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2009年6月大学英语四级句子词汇真题训练 十八

2009-04-17来源:和谐英语
  1.The price of beer ______ from 50 cents to 4 per liter during the summer season.(CET-4,1999.6)
  2.It is too early to say whether IBM’s competitors will be able to ______ their products to the new hardware at an affordable cost.(CET-4,2003.9)
  3.I am not ______ to getting up so early.
  4.Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in pre-literate societies in order to attract good health or to ______ disease.
  5.The 1986 Challenger space-shuttle ______ was caused by unusually low temperatures immediately before the launch.  
  [A]yield [B]ranged [C]shrug off [D]ward off
  [E]disaster [F]gear [G]accustomed [H]differed
  答案:
  1。选[B]。[题意]夏季每升啤酒的价格从50美分到4美元不等。
   range表示“范围,界限,区域”,这里的range...to...表“(在一定的范围内)变化,变动”,还可以用range from ... to...表示,from要不要都可以。
  2.选[F]。[题意]IBM的竞争对手是否能以合理的成本将产品改进以适用于新的硬件还未可知。
   gear...to/toward 使适应,使适合
  3.选[G]。[题意]我不习惯于这么早起床。
  accustomed...to... 习惯于...
  4.选[D]。[题意]在文字出现以前的社会中人们通常在身上或脸上画图以祈求健康或防止疾病。
  ward off (disease) 预防(疾病)
  5.选[E]。[题意]1986年挑战者号宇宙飞船事故是由于发射前的异常低温引起的。