题型有： 3. LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
PART III LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGEThere are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words, phrases or statements marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose one word, phrase or statement that best completes the sentence.
1． I can’t imagine how this place passes ______ a five-star hotel! The service is dreadful.
A．down
B．for
C．over
D．up
正确答案：B
解析：pass for意为“(错误地)被看做……；冒充”，符合句意，故选B。pass down意为“把……传给后世”，常用被动语态；pass over意为“忽略，不注意”：pass up意为“错过，放过某事”。 知识模块：词汇
2． Because of its intimacy, radio is usually more than just a medium; it is______.
A．firm
B．company
C．corporation
D．enterprise
正确答案：B
解析：由intimacy“亲密”可知，收音机除了是a medium之外，还是朋友。company除了表示”公司，企业”，还有“同伴，伙伴”之义，故选B。firm表示“公司，(合伙)商号”；corporation表示“法人，企业”；enterprise表示“企业，事业”。 知识模块：词汇
3． I was desperate to find a way out of teaching, so when this job came along I ______ at it.
A．caught
B．seized
C．snatched
D．possessed
正确答案：C
解析：snatched at意为“试图攫取或抓住，不放过，急切地想得到”，符合题意，故选C。caught意为“抓住”，为及物动词，后可直接跟宾语；seized后不接介词at，但可接on／upon意为“抓住；占用”，与up连用表示“(机器或部件)卡住，失灵”；possessed意为“拥有，占有；具有”等，是及物动词，后可直接跟宾语。 知识模块：词汇
4． He spoke so ______ that even his opponents were won over by his arguments.
A．bluntly
B．convincingly
C．emphatically
D．determinedly
正确答案：B
解析：his opponents were won over“把对手说服了”表明他的讲话非常有说服力，convincingly表示“有说服力地”，故B正确。bluntly表示“坦率地，率直地”；emphatically表示“强调地，用力地”；determinedly表示“决然地，断然地”。 知识模块：词汇
5． My neighbors are always disturbing me, scolding their children. The underlined part means ______.
A．gathering
B．calling
C．blaming
D．hitting
正确答案：C
解析：scold意为“训斥，责骂”，blame“指责，责备”与之意思最接近，故选C。 知识模块：词汇
6． She hoped her business would eventually ______ into a $1 billion business in Japan.
A．blow
B．hoist
C．blossom
D．elevate
正确答案：C
解析：blossom into表示“成长，繁荣”，符合本句语境，故选C。blow表示“吹，吹动”，blow into表示“偶然来访，出其不意地出现”；hoist表示“(用绳子)升起，提起”；elevate表示“举起，提拔”．常用于elevate．．．to sth．结构中。 知识模块：词汇
7． Some species disappeared or became ______ as new forms came into being that were better adapted to the Earth’s changing environment.
A．extinguished
B．massive
C．extinct
D．feeble
正确答案：C
解析：由并列连词or可知，空格中应填入与disappeared“消失”意思相近的词，extinct“灭绝的，绝种的”符合句子语境，故C正确。extinguished表示“(灯火、希望、热情、想法等)被熄
灭的，被消灭的”，不符合本句语境；massive表示“大量的，大规模的”；feeble表示“虚弱的，脆弱的”。 知识模块：词汇
8． Without microscopes and other modern ______, attempts to teach science were futile.
A．utilities
B．equipment
C．costume
D．products
正确答案：B
解析：由并列连词and和other可知，选用的词应是与microscopes“显微镜”并列的设备，equipment表示“设备，装备，器材”，故B正确。utilities表示“公用事业，有用的东西”：costume表示“装束，服装”；products表示“产品，产物”，范围过宽。 知识模块：词汇
9． As the old empires were broken up and new states were formed, new official tongues began to ______ at an increasing rate.
A．bring up
B．build up
C．spring up
D．strike up
正确答案：C
解析：由new states were formed和new official tongues判断。需选用表示“出现，形成”之义的词组。spring up表示“突然出现，开始存在”，符合句子语境，故选C。bring up表示“教育，抚养”；build up表示“增强，逐步建立”；strike up表示“使开始”。 知识模块：词汇
10． You’ve got to stop playing around at college and skipping class. It’s just time for you to take a more serious ______ to life.
A．means
B．access
C．route
D．approach
正确答案：D
解析：答案需满足两个条件，一是能与take搭配，二是后可接to。approach意为“方法，步骤”，后接介词to；take a serious approach to意为“严肃对待……”，符合要求，故答案为D。means“方法，手段”一般后接of，虽也有后接to的情况，但不与take搭配；access也后接介词to，意为“取得(接近……)的方法／权利等”，但应与have搭配，故排除；route指“(旅行)路线”，take a route to．．．意为“走一条通往……的道路”，填入文中语义不通，此外route与serious搭配也不合理。 知识模块：词汇
英语四级词汇word版11． The authors of the United States Constitution attempted to establish an effective national government while preserving ______ for the states and liberty for individuals.
A．autonomy
B．dignity
C．monopoly
D．stability
正确答案：A
解析：由while可知前后两个分句在意义上是相对的，autonomy for the states“州自治”符合句子语境，故选A。dignity表示“尊严，高贵”；monopoly表示“垄断”；stability表示“稳定性”。 知识模块：词汇
12． Many people have despised the role of the United States and its ______ in the internal affairs of many countries.
A．concession
B．intervention
C．interruption
D．convention
正确答案：B
解析：intervention意为“干扰，干预；介入”，后接介词in，符合题意，故选B。concession“让步；特许”，interruption“打断；中断”和convention“惯例，常规，习俗，公约，协定”，都与句意不符。 知识模块：词汇
13． At last the prisoner decided to ______ the police and told them the truth instead of all those lies.
A．level off
B．level with
C．level at
D．level up
正确答案：B
解析：根据instead of all those lies“不再像过去那样撒谎”可知，囚犯决定说实话了，level with表示“对……说实话”，符合语境，故选B。level off表示“作水平飞行，达到平衡”；level at表示“瞄准，对准”；level up表示“达到……水平”。 知识模块：词汇
14． The government _____ on industry the importance of low pay settlements.
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