四级词汇真题练习之三

　　5月7日四级真题词汇动词第七期1. 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

B [注释]约翰。杜威认为：教育必须为生活做准备，人是通过实践来学习的；教学必须激发学生的好奇心和创造性。

　　A）seek  （after/ for） 寻找，追求，请求；seek happiness / comfort 追求幸福/安逸；seek advice from sb.向……请求建议；We sought an answer to the question， but couldn't find one. 我们寻求这个问题的答案，可是没能找到。I will seek my doctor's advice. 我将请教医生的意见。

　　B）stimulate  刺激，激励；stimulate interest/ curiosity 激发兴趣/好奇心； Alcohol stimulates the action of the heart. 酒刺激心脏的活动。

　　C）shape  形成，成型；shape clay into a pot 将粘土做成罐；shape a folktale into a narrative poem把民间故事改成叙事诗；A good teacher helps shape a child's character. 好老师会帮助孩子培养（梁浩）品格。

　　D）secure 得到；使安全；使牢固；Can you secure me two good tickets for the concert？ 你能为我弄到两张音乐会的好票吗？He secured the doors and windows. 他把门窗关得死死的。

　　2. Harry was ____ by a bee when he was collection the honey.

　　A）stung  B）stuck  C）bitten  D）scratched

　　2.A [注释]哈利在采蜜时被蜜蜂蜇了。

　　A）sting （stung）（昆虫）蜇刺， 刺痛，激怒；The bee stung her leg.  蜜蜂刺痛了她的腿。He was stung by their insults. 他被他们的羞辱激怒。

　　B）stick （stuck） （尖物）戳， 刺， 粘贴， 订住；I found a nail sticking in the tyre. 我发现一个钉子扎在车胎里。The pages have stuck. 书页粘住了。

　　C）bite （bit， bitten）  咬， 刺痛；My monkey doesn't bite. 我的猴子不咬人。There's a bite in this cold wind. 寒风刺骨。

　　D）scratch （用指甲，爪，利器等）抓，搔，刮擦； You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 如果你帮助我， 我也会帮助你的。（投桃报李）

　　3. The socks were too small， and it was only by ____ them that he managed to get them on.

　　A）stretching  B）extending  C）lengthening  D）spreading

　　3.A [注释]这双袜子太小，撑大后他才穿了进去。

　　A）stretch拉长，拉紧；伸展；延伸，延续；stretch a pair of gloves 把手套撑大；stretch one's hand 伸出手；I stretched out my hand towards the book. 我把手伸向这本书。The forests stretch for hundreds of miles. 森林绵延数百哩。

　　B）extend （长度，面积，时间等）延伸，扩大；给予；extend a railway 延长一条铁路；The bank has promised to extend your company credit. 银行已经答应向你们公司提供信用贷款。The headmaster extended our holiday by four days.校长把我们的假期延长了四天。

　　C）lengthen （使长度，时间）延长，拉长； She lengthened the skirt. 她把裙子放长了。

　　D）prolong （尤指使时间）延长，拉长（只做及物动词）；  prolong a visit 延长访问；The delegation decided to prolong their visit by one week. 代表团决定把访问延长一个星期。

　　4. He's watching TV？ He's _____ to be cleaning his room.

　　A）known  B）supposed  C）regarded  D）considered

　　4.B [注释]他在看电视？按理他现在应该在清扫房间才对。

　　A）know 知道，认识，通晓，认出；be known as 被认为/称为；He is known as a great lawyer. 据称他是个大律师。

　　B）suppose （常用被动语态）认为应该；料想；假设；be supposed to v. 被期望或要求做某事；Suppose a company has a new breakfast cereal that it wants to sell. 假设有个公司想出售一种新的早餐麦片粥。You're supposed to pay the bill by Friday. 你应该最迟星期五结清这笔账。

　　C）regard 看待， 注视， 重视， 尊敬， 关系；I have always regarded him highly. 我总把他看得很高。He did not regard my advice at all. 他根本不把我的劝告放在心中。

　　D）consider 考虑；把（某人、某事）看作……；关心；consider sb for a job 考虑让某人做某工作；I am considering going abroad. 我正在考虑出国。We consider that the driver is not to blame. 我们认为这不是司机的过错。

　　5. There's little chance that mankind would _____ a nuclear war.

　　A）retain  B）endure  C）maintain  D）survive

　　5. D [注释]人类几乎没有可能经受一场核战争。

　　A）retain 保留，保持；retain water/ memory 保持水分/记忆；It has been proved that water retains heat much longer than air.业已证明，水保持热量的时间要比空气长久。

　　B）endure 忍受，忍耐，容忍（尤用于否定句）；endure toothache/ pain / heat 忍受牙疼/ 疼痛；I can't endure her endless complaint noise a moment longer. 我一刻也忍受不了她那没完没了的抱怨。I can't endure his unreasonable action. 我不能容忍他的无理行为。

　　C）maintain 维持，坚持，维修，保养；He failed again and again simply because he had maintained his defeatist attitude. 因为他一直坚持失败主义的态度，所以失败了一次又一次。The car has always been properly maintained. 这汽车一直保养得很好。

　　D）survive 活下来，幸存；（从困境中）挺过来；比……活的长；survive an earthquake 经历地震而死里逃生；Few survived after the flood. 洪水过后，生还者极少。The man was very ill， but he survived. 这个人病得很厉害，可是他活下来了。I hope l shall never survive my usefulness. 我希望在我有生之年永远不要变成废物。

　　5月8日四级真题词汇动词第八期1. It took him several months to _____ the wild horse.

　　A）tend   B）cultivate   C）breed   D）tame

D [注释]驯服这匹野马花了他好几个月的时间。

　　A）tend 照管，护理，易于；倾向；tend the sheep照看羊群；People under stress tend to express their full range of potential. 处于压力下的人容易发挥自己全部的潜力。

　　B）cultivate   耕作，养殖，培养；cultivate friendship 培养友谊； cultivate a taste for music 培养对音乐的爱好；cultivate the habit of analysis 养成分析的习惯。

　　C）breed  繁殖，养育，产生；breed cattle 养牛；breed disease 滋生疾病；They breed fish in the reservoir. 他们在水库养鱼。War breeds misery and ruin.战争带来苦难和破坏。

　　D）tame 驯服，制服；tame wild animals 驯养野生动物；tame a trouble-making river 治好一条为害的河流。

　　2. It is predicted that heavy rains are _____ to flood the area in a few days.

　　A）frightening   B）threatening   C）scaring   D）warning

　　2. B [注释]据预报大雨会使该地区在几天内遭受涝灾。

　　A）frighten 使惊恐，吓唬；frighten sb to death 使……大受惊吓，吓死；frighten sb. away 把某人吓走；He was frightened of the fierce dog. 他让这只凶猛的狗吓怕了。

　　B）threaten （with / to v.） （构成）威胁，恐吓；预示（危险）快要来临；是……的征兆；threaten him with death用死威胁他；His father threatened to beat the boy if he stole again. 男孩的父亲威胁说如果他再偷东西的话，就要揍他。The clouds threaten rain. 云预示有雨。

　　C）scare 惊吓；scare sb out of doing sth. 吓的某人不敢做某事；The dogs scared the thief away. 那些狗把贼吓跑了。

　　D）warn （of / against / about） 警告，告诫；She warned me about the dangerous road， so I crossed it carefully. 她提醒我这条马路很危险，因此我过马路小心翼翼。She has been warned of the danger of driving on that road at night. 已经警告过她，晚间在那条道上开车危险。

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　　3. Some old people don't like pop songs because they can't ______ so much noise.

　　A）resist   B）sustain   C）tolerate   D）undergo

　　3. C [注释]有些老年人不喜欢通俗歌曲，因为他们无法忍受那么大的噪声。

　　A）resist  抵抗，耐，忍住；the power to resist disease 抗拒疾病的能力；resist aggression 抵抗侵略；resist heat 耐热；resist temptation 不受引诱；I can't resist baked apples. 我顶不住烤苹果的诱惑。

　　B）sustain  经受，遭受；保持，供养，支持；sustain a defeat 遭受失败；sustain life 维持生命；The sea wall sustains the shock of the waves. 海堤能抵挡海浪的冲击。Hopes alone sustained him in his misery. 在他受苦受难时，只有希望支撑着他。

　　C）tolerate  容忍，忍受（常用于否定句）；tolerate heat 忍受炎热；I can't tolerate your bad manners any longer. 我再也不能容忍你无礼的行为。

　　D）undergo 经历，遭受；undergo great hardship 遭受极大的艰苦；undergo surgery 接受手术；He must undergo an operation. 他必须接受手术。

　　4. He hoped the firm would ___ him to the Paris branch.

　　A）exchange   B）transmit   C）transfer   D）remove

　　4.C [注释]他希望公司能把他调到巴黎分部工作。本题主要区分B，C两项A）exchange   交流，交换；exchange prisoners 交换战俘；He gave me an apple in exchange for a cake.  他给我一个苹果，换一块蛋糕。

　　B）transmit  传输， 转送， 传达，发射，传播；Glass transmits light. 玻璃透光。TV set may transmit certain kind of radiation hurting human body. 电视机可能会辐射出某种有害于人体的放射物。

　　C）transfer  （from …… to ）  转移， 调转， 转让， 改变，转学， 换车；His employer transferred him to another office.  老板把他调到了另一个办公室。The factory will be transferred to Dalian. 那家工厂将搬到大连。

　　D）remove  移动， 开除， 移交，迁移，免职；remove problems 解决问题；remove a man from office 免除一人的职务；He was removed from his position as chairman. 他被撤去主席职务。

　　5. The coming of the railways in the 1830s ______ our society and economic life.

　　A）transformed   B）transported   C）transferred   D）transmitted

　　5. A [注释]19世纪30年代铁路的出现使社会和经济生活发生了变化。

　　A）transform （from …… into ……）改革，改观，把……转变成；She transformed the room by painting it.  她油漆了房间使它为之一新。 She transformed the room by painting it.  她油漆了房间使它为之一新。

　　B）transport   运输；运送；transport mail by train 以火车运邮件；transport goods by air 空运货物；The goods were transported by train. 货物是用火车来运输的。

　　C）transfer   调任， 转移， 转学， 换车；He has been transferred from Beijing to Shanghai. 他已从北京被调到上海。

　　D）transmit 传输， 转送， 传达， 传导， 发射；Iron transmits heat. 铁传热。

　　四级真题－动词短语第一期1. It is much easier to talk about social change than to ____. A）bring it on   B）bring it out   C）bring it up   D）bring it about

D [注释]要引起社会变革，说比作容易得多。

　　A）bring on 引起， 导致， 使发展， 促进；Working out in the rain for a long time may bring on a fever. 在雨中工作很长时间可能使人发高烧。Study should bring on your Math.  学习会提高你的数学水平。

　　B）bring out 使显示， 出版；激起；Company should bring her out a bit. 与人交往会对她说话方面有所鼓励。His latest novel will be brought out. 他的最新小说快要出版了。

　　C）bring up 教育， 培养， 提出；to bring up the question 提出问题；They had brought up  their sons to stand on their own feet. 他们培养儿子生活自立。

　　D）bring about 使发生， 引起；产生；The politicians don't seem to have brought about any great changes. 政治家们似乎并没有带来任何巨大的变化。

　　2. The car ________ halfway for no reason. A）broke off   B）broke down  C）broke up   D）broke out

　　2. B [注释]汽车不明不白的中途抛锚了。

　　A）break off  中断， 折断， 突然停止； They've broken off their engagement. 他们解除了婚约。

　　B）break down （机器）损坏，（健康）垮掉，崩溃；Her health broke down under the pressure of work. 在工作的压力下，她的身体垮了。

　　C）break up  打碎， 破碎， 分裂， 结束；Their marriage is breaking up. 他们的婚姻濒临破裂。

　　D）break out  （战争，争吵，火灾，瘟疫等）突发， 爆发；逃脱，突围；Several prisoners broke out of the jail. 有几个囚犯从狱中逃脱。

　　3. We have to try every means to _____ the costs of the construction project. A）bring off   B）bring forth   C）bring down   D）bring back

　　3. C [注释]我们得千方百计降低建筑工程的成本。

　　A）bring off  使实现，办成功；Though it was a very difficult job， Helen was able to bring it off successfully ahead of schedule. 尽管那项工作很艰巨，海伦还是成功地提前完成了任务。

　　B）bring forth   提出，产生；He brought forth a new plan， just as unworkable as the old one.  他提出一项新计划，和原计划一样行不通。

　　C）bring down   使落下，击落，降低，减少；bring down an enemy fighter. 击落一架敌人战斗机。

　　D）bring back  带回；取来，买来；The country air brought back her strength. 乡村空气使他恢复了体力。

　　4. The bed has been ______ in the family. It was my great-grandmother's originally. A）handed out   B）handed over   C）handed down   D）handed round

　　4.C [注释]这张床是祖上传下来的，原先是我曾祖母的。

　　A）hand out   把……拿出来， 分发， 施舍；Duplicated material illustrating the lecture was handed out to the students. 这个讲座的说明材料的复印件发给了学生。

　　B）hand over   移交；让与；to hand over command of a ship移交军舰的指挥权；The pickpocket was handed over to the police. 扒手被送交警方。

　　C）hand down   传给后代 （= hand on， pass down） ；This pair of bracelets were handed down from my great-grandmother.这副手镯是我曾祖母传下来的。

　　D）hand round 传阅，传递；They are handing round the letter among themselves. 他们在传阅这封信。

　　5. The car won't start because the battery has _____ . A）run up   B）run over   C）run down   D）run off

　　5.C [注释]这辆汽车启动不了，因为蓄电池已经用完。

　　A）run up   增加，积欠（账款，债务等）；You'll run up a huge gas bill if you leave the heater on. 热水器老是开着，煤气费就会很高。

　　B）run over   浏览；（车辆）撞倒，轧过；Just run over my lines with me before the rehearsal begins. 排练前，跟我迅速对一边台词。

　　C）run down   用完， 停止，耗尽，变弱；The coal industry is being run down.  煤矿工业正逐步停产。My car battery has run down； it needs recharging.我车上的电池已变弱，需要充电。

　　D）run off  （使液体）流尽，排出，跑掉，逃掉；复印处；run off water from the barrel 从桶中放出水；The treasurer has run off with the club's funds. 会计携带俱乐部资金潜逃了。