英语专业四级考试每日一练:语法词汇练习题(15)

　　1. His expenditure on holidays and luxuries is rather high in __ with his income.

　　A comparison

　　B proportion

　　C association

　　D calculation

　　2. The President made his last public __ before his term of office ended.

　　A appearance

　　B engagement

　　C gathering

　　D meeting

　　3. There is no much time left, so Ill tell you about it__.

　　A in detail

　　B in brief

　　C in short

　　D in all

　　4. The population is leveling __ in the area as a result of family planning.

　　A with

　　B off

　　C up

　　D against

　　5. The rain was heavy and __ the land was flooded.

　　A consequently

　　B continuously

　　C constantly

　　D consistently

　　答案：

　　1-5AABBA

　　1.选A ①in comparison with与比较起来(可比相同点或不同点)The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with those of New York. ②in proportion to与成比例The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance: they treat everything with contempt which they do not understand. ③in association with 与联合，与共同They finished the work in association with their friends.

　　2.选A make ones last appearance 最后一次露面

　　3.选B ①in brief简短地，简言之This, in brief, is the answer to the argument.②in short 总之，用在表总结的场合You cant make me! I wont do it! In short, no!

　　4.选B ①level off达到平衡，稳定Prices leveled off after the inflation ended.

　　②level with和一样，坦率诚实地对待She leveled with him and felt better for it.③level up 使升高，到同一个平面上，提高We should level the output of our factory up to that of the advanced. ④level against对某人提出(控告)Some of the criticisms leveled against us are not altogether fair.

　　5.选A 根据句子的意思，可以看出and前后表因果关系，所以选consequently表因此