2017学位英语词汇强化练习及答案（4）

　　1.The young man promised to his parents, "I would never ( )again."

　　A.let you down

　　B.let you out

　　C.let you in

　　D.let you by

　　【参考答案】A。短语辨析。let down使…失望，如：He had promised to work harder，but he let me down.他答应过我要努力的，可他让我失望了。let out放走，释放;let in允许进入。letby没有这个用法。

　　2.Mary regretted (　　)to John's birthday party last Sunday.

　　A.not going

　　B.not to go

　　C.not having been going

　　D.not to be going

　　【参考答案】A。regret后面要跟动名词作宾语，动名词的否定式是在动名词之前直接加not，如：I regretted not having worn a thicker coat.我后悔没有穿厚一点的外套。C不正确是因为时态错误，去参加晚会是一个瞬间的动作，不能用完成进行时。

　　3.Mary never tells anyone what she does for a (　　).

　　A.job

　　B.work

　　C.profession

　　D.living

　　【参考答案】D。同定搭配。livin9生计。make(earn)a livin9谋生。

　　4.William has cut his smoking (　　)to five cigarettes a day.

　　A.down

　　B.in

　　C.off

　　D.out

　　【参考答案】A。短语辨析。cut down削减，减少，如：The car industry cut down production.汽车制造业缩减了产量。cut in插嘴，打断;cut off使分离，使隔离;cut out切去，割去。

　　5.I am very disappointed (　　)the results of the experiment.

　　A.from

　　B.for

　　C.to

　　D.with

　　【参考答案】D。短语搭配。be disappointed with sth.(sb-)对某事(某人)感到失望。

　　6.His few personal belongings made it possible for him to move from place to place (　　).

　　A.in ease

　　B.at ease

　　C.with ease

　　D.with easiness

　　【参考答案】C。短语辨析。with ease容易，不费力，如：These tiny bananas could be consumed six at a time with ease.很容易一次吃下六只这些小香蕉。at ease自在，不拘束，如：The examiner soon put the candidates at ease.考官很快就使考生们的情绪放松了。

　　7. He talks as if he (　　)everything in the world.

　　A.knows

　　B.knew

　　C.had known

　　D.would have known

　　【参考答案】B。本题考查虚拟语气的用法。在as if引导的状语从句中，要用虚拟语气。本句是对现在事实的虚拟，要用过去时。

　　8.The doctor advised that Mr.Malan (　　)an operation right away so as to save his life.

　　A.had

　　B.would have

　　C.have

　　D.was going to have

　　【参考答案】C。本题考查虚拟语气。动词advise后面应该接虚拟语气。

　　9.Television makes us better (　　)than ever before.

　　A,inform

　　B.informing

　　C.informed

　　D.to be informed

　　【参考答案】C。本题考查分词的用法。分词可以作宾语补足语，因为宾语与分词之间是被动关系，所以要用过去分词。

　　10.You could have done much better yesterday.Why (　　)?

　　A.didn't you

　　B.couldn't you

　　C.hadn't you

　　D.shouldn't you

　　【参考答案】A。本题考查动词时态的用法。第一个句子用了虚拟语气，表示与过去事实相反，所以后面的特殊疑问句应该使用正常的语气。这里应用一般过去时。

　　11. _______ for your help, we'd never have been able to get over the difficulties.

　　A. Had it not

　　B. If it were not

　　C. Had it not been

　　D. It we had not been

　　【参考答案】C

　　12. ______ he's already heard the news.

　　A. Chances are

　　B. Chance is

　　C. Opportunities are

　　D. Opportunity is

　　【参考答案】A

　　13. _______ his knowledge and academic background, he is basically stupid.

　　A. But for

　　B. According to

　　C. For all

　　D. Thanks to

　　【参考答案】C

　　14. _______ his return from Japan, Prof. Li went directly to his laboratory and started working with his colleagues.

　　A. Upon

　　B. At

　　C. Within

　　D. Over

　　【参考答案】A

　　15. _______ I am concerned, some other arrangement would have been better.

　　A. So far

　　B. As for

　　C. As far as

　　D. So far from

　　【参考答案】C