英语四级词汇真题强化训练 (第二十四期)

本期真题

1. was halfway¹ back to the cottage where my mother lived ________Susan caught up with me.

［A］ when
［B］ while
［C］ until
［D］ though

2________the temperature falling so rapidly, we couldn't go on with the experiment.

［A］ Since
［B］ For
［C］ As
［D］ With

3、The bed has been ________ in the family. It was my great grandmother's originally.

［A］ handed out
［B］ handed over
［C］ handed down
［D］ handed round

4、According to the American federal government, residents of Hawaii have the longest life _______:77.2 years.

A) scope
B) span
C) scale
D) rank

5、Our hopes _______ and fell in the same instant.

A) arosed
B) arose
C) raised
D) rose

正确答案：

1.A

我在回到我我母亲住的小屋的半路上,突然苏姗赶上了我.

2.D

由于温度下降得如此之快，我们不能继续实验。

rapidly
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1. 很快地,立即,迅速地
The situation had rapidly deteriorated².
局势很快恶化了。

3.C

这床已经在这个家庭里被传下来。 最初是我的曾祖母。

A)"分发,散发"

B)"交出,移交"

C)"把...传下去"

4.C

根据美国联邦政府的调查，夏威夷居民平均寿命最长：77.2岁。

A)"范围,(发挥才能等)余地,机会,视界"

B)"排,横列,社会阶层,军阶,地位,身份"

C)"指距,全长,一段时间"

D)"刻度,比例,等级,规模"

5.D

我们的希望瞬间升起，又瞬间破灭。

A) aroused(及物动词)引起，激起

B) arose(不及物动词)出现，发生

C) raised(及物动词)举起，提高

D) rose(不及物动词)升起，上升，上涨

1 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

2 deteriorated   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化，不久便去世了。
• His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情恶化，日甚一日。