英语词汇是英语学习的一个重要内容,也是大学英语四、六级考试必考的项目。由于英语中有大量的近义词,考生在这一项目上易失分。下面我们就六级词汇A部分易考词汇出几道典型考题,题后附答案及讲解,以加强考生对该部分词汇的运用与理解。
典型考题:
1.These superstitious practices should be as soon as possible.
A)abolished B)extinguished
C)cancelled D)refused
2.The road is full ofturns, so you should drive very carefully.
A)accidental B)abrupt
C)swiftD)urgent
3.The statement completely laid bare theirfor world conquest.
A)admiration B)ambition
C)aspiration D)enterprise
4.The young woman often wearssuch as a diamond bracelet,a necklace,and earings.
A)ornaments B)trimmings
C)decorations D)accessories
5.With so much evidence against him he had tohis error openly.
A)admitB)acknowledge
C)confessD)recognize
6.With theof microwave technology,mankind enters a new period.
A)coming B)arrival
C)approach D)advent
7.He lay writhing on the ground in .
A)misery B)painful
C)distress D)agony
8.Would you please give some drugs that cancold symptoms?
A)alleviate B)decrease
C)reduceD)diminish
9.Even though the Red Cross had a large sum for the relief of the sufferers of the disaster,many people perished.
A)distributed B)dispensed
C)divided D)allocated
10.It is not strange that good harvestswith bad.
A)change B)exchange
C)alternateD)alternative
11.You shouldthe account of the event so that I can have a deeper understanding of it.
A)amplifyB)enlarge
C)augmentD)multiply
12.The Radcliffe College iswith Harvard University.The Harvard faculty provides all instruction,and Radcliffe graduates receive Harvard degrees.
A)connected B)affiliated
C)linkedD)adhered
13.This is a(n) dictionary.We can take the advantage of it.
A)forcefulB)authentic
C)powerfulD)authoritative
答案及精解:
1.答案为A。abolish指"消除长期存在的风俗、习惯"等,extinguish指"用压服性的武力等手段使之毁灭",如:You may extinguish a nation, but not the love of liberty.cancell指临时取消计划、会议、旅行等。
2.答案为B。accidental偶然的;abrupt没有料到的,意外的;swift迅速的;urgent紧急的。
3.答案为B。admiration钦佩,赞美,羡慕; ambition野心,雄心,是指对成功、财富或权力等的强烈愿望,可褒可贬,此处为贬义;aspiration热望,渴望,希望,常与for或after连用;enterprise事业心,进取心,干事业。
4.答案为D。ornaments指一般的装饰物或教堂用品;trimmings点缀,作为装饰或点缀而加上的东西,尤指花边或衣服上的刺绣;decorations指家居用或节日用的装饰品;accessories指妇女用的装饰品。
5.答案为B。这几个词意都含"承认"的意思。admit通常指因外界压力、良心或判断而承认某事的存在或真实性,含"不情愿"之意,如:I admit that she is right. acknowledge指"公开承认",常用于过去隐瞒或否认之事;confess着重承认自己的过错或罪恶,因此有"忏悔"、"坦白"的含意,如:He has confessed his crime. recognize意为认出,认知,认可。
6.答案为D。coming到来(口语化表达);arrival指到达某地,抵达,如:the arrival in New York;approach意为靠近,入门;advent尤指不寻常的人或事的出现,到来。
7.答案为D。misery不幸,悲惨;painful为形容词,不能与in搭配;distress沮丧,忧虑;agony指精神或肉体上的极大痛苦。
8.答案为A。alleviate使(痛苦等)易于忍受,减轻; decrease强调数目或使人不快之物的逐渐减少;reduce指"人为地减少、降低";diminish指因不断消耗,在数量方面慢慢减少,也指在素质或价值上的下降。
9.答案为D。distribute指"将某物分成一定的部分或数量,通常各份的数量不一定相等,然后分给某些人或地方";dispense指"分配给一群人中每个人应得的份";divide指"把整体分为若干部分";allocate指"分配一定数量的财物或任务给某些人、单位或事业等"。
10.答案为C。change改变,变化;exchange交换,兑换,交易;alternate交替,轮流,更迭;alternative二中择一,可供选择的办法或事物,选择性的,二中择一的。
11.答案为A。amplify详述,放大,增强,此处是指进一步阐述;enlarge主要指"大些体积、范围、能力的增大";augment系正式用语,指"通过添加数量使增大";multiply主要指"增加数量"、"通过繁殖来增加"。
12.答案为B。connect与link意皆为连接;affiliate(使)加入,接受为会员;adhere常与to连用,意为粘附,胶着,坚持。
13.答案为D。forceful意为"坚强的,有说服力的"; authentic可靠的,真的;powerful强大的;authoritative权
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