2015教师资格考试英语词汇：专项练习（20）

　　中小学教师职业道德规范教师资格证报名条件

　　4. The chances of discovering life on Neptune are about a million _____.

　　A. at one

　　B. for one

　　C. to one

　　D. against one

　　【答案】C. to one.

　　【注释】a million to one百万分之一，意为几乎没有什么可能。

　　5. Everything he said then was _____ by what happened later.

　　A. identified

　　B. signified

　　C. noticed

　　D. verified

　　【答案】D. verified.

　　【注释】verify(=prove the truth of)证实，证明：1)It was easy to verify his statements.(很容易证实他说的话。) 2)Later findings verified the scientists theory(后来的各种发现证明这位科学家的理论是对的。)

　　identify识别，鉴别;signify表示，意味，要紧;有重要性：1)He signified that he agreed by nodding.(他点头表示同意。) 2)Never mind, it doesnt signify.(没事儿，这无关紧要。)

　　6. The party, which had been greatly _____, was spoiled by the rude behavior of an uninvited guest.

　　A. looked forward to

　　B. looked up to

　　C. called forth

　　D. called for

　　【答案】A. looked forward to.

　　【注释】Look forward to 期待，盼望。call forth引起，唤起。call for需要。look up to尊敬。

　　7. It was clear that the small grocer was _____ people he owed money to.

　　A. at the expense of

　　B. at the risk of

　　C. in the way of

　　D. at the mercy of

　　【答案】D. at the mercy of.

　　【注释】at the mercy of在......支配下：The ship was at the mercy of the waves.(这艘船任凭风浪摆布。)

　　at the expense of以......为代价，靠牺牲......;in the way of碍......事;at the risk of冒......的危险：1)He devoted his time to football at the expense of his studies.(他牺牲学习把时间都花在足球上。) 2)Her social life got in the way of her studies.(她的社交生活妨碍了她的学习。) 3)We do this at the risk of our lives and liberties.(我们冒丢掉生命和丧失自由的危险做这件事。)

　　本题译文：显然，这家小杂铺任凭其债主的摆布。

　　8. I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she would not listen to me.

　　A. warned

　　B. persuaded

　　C. suggested

　　D. noticed

　　【答案】A. warned.

　　【注释】warn sb. (not) to do sth.警告某人(不)做某事。

　　suggest不能接sb. to do sth。persuade sb.(not) to do sth.说服、某人(不)做某事;本题中不能选D. persuaded, 因该动词强调行为的结果。从逻辑上讲，既然说服了，那么与she wouldnt listen to me就前后矛盾了。如果把句子该为：I tried to persuade her not to walk on the thin ice but she wouldnt listen to me.(我极力劝她不要在薄冰上走，但她不愿听我的话。), 那么就符合逻辑了。

　　【注意】warn sb. of sth.警告某人有......。

　　9. When products made in factories _____, they are thrown away as garbage.

　　A. come to an end

　　B. are put to use

　　C. are used up

　　D. wear out

　　【答案】D. wear out.

　　【注释】wear out本题中意指(become useless form continued use of wear)用坏，穿破，如：The machine will soon wear out.(这机器即将用坏。)come to an end(结束)，put ... to use(投入使用), use up(用完)，come into use(开始投入使用)。

　　10. She is making herself ill with _____ over her sons future.

　　A. trouble

　　B. annoyance

　　C. disgust

　　D. worry

　　【答案】D. worry.

　　【注释】worry既可作动词用，也可以作名词用，意思是忧虑，后接介词about或over。worry over 比worry about对某事的忧虑更为持久，更为专注，如：He worries over the least thing that goes wrong.(他总是惟恐有一点小事出错。)