2011年12月英語四級詞匯題及解析12

　　1.Showing some sense of humor can be a(n) ________ way to deal with some stressful situation.

　　A) effective

　　B) efficient

　　C) favorable

　　D) favorite

　　2.The situation described in the report ________ terrible, but it may not happen.

　　A) inclines

　　B) maintains

　　C) sounds

　　D) remains

　　3.The company is trying every means to ________ the wholesale price of its products.

　　A) pull down

　　B) put down

　　C) set down

　　D) bring down

　　4.The mayor ________ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims.

　　A) rewarded

　　B) awarded

　　C) credited

　　D) prized

　　5.The native Canadians lived in ________ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.

　　A) coordination

　　B) acquaintance

　　C) contact

　　D) harmony

　　6.Many people are asking whether traditional research universities in fact have any future ________.

　　A) at all

　　B) so far

　　C) in all

　　D) on end

　　7.I was impressed ________ the efficiency of the work done in the company.

　　A) in

　　B) about

　　C) with

　　D) for

　　8.Now in Britain, wines take up four times as much ________ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits.

　　A) block

　　B) land

　　C) patch

　　D) space

　　9.His hand shook a little as he ________ the key in the lock.

　　A) squeezed

　　B) inserted

　　C) stuffed

　　D) pierced

　　10.For professional athletes, ________ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.

　　A) access

　　B) attachment

　　C) appeal

　　D) approach

　　1.答案:A

　　參考譯文:顯示幽默感可以成為處理一些緊張情況的一種有效的方式。

　　題目分析:本題的提干結構比較簡單,只需注意主語Showing some sense of humor為動名詞作主語.

　　考點解析:本題的解題主要根據(jù)上下文的意思判斷,由stressful situation可以大概判斷出要填入詞語的意思.本題主要是對兩組詞語意思的辨析,effective和efficient,以及favorable 和favorite,兩組詞匯的形式差不多,且都可以做形容詞,大家要重點辨析一下.

　　2.答案:C

　　參考譯文:報道中所描述的情況聽起來可怕，但它可能不會發(fā)生。

　　題目分析:本題的提干結構簡單,只需注意一個定語從句,described in the report,其先行詞為The situation.

　　考點解析:本題所需填入的是一個系動詞,由標志詞report以及后面的半個分句but it may not happen,可以很容易選出需填入sound.