新视野大学英语综合教程4单词拓展练习+答案
Unit one: decisive, bide one’s time, stroke, alliance, render, invasion, siege, bring to a halt, desperate, offensive, reckon, crucial, launch, efficient, catch sb. off guard, press on/ahead 1. On October 4, 1957, Soviet scientists ______ the world’s first artificial satellite, called Sputnik. 2. Computers connected to data banks make the home the most _____ place to work in many cases. 3. The adoption of the euro is widely viewed as a _____ step toward a single European government. 4. Amazingly, our soccer team won the victory in the ______ final game. 5. He _______ until Harvard
University offered his a professorship. 6. I saw a chance of solving all my problems at a _______. 7. NATO is considered as the most powerful military ______ in modern history. 8. On Hitler’s orders, the ______ of Poland began on September 7,1941. 9. His troops were ＿＿____ and badly defeated in the first days of fighting. 10. Hundreds of people were _______ homeless by the earthquake. 11. The city was under ______ for six months. 12. Our journey was _________ by a storm. 13. He makes crude jokes that are _____ to women. 14. Looking up at the sun, I ____ that it must be about three o’clock. 15. The central government is determined to ______ with the reforms. 16. He was so _________ that he got down on his knees and prayed to God.
keys: 1. launched 2. efficient 3. decisive 4. crucial 5. bided his time 6. stroke 7. alliance 8. invasion 9. caught off guard 10. rendered 11. siege
12. brought to a halt 13. offensive 14. reckoned 15. press on/ahead 16. Desperate
Unit 2 lucrative, hazard, prototype, be poised to, vibrate, correlate, eliminate, monotonous, incorporate, approximately, alert, remote, mount, lane, bunch, expansion
1.The car accident happened at _______ 7:30.
2.The teacher ______ the students to the dangers of swimming in the river. 3.They have found ______ jobs in private security firms. 4.Toyota released its small-car _____ in 1947.
5.The newly-built highways have two _____ for each direction of travel.
6.The government approved a new plan to _______ illiteracy nationwide by 2024. 7.The research has confirmed that tobacco smoke presents a _______ to health. 8. Obesity ______ with increased risk of stroke.
9. Thanks to ______ diagnosis, now you can get a health check-up without setting foot inside the doctor’s office.
10. Microwave ovens operate by agitating the water molecules in the food, causing them to ______, which produces heat.
11. They ______ together to allow others to squeeze into the crowded
elevator. 12. Some automobiles were designed with a transmitter _______ on the rear axle. 13. His newly published book ________ his earlier essays. 14. It was reported that US forces __________ attack Iraq.
15. In the 1970s, we had a ________ diet of rice and vegetables. 16. Under heat the metal undergoes considerable ______.
Unit3 grill, prospective, endeavor, blurt, inadequate, veteran, sparkle, in the neighborhood of, chuckle, have a crack at, follow up, go after, incidentally, measurable, taxi 1. The college had applications from nearly 200 __prospective_ students. 2. If you make a hotel booking by phone, __follow_ it __up_ with written confirmation. 3. The senior detective
_grilled_ the young suspect about the robbery case. 4. He __went after___ first prize in the English speech contest. 5. The company has made every _endeavor_ to deal with clients’ complaints as promptly as possible. 6. In this study, we wanted to determine whether __inadequate__ income itself has an impact on infant health. 7. She sat reading the comic, __chuckling__ to
herself. 8. 8. ___Incidentally__, if you want to see her again, let me know. 9. 9. Peter ___blurted__ the secret (_out_) before we could stop him. 10. 10. I would like to ___have a crack at_ the Olympic title again before I retire. 11. 11. The 20-year __veteran_ of the news business decided to take up a teaching job at a local college. 12. 12. He has an annual salary __in the neighborhood of__ $40,000. 13. 13. The diamond ring _sparkled__ in the sunlight. 14. 14. There has been a ___measurable_ improvement in our product quality. 15. 15. The plane __taxies_ to a stop, steps appear and the holidaymakers bustle out of the plane.
odds, endeavor, partition, mock, grill, prospective, in sb’s hands 1. Although he failed in the math test, it was wrong to _mock__ his effort. 2. He is taking his __mock_ exam in May, the real exam will be in July. 3. Tom was
__grilled__ by customs officers for several hours. 4. All the relevant facts are _in__my solicitor’s __hands_. 5. The chief function of direct-mail advertising is to familiarize _prospective___ buyers with a product. 6. No matter whether the _odds___ are against us or in our favor, we should try our best. 7. Glass __partitions__ divided the room into individual offices. 8. The climbing of Mount Everest was an outstanding example of human ____endeavor__. Unit 4 asset, a handful of, earnest, considerable, entitle, vanish,
facilitate, at odds with, establishment, endorse, erase, forefront, landmark, pendulum, patriotic, domestic, contradiction, aspire, strike a balance 1. The presidential candidate said paying higher taxes was a _____ act. 2. Buying clothes at the end of a season seems to be a good way to _______ between low costs and high fashion. 3. ______ items and services are intended to be used in people's homes rather than in factories or offices. 4. There seems to be a _______ between her words and her action. 5. For us, it's something that we may ____ to but can never attain. 6. The Reform and Open Door policy has become a ______ in Chinese history. 7. Since last election, the _______ of public opinion has swung back against the government. 8. If you ______ someone or something, you say publicly that you support or approve of them. 9. It couldn’t have _____ into thin air for I locked it up in the safe.
10. Official data are hard to believe because they are often
__________reality. 11. Teachers try hard to come up with ways to ______ their students’ learning. 12. Isn’t it ironic that most hippies have now become part of the ______? 13. Can we choose to _____ a particular memory from our consciousness? 14. Companies compete to stay at the ______ of research and development. 15. She was reading a poem _______ I Have A Dream.
16. China’s public servant examination attracts a _______ number of would-be college graduates every year. 17. He prayed an ______ prayer.
18. That place was of little interest. I only took _______ pictures. 19. Copyrights, patents, trademarks, brand names, and trade secrets are all part of a company’s intangible _______. 1. patriotic 2. strike a balance 3. Domestic 4. contradiction 5. aspire 6. landmark 7. pendulum 8. endorse 9. vanished
10. at odds with 11. facilitate 12. establishment 13. erase 14. forefront 15. entitled
新视野大学英语综合教程4单词拓展练习+答案
