英語四級考試詞匯活記活用
完型填空練習:
The part of the environmental movement that draws my firms attention is the design of cities buildings nd products. When we designed Americas first so-called green office building in New York two decades __1__, we felt very alone. But today, thousands of people come to green building conferences, and the __2__ that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly influential in years to __3__.
Back in 1984 we discovered that most manufactured products for decoration werent designed for __4__ use. The energy-efficient sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis __75__ indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet. So far 20 years, weve been focusing on these materials __6__ to the molecules, looking for ways to make them __7__ for people and the planet.
Home builders can now use materials-such as paints that release significantly __8__ amounts of organic compounds-that dont __9__ the quality of the air, water, or soil. Ultimately, __10__, our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being less bad but on creating __11__ healthful materials that can be either safely returned to the soil __12__ reused by industry again and again. As a matter of __13__, the worlds largest carpet manufacturer has already __14__ a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable .
Look at it this way: No one __15__ out to create a building that destroys the planet. But our current industrial systems are __16__ causing these conditions, whether we like it or not. So __17__ of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are __18__ a positive approach. Were giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a __19__ effect on the world. Its not just the building industry, either. __20__ cities are taking these environmentally positive approaches to design, planning and building. Portland, Seattle and Boston have said they want to be green cities. Chicago wants to be the greenest city in the world.
1. A) ago B) off C) before D) away
2. A) practice B) outlook C) idea D) scheme
3. A) go B) come C) arrive D) continue
4. A) indoor B) inward C) relevant D) flexible
5. A) displayed B) discovered C) exhibited D) revealed
6. A) back B) down C) next D) near
7. A) comfortable B) cautious C) safe D) stable
8. A) reduced B) revised C) descended D) delayed
9. A) deny B) depress C) dissolve D) destroy
10.A) besides B) however C) anyhow D) anyway
11.A) partially B) exactly C) completely D) superficially
12.A) or B) and C) but D) nor
13.A) interest B) fact C) principle D) course
14.A) sketched B) constructed C) researched D) developed
15.A) starts B) pulls C) looks D) makes
16.A) basically B) originally C) traditionally D) inevitably
17.A) because B) out C) instead D) regardless
18.A) adjusting B) admitting C) adopting D) adapting
19.A) functional B) beneficial C) precious D) sensible
20.A) Entire B) Total C) Full D) Complete
作業:
1. ____________,doctors can treat this disease successfully.
2. In my sixties, one change I notice is that____________.
3. I am going to purchase this course,__________.
4. I would prefer shopping online to shopping in a department store because __________.
5. Many Americans live on credit, and their quality of life__________,not how much they can earn.
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. D
6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. B
11. C 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. A
16. D 17. C 18. C 19. B 20. A
1.語境題.根據下文中的謂語動詞felt以及下一句的開頭部分But today,可以判斷出該句的事態應該為過去時,而前半句又為句中的時間狀語,可以確定正確答案為ago.
2.語境題.本題首先需要對該空所在的句子進行語法分析.the __2__ that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly influential in years to __3__.注意到that引導的從句部分為一個完整的句子,正句話并不缺少任何成分,所以可以確定該從句應為同位語從句.考察四個選項,可以用來作為同位語從句先行詞并且意思通順的只能是idea,表示觀點,看法.
3.詞匯搭配題.首先分析這句話the environment will be increasingly influential in years to __3__.注意到其時態為將來時,而to __3__在文中為不定時作定語,修飾years.而選擇的詞匯應該符合該句將來時的事態并且意思通順.to come的意思為即將到來的.
4.語境題.本題第一眼看無法確定該選擇哪個答案,但繼續讀下去可以發現,本段的結構為總分結構,即本句話是該段的總結句.分析下面的內容可以發現,該段主要是講述關于室內裝修的,所以該空應該選擇indoor.
5.詞匯搭配題.本題需要根據主語和賓語,考察選項,確定正確的謂語動詞.分析句子The energy-efficient sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis __5__ indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet.主語為The energy-efficient sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis,賓語為problem,其大致意思為某事...了問題.根據中文的表達習慣,應為某事暴露問題.reveal的意思為露出,揭示,顯示.此處引申為暴露的意思.
6.詞匯搭配題.本題四個選項,down to的意思為下至,next to的意思為接近,靠近,與鄰近;次于,near to的意思為接近;幾乎要.分析該句話weve been focusing on these materials __76__ to the molecules.解題的關鍵在于對materials和molecules的理解,前者的意思為材料,后者的意思為分子.materials比 molecules所表述的概念更大,所以應該選擇down to.
7.語境題.本題的解答有賴于對本段大意的準確把握.本段的主題是討論裝修材料所存在的問題,該問題對人類和植物的安全造成危險.所以本題應該選擇safe.
8.詞匯搭配題.本題需要根據主語和賓語,考察選項,確定正確的謂語動詞.本句話such as paints that release significantly __8__ amounts of organic compounds.為一個插入語結構.該句話的主語為paints that release,賓語為amounts of organic compounds.即涂料...了有機混合物的數量,考察四個選項,可以確定選擇含有減少意思的reduce.
9.詞匯搭配題.分析本句 that dont __9__ the quality of the air, water, or soil.that指代前面的materials,其意思為材料不會...空氣,水和土壤的質量.考察四個選項,含有破壞意思的desttroy符合題意.
10和11.語境題.分析本句話Ultimately, __10__, our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being less bad but on creating __11__ healthful materials.注意到本句話中的關鍵結構not...but...,其意思是不僅僅是...而是...10題考查兩句話之間的邏輯關系.分析句子后,可以發現句中的not...but...,not...部分是對前一句的總結,but...是本句所要重點表達的意思.注意到not...部分中的 not simply,可以確定兩個句子的關系應該是轉折的關系,所以應該選擇however.在本結構中not simply on being less bad 是對上一句意思的總結,有本句話中的關鍵詞not simply以及后半句可知,本句話和前一句應該是轉折的關系.11題的解答可以用到標志詞法,分析not...but...結構可知,兩者結構是并列的,意思是遞進的.即根據less bad,推出11應該選擇completely.
12.詞匯搭配題.本題考查固定搭配either...or...
13.詞匯搭配題.本題考查固定搭配as a matter of fact表示in fact.
14.詞匯搭配題.分析本句the worlds largest carpet manufacturer has already __14__ a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable.主語為the worlds largest carpet manufacturer,賓語為a carpet.其意思為世界最大的地毯制造商...地毯.考察四個選項,由句中的has already,可知排除researched,因為它是持續性動詞.sketched意思不符,constructed搭配不對,所以正確答案為表示開發意思的developed.
15.語境題,詞匯搭配題.本題的解答需要綜合考慮本句和下一句話的意思.注意到下一句中的But和 current,可以推斷本句話應該是表示發生在現在以前的事情.考察選項四個詞匯與介詞out搭配構成的詞組的意思,start out的意思為出發,動身;開始時打算.pull out的意思為拔出,離開,度過難關,恢復健康.look out的意思為面朝,朝外看;留神,提防;照料,照看;搜尋,找出.make out的意思為書寫,填寫,拼湊,進展,說明,設法應付,理解,辨認出,做,了解.因此可以確定應該選擇start.
16.語境題.分析本句But our current industrial systems are __16__ causing these conditions, whether we like it or not.本題的解答有賴于對后半句的意思的理解.后半句的意思為無論我們喜不喜歡它.由此可以推斷出引起的這些情況是必然發生的,考察四個選項,可知應該選擇含有不可避免地意思的inevitably.
17和18.語境題,詞匯搭配題.分析該句話So __17__ of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are __18__ a positive approach.17題所考查的是表示兩個分句之間邏輯關系的連接詞.由前一句中的reduce the damage和后一句中的positive approach,可知兩者的意思是相反的,所以應該選擇instead of,其意思為代替.18題主要考察詞匯的搭配.分析后半句,主語為we,賓語為approach,approach作名詞時的意思為方法,途經.根據含義表達的習慣,應該選擇含有采納,采用意思的adopt.
19.語境題.分析本句話Were giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a __19__ effect on the world.根據我講過的標志詞法,注意到句中的and,所以and前后的兩個分句的意思是相近的.前半個句子的意思是我們正在給人們高質量,健康的商品.分析and后面的半個句子,在句中含有一個定語從句that have a __19__ effect,先行詞為choices,換句話說這個定語從句是修飾choices的.所以空格19所填入的形容詞所表達的意思應該是和前半個句子是相近的,考察四個選項,應該選擇含有有益的意思的beneficial.
20.詞匯搭配題.首先考察四個選項,full, total和complete都是用來修飾數量多的,而entireentire 是指一樣東西的全部,也就是說整體.注意到本文的最后一句Portland, Seattle and Boston have said they want to be green cities. Chicago wants to be the greenest city in the world.說明并不是全部城市都采取了這個方法.所以應該選擇entire表示整個城市.
作業答案:
1. Thanks to a host of new inventions
2. I am more likely to get tired than before
3. whatever sacrifice I have to make
4. it is more convenient and less time-consuming
5. is measured by how many they can loan
完型填空練習:
The part of the environmental movement that draws my firms attention is the design of cities buildings nd products. When we designed Americas first so-called green office building in New York two decades __1__, we felt very alone. But today, thousands of people come to green building conferences, and the __2__ that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly influential in years to __3__.
Back in 1984 we discovered that most manufactured products for decoration werent designed for __4__ use. The energy-efficient sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis __75__ indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet. So far 20 years, weve been focusing on these materials __6__ to the molecules, looking for ways to make them __7__ for people and the planet.
Home builders can now use materials-such as paints that release significantly __8__ amounts of organic compounds-that dont __9__ the quality of the air, water, or soil. Ultimately, __10__, our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being less bad but on creating __11__ healthful materials that can be either safely returned to the soil __12__ reused by industry again and again. As a matter of __13__, the worlds largest carpet manufacturer has already __14__ a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable .
Look at it this way: No one __15__ out to create a building that destroys the planet. But our current industrial systems are __16__ causing these conditions, whether we like it or not. So __17__ of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are __18__ a positive approach. Were giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a __19__ effect on the world. Its not just the building industry, either. __20__ cities are taking these environmentally positive approaches to design, planning and building. Portland, Seattle and Boston have said they want to be green cities. Chicago wants to be the greenest city in the world.
1. A) ago B) off C) before D) away
2. A) practice B) outlook C) idea D) scheme
3. A) go B) come C) arrive D) continue
4. A) indoor B) inward C) relevant D) flexible
5. A) displayed B) discovered C) exhibited D) revealed
6. A) back B) down C) next D) near
7. A) comfortable B) cautious C) safe D) stable
8. A) reduced B) revised C) descended D) delayed
9. A) deny B) depress C) dissolve D) destroy
10.A) besides B) however C) anyhow D) anyway
11.A) partially B) exactly C) completely D) superficially
12.A) or B) and C) but D) nor
13.A) interest B) fact C) principle D) course
14.A) sketched B) constructed C) researched D) developed
15.A) starts B) pulls C) looks D) makes
16.A) basically B) originally C) traditionally D) inevitably
17.A) because B) out C) instead D) regardless
18.A) adjusting B) admitting C) adopting D) adapting
19.A) functional B) beneficial C) precious D) sensible
20.A) Entire B) Total C) Full D) Complete
作業:
1. ____________,doctors can treat this disease successfully.
2. In my sixties, one change I notice is that____________.
3. I am going to purchase this course,__________.
4. I would prefer shopping online to shopping in a department store because __________.
5. Many Americans live on credit, and their quality of life__________,not how much they can earn.
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. D
6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. B
11. C 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. A
16. D 17. C 18. C 19. B 20. A
1.語境題.根據下文中的謂語動詞felt以及下一句的開頭部分But today,可以判斷出該句的事態應該為過去時,而前半句又為句中的時間狀語,可以確定正確答案為ago.
2.語境題.本題首先需要對該空所在的句子進行語法分析.the __2__ that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly influential in years to __3__.注意到that引導的從句部分為一個完整的句子,正句話并不缺少任何成分,所以可以確定該從句應為同位語從句.考察四個選項,可以用來作為同位語從句先行詞并且意思通順的只能是idea,表示觀點,看法.
3.詞匯搭配題.首先分析這句話the environment will be increasingly influential in years to __3__.注意到其時態為將來時,而to __3__在文中為不定時作定語,修飾years.而選擇的詞匯應該符合該句將來時的事態并且意思通順.to come的意思為即將到來的.
4.語境題.本題第一眼看無法確定該選擇哪個答案,但繼續讀下去可以發現,本段的結構為總分結構,即本句話是該段的總結句.分析下面的內容可以發現,該段主要是講述關于室內裝修的,所以該空應該選擇indoor.
5.詞匯搭配題.本題需要根據主語和賓語,考察選項,確定正確的謂語動詞.分析句子The energy-efficient sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis __5__ indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet.主語為The energy-efficient sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis,賓語為problem,其大致意思為某事...了問題.根據中文的表達習慣,應為某事暴露問題.reveal的意思為露出,揭示,顯示.此處引申為暴露的意思.
6.詞匯搭配題.本題四個選項,down to的意思為下至,next to的意思為接近,靠近,與鄰近;次于,near to的意思為接近;幾乎要.分析該句話weve been focusing on these materials __76__ to the molecules.解題的關鍵在于對materials和molecules的理解,前者的意思為材料,后者的意思為分子.materials比 molecules所表述的概念更大,所以應該選擇down to.
7.語境題.本題的解答有賴于對本段大意的準確把握.本段的主題是討論裝修材料所存在的問題,該問題對人類和植物的安全造成危險.所以本題應該選擇safe.
8.詞匯搭配題.本題需要根據主語和賓語,考察選項,確定正確的謂語動詞.本句話such as paints that release significantly __8__ amounts of organic compounds.為一個插入語結構.該句話的主語為paints that release,賓語為amounts of organic compounds.即涂料...了有機混合物的數量,考察四個選項,可以確定選擇含有減少意思的reduce.
9.詞匯搭配題.分析本句 that dont __9__ the quality of the air, water, or soil.that指代前面的materials,其意思為材料不會...空氣,水和土壤的質量.考察四個選項,含有破壞意思的desttroy符合題意.
10和11.語境題.分析本句話Ultimately, __10__, our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being less bad but on creating __11__ healthful materials.注意到本句話中的關鍵結構not...but...,其意思是不僅僅是...而是...10題考查兩句話之間的邏輯關系.分析句子后,可以發現句中的not...but...,not...部分是對前一句的總結,but...是本句所要重點表達的意思.注意到not...部分中的 not simply,可以確定兩個句子的關系應該是轉折的關系,所以應該選擇however.在本結構中not simply on being less bad 是對上一句意思的總結,有本句話中的關鍵詞not simply以及后半句可知,本句話和前一句應該是轉折的關系.11題的解答可以用到標志詞法,分析not...but...結構可知,兩者結構是并列的,意思是遞進的.即根據less bad,推出11應該選擇completely.
12.詞匯搭配題.本題考查固定搭配either...or...
13.詞匯搭配題.本題考查固定搭配as a matter of fact表示in fact.
14.詞匯搭配題.分析本句the worlds largest carpet manufacturer has already __14__ a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable.主語為the worlds largest carpet manufacturer,賓語為a carpet.其意思為世界最大的地毯制造商...地毯.考察四個選項,由句中的has already,可知排除researched,因為它是持續性動詞.sketched意思不符,constructed搭配不對,所以正確答案為表示開發意思的developed.
15.語境題,詞匯搭配題.本題的解答需要綜合考慮本句和下一句話的意思.注意到下一句中的But和 current,可以推斷本句話應該是表示發生在現在以前的事情.考察選項四個詞匯與介詞out搭配構成的詞組的意思,start out的意思為出發,動身;開始時打算.pull out的意思為拔出,離開,度過難關,恢復健康.look out的意思為面朝,朝外看;留神,提防;照料,照看;搜尋,找出.make out的意思為書寫,填寫,拼湊,進展,說明,設法應付,理解,辨認出,做,了解.因此可以確定應該選擇start.
16.語境題.分析本句But our current industrial systems are __16__ causing these conditions, whether we like it or not.本題的解答有賴于對后半句的意思的理解.后半句的意思為無論我們喜不喜歡它.由此可以推斷出引起的這些情況是必然發生的,考察四個選項,可知應該選擇含有不可避免地意思的inevitably.
17和18.語境題,詞匯搭配題.分析該句話So __17__ of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are __18__ a positive approach.17題所考查的是表示兩個分句之間邏輯關系的連接詞.由前一句中的reduce the damage和后一句中的positive approach,可知兩者的意思是相反的,所以應該選擇instead of,其意思為代替.18題主要考察詞匯的搭配.分析后半句,主語為we,賓語為approach,approach作名詞時的意思為方法,途經.根據含義表達的習慣,應該選擇含有采納,采用意思的adopt.
19.語境題.分析本句話Were giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a __19__ effect on the world.根據我講過的標志詞法,注意到句中的and,所以and前后的兩個分句的意思是相近的.前半個句子的意思是我們正在給人們高質量,健康的商品.分析and后面的半個句子,在句中含有一個定語從句that have a __19__ effect,先行詞為choices,換句話說這個定語從句是修飾choices的.所以空格19所填入的形容詞所表達的意思應該是和前半個句子是相近的,考察四個選項,應該選擇含有有益的意思的beneficial.
20.詞匯搭配題.首先考察四個選項,full, total和complete都是用來修飾數量多的,而entireentire 是指一樣東西的全部,也就是說整體.注意到本文的最后一句Portland, Seattle and Boston have said they want to be green cities. Chicago wants to be the greenest city in the world.說明并不是全部城市都采取了這個方法.所以應該選擇entire表示整個城市.
作業答案:
1. Thanks to a host of new inventions
2. I am more likely to get tired than before
3. whatever sacrifice I have to make
4. it is more convenient and less time-consuming
5. is measured by how many they can loan