2010年12月大学英语四级词汇活记活用(34)_第2页

第一组答案:
　　affirm，assert，allege，claim都含有一定的"宣称，断言"之意
　　affirm 断言,肯定,指根据事实坚定不移地宣称,有无可争辩之意
　　assert 宣称,坚持,指不管事实如何,主观自信地宣称
　　allege 宣称,断定,指在无真实凭据情况下宣称,硬说
　　claim 声称,主张,往往表示说话者反对或不同意某一观点
　　答案:DBBCA
　　1.Politicians more often affirm their desire for retirement than show that they really mean it.政治家经常声称他们想退休,但未必是真的.
　　2.The suspect alleged that he had not been in the neighbourhood.嫌疑犯生成案发时他并不在现场.
　　3.He asserted his belief that she was innocent.他坚持自己的想法,她是无辜的.
　　4.He asserted that this could be done..他宣称这是可行的.
　　5.Don't claim to know what you don't know.不要强不知以为知.
　　第二组答案:
　　ample, adequate, plentiful,sufficient都含有一定的"足够,丰富"之意
　　ample 指不仅能达到应有的程度,满足需要,而且还有余,一般不修饰数量不定的名词(ample time充裕的时间;an ample basket of fruit满满一篮水果;ample space宽敞的空间)
　　adequate 足够的,充分的,指数量和质量上复合一个特定的标准或不太高的要求
　　plentiful 丰富的,很多的,富裕的
　　sufficient 尤指程度上多到能满足或达到某种特殊需要,特别是精神上的需要
　　答案:DCCAB
　　1.There is ample evidence to suggest that the lawyer in question knew exactly what she was doing.有充分证据表明那个正在提问的律师确实知道她在做什么.(ample evidence充分证据)
　　2.By law,when one makes a large purchase,he should have adequate opportunity to change his mind.根据法律,当一个人进行大宗购买时,他应该有充分的机会改变自己的注意.
　　3.The supply is not adequate to the demand.供不应求.
　　4.He has acquired sufficient proficiency to read Chinese literary works.他已获得足够能力阅读中国文学著作.
　　5.A plentiful harvest is in sight.丰收在望.(plentiful/good harvest丰收)
　　第三组答案:
　　answer,reply,respond都含有一定的"回答"之意
　　answer 用的最广,几乎可指口头,书面乃至行动所表示的一切
　　reply 指较为正式或经过考虑的答复,除了后面接直接宾语或以that开始的句子外,一般只用作不及物动词,后面连用to,表示回答旁人的问题(话语,信件,祝贺,攻击等)
　　respond 一般指对紧急问题或请求作出答复,或用行动对所说或所做的事情做出反应
　　答案:ADBCD
　　1.The car responds well to the controls.这辆汽车操纵灵敏.(respong to sth.对某事物反映灵敏,起反应,回答,响应;corrspond to相当于,与...对应;reply to回信,对...做出反应)
　　2.The electrician went at once in answer to the phone call.电工一接到电话马上就去了.(in answer to作为对...的回答,响应,反击等)
　　3.He answer nothing about this.对此他没有回答.
　　4.Please reply at your earliest convenience.请尽早答复.
　　5.The illness quickly responded to proper treatment.疾病经适当治疗后很快好转.