專項訓練：06年12月大學英語四級詞匯精練240題

Exercise Seven

1.When crossing a busy street, we should be very _______ of the speeding cars.

A) ignorant B) cautiousC) capable D) alert

2. I enjoyed all his novels with the ______ of his last.

A)excursionB) expeditionC)exceptionD) explosion

3. Man is controlled by his _____ as well as by his reason.

A) instinct B) distinctC) institutionD) impulse

4. Have _____ on him, he is only a boy.

A) careB) mercyC) pityD) attention

5. Archeologists _____ great value to the set of ancient cooking vessels unearthed in Shanxi province.

A) grantedB) devotedC) attachedD) directed

6. I need to _____ my English if I’m going toCanada for my holidays.

A) polish upB) look throughC) add upD) go through

7. Although he was a good swimmer, he was swept away by the _____ and drowned.

A) currentB) motionC) pressureD) air

8. Any blind exploitation of natural resources should be seen as a ____ against our offspring.

A) guiltyB) sinC) robberyD) violence

9. The favorable changes in her appearance are often ____ through hairdressing.

A) afflictedB) affected C) effected D) infected

10. North winds kept blowing all night long _____ , and the earth was frozen.

A) with great effort B) in vast amountC) in vainD) with great violence

11. The young man _____ his accuser and conducted his own defense in court.

A) opposedB) resistedC) confrontedD) withstood

12.Nuclear science should be developed to benefit people _____ harm them.

A) more thanB) other thanC) rather thanD) better than

13. I felt _____ for the stupid mistake I made.

A) innocentB) illegalC) guiltyD) unlawful

14. I hate people who _____ the end of a film.

A) revealB) rewriteC) reviseD) reverse

15.It was reported that 20 people were _____in the traffic accidents yesterday.

A) woundedB) injuredC) cruisedD) confronted

16.He explained to us what they _____ doingin the next year.

A) intendedB) attendedC) extendedD) pretended

17. The housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full _____.

A) capacityB) strengthC) lengthD) possibility

18.He has _____ a number of journals this morning for the information he needs badly.

A) looked throughB) looked onC) looked overD) looked at

19.The police had the photograph of the missing girl _____ in order to find her easily.

A) expandedB) amplifiedC) multipliedD) enlarged

20.The river is _____ at the bank.

A) running awayB) eating away C) taking awayD) bringing away

21. She may be _____ if you don’t reply to her soon.

A) injuredB) woundedC) offendedD) offensive

22.The equator is an _____ line.

A) imaginableB) imaginativeC) imaginaryD) imagining

23.Even as a child he showed an inclination to ______ over the other children.

A) dominateB) ruleC) governD) inspect

24. The explorers were _____ straits almost impassable.

A) immune toB) confronted withC) capable ofD) transported

25. We _____ complete equality between men and women.

A) omitB) suggestC) advocateD) agree

26. A drugstore in America _____ not only medicines, but also sweets, drinks and other articles.

A) shavesB) handlesC) polishesD) tosses

27. Judging from the order of importance, thismatter should call for ____ consideration.

A) previous B) priorC) precedingD) prime

28. To have his story published, the young man certainly _____ it for at least three times.

A) contrivesB) friesC) polishesD) advocates

29. Thanks to the progress in medicine, the life _____ of people throughout the world was greatly extended.

A) templeB) spanC) damD) residence

30. More and more _____ home appliances like washing machines and microwave ovens trouble the older generation.

A) guiltyB) instinctiveC) automaticD) offensive