Test Fourty???

近义词辨析?

glimpse, look, sight, view?

这组词都有“看，瞥见”的意思。?

glance

指看一下或瞥一眼(有意识的)。?

His glance silenced the audience, and he began to speak.他环视了一下，听众都不说话了，他便开始讲话。?

glimpse

一般指看一眼或一瞥(无意识的)。?

She caught a glimpse of her friend in the supermarket.她在超级市场里瞥见了她的朋友。?

look

一般用语，表示直接用眼睛看。?

Her intent look showed how much she had missed her sister.她的专心的目光说明她是多么想念她的姐姐。?

sight

此词与视力和视觉有关，意指察看或视野。?

She has lost sight of her dog.她看不见那条狗了。?

view

常指视野，视域景色和眼界。?

The tower commands a good view of the beautiful city.从这个塔上可以清楚地看到这座美丽城市的景色。?

huge, enormous, immense, giant, gigantic, vast?

这组词均含有“很大的”的意思。?

huge

指体积和数量大得超过一定的标准，可用来形容物体，距离，程度和声音等。?

They spent a huge amount of money on that villa.他们花巨款买下了那幢别墅。?

enormous

着重指体积庞大，常指硕大无比，令人咋舌的事物。多用来形容形体、数量和程度，有时含有严重、紧急的意思。?

The dinosaurs were enormous animals which lived on the earth long ago.恐龙是很久以前生存在地球上的巨型动物。?

giant

常指身体，体积，或力量的巨大。?

They took giant strides forward.他们大踏步前进。?

gigantic

多用于夸张手法，强调某种事物程度的巨大、重大或极为严重，常用于隐喻。?

The economy of the country has taken a gigantic leap forward.这个国家的经济有很大的飞跃。?

immense

有大到不能计算的意味，常用于形容空间，也可形容程度。?

This book was about the early explorers who got lost in the immense Atlantic.这本书讲的是迷失在浩瀚大西洋中的早期探险家的故事。?

vast

着重指面积极为开阔，用作比喻时指阅历广、花费大等。?

The lion used to live in vast areas of Africa.狮子过去生活在非洲广袤的地区。

全真模拟试题?

1. We have ?____? the system of exploitation of man by man.?

A. cancelledB. abolishedC. refusedD. rejected?

2. The drugs must ?____? in every way to the standards set up by the government.?

A. conformB. confirmC. complyD. correspond?

3. It is common knowledge that one culture ?____? with its social and economic development in the area.?

A. connectsB. relatesC. associatesD. correlates?

4. It was shameful that the argument ?____? a handfight.?

A. ended in B. came to?

C. ended up D. culminated in?

5. The artist and the author both tried to ?____? the splendor of the sunset.?

A. depictB. narrateC. describeD. tell?

6. The river water was ?____? from its old course into a new channel where they were building the dam.?

A. turnedB. switchedC. shiftedD. diverted?

7. He was ?____? with the power of acute observation.?

A. conferred B. endowed ?

C. equipped D.bestowed?

8. Please ?____? me on that subject.?

A. enlighten B. acquaint ?

C. inform D. instruct?

9. The security guard ?____? two men who were yelling in the courtroom.?

A. expelled B. propelled?

C. repelledD. dispelled?

10. My passport ?____? last month, so I will have to get a new one.?

A. elapseB. expiredC. endedD. terminated?

11. Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to?______? him in his work.?

A. blockB. preventC. hamperD. stop?

12. There were a number of tall structures ?____? in different colors.?

A. enlightenedB. brightened?

C. burningD. illuminated?

13. Montgomery believed in assembling an overwhelming force and then ?______? a crushing blow on his opponent.?

A. affiliatingB. conflictingC. afflictedD. inflicting?

14. The unpleasant taste ?____? in his mouth for hours.?

A. prolongedB. waitedC. lingeredD. lengthened?

15. The US president ?____?in the White House during his turn in office.?

A. dwellsB. settlesC. residesD. inhabits?

16. Every day, the news, government reports and scientific studies ?______? to the increasing consequences of population change.?

A. verifyB. testifyC. justifyD. prove?

17. This agreement will ?____? the newspapers from government interference.?

A. safeguardB. preventC. guardD. avoid?

18. If you don’t complete the work according to the contract, I will ?______? you for damages.?

A. accuseB. chargeC. sueD. complain?

19. The women were able to equal or ?____? the men who worked beside them.?

A. surpass B. exceed?

C. overtakeD. lagged?

20. Financial worries gradually ?____? his healthand he was obliged to

retire early.?

A.underminedB.disabled?

C.exhaustedD.invalidated?

21. It was ?____? to predict that the sun will not rise tomorrow.?

A.ridiculousB.absurd?

C.irrational D.abnormal ?

22. The words were all ?____? and well chosen.?

A.suitableB.appropriate?

C.apt D.fit?

23. In Scotland, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, ?____?schooling begins at age 5 and ends at age 16.?

A.compellingB.forced?

C.obligedD.compulsory?

24. Its strange way of making a nest?____? this bird from others.?

A.differsB.distinguishes?

C.differentiatesD.discriminates?

25. If you go to the palace in tennis shoes, they will think you are ?______?.?

A.strangeB.oddC.peculiarD.eccentric

试题答案与解析??

1. B)【句意】我们已经废除了人剥削人的制度。?

【难点】abolish和cancel都有“取消”之意。abolish强调废除，如制度，做法，风俗等；cancel多指取消已安排或决定的计划，会议等;refuse意为“拒绝(请求或提供);reject意为“排斥”。?

2.A)【句意】这些药品必须完全符合国家规定的标准。?

【难点】conform意为“符合”，后接to;confirm意为“证实”，及物动词，不接to;comply接with,意为“遵守”。correspond接to,意为“与…一致”，接with,意为“与…通信”。?

3. D)【句意】一种文化与当地的社会和经济的发展相互依存，这是常规。?

【难点】correlate意为“相互依存”;connect和relate都与with连用，表示连接，连系，但侧重于两者的关系；associate与with连用，意为“联合，联想”，强调connect in mind。

?4. D)【句意】争论以大打出手而告终真是可耻。?

【难点】culminate in意为“告终”，但强调以高潮结束;end in意为“以…而告终”;end up 意为“最后成了…”；come to可表示“苏醒，发生”等之意。

5. A)【句意】那位艺术家和那位作家都曾试图描绘日落的壮美。?

【难点】A)、B)、C)选项都可以表示“描写，描述”之意。describe和narrate都指通过说和写来描述。describe是通过对人或物的外表、细节的描述来说明人、地或物的外貌；narrate“叙述，描述”，将故事的细节加以适当的排列使听众或读者了解所发生的一切。depict除了describe所表述的含义之外还可以指用绘画、雕刻等方式来描述，该句主语是艺术家和作家，故选用法更广的depict。D)tell意为“告诉，说出”。?

6. D)【句意】在修筑这个水坝时，江水被改道进入新的水道。?

【难点】turn是常用词，词义较多，有“转动，旋转，转方向，改变”等意思；switch也有“转”之意，但它是指“转轨,转意”之意；shift意为“移动，转换”，而divert则意为河流、公路等的“转向”。?

7. B)【句意】他具有敏锐的观察力。?

【难点】endow意为“赋予”，后接with;confer…on意为“授予，给予…”;equip…with意为“装备，配备…”;bestow…on意为“授予，赠予”。?

8. A)【句意】请帮我弄明白那个问题。?

【难点】enlighten与instruct同义，意为“指导,教导”，但搭配不同。enlightensb. on sth.教导某人某事，使某人明白某事；instruct sb. in sth.教，教导某人某事；acquaint用于短语aquaint sb. with“使某人知道，使某人熟悉”;inform 用于短语inform sb. of sth.意为“告知某人某事”。?

9. A)【句意】警卫人员把在法庭上大声喊叫的两个男人赶了出去。?

【难点】expel意为“赶走”;propell意为“推进，推动(=push forward);repell意为“击退，排斥，拒绝”;dispel 意为“驱散(云雾等)”。?

10. B)【句意】我的护照上个月期满，我得换个新的。?

【难点】elapse意为“时间消逝”;expire意为“(期限等)终止；开始无效”；terminate意为“终止”，相当于end，但比end正式，为及物动词。?

11. C)【句意】他们两人都看不起他，并在工作中妨碍他。?

【难点】block意为“阻挡，堵塞”，常用来指具体的，有形的事物；prevent意为“阻挡，阻止”；hamper意为“妨碍，阻碍，牵制”，搭配词组有：hamper sb. from(doing)/in sth.意为“妨碍某人(干)某事”；stop意为“阻止”，与from连用。?

12. D)【句意】有许多高层建筑被五颜六色的灯光所照耀。?

【难点】illuminate意为“照亮”；enlighten意为“启发，开导”；brighten意为“使更为光明，使更愉快”；burning意为“燃烧的”。?

13. D)【句意】蒙哥马利信奉召集一支无可抵御的军队，然后给其对手以毁灭性的打击。?

【难点】affiliate意为“使隶属于”；conflict 意为“冲突”；inflict和afflict容易混淆，前者指将不受欢迎的事强加于(人)，而后者指引起身体或精神上的痛苦。?

14. C)【句意】那种难受的味道在他口中持续了好几个小时。?

【难点】linger意为“徘徊”；prolong意为“延长，拉长”，主要指某事持续一个长时间而超出正常应有的范围，也可指空间方面变得更长；lengthen意为“拉长”，指空间或时间方面变得更长；wait意为“等候”。?

15. C)【句意】美国总统在任职期间居住在白宫内。?

【难点】reside意为“居住”，不及物动词；dwell意为“住，寓于”，文学用语；settle意为“安顿”；inhabit意为“居住”，及物动词。?

16. B)【句意】每天都有新闻报导、政府报告和科研结果证实人口变化带来越来越多的后果。?

【难点】testify意为“证明”，可作不及物动词，后接to；verify意为“证明，查对”，指通过调查或与可查清的事实的比较来证明某事是对的；prove意为“证明，证实”，指用足够的证据来证明某事是否正确；justify意为“证明…是正当的，为…辩护”。?

17. A)【句意】这个协议会保护报纸不受政府干预。?

【难点】safeguard意为“保护”，后接from；prevent意为“阻止，预防”，用在句中逻辑关系不对；guard 一般是接介词against；avoid意为“避免，防止”，后面不能接介词短语。?

18. C)【句意】如果你不按照合同完成这项工作，我就会起诉到法庭要求赔偿。?

【难点】sue意为“起诉”，后接for；accuse后接介词of，既可用于口语中的“指责某人做错了某事”，也可指通过法律手段“正式起诉某事的违法行径”；charge后接介词with,指“在法庭上正式指控某人的犯罪行为”；complain意为“抱怨，抗议”，一般用作不及物动词。?

19. A)【句意】妇女们能够做与男同事们同样好甚至更好的工作。?

【难点】surpass意为“超过”，多指人在道德修养或技术能力方面超过他人；exceed指“在数量上超过或在其他方面超越某种期待或限制”；overtake意为“赶上或超过”；lag意为“落后，滞后”，后面常接behind。?

20. A)【句意】经济上的烦恼使他的身体一天不如一天，他被迫提前退休。?

【难点】undermine意为“暗中破坏；逐渐损害”；disable意为“使无能，使伤残”；exhaust意为“使精疲力尽”；invalidate意为“使无效，使作废”。?

21. B)【句意】预言太阳明天不会升起是荒唐可笑的。?

【难点】absurd意为“荒唐的”；ridiculous指事物不合常理令人发笑，贬义较浓；irrational意为“无理性的”；abnormal意为“不正常的”。?

22. C)【句意】用词非常恰当并经缜密斟酌。?

【难点】suitable和appropriate常指适合某种场合、目的、情况等；apt意为“恰当的，适宜的”；fit意为“适合，合适”，常指资格或能力上适合于某事。?

23. D)【句意】苏格兰跟英国其他地方一样，义务教育从5岁开始，16岁结束。?

【难点】compelling,forced和obliged均含有“强制”之意，因此不符合题意；compulsory意为“必修的，规定的，强迫的”，强调根据法律或命令必须执行的事。?

24. C)【句意】这种鸟的奇特筑巢方式使其有别于其他鸟类。?

【难点】differentiate的主语也可以是人，此时可与distinguish或discriminate换用。此外，differentiate的主语还可以是具备某种品质或特征的事物；distinguish指通过辨别事物的特征区别其他事物，通常与between/among/from连用；discriminate指分辨出细微差别；distinguish与discriminate的主语通常为“人”；differ意为“不同”。?

25. D)【句意】如果你穿着网球鞋进入皇宫，他们会认为你古里古怪。?

【难点】strange,odd和peculiar都是指“非常的，不平凡的”。strange指无法接受或理解的“奇怪”，是一般用语；odd意为指奇怪得令人迷惑不解；peculiar尤指令人烦恼或不愉快的“奇怪”，“古怪”。根据词义，eccentric的语气最强，且专指个人行为或思想的古怪，综上所述；D)项为最佳答案。