词汇是英语的基础，只有把词汇学好，才能更加深入的学习后面的语法、写作等板块。对于英语四级词汇的学习，我们不仅要学会每个词的意思，更要学习如何运用。下面我们就练习一下词汇的运用。
例题：
1. The Minister of Finance stresses that the quality of goods, ____ the quantity of production, is the key to improving the nation’s economy.
A) other than B) rather than C) more than D) better than
2. If people are not held responsible for their they are drunk,then we ____ forgive drunken drivers
A) may well as B) had better C) might as well D) would rather
答案：
1. B
财政部长强调，促进国民经济的关键不是产量，而是产品的质量。短语辨析题，要求后面考生能辨析...than的差别，并能正确使用。other than 表示“不同于”，“除了”;more than 是“大于”，“多于”，而better than 常指“比……更好”，“胜于”;只有rather than指“不是……(而是……)”，符合本题语境。
2. C
如果人们不必为自己酒后的行为承担责任，那么我们还是原谅那些酒后驾车的司机为好。本题是考察几个与情态动词相关的习惯用语的使用。might/may as well 是比较常用但许多考生并不明确的习惯表达，表示have no better reason not to...(没理由不……还是……为好);没有may well as 这种说法，另外两个短语大多数考生比较熟悉：had better ——最好;would rather——宁可……也不，宁愿。
