成人英语三级 “词汇与语法结构”之词汇题
(选自2008年11月北京地区成人英语三级考试)
 Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30 %)
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
.  The boy is a student.
. I’d like a cup of tea.
(选自2008年11月北京地区成人英语三级考试试题)
Two woman teachers and four girl students were praised at the meeting yesterday.
          A                        B        C        D
womanman作定语修饰其后面的名词时需要用复数, 如: men pilots (男飞行员)
Reagan was elected as the thirty-second President of the United States.
(选自2008年11月北京地区成人英语三级考试试题)
22. For the sake of her daughter’s health, she decided to move to a warm ___.
A. weather        B. temperature
C. season        D. climate
答案为: D。
考点1: 考察词义相关词或相近的名词的辨析(可能考察可数与不可数的辨析(device/equipment), 或搭配习惯的辨析(able/capable)等)
解题提示: 备选项均为名词时, 要注意备选项的可数与不可数的差异及备选项的搭配习惯(与修饰词的搭配(large house/time), 与动词形成的搭配(produce cars/newspaper)或与介词形成的搭配 (arrive at school/China))
weather/climate
weather n. 天气, 气候
. The weather has been dry this week.
under the weather    adv. 有病, 不舒服
climate n.气候,(社会)风气,一般(社会)趋势
political climate 政治风气
temperature n. 温度;体温
. In hot weather the temperature gets very high.
. When I was ill, I had a high temperature; I felt very hot.
have a temperature 发烧 (= run a temperature)
take sb.'s temperature 量(某人的)体温
season n. 季节,赛季
. Summer is the hottest season.
. During the football season, Sandy is busier than ever.
类似考题:
(选自2006年11月北京地区成人英语三级考题)
33. It is a good idea for parents to monitor(v. 监控) the __________ as well as the kind of television that their children watch.
A. number    B. size    C. amount      D. screen
分析: number与amount互为近义词, 因此该题的考点很可能是“近义词的辨析”
答案为C。
number n. 数, 数字, 数量, 号码
. I don’t know the number of girls in this class.
. A smaller number of families may raise children.
size n. 大小, 尺寸
amount n. 数量 v. (与to连用) 等于;总计
. They have large amounts of money.
. Their traveling expenses amount to seven hundred dollars.
screen n.屏, 银幕
考点2: 结合常考的语法结构考察常用名词的意义
提示: 当被选项为常见小词时要注意可能该题间接涉及某个语法结构的考察
23. It is no _____ talking to him, because he will never change his mind(改变主意).
A. help  B. use  C. time    D. way
答案为: B。
语言点补充:
help n. 帮忙, 助手v. 帮助
help oneself            v. 自助, (进餐时)自己取用 
can’t help doing ...  v. 情不自禁地...
use vt. 使用, 利用, 耗费 n. 使用, 利用, 用途
. What is the use of waiting for her
make use of              v. 利用,使用
of use                  adv. 有用
use up                  v. 用完,用光
time n. 时间, 时侯, 节拍, 次数
kill time              v. 消磨时间
spend time (in )doing sth v. 花时间做...
. It's time for school. 
. It’s time you went(should go) to school.
相关语法点补充(It's time + that clause)
成人英语三级在该结构中time可由high, about修饰,从句中的谓语动词有两种形式,或者用动词的过去式(be用were);或者用shoud + 动词原形(should不能省略)。此句型为虚拟语气句型,表示“现在某人该做某事的时候了”.
比较:
times: n. 时期, 次
way n.方法, 道路, 路途
by the way            adv. 顺便说一下, 顺便问一句
. By the way, what happened to the money
go out of one's way  v. 尽力
in a ...way          adv. 以某种方式
no way               adv 不,决不
. There was no way of explaining. 
(选自2006年4月北京地区成人英语三级考题)
41. Have you any __________ that you were not there at 9 o'clock last night
A. statement B. cause  C. words D. proof
答案为D。
该题考察同位语从句。
statement n. 陈述,叙述, 声明
. The man made a statement (作陈述)to the police.
cause n. 原因, 事业 vt. 引起
. She has made up her mind to fight for the cause of peace all her life.
word n. 字, 词, 话, 消息
. No word has come from the battle front(前线).
eat one's words      v. 承认说错了话
in other words      adv. 换句话说
word for word        adv. 逐词地
proof n. 证明;证据
. There is no proof that he was on the crime spot.
考点3: 结合短语结构考察名词的使用
提示: 空格前后面出现了介词时要注意该题可能考察固定搭配的短语结构
33. Please join us. We can easily make _____ for one more at this table.
  A. seat  B. place  C. room  D. space 
该题答案为:C。
make room for  v. 为...腾出空间时间
seat n. 座, 座位vt. 使坐下
take a seat    v. 坐下
be seated      v. 坐下
place n. 地方, 位置, 职位, 住所, (比赛的)名次vt. 放置
. He got the first place in a contest. 
in place of            adv. 代替
take place              v. 发生,举行
take the place of        v. 代替,替代
room n. 房间, 屋子, 空间, 机会
. This desk takes up (占据)a lot of room.
. He needs room to develop his skill as a painter.
space n. 空间, 距离, 余地
. There is no space for another chair in this room.