College Entrance Examination English Vocabulary Test Center Handbook

Chapter 22

V
vacation vacation

vac (empty) +tion (noun suffix, indicating the situation, status) vacation, vacation

on vacation

festival festival festive day/eve eve, eve/holiday holiday, holiday/term semester/weekend weekend
valuable valuable, valuable
dear expensive/ expensive expensive/preciou, precious/priceless priceless/worthy valuable/rich rich/wealthy rich

value value, practicality, importance; respect, attention

You'll find this map of great_ in helping you to get round London.
A. price B. cost C. value D. usefulness
The analytical answer is C, value means "benefit, value" and is an abstract noun.It is often used in the structure "be of great+abstract noun".The meaning of this question is "You will find this map to be of great benefit in helping you travel in London."

victory victory

succes success/triump victory
victory, a noun, cannot serve as a predicate.To defeat the enemy can be translated as win(gain) a victory over the enemy or to defeat the enemy.
W
wait wait, wait time
wait for waiting; waiting/wait service; waiting

waiter waiter/waitress waitress
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Why did you go back to the shop?
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I left my friend the re.
A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. waits
The analytical answer is Ao leave sb. doing sth, and the doing phrase is an object complement.

wait (wait) is usually used as an intransitive verb, to express waiting for someone; for something, usually you cannot use wait sb. (sth. ), but say wait for sb. (sth. ).Example: They are waiting for a bus. They are waiting for the bus.Note: Sometimes wait can also be used as a transitive verb, but its usage is very limited. Usually, it can only be followed by individual nouns as objects (such as: turn, chance, result, opportunity, arrival, order, etc.), and usually cannot be followed by that clause ( because it is intransitive).

way way, road, street; method, way, means
by the wa, by the way, by the way / fight one's wa, get in one's way / get in one's way / lose one's way / all the way / make ope's way go, walk, move forward / push one's way Struggling to squeeze forward/on one's way in the process of coming or going, on the road/all the way all the way; long way/be way of/via? ? / find one's way managed to find a way to go? ?get out of the way/give way(to sb.) give in; be replaced/in a way in a sense eight n the way hinder/in any way anyway/make one's way to (towards) to? ?go to

freewa, highway/halfwa, midway/highway road/railway
My parents always let me have my own_ of living.
A. way B. method C. manner D. fashion
Analysis The answer is A. have one's own way of doing sth. It is an idiom, meaning: have one's own way of doing sth.

Where are you going? ?On the way, English uses on one's way to if the adverb of location is used directly, then there is no need for too Example: He's on the way to becoming a fine mechanic. He is about to become an excellent mechanic.In the attributive clause behind the noun way, the introductory word that or in which is often omitted to express the way, so how can no longer be used, and the infinitive of phrase can be used as an attributive after way.Example: This is the way (that) he always treats me. This is the way he always treats me.

weatherweather
weather means "weather", it is an uncountable noun, and the indefinite article a cannot be added in front of it.Example: His trousers have been worn into holes. His trousers have been worn into holes.We say "how's the weather" instead of how, because the interrogative pronoun what is logically the object of the preposition like.Example: What bad weather it is!What a bad day!
wedding wedding
attend a wedding to attend a wedding / a silver (golden, diamond) wedding wedding 25 (fifty or 75) anniversary
week week; week
last/next week last week/next week
weekend weekend
week (week) + end (end) weekend
on weekend

weekly, once a week, weekly

week (week) ten ly (adjective suffix) once a week
week week/weekend weekend/weekda, working day/date period/fortnight two weeks, two weeks/Monday Monday/Tuesday Tuesday/Wednesday Wednesday/Thursday Thursday/Friday Friday/Saturday Saturday/Sunday Sunday/month month, month/January one Month/February/March/April/May/June/July/August/September/October+month/November/December+February/year/season season/spring spring; spring/summer summer, summer/autumn autumn, autumn/winter winter; winter/century century
what, what; which, what kind

___we can't get seems better than we have.
A. What; what B. What; that
C. That; that D. That;
The analytical answer is A.The linking pronouns of the subject clause are filled in the front of this question. Since the linking pronouns act as objects in the clauses, what should be selected; for the same reason, what should be filled in the back, so the correct option for this small question should be A.
A computer can only do___you have instructed it to do.
A. how B. after C. what D. when
The parsed answer is C.This question examines the choice of conjunctions in noun clauses.Analyzing the structure of this sentence, we can see that the conjunction that should be filled in the blank guides the object clause, and acts as the object of the predicate verb do in the main clause; at the same time, the conjunction also serves as the object of the verb do in the infinitive form of the object clause.Therefore, the conjunction should be a linking pronoun.

I think it's going to be a big problem.
Yes, it could be.
I wonder___ we can do about it.
A. if B. how C. what D. that
The parsed answer is C.The meaning of this sentence can be literally translated as "I don't know what we should do about this matter." The only option is what can turn the component after the predicate verb wonder into a noun clause and act as the object in the sentence.Note: Although there is "how to do" in this sentence in Chinese, there is no meaning of "way" or "how" in the English meaning, so how cannot be used, so the answer is C.
when, when; then, then
The film brought the hours back to me___I was taken good care of in that
far-away village.
A. until B. that C. when D. where
Analysis The answer is C. This question examines the choice of relative words that separate attributive clauses.The key to doing this question well is to recognize that the antecedent of the attributive clause, the hours, and the relative word are separated by the prepositional phrase to me. The antecedent of the attributive clause is the noun hours indicating time, and the relative word is used as an adverbial in the clause , so the relative adverb when.
He was about to tell me the secret_ someone patted him on the shoulder.
A. as B.until C.while D.when
Analysis The answer is D. when means "suddenly" here.Sentence meaning: He was about to tell me that secret when suddenly a person patted him on the shoulder.

wind around, bend
wind through (across) meandering through / wind meandering up; winding

wish wishes; wish, hope
wish do sth. hope to do. / wish sbsth. wish someone to do something

I___I were back home; I don't like this place.
A. hope B. wish C. expect D. want
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: I wish I was back home now, I don't like this place. As verbs, hope and wish can both express "hope" and "wish", but hope refers to expecting something and subjectively thinks it is possible to realize it, while the wish expressed by wish is unlikely to be realized, and the following object clause should be used Subjunctive mood; expect expects, looks forward to, emphasizing that something may happen; want wants, hopes, followed by no object clause.

The two words hope and wish have only two structures in common: wish for = hopefor; wish to do two hope to do.In the case of T, wish and hope cannot be used interchangeably. To express "A wishes B to do something" can only be used: A wish B to do sth. There is no such structure as A hope to do sth. In expressing the meaning of "wish" When, wish is often used instead of hope. Such as: Wish you good luck. I wish you good luck! In sb.hope that"?In the sentence pattern, the subordinate clause is often used in the declarative mood, which means that it can be achieved through human subjective efforts.And in sb. wish that"? Sentence structure is used in the subjunctive mood. Example: I wish I were a bird. I wish it was a bird.

wooden; woody, stupid
/golde made of woolen wool.golden/silken/plant/bush/jungle (tropical) jungle, dense forest/forest/wood; /weed weed, wild grass/seaweed seaweed, seaweed/ hay hay tree/trunk trunk/branch branch/leaf leaf/flower flower/root root; rhizome/ seed seed/bamboo bamboo, bamboo/pine pine tree/rose rose flower/ shade shade; shade / shadow shadow, shadow

worker work, worker

works factory
the steel works

world world, the earth, the whole world, the world
al over the world/in the world(=on earth)
worried, worried, worried

worri ( = worry) + ed (adjective suffix) worry about, worry about

be worried about sb. /sth. worried about someone/something
worry, worry, worried
worry about (to someone, difficulty, future, etc.) worry about, worry about

worse
and what is worse = to make things worse.../(go) from bad to worse

Are you satisfied with her answer?

Not at all. It couldn't have been___.
A. worse B. so bad C. better D. the worst
The analytical answer is A.Candidates can be prompted by the information sentence Not at all. The latter sentence is equivalent to It couldn't have been worse than the answer she had ever made.
would wish, would like, always, always
would rather.
When he was there, he_ go to th at coffee shop at the corner after work every day.
A. would B. should C. had better D. might
Analysis The answer is A.From the information sentence of where he was there, we can know, "He used to go to the coffee shop on the corner every day after get off work." Therefore, A is the best answer, and would do means always or often in the past.

would express the past practice, action, and the past is not very regular.habit.Often used with often, sometimes, always, for hours, of a day. .would is a typical auxiliary verb expressing habitual actions in the past, and it is also more formal.Spoken language can be replaced by used to; used to and would are synonymous, expressing actions that were often repeated in the past.When expressing past habits, used t.For more regular habits.In addition, would sometimes focus on describing the past situation, and used to sometimes focuses on comparing with the present.Example: When he was a little boy, he used to live in the country, when he was a little boy, often lived in the country.

wrong, faulty
be wrong with something wrong / do wrong; do something wrong / do wrong to sb. Wrong someone; abuse someone

It was___that you did me yesterday afternoon.
A. right B. correct C. wrong D. mistaken
Analyze answer C. Sentence meaning: You wronged me yesterday afternoon. do sb. wrong(= do wrong to sb.) Treat someone unfairly, wrong someone, wrong someone.

Y
year year

year after year/year by year

She won a gold medal in the Olympic Games, but she was just___the n.
A.an 18-years-old girl Ba girl of 18
C.at the age of 18 years old D.an-18-year gir
Analyzing the answer B. Sentence meaning: She won the gold medal in the Olympic Games, but she was only 18 years old.The correct usage of table age: a girl of eighteen (= an 18-year-old girl = at the age of 18).

The words that specifically indicate the year after the noun year are directly used as appositions without introducing of. Example: (X) This school was founded in the year of 1932. (√) This school was founded in the year of 1932. This school was founded in 1932 Founded.

yes is; good; agree
Wasn't it Dr Wang who spoke to you just now?

___.
A. I didn't know he was
C. No, he wasn't
B. Yes, it was
D. Yes, he did
The answer is B. The stem of the question is an interrogative sentence that emphasizes the sentence pattern, so the answer should be Yes, it was or No, it wasn't. Items A, C, and D are not grammatical, and the answer is not what the question asked.

you you; you
Was th at I saw last night at the concert
A. it you B. not you C. you D. that yourself
The analytical answer is A.This question tests the examinee's mastery of English emphatic sentence patterns.Sentence meaning: Was it you that I saw at the concert last night?The answer is A.This question examines general interrogative sentence forms that emphasize sentence patterns.The general interrogative form of the emphasized sentence pattern is "Is/Was + it+ the emphasized part ten that/who+ other parts of the sentence".

young young young

Young means young, and youthful means young and youthful, such as: He died young. He died young. She looks young for her age. She looks young for her age. The old man had a youthful spirit. The old man had a youthful spirit.

yours yours; yours
yourself yourself

by yourself alone, by yourself/help yourself (to sth.) to get food, drinks, etc. for yourself.

youth youth, vitality; young man, young man

youth means that "young people" is a collective noun, and the plural form of the verb should be used.Example: (X) The youth of our country has lofty ideals. (√) The youth of our country have lofty ideals. The youth of our country have lofty ideals.

Z
zero zero; the lowest point; zero point, zero position
The plural form of zero is not to add es to the end of the word, but directly to s, because it is a foreign word ending in o.

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