英语四级词汇真题强化训练 (第三十五期)

本期真题

1. Though ________ in a big city, Peter always prefers to paint the primitive¹ scenes of country life.
A) grown B) raised C) tended D) cultivated

2. If people feel hopeless, they don’t bother to ________ the skills they need to succeed.
A) adopt B) acquire C) accumulate D) assemble

3. The shop assistant was dismissed as she was ________ of cheating customers.
A) accused B) charged C) scolded D) cursed

4. All her energies are ________ upon her children and she seems to have little time for anything else.
A) guided B) aimed C) directed D) focused

5. Everyone should be ___ to a decent standard of living and an opportunity to be educated.
A) attributed B) entitled C) identified D) justified²

正确答案：

1.B

虽然生长在大城市,但彼得总是喜欢画有关乡村质朴生活的风景画.

句意为“彼得生长在大城市”，用raise表示“生长在”；如果使用grown，其后要加up；tend指“照顾”；cultivate指“培养”。

2.B

如果人们感到没希望，他们不费心获得他们需要继任的技能。

A) adopt 采取;采纳;吸收

B) acquire 取得,获得,学到;养成

C) accumulate 累积,积聚;积攒

D) assemble 集合,召集,聚集

3.A

店员被开除因为她被指控欺骗顾客。

A,B,C项军有"指控,指责,责备"之意,但搭配不同:

accuse sb. of , charge sb. with, scold sb. for

4.D

她把所有精力都倾注在孩子身上，似乎没有什么时间做其他事情。

A) guided 引导，指导，与 to 搭配；

B) aimed 瞄准，对准，与 at 搭配；

C) directed 使转向，使对准，与 to 或 towards 搭配；

D) focused 使聚集，使集中，与 on 或 upon 搭配。

5.B

每个人都有资格享有体面的生活和受教育的机会。

entitle表示“给…权利（或机会）”，符合句意。

attribute指“属于”；

identify指“识别”

justify指“证明…是正当的”。

1 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

2 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。