2014年职称英语考试综合类B级词汇专项训练四

　　词汇专项训练四

　　下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。

　　1 The nursery is bright and cheerful.

　　A pleasant

　　B colorful

　　C fashionable

　　D different

　　2 He is but a child.

　　A probably

　　B not

　　C only

　　D hardly

　　3 The price of vegetables varies according to the weather.

　　A jump

　　B rises

　　C falls

　　D changes

　　4 Did you do that to irritate her?

　　A tease

　　B attract

　　C annoy

　　D Protect

　　5 The old lady let her fiat to an English couple.

　　A offered

　　B rented

　　C provided

　　D sold

　　6 A ship was reported to be in distress a few miles out at sea.

　　A disorder

　　B formation

　　C service

　　D danger

　　7 You should cultivate the habit of reading carefully.

　　A invent

　　B begin

　　C develop

　　D initiate

　　8 Merge the following two short sentences into one new sentence.

　　A Split

　　B Combine

　　C Break

　　D Divide:

　　9 His handwriting is flowing and graceful.

　　A pleasing

　　B formal

　　C informal

　　D flowery

　　10 The sisters cant tolerate each other.

　　A bear

　　B hate

　　C like

　　D criticize

　　11 The dentist has decided to extract her bad tooth.

　　A pull out

　　B repair

　　C takes

　　D dig

　　12 The childs abnormal, behavior puzzled the doctor.

　　A funny

　　B frightening

　　C repeated

　　D unusual

　　13 Gunpowder was used extensively in firearms prior to 1990.

　　A in

　　B around

　　C from

　　D before

　　14 Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree to which the, can be deliberately controlled and modified.

　　A sufficiently

　　B noticeably

　　C intentionally

　　D absolutely

　　15 Foreign money can be converted into the local currency at this bank.

　　A altered

　　B changed

　　C bought

　　D sold