2016年12月英语四级语法单词练习及答案(八)

　　1,Although they lost their jobs, savings and unemployment benefits allow the couple to ________ their comfortable home.

　　A) come in for

　　B) catch up with

　　C) look forward to

　　D) hold on to

　　2,With the increasing unemployment rate, workers who are 50 to 60 years old are usually the first to be ________.

　　A) laid off B) laid aside C) laid out D) laid up

　　3,An important factor in determining how well you perform in an examination is the ________ of your mind.

　　A) state

　　B) case

　　C) situation

　　D) circumstance

　　4,It is clear that the dog has a much greater ________ of its brain devoted to smell than is the case with humans.

　　A) composition B) compound C) percent D) proportion

　　5,Sadly, as spending on private gardens has ________, spending on public parks has generally declined.

　　A) heightened

　　B) lifted

　　C) flown

　　D) soared

　　6,Lung cancer, like some other cancers, often doesn't produce ________ until it is too late and has spread beyond the chest to the brain, liver or bones.

　　A) trails B) therapies C) symptoms D) symbols

　　7,Although many experts agree that more children are overweight, there is debate over the best ways to ________ the problem.

　　A) relate B) tackle C) file D) attach

　　8,The physical differences between men and women can be ________ directly to our basic roles as hunters and child-bearers.

　　A) pursued B) traced C) switched D) followed

　　9,Research shows that there is no ________ relationship between how much a person earns and whether he feels good about life.

　　A) successive B) subsequent C) significant D) sincere

　　10,American college students are increasingly ________ with credit card debt and the consequences can be rather serious.

　　A) boosted B) burdened C) discharged D) dominated

　　答案与解析：

　　1,D

　　尽管他们失去了工作，存款额和失业保障允许这对夫妇依然坚持过舒服的生活。题干结构比较简单,Although they lost their jobs为状语,savings and unemployment benefits allow the couple to hold on to their comfortable home.为主句.本题主要考查四个选项的词组的意思,像这种由动词与两个介词组成的短语要特别注意.

　　注意:1,benefit为四级比较容易考到的词汇,注意他的词性,即可作名词也可以作动词.本题题干中出现的allow sb. to do sth.句型.

　　2,A

　　随着上升的失业率，五六十岁的工人经常是最早的一批被解雇的。题干的前半句为状语,后半部分为主句,且句中包含一个定语从句.本题主要考查动词lay与介词构成的动词短语的意思的辨析.出了题目中出现的四种固定搭配,还有lay down:放下,交出;规定,制定.lay over:做短暂停留.