大学英语4练习及答案.docx

1、大学英语4练习及答案大学英语IV练习 Part I Vocabulary and Structure 1.I will hold your note until Christmas Day, _ you certainly will have received your allowance. A. by that time B. at that time C. by which time D. at which time 2.The Prime Minister commanded that farmers _ loans from the government. A. would recei

2、ve B. received C. ought to receive D. should receive 3.They packed the instruments carefully _ they would be broken during transportation. A. so that B. on condition that C. for fear that D. provided that 4.Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim _. A. may be hardl

3、y doubted B. may be seriously doubted C. may be hard doubting D. may be doubted serious 5._ hostels (客栈) may not offer the most comfortable quarters, they are convenient, inexpensive, and attractive to traveling students and young people. A. When B. While C. Now that D. If 6.When he hurried to the a

4、irport, he found, to his great disappointment, his ticket and passport _ at home. A. were left B. had left C. have been left D. had been left 7.Were the wire of a smaller diameter (直径), its resistance _. A. had been increased B. was increased C. might have been increased D. would be increased 8.He w

5、ent to work on foot yesterday, though he _ by bus. A. must have gone B. might have gone C. would have gone D. could have gone 9.He always prefers to start early rather than _ everything to the last minute. A. leave B. leaving C. leaves D. left 10.Frank was advised to give the assignment to _ he beli

6、eved had a strong sense of responsibility. A. whom B. whoever C. whomever D. that 11.Almost all the countries in the world hoped that the warring sides would _ a compromise. A. affect B. effect C. come D. lead 12.Our talk was completely _out by the roar of the machines. As a result, we had to commun

7、icate with gestures. A. decreased B. reduced C. smashed D. drowned 13.She was arrested for _ state secrets to a foreign reporter in return for her son going abroad. A. getting away B. giving away C. breaking away D. putting away 14.Can you _ furnishing your house luxuriously at a time when the compa

8、ny is losing so much money? A. verify B. identify C. justify D. clarify 15.There _ new problems in respect of the relationship between the two countries in recent years. A. rose B. raised C. lifted D. arose 16.The professor kept speaking about his new discovery in the field, only _ occasionally to h

9、ave a mouthful of tea. A. dropping off B. breaking off C. putting off D. setting off 17.His health _ as he ate too little and worked too hard for months on end. A. broke up B. broke through C. broke down D. broke off 18.After the meeting the workers went back to their _ workshops. A. respectable B.

10、respective C. respectful D. respected 19.The theory of class currently prevailing in the West is _ based on what Max Weber, a German sociologist, proposed. A. fairly B. kindly C. greatly D. largely 20.His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any _ of it at all. A. interpretation B. meanin

11、g C. reason D. sense 21.No one in the class could _ the right answer to the question. A. describe B. furnish C. install D. assess 22.The dentist could _ no signs of decay in my teeth. A. determine B. define C. assign D. detect 23.To his great joy he discovered that his ears became _. A. sensitive B.

12、 aware C. efficient D. sensible 24.He made no _ to his illness till after the lesson. A. remark B. comment C. reference D. opinion 25.The pilot of the plane is _ for the passengers safety. A. conscious B. responsible C. necessary D. regulated 26.We need to make sure that we _ our resources as fully

13、as possible. A. achieve B. operate C. exploit D. expel 27.The economy looks set to _ its growth into next year. A. endure B. persist C. remain D. sustain 28.It was the only thing that I could doI dont have to _ myself to anyone. A. account B. justify C. discount D. clarify 29.The shop assistant says

14、 if I leave $10 as a _, theyll keep the dress for me. A. deposit B. loan C. guarantee D. fee 30.It was such a(n) _ to hear that Marta was found safe and well. A. concern B. anxiety C. expectation D. relief 31.If consumers realize that they are likely to be _ by foodstuffs, they will not buy them. A.

15、 fined B. sued C. contaminated D. charged 32.I think you should question their _ in offering to lend you the money. A. motives B. reasons C. ideals D. initiatives 33.The government is trying to _ public confidence in its management of the economy. A. recover B. relieve C. preserve D. restore 34.She

16、was using all her powers of persuasion to _ the Griffins to remain in the town. A. make B. induce C. expel D. tempt 35.Unless you have a heated greenhouse we feel you will have difficulty in keeping the plant for very long indoors because they like a really warm and _ atmosphere. A. vivid B. amused

17、C. moist D. contaminated 36.I dont think his remarks are relevant _ our discussion. A. to B. at C. for D. with 37.He wont succeed any way, _ hard he tries. A. whatever B. no matter C. as D. however 38.We havent got the right answer yet, because the problem _ is quite complicated. A. solved B. is sol

18、ved C. being solved D. having solved 39.You must speak slowly, so that you can make yourself _. A. to be understood B. understood C. understanding D. being understood 40.It was _ that he didnt go to the party. A. because he was ill B. he was ill C. his illness D. because his illnessPart II Reading C

19、omprehension PASSAGE 1Questions 41 to 45 are based on the same passage or dialog. A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in identically the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as sacred (上帝的) texts. It is always much

20、better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual circumstances of the time and the individual child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better. A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or arous

21、ing his sadistic (施虐狂的) impulses. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often guilty of cruelty than those who had not. As to fear, I think, we also need well-documented cases of children being dangerously terrified

22、 (恐惧) by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not object

23、ively true, that giants, witches (女巫), two-headed dragons, magic carpets (魔毯), etc., do not exist; and that, instead of indulging (沉溺) his fantasies in fairy tales, the child should be taught how to adapt to reality by studying history and mechanics. I find such people, I must confess, so unsympathe

24、tic and peculiar that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a broomstick (女巫乘骑的扫帚柄) or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their enchanted (中魔法的) girl-friend. No fa

25、iry story ever claimed to be a description of the external world and no sane (精神健全的) child has ever believed that it was. 41.The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is _. A. repeated without variation B. treated with respect C. adapted by the parent D. set in the present42.

26、Some people dislike fairy stories because they feel that they _. A. tempt people to be cruel to children B. show the primitive cruelty in children C. lend themselves to undesirable experiments with children D. increase a tendency to have sadistic impulses in children 43.According to the passage grea

27、t fear can be stimulated in a child when the story is _. A. set in reality B. heard for the first time C. repeated too often D. dramatically told 44.The authors mention of broomsticks and telephones is meant to suggest that _. A. fairy stories are still being made up B. there is confusion about diff

28、erent kinds of truth C. people try to modernize old fairy stories D. there is more concern for childrens fears nowadays 45.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. Fairy stories are anything but beneficial to the growth of children. B. Fairy stories teach children the w

29、ay to adapt to the society. C. No fairy story should be taken as the true description of the reality. D. No fairy story should be told to the children without modification.PASSAGE 2 Questions 46 to 50 are based on the same passage or dialog. Standing alone at the Browns party, Anna Mackintosh though

30、t about her husband Edward, establishing him clearly in her minds eye. He was a thin man, forty-one years of age, with fair hair that was often untidy. In the seventeen years theyd been married he had changed very little; he was still nervous with other people, and smiled in the same embarrassed way, and his face was still almost boyish. She believed she had failed him because he had wished for children and she had not been able to supply any. She had, over the years, become neurotic (神经机能病的) about this fact and in the