名词是大学英语四级考试中对词汇考查的重要内容之一。因为名词在大学英语基本词汇中所占比例很大，而且英语名词的同义词和近义词很多，所以对名词考查的主要项目是名词意义辨析，此外还有名词与介词的搭配，动词与名词的搭配，以及名词的单复数等。下面是近几年来大学英语四级考试涉及名词的真题解析。
1.These books, which you can get at any bookshop，will give you ____ you need.
A)all the informationB)all the informations C)all of informationD)all of the informations
(2000.6.CET-4 第22题)
2.The clothes a person wears may express his ______ or social position.
A)Curiosity B)status C)determination D)significance
(200.6.CET－4 第28题)
3. Niagara Falls is a great tourist ______, drawing millions of visitors every year.
A)attention B)attraction C)appointment D)arrangement
(2001.CET-4 第42题)
4.A lot of ants are always invading my kitchen. They are a thorough ______.
A)nuisance B)trouble C)Worry D)anxiety
(2000.6.CET-4 第 69题)
5.When people become unemployed, it is________ often worse than lack of wages.
A)laziness B)poverty C)idleness D)inability
(1999.6.CET-第54题)
6.Some people would like to do shopping on Sundays since they expect to pick up wonderful ______ in the market.
A) batteries B)bargains C)baskets D)barrels
(1999.6.CET-4 第 59题)
7.In previous times，when fresh meat was in short _________，pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food.
A)store B)provision C)reserve D)supply
(1999.6.CET-4 第 61题)
8.The tomato juice left a brown _________ on the front of my jacket.
A)track B)trace C)spot D)point
(1999.1.CET-4 第 59题)
9.My father seemed to be in no _____________ to look at my school report.
A)feeling B)attitude C)emotion D)mood
(1999.1.CET-4 第63题)
10.He gives people the impression ____________ all his life abroad.
A)of having spent B)to hay spent C)of being spent D)to spend
(1998.6.GET-4 第46题)
11.A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial __________ .
A)mark B)feature C)trace D)appearance
(1998.6.CET-4 第47题)
12. Does everyone on earth have an equal right ______ an equal share of its resources?
A)by B)at C)to D)over
(1998.6.CET-4 第55题)
13. Over a third of the population was estimated to have no _________ to the health service.
A) assessment B) assignment C) exception D) access
(1998.6.CET-4第63题)
14. Professor Taylor's talk has indicated that science has a very strong _____ on the everyday life of non-scientists as well as scientists.
A) motivation B) perspective C) impression D) impact
(1998.6.CET-4第65题)
15. The manager spoke highly of such ______ as loyalty, courage and truthfulness shown by his employees.
A) virtues B) features C) properties D) characteristics
(1998.1.CET-4第颗7题)
16. Housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full ___________.
A) capacity B) strength C) length D) possibility
(1997.6.CET-4第35题)
17. The newspaper did not mention the ______ of the damage caused by the fire.
A) range B) level C) extent D) quantity
(1997.6.CET-4第40题)
18. The traditional approach ______ with complex problems is to break them down into smaller, more easily managed problems.
A) to dealing B) in dealing C) dealing D) to deal
(1996.6.CET-4第33题)
19.Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first _______.
A)intention B)attempt C)purpose D)desire
(1996.6.CET-4第36题)
20. Lightning is a ______ of electrical current from a cloud to the ground or from one cloud to another.
A) rush B) rainbow C) rack D) ribbon
(1996.6.CET-4第44题)
21. I caught a ______ of the taxi before it disappeared around the corner of the street.
A) vision B) glimpse C) look D) scene
(1996.6.CET-4第50题)
22. The manager lost his ______ just because his secretary was ten minutes late.
A) mood B) temper C)mind D) passion
(19967.1.CET-4第39题)
(解析)
1.[译文]这些书会提供你所需要的所有信息，它们可以在任何书店买到。
[答案]A) all the information
[解析]information 是不可数名词，没有复数形式，故B)、的D)本身是错误的。又因为all of 后面接不可数名词时，名词前须有定冠词，C)也不可选。只能选A)。
2.[译文]一个人的衣着可以表示他的身份或社会地位。
[答案]B)status
[解析]A)curiosity好奇心，求知欲；B)status身份，地位；C)determination 决心；D)significance意义，重要性。根据题意应选B)。另外，or后面的socialposition实际上是对前面并列的status的解释，也是一个重要的选项线索。
3.[译文]尼亚加拉瀑布是一个令人向往 的旅游胜地，每年都吸引数以百万的游客。
[答案］B)attraction
[解析]A)attraction意为“注意；B) at traction意思是“具有吸引力的人或物”，可引申为“胜地”；C)appointment意为“约会；D)arrangement意为“安排”。根据句意，正确的答案是B