英语四级重要知识点(3)

subject ... to ... (使遭受…，使蒙受……)

conform to ... (顺从，与……一致)

turn to... (翻到；向……求助)

contribute to... (有助于，促使)

yield to... (屈服于)...

历年四级考题中与上述短语相关的考题很多，下面仅列出一些典型的例子(选项中以黑体字为正确答案)：

(1) This is the nurse who ________ to me when I was in hospital. (CET-4, ,52)

A. entertained

B. accompanied

C. attended

D. shielded

(2) I would never have ________ a court of law if I hadn't been so desperate. (CET-4,,66)

A. sought for

B. accounted for

C. turned up

D. resorted to

(3) He ________ to his customers and halved the price. (CET-4, ,65)

A. leaked

B. yielded

C. drew

D. quoted

(4) Eating too much fat can ________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.(CET-4, ,55)

A. attribute to

B. attend to

C. contribute to

D. devote to

(5) I didn't know the word. I had to ________ a dictionary. (CET-4, ,35)

A. look out

B. make out

C. refer to

D. go over

(6) The man in the corner confessed to ________ a lie to the manager of the company.(CET-4, ,58)

A. have told

B. be told

C. being told

D. having told

(7) Because Edgar was convinced of the accuracy of this fact, he ________ his opinion. (CET-4, ,60)

A. struck at

B. strove for

C. stuck to

D. stood for