel has made the world seem smaller.

A. remark

B. relationship

C. removal

D. innovation

20. The factors which would influence the learning will _____ with each other.

A. interact

B. install

C. innovate

D. intend

答案：

1 题：答案为C。measure 测量；maintain 保持；confirm 确认；mend 修

补。

2 题：答案为C。concentrate 集中精力; melt 溶化；congratulate 庆祝；mount 簦上。

3 题：答案为D。face up to 面对；get across 克服；give rise to 引起；consist of 组成。

4 题：答案为D。persist 坚持；condense 压缩；persuade 说服；conquer 打败，征服。

5 题：答案为A。critic 评论者；politics 政治；economics 经济学；tractor 拖拉机。

6 题：答案为C。blame 指责；complain 抱怨；restrict 限制；expect 期待。

7 题：答案为D。refer to 指；wok with 与…工作；deal with 处理；run into 碰见。

8 题：答案为B。remove 移开；hang 挂；delay 推迟；pant 喘气。

9 题：答案为A。inherit 继承；present 展示；host 主持；turn 转动。

10 题：答案为A。replace 取代；paste 贴；frighten 恐吓；patch 修补 11 题：答案为D。center 围绕；believe 相信；refer 特指；confront 面对。

12 题：答案为C。announce 声明；decline 下降；attend 参加；plan 计划。

13 题：答案为D。natural 自然的；mysterious 神秘的；moist 潮湿的；excessive 超量的。

14 题：答案为A。contempt 蔑视；motivation 动机；reception 招待；realization 实现。

15 题：答案为D。recover 恢复；refresh 提神；reassure 确保；entertain 招待。

16 题：答案为A。infect 感染；raise 扶养；recommend 推荐；insulate 绝缘。

17 题：答案为D。insult 侮辱；inspire 激励；refuse 拒绝；infer 暗示。

18 题：答案为B。recreation 娱乐；inflation 通货膨胀；refuge 避难处；reduction 减少。

19 题：答案为D。remark 评论；relationship 关系；removal 去掉；innovation 发明。

20 题：答案为A。interact 相互作用；install 安装；innovate 创新；intend 打算。

1. The vacuum cleaner is a valuable labor-saving ______ action.

A. device

B. engine

C. piece

D. instrument

2. The flight was postponed because of technical problems and was finally

cancelled last week when a ______ was discovered.

A. accident

B. defect

C. damage

D. defeat

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3. When she was crossing the road, she was knocked down by a motor-car and lay ______ by the roadside.

A. asleep

B. thoughtless

C. unconscious

D. unaware

4. The novels he has written have shown his ______ ability as an author.

A. literal

B. literally

C. literature

D. literary

5. The reader is urged to be a leader, rather than a follower; to rely on his own power, rather than to ______.

A. inform

B. conform

C. deform

D. reform

6. He would much ______ it if you could do him the favor.

A. award

B. apply

C. appreciate

D. anticipate

7. If our ______ is correct, then the space-craft should reach the moon on Monday.

A. calculation

B. composition

C. communication

D. vision

8. San Francisco’s Chinese community, comprising 67, 000 ______ is the largest concentration of Chinese outside of Asia.

A. visitors

B. workers

C. adults

D. inhabitants

9. We didn’t catch the train on ______ of the traffic congestion.

A. basis

B. charge

C. account

D. behalf

10. Though he has suffered from cancer for so many years, it is so strange that he has ______ to the present day.

A. deprived

B. survived

C. derived

D. revived

11. During the races there were two accidents to motor-cyclists including one

______ accident.

A. fatal

B. killing

C. deadly

D. deathly

12. Business picked up in the stores during December, but ______ again after Christmas.

A. dropped out

B. dropped on

C. dropped over

D. dropped off

13. His misbehavior and ______ dismissal from the firm was reported in the newspaper.

A. improper

B. inefficient

C. subsequent

D. frequent

14. Everry citizen has the sacred ______ to defend his country.

A. right

B. objective

C. authority

D. obligation

15. We need an umbrella on the beach to give us some ______ at midday.

A. shed

B. shade

C. shadow

D. dark

16. ______ to the Revolutionary War, the United States was an English colony.

A. Prior

B. Close

C. Earlier

D. Next

17. If you are an electrician, you will know the difference between an alternating and a direct ______.

A. conductor

B. circuit

C. cable

D. current

18. The company has the ______ ri ght to print Mr. Dare’s books.

A. virtual

B. exclusive

C. overall

D. flexible

19. Digging the foundation is the first ______ of our building project.

A. solution

B. procession

C. phase

D. achievement

20. The curtains have ______ because of the strong sunlight.

A. faded

B. dulled

C. fainted

D. weakened

Vocabulary Test 5

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1 题：答案为A。device 器械；engine 发动机；piece 碎片；instrument 仪器。

2 题：答案为B。accident 事故；defect 缺陷；damage 破坏；defeat 失败。

3 题：答案为C。asleep 睡着的；thoughtless 缺乏考虑的；unconscious 无知觉的；unaware 不知道的。

4 题：答案为D。literal 文字上的；literally 逐字地；literature 文学；literary 文字上的。

5 题：答案为B。inform 告”；conform 顺从；deform 破坏形象；reform 改革。

6 题：答案为C。award 授予；apply 运用；appreciate 感激；anticipate 期望。

7 题：答案为A。calculation 计算；composition 作文；communication 通讯；vision 视觉。

8 题：答案为D。visitor 访问者；worker 工人；adult 成人；inhabitant 居民。

9 题：答案为C。basis 基础；charge 控告；on account of 由于；on behalf of 代表。

10 题：答案为B。deprive 剥夺；survive 幸存；derive 产生；revive 复活

11 题：答案为A。fatal 致命”；killing 杀死；deadly 致命的；deathly 象死一般的。

12 题：答案为D。drop out 退出；drop on 偶然拜访；drop over 顺便来访；drop off 减少。

13 题：答案为C。improper 不合适的；inefficient 没有效率的；subsequent 随后的；frequent 经常的。

14 题：答案为D。right 权利；objective 目的；authority 权威；obligation 义务。

15 题：答案为B。shed 棚；shade 阴凉；shadow 影子；dark 黑暗的。

16 题：答案为A。prior to 在前；close 接近；earlier 早于；next 下一个。

17 题：答案为D。conductor 导体；circuit 电路；cable 电缆；current 电流。

18 题：答案为B。virtual 实际上的；exclusive 专有的；overall 大体上的；flexible 灵活的。

19 题：答案为C。solution 解决；procession 行列；phase 阶段；achievement 成就。

20 题：答案为A。fade 褪色；dull 迟钝；faint 暗淡；weaken 削弱。

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