2016年12月大学英语四级高频词汇活学活用(5)
来源 :中华考试网 2016-10-31
中1,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
题目相关单词解释
trail:n. 踪迹,小径,尾;v. 拖,尾随,追踪
therapy:n. 治疗
symptom:n. 病症,症候,征兆,表征
symbol:n. 象征,符号,标志
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
题目相关单词解释
lay off:解雇;停止做
lay aside:把...搁置一旁;储存
lay out:安排,布置;摆出,展开
lay up:使卧床不起
3,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
题目相关单词解释
pursue:v.追捕,追求,继续从事
trace:n. 踪迹,痕迹;vt. 跟踪,追踪;追溯,探索;临摹
switch:n. 开关,突然转变;v. 改变,交换
follow:vt. 跟随,追赶,沿着…前进,仿效;vi. 跟随,紧接
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
题目相关单词解释
devote:vt. 将…奉献(给),致力于
composition: n. 作文,著作,组织
compound:n. 混合物,复合字;a. 复合的,混合的,合成
percent: n. 百分比,百分数
proportion:n. 比例,率,份儿,部分,均衡,调和;vt. 使成比例,使均衡
5,American college students are increasingly ________ with credit card debt and the consequences can be rather serious.
A) boosted
B) burdened
C) discharged
D) dominated
题目相关单词解释
increasingly:ad. 日益地,愈加地
consequence:n. 结果,后果
boost:n. 推进,支援;v. 推进,提高
burden:n.重负,负荷;重担v.使负重,装载;加重压于,烦扰
discharge:v. & n. 排出,放出,允许…离开,释放,放电
dominate:vt. 支配的,统治,控制,高出于,居高临下;vi. 居支配地位,处于最重要的地位