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历年四级考试中词汇题特点剖析 华中农业大学外语系 胡素芬 I. 固定搭配 1. He _____ to his customers and halved the price. (02-1-65.) A)leaked B)drew C)quoted D)yielded [译文] 他屈服于顾客，把价钱降了一半。 答案为D. 本题测试：动词辨析。原句中空格后的to应该是一个非常重要的提示词，yield to“屈服，屈从”，符合句意，而其他三项的含义分析是：A)泄露；B）拉，拽，提取；C）引用，报价。该题与四级考试1998年1月中第39题几乎一样。 2. Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to ______ storming into the boss’s office. (02-1-66) A)prevent B)prohibit C)turn D)avoid [译文] Tryon极度生气，但还是保持了足够的冷静，没有冲到老板的房间里去。 答案为D. 本题测试：动词辩析。avoid doing sth.为习惯搭配。根据原句中but一词应选择avoid，构成合理句意。 3. The president promised to keep all the board members _____ of how the negotiations were going on. (01-6-54) A)informed B)inform C)be informed D)informing [译文] 董事长承诺让全体董事会员了解谈判的进展情况。 答案A. 本题测试：动词keep的用法。Keep sb. informed of sth. 可看成习惯用法，意为“让某人处于了解…状态”。 4.That young man still denies the fire behind the store. (01-1-45) A)start B)to start C)having started D)to have started [译文] 那个年轻人仍然否认是他在商店后面纵火。 答案为C 本题测试：动名词做宾语。deny要求后跟动名词作宾语。此类动词有许多，可参阅往年真题解析。 5. Agriculture was a step in human progress which subsequently there was not anything comparable until our own machine age.( 01-1-64) A)in B)for C)to D)from [译文]农业在人类进步中是一大飞跃，随后发生的任何事件都无法与之相比，直至出现机器时代。 答案为C. 本题测试：介词搭配.句中comparable和to形容词短语习惯搭配 6.These books, which you can get at any bookshop, will give you ____you need. (00-6-22) A)all the information B)all the informations C)all of information D)all of the informations [译文]这些书将提供你所需的全部信息，你可在任何一家书店里买到。 答案为A. 本题测试：名词短语。Information为不可数名词，先排除B、D两项。C项中缺乏限定词，也错。 7.The British constitution is _____ a large extent a product of the historical events described above. (00-6-50) A)within B)to C)by D)at [译文]英国宪法在很大程度上是一种以上描述的诸多历史事件的产物。 答案为B.本题测试：“to a large extent”固定搭配。 8.This kind of glasses manufactured by experienced craftsmen ________ comfortably. (00-1-47) A)is worn B)wears C)wearing