专四英语词汇语法（1-20）
练习1
1. Ability to get along with people is an ____ in business.
A) capital B) property C) goods D) asset
2. Many Africans were ____ to Christianity.
A) changed B) transformed C) converted D) exchanged
3. The ____ scene of the waterfall is a perfect delight to the eye.
A) significant B) magnificent C) superstitious D) substantial
4. A lot of traffic accidents____ from carelessness.
A) arouse B) arise C) raise D) rise
5. The teacher____ me____ for disobedience.
A) called ...down B) called...upon C) called...off D) called...out
6. Some areas, ____their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.
A) due to B) but for C) in spite of D) with regard to
7. I left for the school earlier than usual this morning ____ traffic jam.
A) in terms of B) in case of C) for the sake of D) at the risk of
专四语法词汇篇
专四应试技巧（语法词汇篇1:集体名词作主语主谓一致)
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。
专四词汇语法练习（2）
1.Howdoyou____forcominglateforthemeeting?
A)explainB)excuse C)describeD)account
2.Themotherwasso____atthenewsthatshedidn’tknowwhat
todo.
A)admiredB)amazed C)amusedD)curious
3.Helikestolistentomusicwiththeradioturnedonatfull____.
A)powerB)voice C)volumeD)sound
4.Thecoachmusttakealarge____oftheblameforthefailureof
thefootballmatch. A)quantityB)number C)shareD)amount
5.Althoughaloneinthehouse,hewassobusywithhisresearch
thathefelt____lonely.
A)allbutB)nothingbut C)somethingbutD)anythingbut
6.Theintroductionofmoderntechniquefromabroadmakesit
necessaryforskilledworkersto____unskilledworkers.
A)takeplaceB)takeover C)takedownD)taketheplaceof
7.____sofewpeopleinthestreetwasunusual.
A)Fortheretobe B)Astheretobe C)Fortherebeing D)
Astherebeing
8.Therearesigns____Internetarebecomingmoreandmorepopularwithteenagers.
练习（1）
1. There was a large crowd of demonstrators ____ against the war.
A) protecting B) preserving C) protesting D) prosecuting
2. I’m afraid I will have to ____her invitation to the party.
A) refuse B) refute C) ignore D) decline
3. The coat I bought yesterday is not expensive at all. As a matter of fact, I would gladly have paid
____ for it.
A) as much twice B) much as twice C) as twice much D) twice as much
4. He can’t start the car because the battery has ____.
A) run up B) run down C) run over D) run off
5. Without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion, for we need to have factual knowledge ____
our thinking.
A) upon which to base B) which to base uponC) which to be based on D) to base on which
6. This design is ____ that one.
A) more superior to B) far superior than C) more superior than D) far superior to
