英语四级词汇辨析训练

英语四级词汇：近义词深度辨析

1. able, capable, competent

able为常用词，指具有做某事所需的力量，技巧，知识与时间等，一般下效率无关，用作定语表示能力超出平均水平。如：A cat is able to see in the dark.

capable 指满足一般要求的能力，可以是表现出来的，也可是潜在的，搭配是be capable

of +doing。用作定语，表示的能力没有able表示的能力强。如：He is capable of running a mile

in a minute. He is a very capable doctor.

competent 指“胜任”，“合格”，或受过专业技术等训练的，但不是超群的能力。如：A

doctor should be competent to treat many diseases.

2. aboard, abroad, board, broad

aboard 在船(或飞机，车)上。如：I never went aboard a ship.

abroad 副词，在国外或海外。如：He often goes abroad.

board 为动词，上(船，飞机，车)。如：The passengers are boarding the plane now.

broad 为形容词，宽广的。如：He has very broad shoulders.

3. accomplish, complete, finish, achieve, attain

accomplish表成功，强调完成的结果而不是过程。如：Because of his hard word, things are

accomplished. (由于他的努力，事情都已完成了。)

complete 表示积极的完成，更具体地指建筑、工程等的完成。如：Has he complete his

大学英语四级词汇测试题一

1. It rained continuously for a week, completely _______ our holiday.

A. troubling B. bothering C. ruining D. damaging

2. When I _______ my shopping list, I found I’d forgotten to buy pork and eggs.

A. checked B. examined C. tested D. measured

3. The president wanted to _______ him about filling the post of the sales department.

A. accept B. cooperate C. approach D. demand

4. He lay in bed, listening to the rain _______ the window.

A. hitting B. defeating C. beating D. striking

5.What a _______ that dress makes! She looks very pretty now.

A. transplant B. transportation C. translation D. transformation

6. A(n) _______ will be paid to anyone who brings back the money Mr. Brown lost,

according to the advertisement.

A. award B. prize C. reward D. profit

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英语四级超级重点词汇辨析

1．vital; fatal; crucial; vitality vital: 重要的，生命的；fatal: 致命的 (CET6．96．6)；crucial: 决定性的 (CET6．00．1)；vitality: 活力，生命力。 The boy cycling in the street was

knocked down by a minibus and received ＿＿＿ (fatal／excessive／disastrous／vital) injures．

2．dismiss; fire; lay off; discharge dismiss: 指强迫他人离开，即解雇，开除，也指允许许多人离开、解散；fire: （俗语）解雇通常用在有雇佣关系的场合；lay off: 解雇，下岗 (CET4．96．6)；discharge: 遣走（某人），让（某人）离去；也指正式“释放”。 The

store had to ＿＿＿ (lay off／lay out／lay aside／lay down)?a

number of clerks because sales were down．

3．scorn; scold; scent; score scorn: 轻蔑； scold: 责骂（指态度粗暴，高声地骂他人）； scent: 特有的气味，好闻的香味；score:

得分，记下。 The woman is always ＿＿＿ (scolding／scorning／scoring) the children playing around her house．

4．involve; include involve: 包括；包含，指必然包括某种结果；be involved in sth／with sb: 与某事（某人）有关连；include: 包括、包含，指包括属于整体的部分。 He was considered to be ＿＿＿ (involved／included) in criminal activities．

1.With the _______of Mary, all the girl students are eager to go to the party.

A .exhibition B. exception C. except D .reception

2.Although the traffic is not busy, he likes to drive at a _______ speed.

A. spare B. fast C .moderate D .moral

3.All the memories of his childhood had _______ from his mind by the time he was 65.

A. faded B .illustrated C. combined D. concerned

4.This river is so big that it is impossible to build a _______ under it without modern technology.

A. canal B. tunnel C. channel D .cable

5.The _______ is nearly dead, so I cannot start the car again.

A. bean B. beam C. bake D .battery

6.When making modern cameras, people began to _______ plastics for metal.

A. surround B. substance C. stretch D .substitute

7.With the help of the government, a large number of people ---_______ after the flood in 1991.