英语专业四级词汇与语法全真模拟练习42

　　57. Jimmy earns his living by _____ works of art in the museum.

　　A.recovering

　　B.restoring

　　C.renewing

　　D.reviving

　　58. I couldnt sleep last night because the tap in the bathroom was _____.

　　A.draining

　　B.dropping

　　C.spilling

　　D.dripping

　　59. The book gives a brief _____ of the course of his research up till now.

　　A.outline

　　B.reference

　　C.frame

　　D.outlook

　　60. She was standing outside in the snow, _____ with cold.

　　A.spinning

　　B.shivering

　　C.skating

　　D.staggering

　　61. All the rooms on the second floor have nicely _____ carpets, which are included in the price of the house.

　　A.adapted

　　B.equipped

　　C.suited

　　D.fitted

　　答案解析：

　　57考点：同义词

　　辨析：recover --- restore to a normal state: She soon recovered herself and stopped crying. recover ones health; recover from fatigue

　　restore --- bring back to an original condition: restore a building; The picture was cleverly restored.

　　renew --- make new or as if new again; restore: renew the antique chair; a coat renewed in places; renew ones friendship with sb.

　　revive --- return to validity, effectiveness, or operative condition: The fresh air soon revived him. revive an old custom.

　　选B

　　58考点：形近词

　　辨析：drain --- cause liquid to go out from; empty：drained the bathtub; drain the pond.

　　drop --- fall in drops

　　spill --- accidentally pour something onto something: Water spilled from the pail. The ink has spilt on the desk.

　　drip --- slowly and steadily falls one drop after another: Water is dripping from that leaky faucet. The boy dripped with rain. In the intense heat, sweat was dripping into his eyes, making it hard to see.

　　选D

　　59 考点： 同义词

　　辨析：outline --- a statement summarizing the important points of a text

　　reference --- a work frequently used as a source

　　frame --- a general structure or system

　　outlook --- a point of view; an attitude

　　In short, we usually use the word such as summary or outline to refer to a short statement giving the main ideas or facts of something

　　答案：A

　　60

　　考点：同义词

　　辨析：spin --- cause to rotate swiftly; twirl

　　shiver --- shake because you feel cold

　　skate --- move on a pair of sharp-edged steel blades to be fastened to a boot for moving smoothly over ice.

　　stagger --- move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight

　　答案：B

　　In short, we usually use the word such as shake, tremble or shiver to refer to the situation when someones body, hands etc. shakes because you are frightened, nervous, angry or feel cold, for example:

　　My hands were shaking so much I could hardly write.

　　That dog sat trembling in the corner.

　　Julia shivered and pulled her coat more tightly around her.

　　61考点：近义词

　　辨析：adapt --- make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation.

　　equip --- supply with necessities such as tools or provisions.

　　suit --- make appropriate or suitable; adapt

　　fit --- put into place

　　答案：D

　　Generally speaking, we usually use such words as put in, install, fit, when referring to to put equipment in a place and make it ready to be used. For example:

　　The workmen are coming to put in the new windows today.

　　The company is installing a new computer system.

　　All the new cars are fitted with alarms.

　　We decided to fit bars to the ground floor windows.