英語四級過關真題專項訓練—詞匯題

2004年6月

31. This is not an economical way to get more water;         , it is very expensive.

     A) or else                       B) in short                    C) on the contrary         D) on the other hand

32. First published in 1927, the charts remain an           source for researchers.

       A) intelligent                 B) indispensable            C) inevitable                  D) identical

33. You should try to          your ambition and be more realistic.

       A) restrain                           B) retain                       C) reserve                    D) replace

34. There is a         of impatience in the tone of his voice.

       A) dot                          B) hint                          C) notion                      D) phrase

35. Deserts and high mountains have always been a         to the movement of people from place to place.

       A) jam                          B) barrier                      C) fence                       D) prevention

36. Joe is not good at sports, but when it         mathematics, he is the best in the class.

     A) comes up to               B) comes around to              C) comes to                  D) comes on to

37. Please          dictionaries when you are not sure of word spelling or meaning.

     A) search                       B) seek                         C) inquire                     D) consult

38. Critics believe that the control of television by mass advertising has          the quality of the programs.

     A) affected                     B) effected                   C) lessened                   D) declined

39. She keeps a supply of candles in the house in case of power         .

     A) drop                          B) lack                         C) failure                      D) absence

40. For more than 20 years, we’ve been supporting educational programs that          from kindergartens to colleges.

     A) spread                             B) shift                         C) move                             D) range       

41. I was so          in today’s history lesson. I didn’t understand a thing.

     A) confused                   B) neglected                  C) amused                    D) amazed

42. I must congratulate you          the excellent design of the new bridge.

     A) with                          B) at                                   C) on                           D) of

43. Now that spring is here, you can          these fur coats till you need them again next winter.

     A) put over                     B) put off                            C) put down                 D) put away

44. I went along thinking of nothing          only looking at things around me.

     A) in brief                      B) in doubt                   C) in harmony               D) in particular

45. In order to make things convenient for the people, the department is planning to set up some       

shops in the residential area.

     A) flowing                      B) mobile               C) drifting                    D) unstable

46. The lecture which lasted about three hours was so          that the audience couldn’t help yawning.

     A) tedious                      B) clumsy                     C) bored                       D) tired

47. It         you to at least 50% off the regular price of either frames or lenses when you buy both.

     A) credits                       B) entitles                     C) presents                   D) tips

48. When carbon is added to iron in proper          the result is steel.

     A) rates                          B) densities                   C) proportions                     D) thicknesses

49. There is a fully         health center on the ground floor of the main office building.

     A) equipped                    B) projected                  C) provided                  D) installed  

50. Nancy is only a sort of          of her husband’s opinion and has no ideas of her own.

     A) shadow                            B) sample                     C) reproduction             D) echo

51. Mr. Smith says: “The media are very good at sensing a mood and then          it.”

     A) exaggerating               B) overtaking                C) widening                  D) enlarging

52. The         at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.

     A) confinement               B) convention               C) discipline                  D) principle

53. Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a          for smoking.

     A) succession                 B) substitute                 C) revival                     D) relief

54. It was the first time that such a         had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.

     A) presentation               B) preparation               C) prediction                 D) precaution

55. The board of the company has decided to          its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business.

     A) multiply                     B) stretch                            C) lengthen                   D) expand

56. The test results are beyond        ; they have been repeated in labs all over the world.

     A) conflict                      B) dispute                     C) bargain                    D) negotiation

57. The group of technicians are engaged in a study which         all aspects of urban planning.

     A) embraces                   B) performs                  C) inserts                            D) grips

58.          that he wasn’t happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.

       A) Puzzling                   B) Penetrating               C) Perceiving                D) Preserving

59. His business was very successful, but it was at the         of his family life.

     A) exhaustion                 B) consumption            C) credit                       D) expense

60. At yesterday’s party, Elizabeth’s boyfriend amused us by          Charlie Chaplin.

     A) modeling                    B) imitating                   C) following                 D) copying