英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习

A. implied A. Mint A. poles A. major

B. explored C. implored B. Mine B. pulses B. minor

C. Meat C. pores C. lunar

D. employed D. Metal D. punches D. fresh

5. Coins are struck at the ____. 6. Sweat comes through the 7. By definition, a in the skin and radiates heat.

month is from one new moon to the next.

8. In her remarks on child care, she ___ the importance of nutrition. A. touched with

B. touched on

C. touched down D. touched off on his family good name. C. sign C. ironed C. outlet C. go over

D. stamp D. twisted D. outbroke D. go by D. get through

9. His trial for smuggling cocaine was a A. label B. stain A. combed A. outlined

10. The mother ____ the child's long hair round her fingers to make it curl.

B. shampooed B. output

11. In his first formal address to the College Paul 12. Please don't A. go through A. get over

his general intentions.

what I say! My taste in films is not very reliable. B. go back on B. get across

13. John hasn't been working hard and I dare to say that he will not ____ his examinations.

C. get down to

14. The window was open, but the rain ___ the air as effectively as a curtain. A. shut down B. shut up A. caught

B. disliked

C. shut out D. shut away C. advised D. overheard C. jealous C. frustrate

D. muscular D. reconcile

15. I'm not quite sure of it, for I ____ him saying that he was closing down his shop. 16. He was a most ____ man, who attended Mass in the local church every other week. A. optimistic B. pious A. correspond B. apologize A. surrendered B. sustained A. on the whole B. on the sly A. sense B. mind

17. Since the couple could not ___ their differences, they decided to get a divorce. 18. He thought he could prevent himself from being influenced by the opinion that ___ him.

C. surrounded D. subdued C. on second thought D. on the side C. thought

D. sentiment

19. When she thought no one was looking she opened the cupboard and took a few sweets __. 20. The students felt a __ of achievement in their writing ability at the end of the semester. 21. Conditions everywhere have been seriously worsened, owing to the postwar __ in prices. A. lift B. promotion C. raise D. rise

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英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习

22. Cowboys ___ their ropes round and round above their heads before throwing them. A. whirl B. wind A. consult

B. wrestle

C. rotate C. argue C. shed C. exciting C. controlled C. prayer

D. reel D. compete D. thresh D. overwhelming D. mastered D. hymn D. squashed D. penal D. moisture

23. The policeman had to ____ with the criminal in order to get the handcuffs on him. 24. Soon after we gathered in all the wheat crop, we began to ___ it by using a machine. A. thrash B. shield A. inspiring B. striking 26. The king

A. reigned B. governed A. tune B. rhythm

25. There is a __ resemblance between Jane and Mary, who are just in the same class.

over a great variety of peoples and lands for as long as forty years.

27. Every year at sunrise on a May morning the choir gather on the top of the tower to sing a __. 28. The check-out girl always puts the bread on top of the other groceries so that it does not get __ . A. depressed B. condensed C. squeezed A. panel

B. parcel

C. patrol C. mock

29. A ___ of experts gave its opinion on ways to solve the traffic problem. 30. The bank of the river was covered in ____. A. mood B. moss Section B

1. The attorney compiled relevant information about the case. A. mayor B. lawyer A. throne B. tyrant A. Numbers B. Account A. showed B. preserved

C. judge C. sheriff C. Schoolmaster C. relaxed

D. jury D. sovereign D. Calculations D. verified D. carrying over D. an eagle D. unexpected D. plots

2. Suddenly the monarch appeared at the scene wearing a crown on his head. 3. Statistics suggest that there are more boys than girl sat school.

4. We are satisfied that no disease manifested itself during that long voyage. 5. In executing this policy, a steady stream of foreign officials visited China. A. carrying off B. carrying out C. carrying on with A. a parrot B. a pigeon C. a squirrel A. meaningless B. weak A. mistakes B. worthiness

C. insignificant C. proverbs

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6. Strange enough, the kid could not distinguish a hawk from an owl. 7. After all, his work was the important thing; besides it all else was trivial.

8. The author's latest book is totally without merit, which disappointed almost everyone.

英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习

9. Were he a miser, he would not have contributed a great sum of money. A. tight-fisted B. loose-tongued C. light-headed A. passed B. manipulated C. laid

Test 5

Section A

1. The dog pricked up its ears at the ____ of its master's keys. A. jungle

B. bell B. emerged

C. jingle

D. ring D. whirled D. kidnapped D. ignited up D. contrasted D. beware D. dissolves D. shaft D. across D. roam D. cut back D. conception D. hostage D. identifies D. general

2. The swimmer __ from the rolling water and climbed on the raft. A. floated A. hijacked A. warmed up A. contacted A. aware A. absorbs A. lane A. along A. inhabit A. cut out A. concept A. luggage A. submerges A. gross

C. swayed

3. He is very wealthy and lives in fear of his children being___.

B. plundered C. robbed B. kindled up

C. flared up

4. The campfire ___ in the sudden wind, and sparks flew out from it. 5. The injured complained that the pain grew worse as the muscles____.

B. contracted C. contested B. swear C. ware B. isolates B. canal B. via B. moan

C. resolves C. tunnel C. through C. migrate

6. You must ___ of losing your books, for we have no more books spared to offer you. 7. I can hardly think of another compound which ___ as quickly as salt in water. 8. The entrance to a mine is called a ___, which is a hole leading down into a mine. 9. My brother is going from New York to California ____ the Panama Canal. 10. After sunset, hungry wolves would ___ the forest in search of food and water. 11. After the big job was finished the builder ___ the number of men working for him.

B. cut across C. cut off

12. Obviously, the atomic bomb has changed the whole ___ of victory and defeat in war.

B. concert C. concern B. baggage B. sucks

C. bandage C. expels

13. Seeing her boy's back was bleeding, the mother hurried to fetch a roll of ___ .

14. The whale, such as sperms and humpbacks, ___ water from his blow hole while breathing. 15. The ___ weight of the box of chocolates is more than the weight of the chocolate alone.

B. heavy C. glossary

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D. fat-witted D. thrown

10. The children have just heaved a brick through my window while I am reading nearby.

英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习

16. Money was to be provided for the playground through the ___ decision of the town councilors. A. harmonious A. dispose A. mend A. doze A. diverted A. converted A. couch would be at _ A. worship company. A. turned up field.

A. board 26. People here often the store. A. bribe someone to dig it. A. mow

B. pluck

C. weed

D. wipe

28. The rubber production from wild trees in South America ___ because the plantation system was more economical. A. hampered bushy

B. flourished

C. declined

D. succeeded

29. Sweat came down from his forehead, so he took out a silk handkerchief and wiped his huge,

again and again.

B. jaws

C. brows

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B. agreeable B. deposit B. drain B. dozen B. focused B. confined B. ceiling __. B. funeral

C. uniform C. loan

D. unanimous D. remit D. remit D. dose D. linked D. constructed D. studio

17. Soldiers serving overseas arranged to ___ part of their pay to their wives and families. 18. This is a saline land, so the farmers want to ___ it to make crops grow better on it this year.

C. perish C. dosage C. divided

19. Miss Pamela is not well enough, and there is only one ___ of medicine left in this bottle. 20. A loud noise ___ my attention from cooking and everything was burnt.

21. To receive more people, the hostess has ___ her large house into four separate flats.

C. concentrated C. cement

22. Mary felt a little bit of headache so she went to lie on the ___ in her living room. 23. We passed the house without calling, for we assumed that at that hour all the family

C. sensation

D. sermon

24. The day-to-day management of the firm has been ___ to someone appointed from outside the

B. turned out C. turned over

D. turned down

25. A ___ of heart specialists is meeting in New York to discuss the latest developments in that

B. corporation C. congress

D. constitution

salesclerks to make sure they get attractive items when they come to B. shame

C. prick

D. prescribe

27. I would not employ anyone just to ___ the grass out of the rose garden-----I really want

A. cheeks D. chin