新东方：英语四级考试历年词汇真题大汇集(二)

　　31.Any_______ in a watch is very delicate.

　　A.device B.devise C.deviancy D.deviation

　　[答案与译文]A.钟表中的任何装置都非常精巧。

　　[辨析及搭配]首先排除动词B.devise v.设计;发明。A.device n.装置;设备;方法;计划。C.de- viancy n.反常;背离。D.deviation n.背离;越轨;偏差。

　　32.His disasters were_______ to what he had done wrong.

　　A.despite B.in spite of C.down D.due

　　[答案与译文]D.他遭灾难的原因是曾经干过坏事。

　　[辨析及搭配]根据句中的to，可否定A和B。 A.despite不管;尽管;不论。直接带短语，例句：Despite the pouring rain，he went to his post as usual.尽管大雨倾盆，他照常去上班。B.in spite of与A同义。In spite of the pouring rain，he went to his post as usual.C. down往下;沿着。D.due to因为;由于……而起。例句： Due to his illness he was lying in bed.因为生病，他躺在床上。

　　33.No one can_______ any citizen's legal right.

　　A.be done with B.draw on C.derive from D.deprive of

　　[答案与译文]D.谁也不能剥夺公民的合法权利。

　　[辨析及搭配]A.be done with了结了;完成了。 B.draw on戴(穿)上;吸收;引诱。例句：The jailer drew the prisoner on to tell his story.看守诱导囚犯把事情说出来。C.derive from得来(自);由……获得。例句： Anyone can derive a lot of pleasure from making friends.任何人都能从结交朋友中获得许多乐趣。D.deprive of剥夺;夺去。

　　34.The gifted engineer_______ a model of the atomic generator.

　　A.dragged B.drafted C.drifted D.dratted

　　[答案与译文]B.那位天才工程师画了一幅原子发电机草图。

　　[辨析及搭配]A.drag拖;拉。B.draft起草;草拟。draft a plan of study草拟一份研究计划C.drift漂流;飘荡。D.drat(=damn)例句：Drat it!I forgot my key!见鬼(该死)!我忘了钥匙!

　　35.Mr.Black was in the_______，standing there dumbfounded，not knowing what to do.

　　A.dark B.dusk C.dawn D.dam

　　[答案与译文]A.布莱克先生不知就里，站在那里目瞪口呆，不知怎么办好。

　　[辨析及搭配]A.dark黑暗，in the dark在黑暗中;不知情;蒙在鼓里。例句：Parents often keep their children in the dark about their presents on New Year's Eve.新年前夕，父母亲常常不让孩子们知道他们的礼物。B.dusk薄暮;黄昏：It is hard to see clearly at dusk.黄昏时难看清楚东西。C.dawn黎明;破晓。例句：They take their boat out every day at dawn.他们每天黎明时起航出海。D.dam大坝。

　　36.An unexpected guest_______ on us last night.

　　A.decreased B.declined C.descended D.dropped

　　[答案与译文]C.昨天晚上，一位不速之客突然来到我们家。

　　[辨析及搭配]A.decrease减少;降低。例句：The number of illiberal people is decreasing gradually.缺乏文化素养的人数在渐渐减少。B.decline下倾;下降;下垂。C.descend下来;下降;突然来访(与upon，on连用)。例句：Amy descended upon us at Christmas.艾米在圣诞节时突然来访。D.drop落下;下降;滴，drop by / in /over /round顺便来访。

　　E

　　37.economic economical 两者都是形容词，但词义不同。

　　economic意为“经济上的”，“经济学的”;而economical意为“节约的”，“节省的”，常用于“be economical of”结构。例如：

　　economic growth经济增长

　　an economical person节俭的人