新视野大学英语第四册读写教程_词汇练习 答案 补充

福建师范大学四级词汇练习 Unit 1 1) This disease is caused by a tiny worm which can ____C___ the skin of a human being and cause a potentially serious illness. A) transmit B) plunge C) penetrate D) filter 2) The prime minister has made it clear that no ____C_____ will be made to the strikers. A) sessions B) recessions C) concessions D) conferences 3) The noise was so loud that it was a ____A_____ to the neighbors. A) nuisance B) trouble C) worry D) anxiety 4) It's only by __C___ luck that I can remain in the company when so many employees have to be dismissed. A) perfect B) total C) sheer D) thorough 5) He is __D____ on all kinds of wine - beer, whisky, and so forth. A) willing B) ready C) eager D) keen 6) The government would not dare to ____B____ taxes on such needed foods as bread or milk. A) put B) impose C) force D) emphasize 7) Oh, the steak I had last night was so ___D_____! It was delicious. A) mild B) slight C) light D) tender 8) While they did not _____B_____ any good results, they were still trying their best. A) count in B) count on C) count up D) count out 9) They did not ____A____ to the enemy and determined to go on fighting. A) yield B) apply C) resort D) appeal 10) I said I might be late for dinner but he made such a __C___ that I thought I'd better arrive on time. A) confusion B) initiative C) fuss D) bark 11) I at last surrendered to the ____C____ and ate the last piece of chocolate. A) intention B) appeal C) temptation D) charm 12) I refused to tip the ____A__ , who left with an angry expression. A) porter B) employee C) servant D) assistant 13) Divorce rate in the US is very high, which is often ____D_____ by money problems. A) associated B) connected C) assisted D) accompanied 14) You take everything too ____C___! Relax and enjoy yourself. A) carefully B) gravely C) seriously D) critically 15) You look thoroughly ____B___. Why don't you take a week's holiday? A) run up B) run down C) run over D) run off 16) Would it be more ___A___ in the long run to buy a second-hand television rather than to rent one? A) sensible B) sensitive C) sentimental D) sensational 17) If you have not signed a contract, you are under no __D____ to pay them any money. A) instinct B) influence C) sympathy D) obligation 18) She no longer believed in him for his ___D____ promises all these years. A) vacant B) empty C) bare D) hollow 1 19) They all believed that internal peace and stability cannot be ___B____ by force. A) protected B) guaranteed C) preserved D) ensured 20) It must've taken a lot of courage for an adult to be ____A___ to such shame and stress. A) subjected B) attached C) related D) resisted Unit 2 1)If a ______C__ were to reach the gas it would go off at once. A)spot B) spill C) spark D) spray 2) After about an hour and a half the party _C_____ because there was not enough wine that evening. A)broke off B) broke away C) broke up D) broke through 3) House purchase is the biggest decision that most people make and the easiest one to _A___ for various reasons. A) postpone B) conduct C) replace D) last 4) Somewhat to my ___C____, the police will soon eliminate her from their inquiries. A)entertainment B) judgment C) relief D) relaxation 5) The political weakness of these countries ____D_____their economic weakness. A)compromised with B) competed with C) communicated to D) corresponded to 6) A series of tragic __B_____ made Mr. Terres feel he has to face up to his life. A)accidents B) incidents C) events D) occurrences 7) The foreign-born Chinese are thought of as yellow on the outside and white on the inside because they only look like Chinese but never think or ____D__ like Chinese. A)direct B) accustom C) adjust D) behave 8) For many young people, the late 1960s was a period of ___A____ against the moral values that had been the pride of the past generations. A)revolt B) rebel C) chaos D) challenge 9) I promised to_____A____ the others at 5 a.m. A)rouse B) stimulate C) motivate D) prompt 10) Prisoners are reported to have been deliberately ___C____ without trial. A)murdered B) convicted C) executed D) punished 11) This swimming costume is made of ____A__ material. A)elastic B) clumsy C) coarse D) delicious 12) Two drivers were killed in a head-on ___C_____ down a car and a taxi last night. A)collapse B) conflict C) collision D) crush 13) A few shots of this drug cleared up the disease __D____ A)for long B) before long C) ever since D) for good 14) The citizens in the neighborhood all__C_ for the local government's decision to close the small paint factory. A) claimed B) cracked C) clapped D) crashed 15) The government attempts to put down the__B____ of the president's sex scandal. A)news B) rumor C) saying D) proverb 16) The fact that we underestimated our ___A___ led to our bitter defeat. A)opponent B) candidate C) colleague D) advocate 17) The girls were all ___D__ of Grace because she was so pretty, with beautiful hands and a face like a film-star's. A) greedy B) controversial C) competitive D) jealous 18) The Watergate ____D__ was exposed by two investigative journalists working for the Washington Post. A)shame B) conviction C) rumor D) scandal 19) Japanese banks, once __B___ competitors in the British banking market, have all but disappeared. A)bold B) fierce C) wild D) harmful 20) 5000 people held a protest march and__A___ against sexual discrimination. A)rally B) conjunction C) episode D) riot Unit 3 1) Prices of goods are governed by the cost of the ___D___ materials, as well as by the cost of production. A) primitive B) rough C) original D) raw 2) In the countryside there are no ___B_____ and no free medical care for the aged. A) wages B) pensions C) profits D) rewards 3) You are legally ____A_____ take faulty goods back to the store where you purchased. A) entitled to B) involved in C) associated with D)assigned to 4) The headmaster has___C____ views about what his pupils should wear. A) noble B) flexible C) liberal D) liable 5) She made a ____B___of $200 to the Children's Hospital. A) publication B) donation C) acquisition D) quotation 6) It is frightening for a youngster to feel that he is in charge of himself; it's like being in a car without ____A____. A) brakes B) controls C) gears D) signals 7) Environmental protection is _____D____ national and local economic development. A) related to B) involved in C) included in D)subjected to 8) She made a ___C__ of $ 69,000 for the flat, which was accepted. A) currency B) proposal C) bid D) purchase 9) After the recent bomb attacks, members of the public are being warned to be _A____ at all times and to look out for any suspicious packages. A) alert B) aware C) cautious D) nervous 10) If the rain doesn't stop, people will be ___B_____ serious flooding. A) facing with B) faced with C) subjecting with D) subjected with 11) It was ____A___ to the media that the president had resolved to fight. A) leaked B) loosened C) relieved D) issued 12) How do you ___A____your long absence from classes without asking for leave? A) account for B) count on C) account of D) count for 13) They were __A_ of armed robberies and sentenced to 15 years and 14 years respectively. A) convicted B) convinced C) sentenced D) condemned 14) Most flowers will not __D__ without sunshine. A) cultivate B) boom C) sustain D) thrive 15) I decided to keep a low ____A__, after all I was a guest. A) profile B) position C) attitude D) mood 16) If you throw away your credit card ___C____ and someone else gets it, they can use the number to buy things in your name. A) cheque B) ticket C) receipt D) label 17) I eventually found the letter I was looking for under a ___B_ of papers. A) stock B) stack C) piece D) sequence 18) A small ____D__ plane crashed into a hillside in Northern England yesterday, killing six people. A) assembled B) dominated C) monitored D) chartered 19) Mr. Thomson is strongly opposed to the proposal of constructing a power plant in the area that is ___A_ populated. A) densely B) vastly C) enormously D) largely 20) In the ___C___ of physics, Albert Einstein was a genius. A) settlement B) operation C) realm D) scope Unit 4 1) The prisoner remained _____C____ throughout his trial. A) clumsy B) deaf C)dumb D) still 2) The Olympic Games began with a _____C_ of all the competing nations. A) exhibition B) display C) parade D) show 3) The editor ____A__the manuscript to half of its original length. A) condensed B) condemned C) concealed D) concentrated 4) Bombing, which was ____C___ in the city center, has destroyed most of the major buildings. A) integral B) intentional C) intensive D) intense 5) His ____D____need to be loved springs from a deep sense of insecurity. A) crucial B) terminal C) intensive D) desperate 6) The child finished the dessert and then __C_____ the plate. A) scratch B) clicked C)licked D) scraped 7) In 1974 and 1975, the economy plunged into the worst ___D___ since the Great Depression of the 1930's. A) reservation B) recreation C) reversion D) recession 8) Be careful with the cat. It may ___D_ you if you make it angry. A) punch B) scrape C)tear D) scratch 9) They have all _____A_ significant amounts of time and energy in this project. A) invested B) involved C) invented D) integrated 10) My job could be at ____B____ if I make an error of judgment. A) danger B) stake C) loss D) threat 11) Studies showed that June is the __B___ month for suicides and for admitting patients to mental hospitals. A) high B) peak C) common D) rush 12) He has put his car entirely at our __D__ for the holiday. A) usage B) application C) disposition D) disposal 13) The government's _______C__ is made up chiefly of the money people pay in taxes. A) efficiency B) privilege C) revenue D) validity 14) He _A_____ in working twelve hours a day in his laboratory in spite of his rapidly declining health. A) persisted B) insisted C) resisted D) assisted 15) We must not _____D__ behind other nations in our efforts to help those people made homeless by the great floods. A) decline B) delay C) lack D) lag 16) Communication is the process of __A__ a message from a source to an audience via a channel. A) transmitting B) submitting C) transforming D) switching 17) The computer has become smaller and cheaper and __B__ more available to a greater number of people. A) yet B) hence C) still D) nevertheless 18) Decrease the ___D____ of medicine as you feel better. A) therapy B) prescription C) injection D) dose 19) He was a war_____B___ in Europe during the Second World War. A) resident B) correspondent C) ambassador D) applicant 20) ______D___ rubbers are widely used as a substitute for natural rubber. A) Practical B) Compound C) Raw D) Synthetic Unit 5 1) He made great efforts to ____D___ her violent temper after she became his wife. A) tend B) cultivate C) breed D) tame 2) There is a strong possibility that the fire was started on ____B_____. A) choice B) purpose C) intention D) design 3) Carefully ___C____, clear speech can now be understood by computers with only a 4-5 percent error rate. A) passed B) talked C) dictated D) declared 4) This film is about a young man of____A____ origin, who wants to marry the beautiful daughter of a rich banker. A) humble B) harsh C) wicked D) wrecked 5) By the time he reached the shelter of the station he was soaked ___B_____. A) wet B) to the skin C) on the skin D) over 6) The old woman almost ___C____ to death in the thick fumes. A) blocked B) provoked C) choked D) stroked 7) Soldiers who die for their country are said to have made the _____A_____ sacrifice. A) supreme B) superficial C) supplementary D) superior 8) ______C____ has prevailed and the guilty man has been punished by law. A) Judgment B)Jury C) Justice D)Justification