2007年专四语法与词汇题详解

71.This sort of rude behavior in public hardly __________a person in your position.

A. becomes               B. fits                       C. supports               D. improves

答案选A

【解析】答案选A。become在此表示“与..相称，适宜，适于”。That dress becomes you. 那件衣服很合你身。It does not become you to use insulting words like that! 你用那样恶语伤人太不合适了!

72.I must leave now. __________,if you want that book I’ll bring it next time.

A. Accidentally          B. Incidentally           C. Eventually             D. Naturally

【解析】答案选B。incidentally意为“顺便说一句”，用于口语中另换话题；accidentally意为“意想不到地”。

73.After a long delay, she __________replying to my e-mail.

A. got away with       B. got back at            C. got back               D. got round to

【解析】答案选D。比较：get away with 逃避责罚；get back at sb 报复；get back:（一度失去后）恢复力量，东山再起；get round to doing sth （较重要之事处理完毕后）处理某事。

74.Personal computers are no longer something beyond the ordinary people; they are __________ available these days.

A. promptly              B. instantly                C. readily                  D. quickly

【解析】答案选C。比较：promptly意为“敏捷地，迅速地，立即地”；instantly意为“立即，马上”；readily“无困难地，容易地”。

75.In my first year at the university I learnt the __________of journalism.

A. basics                  B. basic                    C. elementary            D. elements

【解析】答案选D。根据句意，应选名词，而四个选项中只有A、D选项为名词。Basics意为“基本，要素”；elements意为“原理, 基础”。

76.According to the new tax law, any money earned over that level is taxed at the __________of 59 percent.

A. ratio                     B. percentage            C. proportion            D. rate

【解析】答案选D。ratio为数学术语，通常以具体数据体现两个关系平行的事物的数量之比，所涉及的两个比较项必须同时出现；rate指动态的率、比率、速率等；percentage指部分在整体中所占的准确的百分率、百分比；proportion指两个关系平行的事物在大小、数量、程度等方面的比例、比率、比重等，突出孰大孰小，也可指部分在整体中所占的比例，还常表示整体中各部分之间协调或和谐的关系，指匀称，平衡。

77.Thousands of __________at the stadium came to their feet to pay tribute to an outstanding performance.

A. audience               B. participants           C. spectators             D. observers

【解析】答案选C。spectator意为“观众”，符合句意。

78.We stood still, gazing out over the limitless __________of the dessert.

A. space                   B. expanse                C. stretch                 D. land

【解析】答案选B。expanse用作名词意为“辽阔，广袤”。又如：A vast expanse of rice fields was laid out before us. 大片稻田展现在我们面前。

79.Doctors often __________uneasiness in the people they deal with.

A. smell                    B. hear                     C. sense                   D. touch

【解析】答案选C。sense表示“感知，了解”。

80.Mary sat at the table, looked at the plate and __________her lips.

A. smacked               B. opened                 C. parted                  D. separated

【解析】答案选A。smack one's lips意为“(馋得)舐嘴唇”，即汉语中说的“垂涎三尺”。