备战新四级,突破词汇关(二)
Unit 2 1、 Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply ________ .
A) appreciated B) approved C) appealed D) applied
2、Harry was ________ by a bee when he was collecting the honey.
A) stung B) stuck C) bitten D) scratched
3、The manager lost his ________ just because his secretary was ten minutes late.
A) mood B) temper C) mind D) passion
4、The tomato juice left brown ________ on the front of my jacket.
A) spot B) point C) track D) trace
5、 My father seemed to be in no ________ to look at my school report.
A) mood B) emotion C) attitude D) feeling
6、I’m sorry I can’t see you immediately; but if you’d like to take a seat, I’ll be with you ________ .
A) for a moment B) in a moment C) for the moment D) at the moment
7、The shy girl felt ________ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teacher’s questions.
A) amazed B) awkward C) curious D) amused
8、John Dewey believed that education should be a preparation for life, that a person learns by doing, and that teaching must ________ the curiosity and creativity of children.
A) seek B) stimulate C) shape D) secure
9、However, at times this balance in nature is ________ , resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.
A) troubled B) disturbed C) confused D) puzzled
10、 The patient’s health failed to such an extent that he was put into ________ care.
A) tense B) rigid C) intensive D) tight
11、 In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe ________ Europe into a great war.
A) inserted B) imposed C) pitched D) plunged
12、Please be careful when you are drinking coffee in case you ________ the new carpet.
A) crash B) pollute C) spot D) stain
13、The newcomers found it impossible to ________ themselves to the climate sufficiently to make permanent homes in the new country.
A) suit B)adapt C) regulate D)coordinate
14、Since the matter was extremely ______we dealt with it immediately.
A) tough B) tense C) urgent D) instant
15、 I hate people who______ the end of a film that you haven’t seen before.
A) reveal B)rewrite C) revise D)reverse 答案
1、【解析】 选A。这些珍贵的书作为礼物送给我们,我们非常感激。appreciate“感激”;approve“同意(of);批准”;appeal(常与to连用)“吸引”;apply (常与for连用)“申请”。
2、【解析】 选A。哈里在收集蜂蜜时被蜜蜂蜇了。stung是sting的过去分词形式,“(蚊虫)叮咬”;stuck是stick的过去分词形式,“卡住”;bitten是bite的过去分词形式,“咬”;scratch“挠”。
3.【解析】 选B。经理发脾气仅仅因为他的秘书迟到了十分钟。mood“心情,情绪, 语气,状态”; temper“性情,脾气,心情”;mind“头脑,智力, 精神, 意见”;passion“激情, 热情”。
4、【解析】 选A。西红柿汁在我的茄克上留下了棕色的斑点。spot“斑点”;point“(抽象)点,尖;观点”;track“轨道”;trace“痕迹”。
5、 【解析】 选A。我的父亲似乎没有心情看我的成绩报告单。mood“心情,状态”,be in no mood“没有心情”;emotion“情绪”;attitude“态度”;feeling“感觉,知觉,情绪”。
6、【解析】 选B。抱歉,我不能马上见您,如果您愿意等一下,我一会儿就来。for a moment“一段时间”;in a moment“不久”;for the moment“暂时”;at the moment“那时”。
7、【解析】 选B。当她不能回答老师的问题时,这个害羞的女孩感到尴尬和难受。amazed“令人吃惊的”;awkward“窘迫的,难为情的”;curious“好奇的”;amused“好玩的”。
8、【解析】 选B。约翰·杜威相信,教育应该为生活做准备,人要在行动中学习,教学应该激发孩子们的好奇心和创造力。seek“寻找”;stimulate“刺激”;shape“形成,塑造”;secure“保护”。
9、【解析】 选B。但是,自然界的平衡时常被干扰, 造成很多不可预见的结果。trouble“麻烦”; disturb“扰乱”;confuse和puzzle“让人困惑”。
10、【解析】 选C。患者的健康恶化到需要他精心照顾的程度。tense“紧张的”;rigid“严格的,死板的”;intensive“加强的”,intensive care 特别护理; tight“紧的”。
11、【解析】 选D。1914 年, 一次在东欧遥远地区发生的一件表面上看来不重要的事件,使欧洲卷入了一场巨大的战争。insert“插入,嵌入”;impose“强加”;pitch“投掷”;plunge“投入”。plunge into war是固定词组“投入战争”。
12、【解析】 选D。你喝咖啡时请小心,别弄脏新地毯。crash“碰撞,坠落”;pollute“弄脏,污染(水、空气等)”;spot“认出;有斑点”;stain“弄脏,玷污”。
13、【解析】 选B。新居民发现在新的国家里很难使自己适应当地的气候,并在那儿永久居住。suit “适合”;adapt“适应”;regulate“管理”;coordinate“和…协调一致”。
14、【解析】 选C。既然事情很紧迫,我们马上处理。tough“艰难的”;tense“紧张的”;urgent “紧急的”;instant“快速的”。
15、【解析】 选A。我讨厌那些在你还没看完电影就提前揭示结局的人。reveal“展现, 显示”;rewrite“重写, 改写”;re-vise“修订, 校订”;reverse“颠倒, 倒转”。 |