17. B) 【句意】 能称得上大学称号的机构是一 个比其他种类高等教育机构都更复杂更综合的机构。?
【难点】 establishment 意为“企业，设施（公司，学校，医院，教会等 ）”；settlement
意为“定居点；殖民地”；construction意为“建造；建筑物”；structure是 “结构，构 造”。?
18. A) 【句意】 人的社会地位常常由他们拥有 的财富的多少来衡量。?
【难点】 measure 意为“估量，衡量”；examine 意为“检查；仔细观察 ”；test意为“试验，测试”；question意为“询问，审问”。? 19. C) 【句意】 杰克从不注意自己的外表，衣 服从来不烫。?
【难点】 indifferent意为“漠不关心的”； adverse意为“不利的，反 对的”；anonymous 意为“匿名的”； casual意为“非正式的，不拘礼节的”。 20. D) 【句意】 暴力片的拍摄大有上升趋势。 【难点】 trend意为“倾向，趋势”；strength意为“力量，实力”；dir ection意为“方向”;tradition 意为“传统”。
21. A) 【句意】 我办公室的窗外右侧有一个救 生楼梯。?
【难点】 fire escape 意为“防火安全楼梯（位于楼房的外侧面）”；la dder意为“梯子”；steps意为“台阶”；stairs意为“楼梯”，指室内的。? 22. D) 【句意】 我在纽约市逗留期间和布朗一 家人过了一夜。?
【难点】 put up意为“宿夜”；put in 意为“度过，消磨（时间等）”; put down意为“写下，记录”；put on 意为“上演，演出”。? 23. A) 【句意】 以前，病人手术后精疲力竭，
需长时间才能恢复，现在手术的病人却感到既轻松又舒适。? 【难点】 exhausted 意为“精疲力竭的”；unhealthy意为“不健康的” ；upset意为“苦恼的，不适的”；fearful 意为“担心的，可怕的”。? 24. A) 【句意】 农夫们被允许在自己的菜园耕 种，并将蔬菜拿到黑市上去卖。?
【难点】 on the market 意为“上市， 出售中”，其它介词搭配不合适 25. C) 【句意】 由于中止了服务，所以电扇不 转了。?
【难点】 interruption 意为“中止，中断”；pause 意为“暂停，间歇 ”；break意为“停顿，间歇”;breakdown意为“损坏，故障”。
高校英语专业四级考试·词汇语法详细解6
有关否定
1)通常作复数的集体名词?
1)双重否定最常见的形式有：? no(not)...but...没有??不???
no(not)...without...没有??不，除??不? no(not)...unless没有??就不??? not...until直到??才???
例如：There is no one but knows it.没有一个人不知道此事。?
2)can not与副词too,enough, sufficiently, over, too much等词连用时，意为
“无
论怎样也不过分”，“越?越”。例如：? You cannot be too careful.你越仔细越好。?
We cannot praise him too much.我们无论怎样赞扬他也不过分。?? 近义词辨析?
?break, crack, crush, shatter,break, smash? 这组词均含有“打破”或“挤碎”的意思。?
break
是这组词中最常用的，指使某件东西破碎。?
If you break that vase, you’ll have to pay for it.如果打破了那只花瓶，
你就
得赔偿。?
crack
指打裂某物，但不一定打碎，因而通常不会成为碎片。?
You may crack these nuts with a hammer.你可以用锤子把这些坚果敲开。?
crush
强调挤压或踩的动作，毁坏程度取决于被压物的组织结构，或变形，或成小块，
或可恢复原状。?
To make wine, you first crush the grapes.若要造酒，需先将葡萄压碎。?
shatter
打破某物，力大到使碎片飞出很远，常指整件东西完全被毁。? The explosion shattered most of the windows in the building.爆炸震碎了
那座大楼的大部分窗玻璃。?
smash
突出暴力，击打时动作较猛，被击打的东西往往完全报废。? He smashed the window with a brick.他用砖块击碎窗玻璃。??
全真模拟试题?
1. ?____? native to North America, corn has now spread all over the world.?
A. In spite of B. That it is C. It was D. Although? 2. Our civilization cannot be thought of as ?____? in a short period of time.?
A. to have been created B. to be created? C. having been created D. being created?
3. We feel it is high time that the Government ?____? something to check the inflation.?
A. did B. do C.should do D. would do?
4. It has been proposed that we ?____? our decision un til the next meeting.?
A.delayed B.delay C. can delay D. are to delay?
5. Hurricanes are severe cyclones with winds over seventy?five miles an
hour ?____? originate over tropical ocean waters.? A. which B. who C. where D.how to?
6. ?____? is announced in the papers, our country has launched a large?scale move
ment against smuggling and fraudulent activities in foreign currency
exchange de als.?
A. What B. As C. Which D. That?
7. All the flights ?____? because of the snowstorm, we had to take the train instead.?
A.were canceled B. had been canceled ?
C. having canceled D. having been canceled?
8. Once ?____?, this power station will supply all the neighboring towns and villages with electricity.? A. it being completed B. it completed ? C. completed D. it completes?
9. He might have been killed ?____? the timely arrival of the ambulance.?
A. but for B. except for C. besides D. except?
10. If you have never planted anything, you won’t be able to know the ple
asure of watching the thing you have planted ?____?.? A.grow B. to grow?
C. growing D. to be growing?
11. He did me a ?____? turn by lending me ten pounds. A. good B. nice C. fine D. pretty?
12. Once our chickens started laying eggs, we had such a ?____? of eggs that we were giving many away to our neighbors.? A. output B. surplus C. production D. plenty?
13. Following are comments about the behavior that people in Korea
usuall
y expect in various social ?____?.?
A. occasions B. cases C.situations D. circumstances?
14. They have considered their high standard of living a(n) ?____? for practising their basic beliefs.?
A. award B. reward C. result D. consequence?
15. Mac’s close ?____? to his brother made people mistake them for
one another.?
A. resemblance B. identity? C. appearance D. relationship?
16. The thieves ?____? the waste paper all over the ro om while they were searching for the diamond ring.? A. spread B. scratched C.scattered D. burned?
17. The sight of the fruit salad made our daughter Kit’s mouth ?____ ?
A. wet B. water C. soak D. taste?
18. The ?____? problem of bring a space?ship back fro m the moon has been solved.?
A. technical B. technological C. technique D. technology? 19. A large part of a person’s memory is ?____? words and combination of words.?
A.by means of B. in terms of ? C. in connection with D. by way of?
20. At her word she stood up and walked away, stopping at the window to p
ull back the curtain and ?____?.?
A.look round B. look out C. look up D. look on? 21. Their happiness was very ?____?.?
A. crisp B. brittle C. delicate D. fragile?
22. I was awfully tired when I got home from work, but a half?hour nap
?____? me.?
A.revived B. released C. relieved D. recovered? 23. We should always keep in mind that ?____? decision
s often lead to bitter regrets.?
A.hasty B. instant C. prompt D.rapid?
24. Information and opinion?gap exercises have to have some content ?
___
___? talking about.?
A. worthwhile B. worthily C. worth D. worthy?
25. “If we fail to act now,”said Tom, “We’ll find ourselves ?____
? in action later on.”?
A.paid back B. paid for C.paid up D.paid off 试题答案与解析 ??
1. D) 【句意】 玉米虽原产于北美洲，但现在 已遍及全世界。?
【难点】 四个选项中，B)和C)不合理。A)项的in spite of 是复合介词 ，后接
名词。D)项的although是连词，后接从句，在本句中接的是一个省略主语的从句 。?
2. C) 【句意】 不应把我们的文明看作是短期 内创造出来的。?
【难点】 as 在这里是介词，后面应接名词性质的词，create的动作是过 去发生的，所以选C)。?
3. A) 【句意】 我们认为该到政府采取措施抑 制通货膨胀的时候了。?
【难点】 it is high time that后面接虚拟语气，时态用一般过去时，意 为“该到?时候了”。?
4. B) 【句意】 有人建议我们应将我们的决定 推迟到下次会议作出。?
【难点】 在suggest, propose, demand ,insist 等动词后面的宾语从句 中，应使用（should）+动词原形的虚拟语气。? 5. A) 【句意】 飓风是生成于热带海洋水域上 空、风速达每小时75英里以上的强烈气旋。?
【难点】 关系代词which引导的定语从句修饰名词winds.? 6. B) 【句意】 正如报界所宣传的那样，我国 已发起大规模反走私和反欺诈性外币交易的运动。?
【难点】 as在这里是一个代词，常用在类似as is well known这样的句子 中，意为“这一点”。?
7. D) 【句意】 所有航班因暴风雪都被取消， 我们不得不改乘火车。?
【难点】 该句的前半句使用的是独立结构，由于动作发生在过去，所以根 据题意要求，使用了完成式被动语态。?
8. C) 【句意】 这座电站一建成竣工，就将向 周围城乡供电。?
【难点】 once在这里是连词，意为“一旦?就?”，后面省略了it is。