英語四六級考試必備詞匯辨析(5)

amaze,astonish,surprise都含有一定的"驚訝"之意

　　amaze 使吃驚,程度比surprise強(=surprise very much),一般指好事.(be amazed at sth./to do sth.)

　　astonish 使驚愕,指使人大吃一驚(=surprise greatly),含有幾乎使人無法相信之意,是個語氣較強的詞(sb. be astonished at(by) sth./to do sth./that..."被(因)...驚嚇")

　　surprise 使驚異,指由于突然的事情使人產(chǎn)生驚奇,有出乎意料的含義.普通用詞,語氣最弱. (sb. be surprised at/by sth./that.../to do sth.;feel surprised at..."對...感到驚訝";in surprise"吃驚地,在震驚中")

　　三個詞在用法上基本相同,可互換,只是語氣上有所差別. ________________________________________1.I am __D__ by what you tell me.我聽了你所說的話覺得驚愕.

　　A.tired B.believed C.amused D.amazed

　　2.What __A__ her most was hearing her name mentioned on TV.她最大吃一驚的是在電視中聽到了自己的名字.

　　A.astonished B.surpassed C.shocked D.shaked

　　3.Not __C__,the process of choosing names varies widely from culture to culture.起名字的方法因文化不同而有很大差異是不足為奇的.

　　A.obviously B.particularly C.surprisingly D.normally

　　4.To the __A__ of everybody,he won the prize.使大家驚奇的是,他竟得了獎.(to one's surprise/to the surprise of sb.'s"使某人驚奇的是")

　　A.surprise B.astonishment C.amazement D.amazing

　　5.I was __B__ to find him there.我發(fā)現(xiàn)他在那兒,吃了一驚.

　　A.ambitious B.amazed C.amused D.analysed

　　6.He __B__ us by announcing that he was going to get married in a few day.對于他宣布他即將結(jié)婚的消息,我們大吃一驚.

　　A.feared B.astonished C.alarmed D.terrify________________________________________

　　award,reward都含有一定的"獎勵"之意

　　award 指正式或官方頒發(fā),授予award sb. sth.=award sth. to sb.

　　reward 給予報酬,指因?qū)Ψ降墓ぷ?、服?wù)、幫助而給予的報酬,獎賞某人(in reward for”作為對…回報”;reward sb. for “因…而報答某人”)

　　above all,after all,first of all形式相似,意義不同

　　above all “尤其是,最重要的是”,強調(diào)特別對待,類似于especially,more than anything else.

　　after all “畢竟,到底”,表示一種讓步口氣,與in spite of everything,in the end 相似

　　first of all “首先”,表示一種次序,與before anything else類似________________________________________1. 1.Martin Luther King,great Black leader in the movement against racial discrimination,was __C__ the Nobel Prize for peace for his outstanding contribution to world peace. 反對種族歧視運動的杰出黑人領(lǐng)袖Martin Luther King,因其對世界和平的突出貢獻而被授予諾貝爾和平獎.

　　A.rewared B.given C.awarded D.offered

　　2.They __A__ the winners with gifts of fruit and flowers.他們送給獲勝者水果和鮮花最為獎賞.(reward sb. with “用…酬勞某人”)

　　A.rewarded B.awarded C.charged D.paid

　　3.__C__ you should be honest.首先你必須誠實.

　　A.above all B.after all C.first of all D.at all (at all”絲毫,根本”)

　　4.Don’t get discouraged by setbacks,we are new to the work__A__.別因挫折而灰心,這工作對我們來說畢竟還是新的.

　　A.after all B.above all C.in all (in all “總共”) D.

　　5.Children need many things,but __B__ they need love.孩子門需要很多東西,最重要的是愛.

　　A.after all B.above all C.for all (for all “盡管,雖然”) D.and all (and all “以及其他一切,等等”)

　　6.I __B__ stumbled.我差點兒摔跤.

　　A.all in (all in “精疲力竭的,疲乏到極點”) B.all but (all but “差點兒,幾乎”) C.all over (all over “渾身到處,全部結(jié)束”) D.above all________________________________________

　　bank,beach,coast,seaside,shore都含有一定的"(海)岸,邊"之意

　　bank "河岸,堤岸",指河流兩旁高出水面的地方

　　beach "海(湖,河)灘,水濱",指受潮水沖刷而形成的有細沙或卵石覆蓋的平緩的斜坡

　　coast "海岸,海岸線",是地理上的專用名詞,指海洋與陸地的分界線,有清晰的邊界概念.它不能用來指河岸或湖岸.

　　seaside "海濱",尤指假日度假勝地

　　shorel "岸,濱",含義廣泛,可指圍繞海洋、河流及湖泊旁邊的陸地,含有與水相對的意味(in shore"近岸";on shore"在岸上,在陸上";off shore"離岸") ________________________________________1.Shanghai lies on the east __C__ of China. 上海位于中國東海岸.

　　A.bank B.beach C.coast D.seaside

　　2.They saw a boat about a mile from the __A__.他們在離海岸大約一英里處看到一條小船.

　　A.shore B.seaside C.bank D.beach

　　3.Many English people like to go to the __C__ for their holidays and lying on the __D__ in the sun.許多英國人喜歡去海濱度假,并躺在海灘上曬太陽.

　　A.shore B.coast C.seaside D.beach

　　4.The old man used to sit on the river__A__ to fish.那位老人過去常常坐在河岸上釣魚.

　　A.bank B.coast C.seaside D.beach

　　5.The children are playing with sand along the __B__.孩子們在海灘上玩沙.

　　A.shorel B.beach C.bank D.coast

　　6.The ship stopped a little way off the __B__.船停在離岸不遠處.

　　A.coast B.shore C.bank D.beach________________________________________