TIP：cross one's mind“想起”；pass要加through: pass through one's mind；occur要用to: occur to somebody。
21. People become less ______ to new ideas as they grow older. A. receptive B. available C. attentive D. attractive
参考答案： A TIP：receptive“有接受能力的”，available“可得到的”，attentive“专心的；关心的”，attractive“有吸引力的”。
22. Is he really ______ to judge a brass band contest? A. competent B. skillful C. capable D. efficient
参考答案： A TIP：competent“有能力的，能胜任的”；capable也表示“有能力的”，但不可跟不定式；skillful“熟练的”，efficient“高效率的”，均不符题意。
23. The new airport will be ______ from all directions. A. available B. accessible C. obtainable D. achievable
参考答案： B
TIP：accessible“可抵达的”，available，obtainable和achievable都表示“可得到的”。
24. The team's recent wins have now ______ them for the semi-finals. A. fitted B. promoted C. qualified D. selected
参考答案： C
TIP：qualify somebody for something“使某人有资格（条件）做某事”。
25. For parents, one of the problems ______ by rising prices is the continual demand for more pocket money. A. given B. posed C. provided D. forced
参考答案： B
TIP：pose表示“造成，提出”，常与 problem，threat，danger连用。
26. The police managed to ______ down the owner of the car. A. trace B. track C. search D. pursue
参考答案： B
TIP：track down为动词词组，意思是“找到；查出”，其他三个trace, search, pursue一般不与副词down搭配使用。
27. The party's reduced vote was ______ of lack of support for its policies. A. indicative B. confirming C. revealing D. evident
参考答案： A
TIP：be indicative of something“表明，说明”，其他三个选择项不与介词of连用。
28. The football match was televised ______ from the Worker's Stadium. A. alive B. life C. live D. lively
参考答案： C
TIP：live在此句中作副词用，意为“现场直播”，其他三词不合题意。
29. We shall have to go on to the next village. It's too late to ______ now. A. set back B. turn in C. set in D. turn back
参考答案： D
TIP：turn back“折回”，set back“推迟，耽搁”，turn in“拐弯进入，上床睡觉”，set in“到来，开始”。
30. You have a very nasty cough. You must ______ on cigarettes. A. put out B. give up C. cut down D. take down
参考答案： C
TIP：cut down“削减，减少”，put out“熄灭”，give up“放弃”，take down“放下，记下”。
四级语法与词汇（3）
1. The aged ______ now being provided with free medical care in this country. A. is B. are C. was D. were
参考答案： B
TIP：当定冠词+形容词表示一类人时，动词通常用复数形式。
2. In 1939, ______ in 1941, there was a great surge of patriotic feeling. A. like B. as
C. the same as D. similar to
参考答案： B TIP：like为介词，其后只能跟名词或动名词，不能跟介词词组；as是连词，可以接介词词组。
3. The plane flies too ______ to be seen. A. highly
B. higher C. high D. highest
参考答案： C
TIP：too ... to结构中的形容词必须用原级，high作为副词，表示“高”，highly为副词，表示“非常，极”。
4. ______ some countries have ruined their agriculture, squandering money on uneconomic factories, the Ivory Coast has stuck to what it is good at. A. After B. During C. When D. While
参考答案： D
TIP：while是表示对比的连词。
5. Apparently one person ______ ten now attends a university in this country. A. of B. over C. in D. from
参考答案： C
TIP：one in ten和one out of ten都可以表示“十分之一”。
6. All of the plants now raised on farms have been developed from plants ______ wild. A. once they grew B. they grew once C. that once grew D. once grew
参考答案： C TIP：that once grew wild是修饰plants的定语从句；选项A 中的once 为连词，表示“一旦”，不合题意；其他两个选择项则不符合语法规范。
7. This is the best book ______ this year. A. appearing
B. having appeared