英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习
A. safety B. aid C. support D. need D. broken in
30. Chemists working on animal dye-stuffs have ___ in a number of directions. A. broken through Section B
1. Such were the extremes of emotion that Mr. Ramsay excited in his children's breast by his mere presence. A. indifference A. appeal
B. sorrow B. fury
C. passion C. anxiety
D. pride D. love D. got round to D. costly D. variation D. conflicting D. links D. gleamed D. regulated
2. It was clear that J1ey regarded him with affection, as well as with respect.
3. He avoided serving on the jury by claiming that he was engaged in essential government work. A. got out of A. trace A. trace
B. got down to C. got on with B. precious B. sort
C. valuable C. particle
4. A long illness is in expensive misfortune for the average family. 5. A bit of dust in the wrong place can interfere with the delicate machinery. 6. Their situation is rather complex. A. concerned A. series
B. complicated C. confusing B. numbers B. burnt B. reversed
C. cycles C. glowed
7. What we call the present is but a moment in the unending chains of change. 8. The surface of the lake glittered in the brilliant sunshine. A. sparkled A. remedied
9. Some misunderstandings are insignificant and can be easily ignored or set right. C. restrained
10. Highly efficient business peop1e from these cultures may feel frustrated in a country where work proceeds at a slow speed. A. ratio
B. pace
C. stride Test 14
Section A
1. The lion ___ its prey. A. devoured A. meaning A. flee
B. diagnosed C. counted B. essence B. run B. flatter
C. credit C. flight C. exploit
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B. broken down C. broken out
D. trot
D. committed D. concord D. fly D. escort
2. The two things are the same in outward form but different in ___. 3. The thief had taken to ___ before the man could stop him. 4. This photograph does not ___ you; you are much more attractive. A. expand
英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习
5. He committed suicide during a fit of ___. A. expression A. pondered
B. decision
C. evolution
D. depression D. involved
6. It is a phenomenon deeply ___ in our national economy.
B. minimized C. prescribed
7. Mark Twain the great American humorist, wrote a(n) ___ and merciless attack on the Leatherstocking novels. A. ironic vast ___. A. magnitude A. page A. line A. wide
B. mass B. picture B. program B. public
C. massive C. preface
D. multitude D. cover D. column D. highway D. compared ... to D. receive D. communication D. reporters D. drinkings D. specialist D. reclaimed D. scared D. hinder
9. Before reading a new book, David always reads carefully through the ____. 10. In an English newspaper the sports ___ is usually found on the back page.
C. performance C. common
11. The farm has a private road which leads from the ___ road to the farm house.
12. His father ___ the couple's new life together ___ a railroad train on along unknown track. A. recognized ..as A. please
B. knew ... as C. attributed ..to B. welcome
C. puzzle
13. There is a vagueness in doing business in the Middle East which will ___ a newcomer. 14. There are ___ gardens in every neighborhood which used to be parking lots. A. common A. lecturers A. corns A. doctor
B. community C. commune B. speakers
C. politicians
15. Sometimes important speeches are made by the President and other ___ at the congress. 16. Although these three groups don't eat exactly the same food, their ___ are similar.
B. vegetables C. diets B. surgeon
C. physician
17. I prefer to be a ___ because I don't like to operate. 18. The teacher ___ the book before the students read it. A. commanded A. astonishing A. promote
B. recommended C. composed B. unhappy B. disable
C. unwilling
19. The first time you give a short speech you may feel ___, awkward, uncomfortable. 20. An accident with this machine could ___ a man permanently.
C. prevent
21. A ___ has six sides and twelve edges.
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B. nice C. witty D. fierce
8. When the bleeding head was held up, the shout of the soldiers was drowned in the groans of the
英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习
A. cube B. radius C. square D. dimension
22. We shall ___ the room ___ for Christmas. A. pack… up A. run over A. principle A. instead of A. in particular A. gone out of A. controlled A. sense
B. decorate … with B. pass over B. principal
C. draw …up D. dress ... up C. knock over D. go over C. possible
D. plentiful
23. We've tried to keep the cost of the repairs to the original sum, but we may ___ by a few pounds. 24. The school headmaster played the ___ role in the faculty play. 25. They played cards ___ killing time.
B. in spite of B. as usual B. paid off
C. for the sake of D. free from C. in place C. taken up C. complied C. sensation
D. on the average D. taken to D. concentrated D. sensitivity
26. For the child or adolescent ___, the first separation from home may be very disturbing. 27. Once we have ___ the store, we shall owe money to no one.
28. I ceased to worry about the mark ahead and ___ on skiing as fast as possible.
B. accomplished B. sermon B. clever
29. I have a strange ___ in my right leg.
30. It is only ___ sense to take advantage of this opportunity. A. possible Section B
1. Released from their old duty toward the estate and tenant, the steward went back to London to join his own family. A. representative A. appear
B. restriction B. remain
C. responsibility D. task C. emerge C. couple on
D. occur D. count up
2. Many gaps exist in our present knowledge of exactly why and how birds migrate. 3. Add up the books and see if we have enough for each child to have one. A. count out A. condemned A. wear
B. count down B. complained B. hold on
4. The passengers grumbled that the taxi driver didn't know the way.
C. concluded D. granted C. pull on
D. fix up
5. Help me to put on these boots, they are very tight.
6. Space programs won't furnish these basic essentials of decent life such as food, shelter, jobs, education-bread-and-butter necessities. A. finish
B. complete
C. provide
D. produce
7. I think this lies in the focus of the problem.
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C. common D. fair
英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习
A. core A. lounge A. rage
B. concentration B. parlour
C. factor D. counter
8. He had a large studio with a window facing north and most of his works were there.
C. front room D. workroom C. irritation C. refine out Test 15
Section A
1. You'll have to ___ the ladder to reach the top shelf. A. moor
B. mount B. groups
C. mound C. hands C. shaded C. puppet C. medium C. set out
D. mould D. flights D. prevented D. idiot D. mode D. run off
2. Louisa sat straight with her hands folded in her ____. A. glimpses A. shadowed A. doll
3. We ___ourselves from the sun by hanging our clothes on the spade.
B. concealed B. robot B. apparatus B. set off
4. The so-called head of state is nothing but a (n) ____ in the hands of the army. 5. Television is a very efficient ___for spreading information. A. instrument A. run out
6. I have to ___a few hand-outs on the duplicating machine. 7. The roof of the mine ___as a result of the explosion. A. dropped in A. apartments A. candidate A. persecuted A. solve wages. A. joints
B. files
C. disputes
D. jets
13. Along the way, Lewis and Clark ___a lazy French-Canadian guide named Charbonneau to be their interpreter.
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9. He's in a fury about not being picked to play for the football team.
B. annoyance B. draw out
D. huff D. get out
10. Can you extract the necessary information from these reports by this time next week? A. write out
B. broke down B. refuges B. sponsor B. sneered B. guide
C. pressed down D. caved in C. cottages C. applicant C. accused C. indicate
D. slums D. substitute
D. spoiled D. train
8. Churches and schools were ___to the flood victims. 9. The regular teacher is ill, so a (n) ___is teaching today.
10. Since you worked so hard to get this job finished, I think you deserve to be ___just for once. 11. For this reason the following survey must be made to ____ the basis of previous criticism.
12. A few strikes are due to ___ over working conditions or dismissals but the majority are about