专业英语四级（词汇突破）历年真题试卷汇编17及答案解析.doc

1、专业英语四级（词汇突破）历年真题试卷汇编17及答案解析 (总分：54.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY(总题数：27，分数：54.00)1.PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (15 MIN)Directions: There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best comple

2、tes the sentence.（分数：2.00）_2.The tuition fees are _ to students coming from low-income families. 2007（分数：2.00）A.approachableB.payableC.reachableD.affordable3.As the manager was away on a business trip, I was asked to _ the weekly staff meeting.2001（分数：2.00）A.presideB.introduceC.chairD.dominate4.More

3、 often than not, it is difficult to _ the exact meaning of a Chinese idiom in English.1999（分数：2.00）A.exchangeB.transferC.conveyD.convert5.The tone of the article _ the writers mood at the time.2006（分数：2.00）A.reproducedB.reflectedC.imaginedD.imitated6.Mary hopes to be _ from hospital next week.2004（分

4、数：2.00）A.dismissedB.dischargedC.expelledD.resigned7.A great amount of work has gone into _ the Cathedral to its previous splendour.2006（分数：2.00）A.refreshingB.restoringC.renovatingD.renewing8.The Olympic Games _ in 776B.C.in Olympia, a small town in Greece. 1999（分数：2.00）A.originatedB.stemmedC.derived

5、D.descended9.The priest made the _ of the cross when he entered the church.2005（分数：2.00）A.markB.signalC.signD.gesture10.Taking photographs is strictly _ here, as it may damage the precious cave paintings.2005（分数：2.00）A.forbiddenB.rejectedC.excludedD.denied11.Bus services between Town Centre and Newt

6、on Housing Estate will be_ until the motorway is repaired.2008（分数：2.00）A.discontinuedB.suspendedC.haltedD.ceased12.I couldnt sleep last night because the tap in the bathroom was _.2004（分数：2.00）A.drainingB.droppingC.spillingD.dripping13.The medical experts warned the authorities of the danger of dise

7、ases in the _ of the earthquake.2007（分数：2.00）A.consequenceB.aftermathC.resultD.effect14.During the summer holiday season there are no _ rooms in this seaside hotel.2003（分数：2.00）A.emptyB.blankC.desertedD.vacant15.The _ of the word is unknown, but it is certainly not from Greek.2001（分数：2.00）A.originB.

8、generationC.descentD.cause16.The chairman of the company said that new techniques had _ improved their production efficiency.1999（分数：2.00）A.violentlyB.severelyC.extremelyD.radically17.During the reading lesson, the teacher asked students to read a few _ from the novel.20021（分数：2.00）A.piecesB.essaysC

9、.fragmentsD.extracts18.The tenant left nothing behind except some _ of paper, cloth, etc.2003（分数：2.00）A.sheetsB.scrapsC.pagesD.slices19.The new colleague _ to have worked in several big corporations before he joined our company.2002（分数：2.00）A.confessesB.declaresC.claimsD.confirms20.Although he has b

10、ecome rich, he is still very _ of his money.2001（分数：2.00）A.economicB.thriftyC.frugalD.careful21.The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to _ government spending.2005（分数：2.00）A.financeB.expandC.enlargeD.budget22.Jimmy earns his living by _ works of art in the museum.2004（分数：2.00）A.re

11、coveringB.restoringC.renewingD.reviving23.After the heavy rain, a builder was called to repair the roof, which was_. 2006（分数：2.00）A.leakingB.tricklingC.drippingD.floating24.It is an offence to show _ against people of different races.2006（分数：2.00）A.distinctionB.differenceC.separationD.discrimination

12、25.We should always bear in mind that_decisions often result in serious consequences.1999（分数：2.00）A.urgentB.instantC.promptD.hasty26.His _ brain has worked away on the idea of a universal cure.2006（分数：2.00）A.richB.quickC.productiveD.fertile27.Your advice would be _ valuable to him, who is now at a l

13、oss as to what to do first.1999（分数：2.00）A.exceedinglyB.excessivelyC.extensivelyD.exclusively专业英语四级（词汇突破）历年真题试卷汇编17答案解析 (总分：54.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY(总题数：27，分数：54.00)1.PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (15 MIN)Directions: There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there

14、 are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.（分数：2.00）_解析：2.The tuition fees are _ to students coming from low-income families. 2007（分数：2.00）A.approachableB.payableC.reachableD.affordable解析：解析：形容词词义辨析题。approachable“可接近的，平易近人的”；payable“可支

15、付的，(到期)应支付的”；reachable“可达到的，可获得的”；affordable“付得起的，买得起的”。原句也可以说成Students coming from low-income families can afford the tuition fees因此选D。3.As the manager was away on a business trip, I was asked to _ the weekly staff meeting.2001（分数：2.00）A.presideB.introduceC.chairD.dominate解析：解析：动词词义与用法题。空白处之后是一个名词短

16、语，因此此空需填入及物动词。chair是及物动词，意为“任(会议的)主席”，符合题意。preside尽管也可作及物动词，但其意为“管理”，若表示“主持(会议)”就是不及物动词，后面接宾语时要用over或at；introduce“介绍”的词义与题意不符；dominate意为“统治，支配，控制”，与该题语境也不符。4.More often than not, it is difficult to _ the exact meaning of a Chinese idiom in English.1999（分数：2.00）A.exchangeB.transferC.conveyD.convert解析

17、：解析：动词词义辨析题。空格后的宾语为meaning，convey意为“表达(思想、想法等)”，故C项正确。exchange“交换，交易”；transfer“转移”，指位置的移动；convert“转换，改变信仰”。5.The tone of the article _ the writers mood at the time.2006（分数：2.00）A.reproducedB.reflectedC.imaginedD.imitated解析：解析：动词词义辨析题。reproduced的意思是“复制；繁衍”；reflected是“反映、体现”；imagined是“想象”；imitated是“模仿

18、”。因此只有B符合题意。6.Mary hopes to be _ from hospital next week.2004（分数：2.00）A.dismissedB.dischargedC.expelledD.resigned解析：解析：动词词义辨析题。discharge表示“使某人从监禁、护理或责任中释放出来”，如：discharge a patient(让病人出院)，因此B为正确选项。而dismiss意为“解雇，开除，解散”如：dismiss an employee(开除雇员)，dismiss the class(下课)；expel“驱逐”，如：the expelled invader(被

19、驱赶的入侵者)；resign“辞职”。7.A great amount of work has gone into _ the Cathedral to its previous splendour.2006（分数：2.00）A.refreshingB.restoringC.renovatingD.renewing解析：解析：动词词义辨析题。refresh意为“使精力恢复，使精神振作”；restore“使恢复、修复、重建(尤指建筑物、艺术品)”；renovate“修复、整修”；renew“使更新、恢复”。B、C均可指对旧建筑的“修整”，只不过restore强调“复原”，renovate强调“翻

20、旧如新”，据句中的“恢复原有的辉煌”，选B。8.The Olympic Games _ in 776B.C.in Olympia, a small town in Greece. 1999（分数：2.00）A.originatedB.stemmedC.derivedD.descended解析：解析：动词词义辨析题。originate“起源于”，符合题意。stem“由造成”，后跟介词from；derive“追溯起源”，后跟介词from；descend“遗传，是的后裔”，也需跟介词from连用。9.The priest made the _ of the cross when he entered

21、 the church.2005（分数：2.00）A.markB.signalC.signD.gesture解析：解析：名词词义辨析题。sign的意思最广泛，可以指“符号，记号”，以及“用来传达信息的任何示意动作”，句中make the sign of the cross是固定说法，意为“用手划十字”，因此C正确。signal是“人人皆知的、有约定俗成意义的符号，信号”；mark指“可见的印记、特别的特征或留下的痕迹”，gesture“姿势，手势”，强调肢体动作。10.Taking photographs is strictly _ here, as it may damage the pre

22、cious cave paintings.2005（分数：2.00）A.forbiddenB.rejectedC.excludedD.denied解析：解析：动词词义辨析题。forbidden“严禁的，禁止的”常表示“命令某人不做某事”。不许拍壁画的照片应该是管理部门的规定，所以拍照是被禁止的，因此A为正确答案。rejected“拒绝”指“以否定或敌对的态度当面拒绝”，语气过重；excluded“排斥”表示“不准人内，驱逐”时一般指人；denied“否认，拒绝”一般表示“拒绝接受或给予”等。11.Bus services between Town Centre and Newton Housi

23、ng Estate will be_ until the motorway is repaired.2008（分数：2.00）A.discontinuedB.suspendedC.haltedD.ceased解析：解析：动词词义辨析题。discontinue“停止，废止，放弃”；suspend“暂停；暂缓”；halt“停止，暂停，中断”；cease“停止，终了”。until一词决定了只能用延续性动词，所以选B项suspend。其他三个词是终止性动词。12.I couldnt sleep last night because the tap in the bathroom was _.2004（

24、分数：2.00）A.drainingB.droppingC.spillingD.dripping解析：解析：动词词义辨析题。drip可以表示“(某物)往下滴水”，如：an umbrella that is dripping all over the floor(滴得满地是水的雨伞)，因此D符合题意。drain“排水，消耗”，作不及物动词时主语为“被排出或消耗的东西”，drop“滴下，落下”，主语也应该是滴落的液体；spill“溢出、溅出”。13.The medical experts warned the authorities of the danger of diseases in the

25、 _ of the earthquake.2007（分数：2.00）A.consequenceB.aftermathC.resultD.effect解析：解析：名词用法辨析题。consequence“事件发生的结果，后果”；aftermath“(尤指灾难或不幸事件后的)一段时期，后果，余波”；result“结果”；effect“结果，效果，作用，影响”。aftermath与其他三项的区别是含有时间的概念，经常用于in the aftermath of，如：in the aftermath of the war(在战后)，由此可知B最合适。14.During the summer holiday

26、 season there are no _ rooms in this seaside hotel.2003（分数：2.00）A.emptyB.blankC.desertedD.vacant解析：解析：形容词词义辨析题。vacant“空缺的，未被占用的”，强调“通常有人使用但目前未被占用”，与occupied一词相对，如：a vacant seat(空座)，选D。empty “空的”，强调“中空无物”，与full一词相对；blank“空白的，缺乏表情的”，强调“(表面)缺乏可见、有意义特征的”，如：a blank wall(空墙)；deserted“荒芜的，为人所弃的”，如：a desert

27、ed land(荒芜之地)。15.The _ of the word is unknown, but it is certainly not from Greek.2001（分数：2.00）A.originB.generationC.descentD.cause解析：解析：名词词义辨析题。origin和descent用于人时都可表示“出身”，“血统”，用法也有相同之处，如：He is Irish by origindescent(他是爱尔兰后裔。)但用于物时，只有origin能表示“起源，来源”，故A正确。generation表示“一代人，一代”，cause表示“原因”，不符合题意。16.Th

28、e chairman of the company said that new techniques had _ improved their production efficiency.1999（分数：2.00）A.violentlyB.severelyC.extremelyD.radically解析：解析：副词词义辨析题。被修饰的动词improved表明要填入表积极意义的副词。radically“根本地，完全地”，符合题意，故答案为D。其他选项都含贬义：violently“狂暴地，猛烈地”，severely“严重地”，extremely“极端地”。17.During the reading

29、 lesson, the teacher asked students to read a few _ from the novel.20021（分数：2.00）A.piecesB.essaysC.fragmentsD.extracts解析：解析：名词词义辨析题。从句意来看，应该指小说的一些片断，extract可以表示书本中的“选段，摘录，引文”等，符合句意，选D。piece只能用来表示物体的碎片；essay表示“散文，小品文，随笔”等，没有节选的意思；fragment表示物体的碎片或残存部分，用于书本时一般指文学作品未完成的部分。18.The tenant left nothing behi

30、nd except some _ of paper, cloth, etc.2003（分数：2.00）A.sheetsB.scrapsC.pagesD.slices解析：解析：量词词义辨析题。sheets常指“整片宽而薄的纸张、金属、薄片等”，从句子的语境看，房客留下的东西不应是“整片的”，因此A不符合题意。scraps多指“废弃不用、小块的诸如纸屑、碎片等等”，符合题意，选B。pages“页”，不能用来修饰布匹，故不选。slices常指“从一大块东西上切下来的薄片”，不带有“零碎的、废弃的”的含义。19.The new colleague _ to have worked in severa

31、l big corporations before he joined our company.2002（分数：2.00）A.confessesB.declaresC.claimsD.confirms解析：解析：动词词义辨析题。clmm后接不定式，表示“声称”；confess表示“承认，坦白”，可用于confess to sthdoing sth结构；declare表示“宣布，声明”，后面一般接名词或that从句，不接不定式；confirm表示“确认，证实”，后面一般也接名词或that从句，不接不定式。据以上分析，C为正确选项。20.Although he has become rich, h

32、e is still very _ of his money.2001（分数：2.00）A.economicB.thriftyC.frugalD.careful解析：解析：形容词词义辨析题。frugal可与of或with搭配，侧重“生活俭朴的”，特指“饮食方面俭朴的”，只用于人。economic表示“经济的，与经济有关的”；thrifty和frugal都表示“节约的”，但thrifty作表语时一般与with搭配，强调“善于节省开支、积蓄钱财的”，只用于人。据上分析，C为正确选项。21.The president explained that the purpose of taxation wa

33、s to _ government spending.2005（分数：2.00）A.financeB.expandC.enlargeD.budget解析：解析：动词词义辨析题。政府的开销靠税收，故finance“为提供资金”符合句意，选A。budget是“编预算；规划安排”的意思，因此，budget government spending是“计划安排政府开销”的意思，与税收的目的不符，故不选。expand和enlarge明显与句意不符。22.Jimmy earns his living by _ works of art in the museum.2004（分数：2.00）A.recover

34、ingB.restoringC.renewingD.reviving解析：解析：动词词义辨析题。museum表明艺术品是有损坏的，restore意为“恢复”，指使某物回到其原来的状态，故为答案。：recover“(身体)复原，重新获得，弥补”，如：recover ones losses(挽回某人的损失)；renew“使更新”；revive“使苏醒，使恢复生机”。23.After the heavy rain, a builder was called to repair the roof, which was_. 2006（分数：2.00）A.leakingB.tricklingC.dripp

35、ingD.floating解析：解析：动词词义辨析题。前文提到下大雨、修屋顶，由此可知屋顶漏水，可先排除trickling“使成小股流动，(人、车辆等)慢慢地移动”和floating“漂浮”。leaking是指气体或液体从某处溢出或渗入，某处渗漏(尤指从孔中或者裂缝中)；dripping指某物有规律地滴落，例如：The rainwater drips from the roof(雨水从屋顶滴下来。)本题动作的施行者是roof，故选A。24.It is an offence to show _ against people of different races.2006（分数：2.00）A.di

36、stinctionB.differenceC.separationD.discrimination解析：解析：名词词义辨析题。选项中只有discrimination用来指种族“歧视”，故D正确。distinction意为“区别”，通常指相似的或相关的事物间的细节差异，只能通过仔细的检查才能确定；difference是一般的“区别”，是最常用词；separation是一般的“分开”。25.We should always bear in mind that_decisions often result in serious consequences.1999（分数：2.00）A.urgentB.

37、instantC.promptD.hasty解析：解析：形容词词义辨析题。serious consequences表明此处需要一个表贬义的形容词，故hasty“仓促的，鲁莽的”符合题意。urgent“紧急的，迫切的”，instant“立刻的”，prompt“迅速的，及时的”。26.His _ brain has worked away on the idea of a universal cure.2006（分数：2.00）A.richB.quickC.productiveD.fertile解析：解析：形容词词义辨析题。rich不能跟brain搭配；quick brain的意思是“头脑敏捷，机

38、智灵活”；productive是指“多产的，富饶的”；fertile用来修饰人的头脑时，指“主意多的，有创造力的”。因此D是最佳选项。27.Your advice would be _ valuable to him, who is now at a loss as to what to do first.1999（分数：2.00）A.exceedinglyB.excessivelyC.extensivelyD.exclusively解析：解析：exceedingly“非常，极其”，符合题意。例如：They were exceedingly generous(他们非常慷慨。)excessively“(贬)过分地”，extensively“广泛地”，exclusively“排他地，专有地”。