新東方：英語四級(jí)考試歷年詞匯真題大匯集(二)

　　31.Any_______ in a watch is very delicate.

　　A.device B.devise C.deviancy D.deviation

　　[答案與譯文]A.鐘表中的任何裝置都非常精巧。

　　[辨析及搭配]首先排除動(dòng)詞B.devise v.設(shè)計(jì);發(fā)明。A.device n.裝置;設(shè)備;方法;計(jì)劃。C.de- viancy n.反常;背離。D.deviation n.背離;越軌;偏差。

　　32.His disasters were_______ to what he had done wrong.

　　A.despite B.in spite of C.down D.due

　　[答案與譯文]D.他遭災(zāi)難的原因是曾經(jīng)干過壞事。

　　[辨析及搭配]根據(jù)句中的to，可否定A和B。 A.despite不管;盡管;不論。直接帶短語，例句：Despite the pouring rain，he went to his post as usual.盡管大雨傾盆，他照常去上班。B.in spite of與A同義。In spite of the pouring rain，he went to his post as usual.C. down往下;沿著。D.due to因?yàn)?由于……而起。例句： Due to his illness he was lying in bed.因?yàn)樯�病，他躺在床上�?/P>

　　33.No one can_______ any citizen's legal right.

　　A.be done with B.draw on C.derive from D.deprive of

　　[答案與譯文]D.誰也不能剝奪公民的合法權(quán)利。

　　[辨析及搭配]A.be done with了結(jié)了;完成了。 B.draw on戴(穿)上;吸收;引誘。例句：The jailer drew the prisoner on to tell his story.看守誘導(dǎo)囚犯把事情說出來。C.derive from得來(自);由……獲得。例句： Anyone can derive a lot of pleasure from making friends.任何人都能從結(jié)交朋友中獲得許多樂趣。D.deprive of剝奪;奪去。

　　34.The gifted engineer_______ a model of the atomic generator.

　　A.dragged B.drafted C.drifted D.dratted

　　[答案與譯文]B.那位天才工程師畫了一幅原子發(fā)電機(jī)草圖。

　　[辨析及搭配]A.drag拖;拉。B.draft起草;草擬。draft a plan of study草擬一份研究計(jì)劃C.drift漂流;飄蕩。D.drat(=damn)例句：Drat it!I forgot my key!見鬼(該死)!我忘了鑰匙!

　　35.Mr.Black was in the_______，standing there dumbfounded，not knowing what to do.

　　A.dark B.dusk C.dawn D.dam

　　[答案與譯文]A.布萊克先生不知就里，站在那里目瞪口呆，不知怎么辦好。

　　[辨析及搭配]A.dark黑暗，in the dark在黑暗中;不知情;蒙在鼓里。例句：Parents often keep their children in the dark about their presents on New Year's Eve.新年前夕，父母親常常不讓孩子們知道他們的禮物。B.dusk薄暮;黃昏：It is hard to see clearly at dusk.黃昏時(shí)難看清楚東西。C.dawn黎明;破曉。例句：They take their boat out every day at dawn.他們每天黎明時(shí)起航出海。D.dam大壩。

　　36.An unexpected guest_______ on us last night.

　　A.decreased B.declined C.descended D.dropped

　　[答案與譯文]C.昨天晚上，一位不速之客突然來到我們家。

　　[辨析及搭配]A.decrease減少;降低。例句：The number of illiberal people is decreasing gradually.缺乏文化素養(yǎng)的人數(shù)在漸漸減少。B.decline下傾;下降;下垂。C.descend下來;下降;突然來訪(與upon，on連用)。例句：Amy descended upon us at Christmas.艾米在圣誕節(jié)時(shí)突然來訪。D.drop落下;下降;滴，drop by / in /over /round順便來訪。

　　E

　　37.economic economical 兩者都是形容詞，但詞義不同。

　　economic意為“經(jīng)濟(jì)上的”，“經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的”;而economical意為“節(jié)約的”，“節(jié)省的”，常用于“be economical of”結(jié)構(gòu)。例如：

　　economic growth經(jīng)濟(jì)增長

　　an economical person節(jié)儉的人