六级考试常见词汇整理词汇测试题型分析

　　词汇题主要测试应试者对大纲词汇和短语的词义、用法和搭配的辨认和运用能力。测试的重点主要有：

　　一、动词短语和介词短语的搭配和辨义

　　二、近义词辨异

　　三、形近词辨义

　　四、单词辨义

　　五、固定搭配关系：如动词和名词、名词与形容词、动词、名词、形容词与介词或副词之间的搭配。

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　　1.Example

　　a.Select any of these periodicals: Time, Newsweek, Readers Digest or The New Yorker.

　　b.She is studying glaucoma and other disease of the eye.

　　2.Comparison

　　a.The snow was falling. Big flakes drifted with wind like feathers.

　　3.Contrast

　　a.Most of us agreed, however, Bill dissented.

　　b.Peter was not fugal since he spent money so freely.

　　4.Definition

　　a.The harbor is protected by a jetty―a wall built out into the water.

　　b.Jane is indecisive, that is , she cant make up her mind.

　　5.Restatement

　　a.He had a wan look. He was so pale and weak that we thought he was ill.

　　b.Carbon monoxide is a noxious gas which can cause death.

　　c.I am a resolute man. Once I set up a goal, I wont give up easily.

　　6.General Knowledge

　　a.The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel.

　　b.We have found that no one in the freshmen class can add, multiply, subtract or divide simple sums Therefore we are starting up a special remedial arithmetic course

　　7.Related Information

　　a.Just before the exam Carls hands shook and sweated so much that he could not hold a pen. His heart beat fast and his stomach ached, even though he knew the subject very well. He had a strange phobia about taking tests.

　　1.The barren land could produce little food.

　　sterile, unfertile

　　fertile

　　2.The room was dark and I bumped my head against the door.

　　Collide, hit

　　3.My wifes been exerting a lot of pressure on me to change my job.

　　Put forth, use, utilize

　　4.The kings younger brother took part in the intrigue to make himself king.

　　conspiracy

　　5.They had to postpone their trip because of rain.

　　Delay, put off, defer

　　均含推迟、延期、延缓的意思。

　　delay 指暂时阻挠或阻挡, 稍后可再继续进行, 如: The steamer was delayed by bad weather.

　　defer指决定延期至适当时期, 而且有意向将来一定继续作, 如: Payment has been deferred until next week.

　　postpone是正式用语, 语义较强, 指有意识地延至将来某一特定时间, 在多数情况下, 后面说明改在何时进行, 如: The meeting has been postponed to Friday.

　　put off与postpone大致同义, 但较通俗口语化, 如: Lets put this off till some other time.

　　6.The cat took refuge from the dog behind the tree.

　　shelter

　　7.Their hope of finding him alive was shattered when his dead body was found.

　　Break, smash, destroy,

　　8.He tilted his chair back too far and fell on the floor.

　　Incline, leap, slope

　　9.His belief that he was too clever to be caught in his wrongdoing was absurd.

　　Foolish, silly, ridiculous

　　均含不合情理、荒唐、可笑、愚蠢的意思。

　　absurd 强调不符合人情或常识的, 如:

　　Its clear to everybody that the creation of the world by God is absurd.

　　foolish 强调缺乏智慧和判断力的, 如:

　　What a foolish suggestion!

　　silly 强调单纯、糊涂、低能的, 如:

　　I cant stand her giggling, shes so silly.

　　ridiculous 意为荒谬的、令人发笑的, 常会有鄙视之意, 如:

　　How ridiculous!

　　Logical, rational, reasonable, sensible

　　10. She is an amiable girl and gets along with every one in the office.

　　good-natured, obliging, agreeable, pleasant

　　hated, ill-natured

　　11. The sweet temper is a figurative expression, but sweet coffee is not.

　　literal

　　12. Most flowers will not thrive without water and sunshine.

　　Bloom, boom, develop, flourish, grow, increase, mushroom, prospers,

　　decline

　　13. They buy at wholesale and sell at retail.

　　14. Our country is in great danger; we must mobilize the army.

　　15. Mr. Eisenhower preceded Mr. Kennedy as president of the United States.

　　Forerun, head, lead

　　follow

　　16. When a person has successfully completed a certain course of study, he is given a diploma by the school.

　　17. In the museum there is a miniature of the ship Mayflower.

　　minute

　　18. The poet used the word flight as a rhyme for the word night.

　　rhythm

　　19. When I read a book, I usually skip over the uninteresting part.

　　Bypass, jump, leap, omit, pass over, spring

　　20. The witness asserted that the salesman was dishonest.

　　21. He would deem it an honor if the minister came to see him.

　　Assume, believe, consider, judge, regard, suppose, think

　　22. Freedom of action is one of the inviolable rules of human behavior.

　　23. The beating of a drum on the battlefield stimulated the soldiers to fight more bravely.

　　Activate, motivate, move, rouse, spur, stir

　　24. Toy balloons, sponges and steel springs are elastic.

　　Flexible, adaptable

　　25. Too much alcohol makes all your sense blunt.

　　Dull

　　26. He was pale with fatigue after his sleepless night.

　　Exhaust, tire, wear out

　　27. As the currency of a country is inflated, the prices of goods begin to rise.

　　28. She is too plump to fit into this dress.

　　29. You can hardly shun meeting her if you and she both work in the same office.

　　Avoid, ignore

　　30. We cant confide in his words, for he often breaks his promises.

　　Rely, trust in

　　31. The fisherman had some bright colored lures to attract fish.

　　attract

　　32. The bridge is far away from here; wed better wade wade across the stream.

　　33. She went to the library in quest of something to read.

　　Explore, hunt, pursue, search, seek

　　34. In order to lose weight, she refrained from eating candy.

　　35. A good hunting dog is alert to every sound and movement in the field.

　　watchful

　　36. The artificial flowers were made of paper and cloth.

　　Fake, false, synthetic, unreal

　　37. He watched the airplane ascend higher and higher.

　　Climb, rise

　　38. I always feel she has a grudge against me, although I dont know what wrong I have done to her.

　　dislike

　　39. He was so steadfast to his principles that we couldnt move him.

　　40. The treacherous soldier carried some important pieces of information to the enemy.

　　41. The bag of candy made a bulge in the childs pocket.

　　42. It is a contradiction to say you support the government but would not vote fro it in an election.

　　43. Small quantities of poison were detected in the dead mans stomach.

　　detect

　　catch, discover, perceive, recognize, spy

　　conceal, hide

　　44. The plan was good in every respect, but it was badly executed.

　　accomplish, carry out, complete

　　45. A week intervenes between Christmas and New Years Day.

　　46. He was nearly drowned, but we revived him.

　　bring back, refresh, regenerate, renew, restore

　　47. The story will be continued in subsequent issues of the magazine.

　　Following, later, next

　　48. He ordered wallpaper dimensions: 16 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 8 feet high.

　　Measurement, size

　　49. When she was sewing she pricked her finger and made it bleed.

　　50. She underwent a thorough examination at the hospital according to the doctors order.

　　Encounter, endure, experience, feel, go through, have, meet, suffer, meet, suffer