专业四级：词汇、语法详细解答40套(08)a 四级, 语法, 词汇, 专业, 解答

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Test Eight
It is the first time +that分句
在“It is/was/will be the first time+that分句”结构中，当主句动词为is/will be时，that分句动词一律用现在完成体，引导词that可以省略。例如：
It is the first time I’ve been here.
Don’t forget, it’ll be the first time I’ve spoken in public.
当主句动词为was时，that分句动词通常用过去完成体。例如：
It was the first time she’d been at a summer school and she thoroughly enjoyed it.
近义词辨析
fast, hasty, quick, rapid, speedy, swift
这组词均含有“迅速的”，“快捷的”的意思。
fast
强调速度快，且保持不变；又指钟表的时间超过准确的时间。
We took a fast train to Beijing.我们坐快车来北京。
hasty
指匆忙、急促，涉及因此而引起的慌乱、疏漏。
Don’t arrive at hasty conclusions.别匆忙下结论。
quick
强调动作、行为发生得突然且持续时间短。指人时，暗示聪明、领悟快。
The tiger took a quick leap at the sheep.老虎猛地向羊扑去。
rapid
指就整个过程来讲速度快，但并不一定指这一过程的速度始终均匀不变。
The growth of the economy has been rapid in recent years.近年来，经济增长速度很快。
speedy
指人处理问题迅速或物体运转速度快。
His accusations brought a speedy denial.他的指控马上遭到了否认。
swift
与fast和quick同义，但带有文学色彩。
Eagles are swift in flight.鹰飞得很快。

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试题答案与解析

1. C)【句意】所有设备要求在商定的时间内安装完毕。

【难点】request后面的宾语从句要求使用虚拟语气，即（should）+动词原形，本句用的是被动语态。

2. A)【句意】坐在我对面的那个人梦幻般地笑着，好像回想起过去发生的某件高兴的事。

【难点】“as if +不定式”是一个常见的结构，意为“好像”。

3. D)【句意】我本不必把圣诞礼物给他邮去，因为他圣诞节期间回家了。

【难点】主句用了一句与过去事实相反的表示必要性的虚拟语气，符合题意。

4. A)【句意】结果证明是，这起事故不怪孩子。

【难点】be to blame 是一个习惯搭配，意为“该受责备”。

5. A)【句意】经过若干次斗争，种族隔离被取消了，其中的几次斗争在前几章里已经提到。

【难点】这里考的是非限制性定语从句，关系代词which前加修饰语。

6. C)【句意】建立一个委员会或许是更有效地做这项工程的方法。

【难点】way后面可接不定式作定语，也可接of doing形式。

7. A)【句意】看到那片山区有那么多孩子连小学都上不起，她感到很痛心。

【难点】It pains sb. to see...意为“看到…使某人感到痛心”。

8. B)【句意】我们的老板汤姆逊许诺给我们加薪好些年了，可到现在什么也没发生。

【难点】这句话考的是现在完成时行时。

9. C)【句意】他不顾疾病缠身，年老体弱，决心做环球航行。

【难点】despite是介词，意为“尽管”，等于in spite of,两者的后面都接名词。

10. C)【句意】董事会认为，明天早晨的第一件事就是将这些邀请函紧急寄出。

【难点】it is urgent that 后接虚拟语气，即（should）+动词原形。

11. B)【句意】没有实际主题的操作性训练只得保持原样。

【难点】manipulative 意为“操作的；控制的”；manufacture意为“制造”；manipulate意为“操纵”；manifest意为“显然的；明了的”。

12. C)【句意】写作这本书的时间如此之长，以致于我找不到图书馆职员为我找到的大部分原始资料。

【难点】lose track of 意为“失去与…的联系；失去…的线索”；trace意为“痕迹，遗迹”；trail 意为“踪迹；臭迹；足迹”；touch意为“接触”。

13. B)【句意】你大衣的肘部磨薄了，我得在那儿打块补丁。

【难点】patch意为“补缀；修补”；mend意为“修理；修补”，比如鞋；repair意为“修理；修复”，比如机器；pitch意为“投；掷；扔”。

14. D)【句意】生产率的提高和工资的提高没有保持同步。

【难点】productivity 意为“生产力；生产率”；production意为“生产；制造”；product意为“产品”；produce意为“农产品”。

15. B)【句意】人们在心理压力的作用下，表演了非凡的力量技艺，比如把一辆汽车从交通事故的受害者身上搬开。

【难点】extraordinary意为“不平常的；非凡的”；specific意为“特有的，特种的”；abrupt意为“突然的，意外的”；abnormal意为“不正常的，反常的”。

16. C)【句意】现代化的家用电器把我们从大量的家务劳动中解放出来，比如，甩干机使我们不必把洗的衣服挂起来。

【难点】liberate意为“解放”，与from连用；escape意为“逃跑；逃走”；benefit意为“有益于”；comfort意为“安慰；慰问”。

17. C)【句意】那位上了年纪的发言人在他的笔记中寻找着他记不起来的数字，此时，听众们恭敬地等候着，全场一片寂静。

【难点】respectful意为“尊敬的；恭敬的”；respective意为“各自的，分别的”；respect是名词，意为“尊敬”；respectable意为“可敬的”。

18. C)【句意】文件的消失从未得到过解释。

【难点】account for意为“解释；说明”；count for意为“值，计”；look up意为“查检”；check up意为“核实”。

19. B)【句意】当这个人被问及丢失的文件夹时，他否认曾经见过。

【难点】四个选项中只有deny合题意。deny+动名词，意为“否认”；refuse意为“拒绝”，加不定式；oppose意为“反对，抵抗”，常接介词to; resist意为“反抗，抗拒”。

20. D)【句意】年轻夫妇之间的交流是件棘手的事。

【难点】delicate意为“需要小心处理的，棘手的”；sharp意为“尖刻的，辛辣的”；dreadful意为“遭透的，非常讨厌的”；intense意为“强烈的，剧烈的”。

21. D)【句意】好几星期没下雨，昨晚下了一场小雨，很快被地面吸收了。

【难点】absorb意为“吸收”；skip意为“使(石片)跳跃着擦过水面”；soak意为“把…浸湿”；retrieve意为“使恢复；使再生”。

22. A)【句意】一有进一步的消息，我们立即通知你。

【难点】notify意为“通知；报告”；signify意为“象征，预示”；communicate意为“传达，传递”；impart意为“告诉；传授”。

23. B)【句意】狐狸掉进了猎人为它设的陷井。

【难点】bush意为“树丛”；trap意为“陷井”；trick意为“把戏”；circle意为“圈，圆圈”。

24. A)【句意】我不知道你要保留那封信。我已把信撕了。

【难点】tear up意为“撕毁”；give up意为“放弃”；break up意为“击碎；拆散”；dispose of意为“处理；清除”。

25. B)【句意】老太太滑倒了，从楼梯顶上摔到了下面。

【难点】slip意为“滑倒；滑落”；slide意为“滑行；光滑地移动”；split意为“裂开”；spill意为“溅出；流出”。

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全真模拟试题

1. It was requested that all of the equipment ____in the agreed time.

A. erectedB. would be erected 

C. be erectedD. will be erected 

2. The man sitting opposite me smiled dreamily, as if ____something pleasant in the past.

A. to remember B. remembered

C. having been remembered D. remembering

3. I ____him the Christmas gift by mail because he came home during the Christmas holidays.

A. ought to have sentB. couldn’t have sent

C. must have sentD. needn’t have sent

4. It turned out that the children were not ____ for the accident.

A. to blameB. to be blamed

C. to be blamingD. to have been blamed

5. The desegregation was achieved through a number of struggles, ____been mentioned in previous chapters.

A. a few of whichB. a few of them

C. a few of thoseD. a few of that

6. Setting up a committee might be a way ____ the project more efficiently.

A. to be doingB. doingC. to doD. being done

7. It ____ to see so many children in that mountainousarea cannot even affordelementary education.

A.pains her B. makes her pain

C. is paining D. is pained

8. Our boss, Mr. Thompson, ____ a raise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

A.was promisingB. has been promising

C. promised D. has promised

9. He was determined to sail around the world ____ his illness and old age.

A. givenB. althoughC. despiteD. in spite

10. The board deemed it’s urgent that these invitations ____first thing tomorrow morning.

A. had to be put in the mail

B. must be put in the mail

C. be put in the mail

D. should have been put in the mail

11. ____ drills that have no real topic have to remain as they are.

A. Manufacture B. Manipulative

C. Manipulate D.Manifest

12. This book has been in the works so long that I have lost ____of most of the sources found for me by the staff of the library.

A. traceB. trailC. trackD. touch

13. The elbows on your coat have worn thin, so I must ____them.

A. mendB. patchC. repairD. pitch

14. ____ and wage increases have not kept in step.

A. ProductionB. Product

C. ProduceD. Productivity

15. People under stress have performed ____ feats of strength, like lifting an automobile off an accident victim.

A. specificB. extraordinaryC. abruptD. abnormal

16. Modern appliances ____ us from a good deal of household work.For instance, the dryer frees us from hanging the laundry.

A.escapeB . benefitC. liberateD. comfort

17. The audience waited in ____ silence while their aged speaker searched among his note for the figures he could not remember.

A. respectiveB. respectC. respectfulD. respectable

18. The disappearance of her paper has never been ____.

A. counted for B. looked up

C.accounted forD. checked up

19. When he was asked about the missing briefcase, the man ____ever seeing it.

A. refusedB. deniedC. opposedD. resisted

20. Communication between a young couple is a(n) ____business.

A. sharpB. dreadfulC. intenseD. delicate

21. After so many weeks without rain, the ground quickly ____the little rain that fell last night.

A. skippedB. soakedC. retrievedD. absorbed

22. We’ll ____ you as soon as we have any further information.

A. notify B. signify

C. communicateD. impart

23. The fox fell into the ____ the hunters had set forit.

A. bushB. trapC. trickD. circle

24. I don’t know you want to keep the letter. I’ve ____it up.

A. tornB. givenC. brokenD. disposed

25. The old lady ____ and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom.

A. slidedB. slippedC. splitD. spilled