2017年6月大学英语四级词汇选项练习题(21)
1,Although they lost their jobs, savings andunemployment 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, workerswho 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 isthe case with humans.
A) composition B) compound C) percent D) proportion
5,Sadly, as spending on private gardens has ________, spending on public parks has generallydeclined.
A) heightened
B) lifted
C) flown
D) soared
6,Lung cancer, like some other cancers, often doesn't produce ________ until it is too late andhas 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 thebest 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 rolesas 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 earnsand 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 theconsequences can be rather serious.
A) boosted B) burdened C) discharged D) dominated