TEM4词汇真题讲解2008 1.When he first started in university,he really felt at with his major ---economics. (2008-66) A.shore B.bank C.ocean D.sea 答案：D 解题：at sea是固定搭配，表示“茫然，不知所措”。句意：他开始上大学时对自己所学 的经济学专业确实感到很茫然。 2.On the road motorists should be aware of cyclists and be towards them. (2008-67) A.considerable B.considering C.considerate D considered 答案：C 解题：同一词根衍生出来的形容词辨析。considerate意为“"考虑他人的，体恤别人的，考虑 周详的"=thoughtful:considerable?意为“相当的，可观的，数目庞大的”（可以巧记，字母多 一个，所以数量大)；considered和considering分别是动词consider的过去分词和现在分词， 不符语境，不做形容词，故排除。句意：在路上，开车者应该注意并考虑到骑车的人。 3.Sally was a bit shy,but the teacher found her quite discussing a recent film with others. (2008-67) A.at home B.at most C.at house D.at bean 答案：A 解题：at home;意为"舒适。无拘束"；at most意为“最多，不超过"；at heart.意为“在内心里， 在本质上"：at house不是固定搭配。句意：萨利有点儿害羞，但是老师发现她在和别人讨论 一部新电影时非常从容。 4.The company has capitalized the error of judgment made by its business competitor. (2008-69) A.in B.over C.with D.On 答案：D 解题：capitalize on:是固定搭配，意为“利用”（充分利用某事物：从某事物中获利；投机倒把： 自恃)：句意：该公司利用了商业竞争者判断的失误。capitalize用大写字母写或印刷；使， 资本化；估计，的价值；把，定为首都。 5.Tim has failed three courses this semester,so he will have to them next semester. (2008-70) A.remake B.repeat C.reapply D.revise 答案：B 解题：repeat:重复；remake:重新制作；reapply:重新申请；revise:修改。根据常识考 This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more information
试不及格需要重新课程。句意：蒂姆这学期三门课考试不及格，因此他下学期不得不重修。 6.Keep this reference book;it may come in one day.(2008-71) A.handy B.useful C.convenient D.Helpful 答案：A 解题：come in handy意为"迟早会有用，派上用场"；其他几个词与come in?无搭配。句意：留 着这本参考书，哪天可能会派上用场。 7.The questions that the speaker raised were well the average adult.(2008-72) A.past B.on C.Beyond D.Through 答案：C 解题：beyond意为“为，所不能及，多于，超出”，其他介词无此义项。句意：一般人实在无 法理解这个讲话者提出的问题。 8.Teachers in this school were encouraged to use drama as a(n) of learning. (2008-73) A.design B.instrument C.agency D.tool 答案：D. 解题：tool既可指抽象意义上的工具，也可以指实物。instrument特指专业人员如医生和牙 医使用的要求极高精度的仪器，如听诊器或超声波钻等；句意是指学习工具，故选tol。 9.First,we need to find out what his scheme is,and then act (2008-74) A.sensitively B.imaginatively C.efficiently D.Accordingly 答案：D 解题：accordingly意为“相应地，因此”；sensitively意为“敏感地”；imaginatively意为“想 象上地”；efficiently意为“有效率地”。句意：首先我们需要找出他的设计是什么，然后采 取相应行动。 10.At first Jim was not quite clear what he was going to do after university,but now he seems on becoming a computer programmer.(2008-75) A.fit B.set C.Disposed D.decided 答案：B 解题：set on“着手，打定主意做”；iton“装上，穿上”；dispose不与on搭配；decide on “决定”。句意：最初吉姆不知道自己大学毕业后干什么，但是现在他似乎决定成为计算机 程序员了。 11.When invited to talk about his achievements+he refused to blow his own and declined to speak at the meeting.(2008-76) A.trumpet B.whistle C.bugle D.flute This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more information
答案：A 解题：blow one's own trumpet为固定搭配，意思是“自吹自擂，自我标榜”=blow one' s own hom。whistle意为“口哨”；bugle意为“喇叭”；fute意为“长笛”，均不能与blow 构成固定搭配。句意：被邀请谈自己的成就时，他拒绝自吹自擂，拒绝在会上发言。 12.In spite of the treatment,the pain in his leg grew in .(2008-77) A.gravity B.extent C.intensity D.Amount 答案：C 解题 intensity意为“强度，强烈”；gravity意为“重力，严重”；extent意为“范围，程度”；amount 用来指不可数名词的数量。这里句中的treatment与后面的grew in intensity正好构成让步关 系。句意：他尽管得到治疗，腿上的疼痛还是加剧了。 13.Bus services between Town Centre and Newton Housing Estate will be until the motorway is repaired.(2008-78) A.discontinued B.suspended C.halted D.ceased 答案：B 解题：suspend意为“暂停，中止”，是指正是让某事停下来，通常是短时间暂停；discontinue 是“停下”，强调的是结果，不涉及停多久的问题：case也是停下的意思，不涉及时间长短， 故选 B。句意：在高速公路修复好之前，往返于市中心和牛顿住宅区的巴士服务暂停。 14.The moon,being much nearer to the Earth than the Sun,is the cause of the tides. (2008-79) A.principal B.basic C.initial D.elementary 答案：A 解题：principal意为“主要的”；basic意为“基础的”；initial意为“最初的”；elementary意 为“基本的”。后三个词都没有体现出潮汐出现的主因是月亮这层含义，故选A。句意：月 亮距离地球比太阳近得多，它是引起潮汐的主要原因。 15.Teddy came to my with a cheque of $200 to pay my room rate,after I phoned him that my wallet had been stolen.(2008-80) A.attendance B.Assistance C.rescue D.safety 答案：C 解题：attendance:出席，出席的人数，伺候，照料：come(go)tosb.’s assistance:给某人以帮助； come(go)tosb.'srescue:进行援救，营救某人，通常指搭救受到监禁、攻击或死亡威胁的人。 safety:安全，保险。句意：在我打电话给泰德告诉钱包被偷了之后，他带着200美金的支票 来帮我，为我付了房租。 This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more information
TEM4词汇真题讲解2009 1.During the TV interview,the singer announced that he was going to his new album soon (2009-66) A.release B.renew C.relieve D.rehearse 答案：A 解题：该题为词汇辨析题，答案为A,意思为"发行新专辑”，release意思为“发行，发表"。renew 意思为“更新、恢复”，例如I hope their disrupted friendship will be renewed,我希望他们中断 的友谊会恢复。relieve意思为“"缓解（压力，疼痛等）"，例如The pill will relieve you from pain. 这药丸将缓解你的疼痛。She took an aspirin to relieve her headache.她吃了一片阿斯匹灵以 缓解头痛。rehearse意思为“彩排，预演”，例如The actors were rehearsing in the theater.演 员们正在剧场里排练。 2.After working for the firm for ten years,he finally the rank of deputy director. (2009-67) A achieved B.approached C.attained D.acquired 答案：C 解题：该题考察词语搭配，attain the rank of deputy director意为"得到副总监的职务"，所以 答案为C。achieve表示"获得成就等"，例如：He will grasp at anything that might help him achieve fame..他会抢着做任何有助于他成名的事情。approach动词意思为"接近"，例如： He turned his head and saw a figure approaching in the darkness..他转过头，看见在黑暗中有个 人影来。acquire意思为“习得，获得（知识，信息等抽象事物）"，例如：Gradually we acquired experience in how to do the work..我们逐步获得了做这工作的经验。attain达到，获得：遂 愿；经过努力到达某事物。deputy副手；代理人；代表。 3.Winter is the season at most hotels in this seaside town,because very few tourists come to stay.(2009-68) A.slow B.slack C.low D.quiet 答案：B/C 解题：slack season意为"淡季、农闲"，slack"萧条的"，例如Business remained slack throughout the day.生意一天都不好。Low season指的是旅游地区的淡季。根据上下文逻辑判断答案为 B或C都可以。 4.Come on,Jack,tell me the story.Don't keep me in ,(2009-69) A.suspense B.suspending C.suspension D.suspender 答案：A 解题：keep sb.in suspense意思为“吊某人胃口，保持悬念”，该题考查词组搭配，所以答案为 A;suspend意思为“暂时停止，吊销"，例如His license was suspended for drunk driving.他的 驾驶执照因醉酒开车被暂时吊销。suspense悬而未决，含糊不定；焦虑，挂念；悬念；中止， This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more information
暂停。suspend暂停：延缓；暂停；悬浮。 5.The football match was because of the heavy rain.(2009-70) A.called over B.called up C.called out D.called off 答案：D 解题：call off意思为“取消"，所以答案为D。call out/over非常用搭配，call up意为“给某人 打电话”。 6.We had a good time there,and the food was plentiful and.(2009-71) A conducive B.wholesome C.helpful D.appreciative 答案：B 解题：wholesome意思为“有益健康的”，例如：Milk is wholesome food..牛奶是一种有益于健 康的食品，所以答案为B。conducive?意思为“有助于…的"，常与to连用，例如：Regulating your habits is conducive to good health.使生活习惯规律化有益于健康。appreciative,(of)意为"有 欣赏能力的，表示感谢的”，例如：The appreciative audience applauded。有欣赏力的观众鼓 掌了。She was deeply appreciative of your help.她对你的帮助深表感激。 7.It was strange that she would such an absurd idea.(2009-72) A.Allow B.stick C.take D.entertain 答案：D 解题：entertain such an absurd idea意为“拥有如此奇怪的想法"，其他例子如：i have never entertained any illusions about him.我从来没有对他抱过任何幻想。entertain热情款待：使 有兴趣：抱着，怀有：考虑 8.The scientists have made an study of the viruses that cause the disease.(2009-73) A.exhausted B.exhausting C.exhaustive D.exhaustion 答案：C 解题：exhaustive study详尽、彻底的调查研究。其他例子如：After an exhaustive search,the missing document was found.经过彻底搜寻，丢失的文件被找到了。exhaust用尽，耗尽，使 精疲力尽，排出。exhausting使耗尽的，使人精疲力竭的。exhaustive彻底的，透彻的。消 耗的，使枯竭的；详尽的，无遗的；详尽无遗。 9.Do you own your apartment or are you a ?(2009-74) A.tenant B.customer C.client D.proprietor 答案：A 解题：该题是词义辨析题。tenant意思为"房客"，"customer'"顾客，“client'"客户，"proprietor'” 业主，经营者，例如The proprietor of the store was formerly a farmer..这家商店的老板原先 是一个农民。由题目的意思可知答案为A This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more information
10.Representatives from the companies indicated that they should go on working together in (2009-75) A unity B.entity C.partners D.partnership 答案：D 解题：in partnership合作式地。该句意思为"公司代表指出他们应该一起合股，继续工作”。 My business was most successful when I formed a good partnership with someone else. 我与别人建立了良好的合股关系时，我的生意最兴旺发达。uity统一体，（艺术等）完整。 entity实体，本质，例如：existing as an independent entity作为独立的实体存在。 11.We all know that Mary has had a strict (2009-76) A.growth B.upbringing C.development D.cultivation 答案：B 解题：该题考查词意辨析。upbringing,意为“抚养"”，（养育，培养，教养；家教）。该句 意为“我们都知道玛丽家教很严"。又如He owed his success to the good upbringing he had.他 将成功归功于他受到的良好教育。cultivation意思为"培养，栽培”，例如the cultivation of cotton棉花栽培；the cultivation of good habits良好习惯的养成。 12.The drink was packaged in champagne bottles and was being as the real stuff (2009-77) A.passed out B.passed by C.passed over D.passed off 答案：D 解题：pass off假冒，冒充。该句意思为“饮料装到了香槟瓶中滥竿充数。"又如Pass off glass as a gemstone.用玻璃冒充宝石。pass out分发，例如Would you pass out the books for me?你 替我分发一下书好吗？pass byl时间流逝：pass over:忽略，例如How could you pass over such an important matter??你怎么能忽略如此重要的事情？The boss decided to pass over his slight mistakes.老板决定原谅他的小错。 13.Last Sunday she came to visit us out of the blue.The italicized phrase means (2009-78) A.unexpectedly B.unhappily C.untidily D.unofficially 答案：A 解题：out of the blue意为"突然地，出人意料地”，所以答案为A。unexpectedly未料到地， 意外地。untidily不整洁地：不修边幅地。unofficially非官方地：非正式地。 14.The person he interviewed was his former schoolmate.(2009-79) A.no other than B.no more than C.none other than D.none the less 答案：C 解题：该题考查词组意思。none other than”(用以加强语气)不是别的，正是，”，该句的 This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more information
意思为“"他面试的那个人正是他以前的校友”。no other than“除，以外，没有”，例如：There is no other way than this.舍此别无他法。He resigned for no other reason than this.他辞职不 外乎是为了这个原因。no more than“只有"，例如：He has no more than100.他只有100 美元。room for no more than three cars只能容下三辆车的空间。none the less?"仍然"，例如： He has faults,none the less he is the best student of the class.他有缺点，但仍不失为班上最好 的学生。 15.The young employee has a(n) quality -he is totally honest.(2009-80) A respectable B.admirable C.decent D.approachable 答案：C 解题：decent quality“高尚的品德"与下文honest逻辑上最吻合。respectable令人尊敬的， admirable受人爱戴的，approachable易于亲近的。 This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more information