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2010年12月大学英语四级词汇活学活用(19)

2010-08-11来源:和谐英语
[导读]在备考四级考试的过程中,大家普遍感觉比较困难的问题就是背单词单词背的好坏直接决定着考试成绩的高低。为了帮助考生有效记忆单词,和谐英语学习网整理了以下资料,供考生复习。   1,The board of the company has decided to ________ its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business.
  A) multiply
  B) lengthen
  C) expand来源:http://www.hxen.net
  D) stretch
  题目相关单词解释(提示:最好做完题目再看)
  multiply:vt. 乘,使相乘;倍增vi. 增加
  lengthen:vt. 加长,使延长vi. 变长
  expand:vt. 展开;扩大,扩充,发展膨胀,扩张;张开,展开,使膨胀,使扩张;张开
  stretch:n. 伸展,张开,连绵,一段路,一段时间a. 可伸缩的,弹性的vt. 伸展,张开,曲解
  2,His business was very successful, but it was at the ________ of his family life.
  A) consumption
  B) credit
  C) exhaustion
  D) expense
  题目相关单词解释(提示:最好做完题目再看)
  consumption:n. 消费,消费量,憔悴
  credit:n./v. 信任,信誉,信用,信贷,赊欠n./v. 荣誉,光荣,称赞,给予荣誉
  exhaustion:n. 疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽
  expense:n. 花费,消费,消耗;开支,经费;费钱之物
  3,First published in 1927, the charts remain an ________ source for researchers.
  A) identical
  B) indispensable
  C) intelligent
  D) inevitable
  题目相关单词解释(提示:最好做完题目再看)
  identical:a. 同一的;完全相同的,相等的;有同一原因的,有同一来源的
  indispensable:n. 不可缺少之物a. 不可缺少的,不能避免的,绝对必要的
  intelligent:a. 聪明的,伶俐的,有才智的
  inevitable:a. 不可避免的,无法回避的;照例必有的
  4,Joe is not good at sports, but when it ________ mathematics, he is the ‘best in the class.
  A) comes to
  B) comes up to
  C) comes on to
  D) comes around to
  题目相关单词解释(提示:最好做完题目再看)
  come to:v.苏醒;总计达,总数为;涉及,谈到
  come up to:v.达到,符合 达到(标准),比得上,等于
  come on to:开始,兴盛
  come around to:转而接受,重新着手…
  5,Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a ________ for smoking.
  A) relief
  B) revival
  C) substitute
  D) succession
  题目相关单词解释(提示:最好做完题目再看)
  relief:n. 减轻,解除,救济,安慰,调剂,浮雕,换班,地势的起伏
  revival:n. 复兴,复活,恢复精神,苏醒
  substitute:n. 代理,代理人,代用品,代替物vt. 代替vi. 替代,取代
  succession:n.连续,继续;继承,接替
  6,When carbon is added to iron in proper ________ the result is steel.
  A) rates
  B) thicknesses
  C) proportions
  D) densities
  题目相关单词解释(提示:最好做完题目再看)
  rate:n. 比率,率,速度,价格,费用,等级vt. 估价,认为,鉴定等级,责骂vi. 被评价
  thickness:n. 厚度,一层,混浊,含混不清
  proportion:n. 比,比率;均衡,相称;部分,份儿;面积 vt. 使成比例;分摊,摊派
  density:n.密集,稠密;密度,浓度
  7,You should try to ________ your ambition and be more realistic.
  A) reserve
  B) restrain
  C) retain
  D) replace
  题目相关单词解释(提示:最好做完题目再看)
  reserve:n. 预备品,贮存,预备舍,后备军,保留地,保留,沉默,节制,秘密,储备金 vt. 保留
  restrain:v. 克制,限制,抑制,约束,拘束,束缚
  retain:vt. 保持,保留;留住,挡住;记住
  replace:vt. 替换,取代;把…放回原处;归还,赔还
  8,Nancy is only a sort of ________ of her husband’s opinion and has no ideas of her own.
  A) sample
  B) reproduction
  C) shadow
  D) echo
  题目相关单词解释(提示:最好做完题目再看)
  samplen. 样品,标本; v. 抽取样品;
  reproduction:n. 再现,复制,生殖,繁殖,复制品
  shadow:n. 阴影,荫,影子,影像,阴暗,预兆,少许,隐蔽处,庇护vt. 遮蔽,使朦胧,预示
  echo:n. 回声,回响;附和者,应声虫vi. 发出回声vt. 重复,模仿
  9,Now that spring is here, you can ________ these fur coats till you need them again next winter.
  A) put over
  B) put away
  C) put off
  D) put down
  题目相关单词解释(提示:最好做完题目再看)
  put over:v.把...放在上,使转向,推迟,拖延,驶过,使被接受,(尤指以欺骗手段)做成功
  put away:把…收起来,放好;储存…备用;处理掉;抛弃;放弃;吃掉;喝掉
  put off:v.推迟,拖延,搪塞,使分心,使厌恶,扔掉,脱掉,劝阻
  put down:v.放下,拒绝,镇压,羞辱,削减,记下,制止,取缔
  There is a ________ of impatience in the tone of his voice.
  A) hint
  B) notion
  C) dot
  D) phrase
  题目相关单词解释(提示:最好做完题目再看)
  hint:n. 暗示;提示,线索v.暗示来源:和谐英语学习
  notion:n. 概念,观念,想法,打算,主张
  dot:n. 点,圆点,小孩子 小东西; v. 作小点记号,加小点于,点缀;
  phrase:n. 片语,惯用语,成语,措词vt. 用短语表达
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