专业四级考前恶补 1

专业四级考前恶补--语法词汇 集体名词作主语主谓一致1)通常作复数的集体名词集体名词，如：police, people, cattle, militia, poultry等，通常作复数，用复数动词。如：Domestic cattle provide us with milk, beef and hides.2)通常作不可数名词的集体名词有些集体名词，如foliage, machinery, equipment, furniture, merchandise,通常作不可数名词，随后的动词用单数。例如：All the machinery in the factory is made in China.3)既可作单数也可作复数的集体名词集体名词，如audience, committee, class, crew, family, public, government等，既可作单数，也可作复数用。The city council is meeting to set its agenda.4) a committee, etc. of +复数名词如果主语是由“a committee of /a panel of /a board of +复数名词”构成，随后的动词通常用单数。例如：A committee of five men and three women is to consider the matter.近义词辨析tired, exhausted, fatigued, weary, worn-out这组词均含有“疲惫的”的意思。tired可指因体力或脑力消耗太多而需要休息，还可指因长期做某事而失去兴趣。Henry was so tired that he went to bed immediately after he got home.亨利很疲惫，一到家就上床睡觉去了。exhausted 表达的疲惫程度最强，指因劳累过度而精疲力竭。The exhausted engineer fell asleep on the bus.精疲力竭的工程师在公共汽车上睡着了。fatigued 所表达的疲劳程度比tired和weary强，表示由于过度劳累而引起疲乏，不能再继续下去。He felt fatigued and didn’t want to say a single word.他疲惫不堪，不想说一句话。weary 语气比tired强，指由于长时间努力工作或由于做单一的事而引起疲倦。After a long and weary wait, the plane finally came to take them back.经过漫长而又令人疲乏的等待后，飞机终于来接他们回去了。wornout 这个词不太正式，多用于口语。The troops were wornout after winning the battle.战后,部队疲惫不堪。全真模拟试题1. Although ______ Spanish, he attended the course.A. he was knowing      B. he is knowingC. having a knowledge of  D. knows2. You ______that letter to James. However, you didn’t.A. ought to write        B. ought to have writtenC. should write D. should be writing3. Joseph was very lucky ______ with his life; he almost did not get out of the room.A. to escape  B. to have escapedC. to escaping  D. to be escaping4. Bread and butter ______liked by Westerners.A. is      B. are      C. were    D. be5. The back garden of our house contains a lawn, ______very pleasant to sit on in summer.A. which is  B. which it is  C. it is  D.  where it is6. He set up in business ______ his own and was very successful.A. in  B.  of  C.  on  D. by7. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; he ______last night.A. must study  B. should have studiedC. must have studied  D. is sure to study8. Frank almost never received any education, ______?A. would he  B. did he C. didn’t he  D. wouldn’t he9.  Even if his letter ______ tomorrow, it ______too late to do anything.A.  will arrive...is  B.  should arrive...wereC.  arrives...will be  D.  arrives...would be10. We can hear  ______from the back of the room.A. just as good  B.  just as easy  C.  just as well  D.  easily as well11. To obtain a satisfactory result, one must apply two ______of paint on a clean surface.A.  coats  B. levels  C.  times  D. courses12. The small mountain village was ______ by the snow for more than one month.A. cut back  B.  cut out C.  cut off  D. cut away13.  Miss Green was ______ $100 for driving after drinking.A. fined  B.  charged  C.  punished  D.  posed14.  Modern ______ perhaps causes more problems than it solves.A. technique B.  technology  C. tactics D.  tendency15. Mary tiptoed over and took the clock away because she hated to hear