Test TwentyFive
近义词辨析
source, origin, root, resource
这组词均含有“打破”或“挤碎”的意思。
source和origin
都表示某事的“起源，开端”。source原指河流的源头，其引申义可用来指某事物的最初来源或出处，在指非物质或无形的事物时尤其如此。source还常指消息等的“来源，出处”。origin常译为“起源，发源，起因”，指导致某事物最后出现或形成的因素，或某事物在遥远的空间以外或久远的年代以前的最初形态，常表示某种历史文化现象、风俗习惯的“起源”，有时可译为“起因”。
root的意义是“根源，起因”，它强调导致某事物最终出现的最初的、最根本的、最重要的原因，由此所产生的现象或事物常成为一种外观的产物。
resource
主要指一个国家或地区可以取用的“资源，财力，资产”，一般以复数形式出现。resource也可指人在处理问题时所表现出的“才智，机敏”，此时resource为不可数名词。
Literature is a source of endless pleasure to many thousands.文学是很多人快乐的无尽源泉。
Do you know the origin of the custom of giving presents at Christmas?你知道在圣诞节互赠礼品这一风俗的来源吗?
The root of the question lay in the seizure of the land of Ireland by the English ruling class.这个问题的根源在于英国统治阶级对爱尔兰土地的攫取。
The mortgage is a drain on our financial resources.偿还抵押贷款是我们财务上的一大负担。
ordinary, mediocre, commonplace
这组词均含有“平常的，普通的”的意思。
ordinary
意为“普通的，通常的”，使用范围较广，也有“平淡”之意，但不含贬义。
mediocre
意思是“平常，平庸的”，表示事物既不很好，也不很坏，但比所期望的差，隐含“二流”之意。如放在副词only或just后，则加重其贬义。
commonplace
意为“平常的，平凡的”，强调期望与事实差距悬殊，常用作贬义。
It is an ordinary summer day.这是个平常的夏日。
He is a person of mediocre abilities.他是平庸之才。
He’s not at all exciting. In fact, he’s really rather commonplace.他毫不出奇，实际上平庸得很。作者: 幽幽草 时间: 2007-8-30 17:11 标题: 专业四级：词汇、语法详细解答40套(25)b
全真模拟试题
1.____, he is always modest.
A. With all his profound knowledge
B. Because of all his profound knowledge
C. With his all profound knowledge
D. For his profound knowledge
2. His honesty is ____ ; nobody can doubt it.
A. in questionB. out of question
C. beside the questionD. without question
3. When cooking a delicious dish, this kind of spice ____ into account.
A. must be takenB. was taken
C. had been takenD. would have been taken
4. It was not until he took up fishing that he ____ to relax.
A. had been beginningB. began
C. had begunD. beginning
5. Not only you but also I ____ mistaken on this point.
A. areB. wereC. haveD. am
6. Twenty pounds ____ enough for such a poor family spend for a month.
A. wereB. beingC. have beenD. was
7. The president of the college, together with the deans, ____ planning a conference for the purpose of laying down a series of regulations.
A. wereB. areC. isD. will
8. Many a person ____ at the gate of the department store.
A. is standingB. are standing
C. have been standing D. have stood
9. “I got to my office on time.”“What if your car____”?
A. would broken downB. broke down
C. breaks downD. had broken down
10. If the weather had been more favorable, the crops ____ still better.
A. will be growingB. are growing
C. would have been growingD. would be growing
11. Before the invention of refrigeration, the ____ of fish and meat was a thorny problem.
A. keepingB. maintaining
C. protectionD. preservation
12. A sudden movement caught the pony’s attention and he instantly became ____ and alert.A. doubtfulB. suspicious
C. suspecting D. hesitating
13. During their first teachertraining year, the students often visited local schools for the ____ of lessons.
A. investigationB. observation
C. inspectionD. observance
14. I’ll be very glad that you agree to____ this matter.
A. look upB. look for
C. look overD. look into
15. As there was a power cut in the hospital, the surgeon had to ____ the operation.
A. call forB. call off
C. call onD. call out
16. From ancient times, the valley of the Nile has been made ____ by the river floods.
A. famousB. desertedC. attractiveD. fertile
17. The manager made a farseeing decision ____ what she had said.
A. in the light ofB. in the course of
C. in favor ofD. in the face of
18. Each household ____ five pounds of meat every month.
A. availedB. allocated
C. was endowed withD. was entitled to
19. All the information we have collected in relation to that case ______ very little.
A. comes up toB. makes up for
C. stands up forD. adds up to
20. The manager was pleased with increased ____ from the factory.
A. outcomeB. outputC. outsetD. outlet
21. The curtains were put up only months ago, but they have ____ badly.
A. shadedB. faded
C. faintedD. withered
22. If you find that chair too hard, I’ll bring you a ____ .
A. pillow B. mat
C. comforterD. cushion
23. Only the headwaiter has some professional hotel ____ so the service is rather slow and inefficient.
A. learningB. training
C. teachingD. instructing
24. Fred doesn’t like white coffee, nor does he like to put cream on his strawberries, because he prefers them ____.
A. plainB. simpleC. naturalD. ordinary
25. The economists are not quite optimistic about the economic ____ for Europe.
