2010年12月英語四六級考試詞匯筆記：第32講

　　49. Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are still _D_.

　　A blank B hollow C vacant D bare

　　blank adj. 空白的(因?yàn)闆]寫字而空白); hollow adj. 空心的，中空的;

　　bare adj. 光突突的(山上沒有樹和草);沒帶首飾的; bald adj. 禿頂?shù)摹?/P>

　　50. Being a pop star can be quite a hard life, with a lot of travelling _D_ heavy schedules.

　　A with regard to B as to C in relation to D owing to

　　owning to = due to 因?yàn)椤?/P>

　　52. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, _C_ defended the right of every citizen to freedom of choice in religion.

　　A peculiarly B indifferently C vigorously D inevitably

　　peculiar adj. 奇特的; indifferently adv. 冷漠地，不積極地;

　　vigorously adv. 強(qiáng)有力的，強(qiáng)勁有力的; inevitably adv. 不可避免地，必然地。

　　60. We have been told that under no circumstances _A_ the telephone in the office for personal affairs.

　　A may we use B we may use C we could use D did we use

　　61. In previous times, then fresh meat was in short _D_, pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food. [in short supply 供應(yīng)不足]

　　A store B provision C reserve D supply

　　in previous times 從前; fresh water 淡水; fresh meat 鮮肉; dove n. 鴿子;

　　bean curd 豆腐; Bible 圣經(jīng); bible 具有權(quán)威性的書; God 上帝; god 神。

　　62. As Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, I have directed that all measures _C_ for our defense.

　　A had been taken B would be taken C be taken D to be taken

　　以下幾個(gè)表示“指揮，命令”的動詞：order, command, direct.

　　在引導(dǎo)賓語從句時(shí)從句要用“(should) + 動詞原形”來體現(xiàn)虛擬語氣。

　　63. A thief who broke into a church was caught because traces of wax, found on his clothes, _A_ from the sort of candles used only in churches.

　　A had come B coming C come D that came

　　65. I was _B_ the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived.

　　A to B on C at D in

　　to the point of 到了…程度; on the point of doing sth. 正要做某事情;

　　at the point of 在某點(diǎn)上; when除了表示“當(dāng)…時(shí)候”外，還可以表示“恰在此時(shí)”或“剛…就…”

　　68. The project _C_ by the end of 2000, will expand the city's telephone network to cover 1,000,000 users.

　　A accomplished B being accomplished

　　C to be accomplished D having been accomplished

　　69. _C_ evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stimulated.

　　A If being B It is C There is D There being

　　evidence表示“證據(jù)”，最大的特點(diǎn)是后面經(jīng)常帶同位語從句說明證據(jù)的內(nèi)容。

　　language-acquiring ability 語言習(xí)得能力。 evidence不用在“it is …”這種結(jié)構(gòu)當(dāng)中。

　　64. After the guests left, she spent half an hour _C_ the sitting-room[客廳].

　　A ordering B arranging C tidying up D clearing away

　　order vt. 命令;訂購;整理，使有條理性; order one's thoughts 整理思路，整理思緒;

　　arrange v. 布置，安排; tidy up 整理，使整潔(后面通常加某個(gè)房間);

　　clear away 把…清除掉。

　　67. A lorry[卡車] _A_ Jane's cat and sped away.

　　A ran over B ran into C ran through D ran down

　　run over 撞倒并碾過; run into 不期然地遇到; run through 貫穿(多用于抽象事物);

　　run down 貶低; run down one's opinion.