介词是一种表示名词和句中其他词之间关系的词,在
英语中能和动词、名词、形容词等词搭配,表示种种不同的意思,使用时灵活多变,不易掌握,介词to也不例外。四级考试中,介词to的用法是测试重点之一,应引起特别注意。本文以历年四级真题为依据,总结了介词to的几种常见搭配,并附上历年四级考试中相关的考题,供考生练习。
  一、与某些动词一起构成特定搭配  
英语中由“动词+ 介词to”构成的动词短语数量很大,而在四级考试中,经常被测试到的此类动词短语也很多,可分为两类:
  1.“实义动词+ 介词to”结构
  adapt to……(适应于……)
  devote…… to ……(专心于,致力于)
  add …… to ……(增加,添加)
  entitle …… to ……(给……权利、资格等)
  adhere to ……(追随,依附,坚持)
  expose…… to ……(暴露在……之下)
  adjust to ……(调整,调节)
  lead to ……(导致……,招致……)
  amount to ……(达到;意味着)
  object to ……(反对)
  appeal to ……(恳求;呼吁)
  owe …… to ……(欠……;对……负有……)
  apply to……(应用,运用;向……申请)
  react to……(对……做出反应)
  attach…… to ……(系上,附加于,使附属)
  refer to……(论及,参照;委托)
  attend to ……(倾听;照顾,料理)
  resort to ……(诉诸于……)
  attribute to……(把……归因于,认为是……的结果)
  respond to……(……做出反应)
  belong to ……(属于)
  see to……(负责,留意,照料)
  compare ……to……(与……比较;将……比作为) stick to ……(坚持)
  confess to……(坦白,坦承)
  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 , 03.6 ,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 ,02.6,66)
  A. sought for B. accounted for
  C. turned up D. resorted to
  (3 ) He ________ to his customers and halved the price. (CET-4 ,02.1,65)
  A. leaked B. yielded
  C. drew D. quoted
  (4 ) Eating too much fat can ________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure. (CET-4 , 01.6 ,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-4,00.6,35)
  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 , 97.6 ,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 , 97.6 ,60)
  A. struck at B. strove for
  C. stuck to D. stood for
  (8 ) There is hardly an environment on earth ________ some species of animal or other has not adapted successfully.(CET-4 ,94.6,53)
  A. to which B. wherever
  C. so that D. as to
  (9 ) The manager assured the customer that his complaint would be seen ________ immediately.(CET-4 , 93.1 ,70)
  A. to B. at C. on D. with
  (10) Police have ________ to the public to come forward with any information which might help them in their inquiries. (CET-4 ,90.6,44)
  A. urged B. claimed
  C. appealed D. called
  (11) Is it advisable to ________ our body to the sunlight ?(CET-4,90.6,62)
  A. reveal B. display
  C. expose D. show
  2.“be+ 过去分词 /形容词 +to”结构
  be addicted to……(对……上瘾)
  be opposed to ……(反对)
  be attached to……(附属于)
  be subject to ……(易遭……的;以……为条件的)
  be due to ……(归功于……,因为……)
  be used /accustomed to……(习惯于……)
  be objected to……(反对)……
  相关的四级考题如下:
  (12) The committee is totally opposed ________ any changes being made in the plans.(CET-4 , 99.1 ,61)
  A. of B. on C. to D. against
  (13) Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used ________ late for his lecture. (CET-4 , 98.1 ,31)
  A. to have students
  B. for students' being
  C. for students to be
  D. to students' being
  (14) The match was cancelled because most of the members ________ a match without a standard court. (CET-4 , 91.6 ,48)
  A. objected to having
  B. were objected to have
  C. objected to have
  D. were objected to having
 
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