四级词汇练习5.docVIP

1,Lung cancer, like some other cancers, often doesn’t produce ________ until it is too late and has spread beyond the chest to the brain, liver or bones.A) trailsB) therapiesC) symptomsD) symbols 2,With the increasing unemployment rate, workers who are 50 to 60 years old are usually the first to be ________.A) laid offB) laid asideC) laid outD) laid up 3,The physical differences between men and women can be ________ directly to our basic roles as hunters and child-bearers.A) pursuedB) tracedC) switchedD) followed 4,It is clear that the dog has a much greater ________ of its brain devoted to smell than is the case with humans.A) compositionB) compoundC) percentD) proportion 5,American college students are increasingly ________ with credit card debt and the consequences can be rather serious.A) boostedB) burdenedC) dischargedD) dominated 2,答案:Alay off:解雇;停止做lay aside:把...搁置一旁;储存lay out:安排,布置;摆出,展开lay up:使卧床不起ay down:放下,交出;规定,制定.lay over:做短暂停留. ,答案:trace是四级考试中比较容易出现的词汇,且它的意思比较多,词性既可以做名次又可以做动词,一定特别一下这个词. trace:n. 踪迹，痕迹;vt. 跟踪，追踪;追溯,探索;临摹2,pursue的词性为动词,其名次为pursuit,注意辨析.4,答案:D形容词比较级的修饰问题,即题中的much greate,其后所以要求所填的词汇必须是名词复数或不可数名词答案:B,dominate是比较重要的词汇,考试中经常涉及.应记住尤其派生出来的一些列词汇:dominant(a.占优势的,统治的)--predominant(a.占主导地位的,显著的)--dominion(n.统治,管辖;领土,版图)