英語專業四級詞匯與語法全真模擬練習50

　　　1. During the summer holiday season there are no _____ rooms in this seaside hotel.

　　A.empty

　　B.blank

　　C.deserted

　　D.vacant

　　2. Drive straight ahead, and then you will see a _____ to the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway.

　　A.sign

　　B.mark

　　C.signal

　　D.board

　　3 . Whenever possible, Ian _____ how well he speaks Japanese.

　　A.shows up

　　B.shows around

　　C.shows off

　　D.shows out

　　4. The tenant left nothing behind except some _____ of paper, cloth, etc.

　　A.sheets

　　B.scraps

　　C.pages

　　D.slices

　　5 Shares on the stock market have _____ as a result of a worldwide economic downturn.

　　A.turned

　　B.changed

　　C.floated

　　D.fluctuated

　　6. I think you can take a _____ language course to improve your English.

　　A.intermediate

　　B.middle

　　C.medium

　　D.mid

　　答案：

　　1.考點：同義詞

　　辨析：empty --- having nothing inside

　　blank --- devoid of writing, images, or marks:

　　deserted --- being left without help or support

　　vacant --- not occupied or used by anyone: a vacant room

　　If a container, bottle, or glass has nothing inside it, we say it is empty. For example: The box was empty --- all the money was gone.

　　If a room, building, town, or place has nothing or no one in it, we often use such words as empty, free, bare, deserted, uninhabited. For example: I think theres a free table in the corner. / The little church was bare and cold. / We ran along the deserted beach. / The castle is now uninhabited.

　　If a screen, tape, or piece of paper has nothing written or recorded on it, we say it is blank: I want to record the film. Do we have any blank video cassettes? / Tom started at the blank sheet of paper in front of him.

　　答案：D

　　2.考點：近義詞

　　辨析：sign --- something with words or shapes on it, which is put in a public place to show the name of a building, town, etc. or to give a warning or information: / something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality: Didnt you see the speed limit signs? / The sign said No smoking.

　　mark --- an inscription, name, stamp, label, or seal placed on an article to signify ownership, quality, manufacture, or origin

　　signal --- an indicator, such as a gesture or colored light, that serves as a means of communication

　　board --- a long, flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank

　　Simply to say, the usual collocation is traffic sign / road sign

　　答案：A

　　3.考點：詞組

　　辨析：show up --- expose or reveal the true character or nature of: The master tried not to show the boy up as a thief.

　　show around --- conduct with direction: The guards showed the visitors around.

　　show off --- display in order to attract notice: She loves showing off.

　　show out --- take leave of a person: After the interview, the secretary showed the applicant out of the Board room.

　　答案：C

　　4.考點：易混淆詞

　　辨析：sheet --- a flat thin piece of glass, paper etc.:

　　sheet of glass / paper / steel / metal / The roof is made of sheets of corrugated iron.

　　scrap --- a small piece : He made some pretty bags out of scraps of curtain material.

　　page --- one side of a leaf, as of a book, letter, newspaper, or manuscript, especially the entire leaf: tore a page from the book

　　slice --- a thin flat piece of food that you cut from a larger piece: Have a slice of bread and butter.

　　答案：B

　　5.考點：近義詞

　　辨析：turn --- get by buying and selling:

　　change --- give or receive the equivalent of in lower denominations or in foreign currency.

　　float --- find a level in relationship to other currencies solely in response to the law of supply and demand: allowed the dollar to float.

　　fluctuate -- cause to rise and fall or vary irregularly: fluctuating prices / Prices fluctuate from year to year.

　　答案：D

　　6考點：近義詞與習慣搭配

　　辨析： intermediate --- lying or occurring between two extremes or in a middle position or state

　　middle --- central:

　　medium --- middle quality or degree: stick to a happy medium

　　mid --- middle: from mid March to mid April

　　答案：A

　　在語言習得理論中有一個術語叫 intermediate language，翻譯成漢語是中介語。

　　　1. During the summer holiday season there are no _____ rooms in this seaside hotel.

　　A.empty

　　B.blank

　　C.deserted

　　D.vacant

　　2. Drive straight ahead, and then you will see a _____ to the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway.

　　A.sign

　　B.mark

　　C.signal

　　D.board

　　3 . Whenever possible, Ian _____ how well he speaks Japanese.

　　A.shows up

　　B.shows around

　　C.shows off

　　D.shows out

　　4. The tenant left nothing behind except some _____ of paper, cloth, etc.

　　A.sheets

　　B.scraps

　　C.pages

　　D.slices

　　5 Shares on the stock market have _____ as a result of a worldwide economic downturn.

　　A.turned

　　B.changed

　　C.floated

　　D.fluctuated

　　6. I think you can take a _____ language course to improve your English.

　　A.intermediate

　　B.middle

　　C.medium

　　D.mid

　　答案：

　　1.考點：同義詞

　　辨析：empty --- having nothing inside

　　blank --- devoid of writing, images, or marks:

　　deserted --- being left without help or support

　　vacant --- not occupied or used by anyone: a vacant room

　　If a container, bottle, or glass has nothing inside it, we say it is empty. For example: The box was empty --- all the money was gone.

　　If a room, building, town, or place has nothing or no one in it, we often use such words as empty, free, bare, deserted, uninhabited. For example: I think theres a free table in the corner. / The little church was bare and cold. / We ran along the deserted beach. / The castle is now uninhabited.

　　If a screen, tape, or piece of paper has nothing written or recorded on it, we say it is blank: I want to record the film. Do we have any blank video cassettes? / Tom started at the blank sheet of paper in front of him.

　　答案：D

　　2.考點：近義詞

　　辨析：sign --- something with words or shapes on it, which is put in a public place to show the name of a building, town, etc. or to give a warning or information: / something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality: Didnt you see the speed limit signs? / The sign said No smoking.

　　mark --- an inscription, name, stamp, label, or seal placed on an article to signify ownership, quality, manufacture, or origin

　　signal --- an indicator, such as a gesture or colored light, that serves as a means of communication

　　board --- a long, flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank

　　Simply to say, the usual collocation is traffic sign / road sign

　　答案：A

　　3.考點：詞組

　　辨析：show up --- expose or reveal the true character or nature of: The master tried not to show the boy up as a thief.

　　show around --- conduct with direction: The guards showed the visitors around.

　　show off --- display in order to attract notice: She loves showing off.

　　show out --- take leave of a person: After the interview, the secretary showed the applicant out of the Board room.

　　答案：C

　　4.考點：易混淆詞

　　辨析：sheet --- a flat thin piece of glass, paper etc.:

　　sheet of glass / paper / steel / metal / The roof is made of sheets of corrugated iron.

　　scrap --- a small piece : He made some pretty bags out of scraps of curtain material.

　　page --- one side of a leaf, as of a book, letter, newspaper, or manuscript, especially the entire leaf: tore a page from the book

　　slice --- a thin flat piece of food that you cut from a larger piece: Have a slice of bread and butter.

　　答案：B

　　5.考點：近義詞

　　辨析：turn --- get by buying and selling:

　　change --- give or receive the equivalent of in lower denominations or in foreign currency.

　　float --- find a level in relationship to other currencies solely in response to the law of supply and demand: allowed the dollar to float.

　　fluctuate -- cause to rise and fall or vary irregularly: fluctuating prices / Prices fluctuate from year to year.

　　答案：D

　　6考點：近義詞與習慣搭配

　　辨析： intermediate --- lying or occurring between two extremes or in a middle position or state

　　middle --- central:

　　medium --- middle quality or degree: stick to a happy medium

　　mid --- middle: from mid March to mid April

　　答案：A

　　在語言習得理論中有一個術語叫 intermediate language，翻譯成漢語是中介語。