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专四词汇小收集 No.1Modern appliances____us from a good deal of household work.For instance, the dryer frees us from hanging the laundry. A. escapeB. benefitC. liberateD. comfort正确答案：C题目辨析：【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”。 No.2The audience waited in____silence while their aged speaker searched among his note for the figures he could not remember. A. respectiveB. respectC. respectfulD. respectable正确答案：C题目辨析：【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”。 No.3The disappearance of her paper has never been ____.A. counted forB. looked upC. accounted forD. checked up正确答案：C题目辨析：【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”。 No.4When he was asked about the missing briefcase, the man ____ever seeing it. A. refusedB. deniedC. opposedD. resisted正确答案：B题目辨析：【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”。[ZK)] No.5Communication between a young couple is a(n)____business.A. sharpB. dreadfulC. intenseD. delicate正确答案：D题目辨析：【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”。 No.6After so many weeks without rain, the ground quickly ____ the little rain that fell last night.A. skippedB. soaked C. retrievedD. absorbed正确答案：D题目辨析：【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”。 No.7We’ll ____you as soon as we have any further information. A. notifyB. signifyC. communicateD. impart正确答案：A题目辨析：【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”。 No.8The fox fell into the____the hunters had set forit.A. bushB. trapC. trickD. circle正确答案：B题目辨析：【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”；ci