多样式攻克大学英语四级词汇第17期

1. 【真题】The education ___ for the coming year is about $4 billion , which is much more than what people expected.(1997.1)

A. allowance

B. budget

C. reservation

D. finance

 

2.【真题】In Britain people ____ four million tons of potatoes every year.(2001.1)

A. swallow

B. dispose

C. consume

D. exhaust

 

3.【真题】It is quite necessary for a qualified¹ teacher to have good manners and ___ knowledge.(1996.1)

A. extensive

B. expansive

C. intensive

D. expensive

 

4.【真题】 He was ___ of having asked such a silly question.(1991.6)

A. sorry

B. guilty

C. ashamed

D. miserable²

 

5.【真题】 He made such a ____ contribution to the university that they are naming one of the new buildings after him.

A. genuine

B. minimum

C. modest

D. generous

 答案及解析

1. 【解析】答案为B

allowance津贴,补贴;budget预算;reservation保留,预定;finance财政,金融.

【译文】明年的教育预算拨款将达到4亿美圆,比人们原先预计的多不少.

budget

n. 预算,预算拨款 vi.(for)作预算,作安排 vt.规划,安排 a.低廉的,收费公道的

【联想】allowance n.津贴,补贴,零用钱;make allowance(s) for考虑到,顾及;体谅

【搭配】budget for为……编预算/做准备;balance one’s budget量入为出,平衡预算;on a (tight)budget拮据的,缺钱的;within /below budget在预算内/低于预算

 

2. 【解析】答案为C

swallow吞咽,吞没;dispose处理掉,处置;consume消费,消耗;exhaust用光,使筋疲力尽.

【译文】在英国,人们每年要消耗的土豆达400万吨.

consume

vt.消耗,花费;吃完,喝光;(with)使着迷,充满;烧毁,毁灭

【联想】consumption  n.消费,消耗,挥霍;消费/耗量;consumer n.消费/耗者.用户  consume与exhaust, swallow均有”耗尽”之意.consume强调大量的消耗用尽,如:consume resources/time; exhaust指用光,而使没有或失去,如:exhaust one’s patience; swallow指用光,被一下子吞掉,如:swallow up all one’s savings³.

【搭配】be consumed with(指感情)被……吞噬

 

3.【解析】答案为A

extensive广阔的,广泛的,extensive knowledge指广博的知识面;expansive可扩大/扩展的;intensive密集的,集中的;expensive价格昂贵的.

【译文】一名称职的教师需具备良好的举止和广博的知识.

extension

n.伸出,伸展,扩大;延长部分,扩大部分,扩建部分;电话分机,分机号码

【联想】extensive a.广大的,广阔的;广泛的,大量的;extensively ad.前缀 ex-意为”向外”,in-意为”向内”,如:exclude ,include ; external ,internal; exterior⁴, interior; extrovert⁵, introvert⁶

【搭配】extension to sth. 为/对……的增加/扩建

 

4.【解析】答案为C

be sorry about/for对……感到抱歉/遗憾;be guilty of因……感到内疚/有罪;be ashamed of为……感到羞愧;feel miserable对……感到痛苦/悲惨/可怜.

【译文】他为问了这样一个愚蠢的问题而感到羞愧.

miserable

a.痛苦的,悲惨的,可怜的;令人难受(或痛苦)的

【联想】misery n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦. miserable与wretch均有”悲惨的”之意.miserable指由于贫穷或不幸导致的痛苦,悲惨境遇,令人同情;wretch指由于表面贫困,肮脏,瘦弱使觉得悲惨,含轻视,怜悯之意.

【搭配】be miserable from…因……而痛苦

 

5.【解析】答案为D

genuine真诚的;minimum最低的;modest谦逊的;generous慷慨的.

【译文】他给了那所大学非常慷慨的捐助,所以他们以他的名字命名其中一座大楼.

modest

a.谦虚的,谦逊的;适中的,适度

【联想】modest与humble⁷均有”谦逊的”之意.modest强调虚心程度,不自吹自擂;humble指把自己置于低于他人的位置上以示谦恭,如:my humble opinion.

【搭配】be modest about sth对……表示谦虚

1 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

2 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

3 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

4 exterior   

adj.外部的，外在的；表面的

参考例句：

• The seed has a hard exterior covering.这种子外壳很硬。
• We are painting the exterior wall of the house.我们正在给房子的外墙涂漆。

5 extrovert   

n.性格外向的人

参考例句：

• A good salesman is usually an extrovert,who likes to mingle with people.一个好的推销员通常很外向，喜欢和人们交往。
• Do you think you're an extrovert or introvert?你认为你是个性外向的人还是个性内向的人？

6 introvert   

n.性格内向的人

参考例句：

• You are very much an introvert.你是一位地道的内向性格者。
• The same conversation that energizes the extravert also drains the introvert.同样的交谈能让外向者荣光焕发，却让内向者精神颓靡。

7 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。