【备战专四】100道经典专四选择题【含答案】
十大留学中介排名-中国国奥男篮
1. The company has now introduced a policy
____ pay rises are related to performance at work.
(96)
A. Which
B. where
C. whether
D. what
2. The physicist has made a
discovery, ____ of great importance to the
progress of science and
technology. (97)
A. I think which is
B. that I think is
C. which I think is
D. which I think it is
3. ____, he is ready to accept suggestions
from different sources. (97)
A. Instead of his
contributions
B. For all his notable
contributions
C. His making notable
contributions
D. However his notable
contributions
4. The team can handle whatever
____. (97)
A. that needs handling
B. which
needs handling
C. it needs handling
D.
needs to be handled
5. Come and see me
whenever ____. (97)
A. you are convenient
B. you will be convenient
C. it is
convenient to you
D. it will be convenient to
you
6. I was to have made a speech if
____.(97)
A. I was not called away
B.
nobody would have called me away
C. I had not
been called away
D. nobody called me away
7. She remembered several occasions in the
past ____ she had experienced a similar feeling.
(98)
A. which
B. before
C. that
D.
when
8. Language belongs to each member of the
society, to the cleaner ____ to the professor.(98)
A. as far as
B. the same as
C. as much
as
D. as long as
9. The Clarks haven’t
decide yet which hotel ____.(98)
A. to stay
B. is to stay
C. to stay at
D.
is for staying
10. After ____ seemed an
endless wait, it was her turn to enter the
personnel manager’s office.(99)
A. that
B.
there
C. what
D. it
11. Fat can’t
change into muscle ____muscle changes into fat.
(99)
A. any more than
B. no more than
C. no less than
D. much more than
12.
It is not so much the language ____the cultural
background that makes the book different to
understand. (99)
A. but
B. nor
C.
as
D. like
13. There ought to be less
anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain
climbing than ____in the
public mind
today.(99)
A. exists
B. exist
C.
existing
D. to exist
14. I’ve never been
to Lhasa, but that’s the city____. (99)
A. I’d
most like to visit
B. which I like to visit
mostly
C. where I like to visit
D. I’d
like much to visit
15. He ____ unwisely, but
he was at least trying to do something
helpful.(99)
A. may have acted
B. must
have acted
C. should act
D. would act
16. If you have really been studying English
for so long, it’s about time you ____able to write
letters
in English.(99)
A. should
be
B. were
C. must be
D. are
17. He’s____ as a “bellyacher”--- he’s
always complaining about something.(99)
A. who is known
B. whom is known
C. what is known
D.
which is known
18. The three men tried many
times to sneak across the border into the
neighbouring country ____by
the police each
time.(99)
A. had been captured
B. being always captured
C. only to be
captured
D. unfortunately captured
19. His long service with the company was
____ with a present.
A. admitted B.
acknowledged C. attributed D. accepted
20. Teaching students of threshold level is
hard work but the effort is very ____.
A.
precious B. rewarding C. worth D.
challenging
21. Among all the changes
resulting from the ____ entry of women into the
workforce, the
transformation that has
occurred in the women themselves is not the least
important.
A. massive B. quantitative C.
surplus D. tragic
22. Whether their football
team will win is a matter of ____ to me.
A.
indifference B. discrimination C. deviation
D. interests
23. The plane ____, its bombs
exploding as it hit the ground.
A. collided
B. crushed
C. plunged D. crashed
24.
The morning news says a school bus ____ with a
train at the junction a group of policemen were
sent there immediately.
A. stumbled B.
collided C. crashed D. struck
25. Today
the public is much concerned about the way ____.
A. nature is being ruined
B. which
nature is ruined
C. on which to ruin nature
D. of nature to be ruined
26. These
surveys indicate that many crimes go ____ by the
police, mainly because not all victims
report
them.
A. to be unrecorded
B. unrecorded
C. to have been unrecorded
D. unrecording
was ____ of having asked
such a silly question.
A. sorry B.
guilty
C. ashamed D. miserable
28.
During July and August there was no rain for weeks
____.
A. in the end B. in all
C. on end D. on the verge
3. At the
party we found that shy girl ____ her mother all
the time.
A. depending on B.
coinciding with
C. adhering to
D. cling to
4. Important people don’t often
have much free time as their work ____ all their
time.
A. takes away
B. takes over
C. takes in D.
takes up
5. The man in the corner confessed to
____ a lie to the manager of the company.
A. have told B. be told C. being told D.
having told
6. Changing from solid to liquid,
water takes in heat from all substance near it,
and this ____
produces artificial cold
surrounding it.
A. absorption
B. transition
C. consumption
D. interaction
largest system serving e-mail
messengers is the Internet, a ____ of millions of
computers linked
worldwide.
A. unity
B. combination
C. network D.
connection
8. My students found the book ____:
it provided them with an abundance of information
on the
subject.
A. enlightening
B. confusing
C. distracting D.
amusing
9. People who refuse to ____ with
the law will be punished.
A. obey
B. consent
C. conceal D.
comply
10. After a meal in a restaurant, you
ask the waiter for the ____.
A. bill
B. note
C. receipt D. menu
11. China Daily never loses sight of the fact
that each day all of us ____ a tough, challenging
world.
A. encounter B. acquaint
C. preside D. confront
12. In the past, most
foresters have been men, but today, the number of
women ____ this field is
climbing.
A. engaging B. devoting
C. registering
D. pursuing
13. After his recovery from
illness, he ____ his former position.
A.
assumes B. presumed C. consumed D. resumed
14. Foreign disinvestments and the ____ of
South Africa from world capital markets after 1985
further weakened its economy.
A.
displacement B. elimination C. exclusion
D. exception
15. In the event that our
team____, there will be a celebration.
A.
won B. wins C. will win D. could win
16. In case it____, don’t expect me.
A. rained B. raining C. rains D.
will rain
17. If the United States had built
more homes for poor people in 1955, the housing
problems now
in some parts of the country ____
so serious.
A. wouldn't be B. wouldn't
have been C. will not be D. would have not been
18. If John ____ to work hard, he would
succeed.
A. should B. had C.
would D. were
19. If he had
worked harder, he ____ the exams.
A. must
have to through B. would have got through
C. would get through D. could get
through
20. ____ the flood, the ship would
have reached its destination on time.
A.
In case of B. In spite of C. Because of D. But
for
1. Mark often attempts to escape ____
whenever he breaks traffic regulations.
a.
having been fined b. to have been fined
c. to be fined d. being fined
2. My wife
said in her letter that she would appreciate ____
from you sometime.
a. to have heard b.
to hear
c. for hearing d. hearing
3. They are considering ____ before the prices
go up.
a. of buying the house
b.
with buying the house
c. buying the house
d. to buy the house
4. If I had
remembered ____ the door, the things would not
have been stolen.
a. to lock b. locking
c. to have locked d. having locked
5.
It is difficult to get used ____ in a tent after
having a soft, comfortable bed to lie on.
a.
sleep b. to sleeping
c. slept d. to sleep
were you so late for work today?”“____ to the
office was very slow this morning because of
th
e traffic.”
a. Driving b. I drove
c. To drive d. That I drove
7. Before
____ the house, you should get a surveyor____ over
it.
a. buying...looking
bought...to
look
c. buying...to have looked
d.
buying...to look
suggested ____ in hotels
but the children were anxious ____ out.
a.
sleeping...to camp b. sleeping...camping
c.
to sleep...to camp d. to sleep...camping
will______ a discussion of the program until more
members are present.
a. defer b. postpone
c. delay d. put off
10. The ship
_____down into the water
a. glided b.
slipped c. slid d. skim
11. It ______ rain
when you want to go out.
a. guarantees b.
guaranteed
c. is guaranteed to d. is
guaranteed
12. They ____ vast quantities of
cake between them.
a. put away b. put on
c. put aside d. put across
13.
The liquor did not _______ me.
a. agree on
b. agree with c. agree to d. agree
14.
The poor woman is ________ begging.
a.
reduced to b. forced to c. reduced of d. made
to
15. Because of the unexpected changes, they
postponed ____ us an answer.
a. giving b.
have given c. to give d. to have given
16.
Every camera we sell comes with a two-year____.
a. guarantee b. safety c. confirmation
d. conservation
1. The republication of the
poet’s most recent works will certainly ________
his national
reputation.
a. magnify
b. strengthen
c. enlarge d. enhance
2. On weekends my grandma usually ___ a glass
of wine.
a. subscribes to b. engages in
c. hangs on d. indulges in
3. The
coming of the railways in the 1830s __ our society
and economic life.
a. transformed b.
transported
c. transferred d. transmitted
4. The police set a ___ to catch the thieves.
a. plan b. device
c. trap d.
trick
5. He was punished _____ he should make
the same mistake again.
a. unless b.
provided
c. if d. lest
6. One of
the attractive features of the course was the way
the practical work had been ______
with the
theoretical aspects of the subject.
a.
embedded b. embraced
c. integrated d.
synthesized
aged by their culture to voice
their opinions freely, the Canadians are not
afraid to go
against the group _____, and will
argue their viewpoints enthusiastically, though
rarely aggressively.
a. consent b.
conscience
c. consensus d. consciousness
8. In spite of the _____, it seemed that many
of the invited guests would still show up.
a.
deviation b. distinction c. comparison d.
controversy
9. These continual _____ in
temperature make it impossible to decide what to
wear.
a. transitions b.
transformationsc c. exchanges d. fluctuations
10. We find it impossible to _____ with the
latest safety regulations.
a. accord b.
unify c. comply d. obey
1. Obviously, the
Chairman’s remarks at the conference were ___ and
not planned.
a. substantial b. spontaneous
c. simultaneous d. synthetic
2. For
the success of the project, the company should ___
the most of the opportunities at hand.
a.
obtain b. grasp
c. catch d. make
3. Failure to follow the club rules ___ him
from the volleyball team.
a. disfavoured b.
dispelled
c. disqualified d. dismissed
4. The discovery of new oil-fields in various
parts of the country filled the government with
____
hope.
a. eternal b. infinite
c. ceaseless d. everlasting
5. At first the
company refused to purchase the equipment, but
this decision was ____ revised.
a.
subsequently b. successively
c.
predominantly d. preliminarily
6. The local
police are authorized to ___ anyone’s movements as
they think of it.
a. pause b. halt
c.
repel d. keep
7. The local authorities
realized the need to make ___ for elderly people
in their housing programs.
a. preparation
b. requirement
c. specification d.
provision
8. Twelve is to three __ four is to
one.
a. what b. as
c. that
d. like
9. Things went well for her during
her early life but in her middle age her ___
seemed to change.
a. affair b. luck
c. event d. chance
10. To ___ important
dates in history, countries create special
holidays.
a. commend b. memorize
c.
propagate d. commemorate
1. Suddenly there
was a _____ of lightening followed by a clap of
thunder.
A. flame B. glow
C. flash
D. stream
2. Although the weather was very
bad, the buses still ran on _____ .
A. list
B. schedule
C. plan D. arrangement
3.
Their income and expenses are managed well in
_____ .
A. arrangement B. preparation
C. balance D. excess
4. It gave me a strange
feeling of excitement to see my name in _____ .
A. news B. print
C. press D.
publication
5. In the _____ of the project not
being a success, the investors stand to lose up to
430
million.
A. event B. face
C. time D. course
6. In Britain people _____
four million tons of potatoes every year.
A.
exhaust B. consume
C. dispose D.
swallow
7. That house always _____ me of a
holiday I spend in Switzerland.
A. awakes
B. recalls
C. minds D. reminds
8. A
well-written composition _____ good choice of
words and clear organization among other things.
A. calls on B. calls for
C. calls up
D. calls off
9. The Car Club couldn’t _____ to
meet the demands of all its members.
A.
ensure B. guarantee
C. assume D. confirm
10. I don’t know whether what she said is
true, but I’ll _____ it.
A. conform B.
confirm
C. confess D. confine
11. He
is late again today. I’ll _____ that he will not
be late tomorrow.
A. be sure B. see to it
C. hope for D. make it so
12. _____
right now, she would get there on Sunday.
A.
Would she leave
B. If she leaves
C.
Were she to leave
D. If she had left
13.
The millions of calculations involved, had they
been done by hand, _____ all practical value by
the time they were finished.
A. had lost
B. would lose
C. would have lost D. should
have lost
14. ---“ Steve made a reservation
already.”
---“ ______ he change his
mind, he can cancel it.”
A. Should B.
Would
C. If D. So
15. Those flowers
smell very _____.
A. pleasantly
B. well C. nicely D. fragrant
16. The
switch remains _____.
A. to turn on
B. turned on
C. turning on
D.
having already turned
17. They went on
gossiping about Jane, _____that she had come in.
A. knowing nothing
B. to know
nothing
C. not knowing
D.
having not known
18. Mrs. Smith went out in
answer to an urgent call, _____.
A.
leaving the washing-up undone B. left undone
the washing-up
C. having left the washing-up
undo D. with the washing-up leaving undone
19. The train _____, all the passengers
queued to get ready for the boarding.
A.
pulled in B. had pulled in
C. having
pulled in D. was pulling in
20. The equipment
_____ out of order, the production is made almost
impossible.
A. is B. being
C. was
D. is to be
1. He arrived half an hour late
for the meeting. _____, he did not even apologize
or give any
explanation..
A. Reversely
B. Moreover
C. Therefore D. Nevertheless
2. Since the matter was extremely _____,we
dealt with it immediately.
A. tough B.
urgent
C. tense D. instant
3. It has
been revealed that some government leaders ____
their authority and position to get illegal
profits for themselves.
A. employ B.
take
C. abuse D. overlook
4. Everybody
_____ in the hall where they were welcomed by the
secretary.
A. piled B. assembled
C.
joined D. accumulated
5. Features such as
height, weight, and skin color _____ from
individual to individual and from face
to
face.
A. change B. vary
C. alter D.
shift
6. I hate to be _____ when I don’t do
things properly.
A. stared B. gazed
C. glanced D. peeped
7. Many people complain
of the rapid _____ of modern life.
A. rate
B. pace
C. speed D. growth
8. The house
has a kitchen, a bathtub and some other _____ .
A. facilities B. devices
C.
equipments D. opportunities
9. When he
realized the police had spotted him, the man _____
the exit as quickly as possible.
A. made of
B. made for
C. made out D. made off
10.
Frequently single-parent children _____ some of
the functions that the absent adult in the house
would have served.
A. take off B. take
after
C. take on D. take in
11.
Tending dairy cows is a much better way to spend
the summer than _____ summer school.
A. to
attend B. attends
C. to be attending D.
attending
12. In the course of a day, students
do far more than just _____ classes.
A. attend B. attended
C. to attend D.
attending
13. _____ with size of the whole
earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at
all.
A. When compared B. Compare
C.
While comparing D. Comparing
14. If you _____
to clone yourself, would it be like you in every
detail?
A. will be B. are
C.
have been D. were
15. The mere fact _____
most people believe nuclear war would be madness
does not mean that it will
not occur,
A.
what B. which
C. that D. whose
16.
The leather shoes _____ $$200 turned out to be a
sham.
A. which he was charged
B.
which he charged
C. for which was he
charged
D. for which he was charged
17. The company official _____ I thought would
be fired received a raise.
A. whom
B. whose
C. whoever D. who
18. We are
ignorant of the degree _____ his experiments have
supplied powerful evidence for his
theory.
A. at which B. in that
C. to which
D. for which
19. We are sure that you’re
suited to the position _____ qualification,
ability and experience.
A. in honor of B.
in terms of
C. in favor of D. in line of
20. The moon having no water, _____.
A. so it has no life
B. there can be no
life
C. and there can be no life
D. there has no life
1. As a result of
careless washing, the jacket _____ to a child’s
size.
A. contracted
B. compressed
C. shrank
D. decreased
2.
Franklin’s ability to learn from observations and
experience _____ greatly to his success in
public life.
A. contributed B. owed
C. attributed D. related
3. I’m not sure
whether I can gain any profit from this
investment, so I can’t make a(n)
_____
promise to help you.
A. refined B. defined
C. confined D. definite
4. It is
_____ impossible to find a good
educational computer program in this part of the
country.
A. barely B. hardly
C.
merely D. nearly
5. Grain production in the
world is _____ but still millions go hungry.
A. staggering B. shrinking
C. soaring D.
suspending
6. The ball _____ two or three
times before rolling down the slope.
A.
swayed B. bounced
C. hopped D. leapt
7. Mobile telecommunications _____ is expected
to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a
contract signed between the two companies.
A. capability B. potential
C. impact
D. capacity
8. We should make a clear _____
between the two scientific terms for the purpose
of our
discussion.
A. separation B.
discrimination
C. distinction D. deviation
9. He didn’t have time to read the report word
for word: he just _____ it.
A. skimmed B.
observed
C. overlooked D. glanced
10.
Your advice would be _____ valuable to him, who is
at present at his wit’s end.
A. excessively
B. exceedingly
C. extensively D.
exclusively
11. No one had told Smith about
_____ a lecture the following day.
A. there
being B. there be
C. there would be D.
there was
12. The teacher doesn’t permit _____
in class.
A. smoke B. to smoke
C.
smoking D. to have a smoke
13. After _____
for the job, you will be required to take a
language test.
A. being interviewed
B.
interviewed
C. interviewing
D. having
interviewed
14. Your hair wants _____. You’d
better have it done tomorrow.
A. cut B. to
cut
C. cutting D. being cut
15. I
would appreciate _____ it a secret.
A. you
to keep
B. your keeping
C. that you
keep
D. that you will keep
16.
There is more land in Australia than the
government knows _____.
A. what to do with
B. how to do
C. to do with it D. to do it
17. We agreed to accept _____ they thought was
the best tourist guide.
A.
whatever B. whomever
C. whichever D.
whoever
18. The match was cancelled because
most of the members _____ a match without a
standard court.
A. objected to having
B. were objected to have
C. objected to
have
D. were objected to having
19. When
I try to understand _____ that prevents so many
Americans from being as happy as one
might
expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.
A. why it does B. what it does
C.
what it is D. why it is
20. He is late again
today. I’ll _____ that he will not be late
tomorrow.
A. be sure B. hope for
C.
see to it D. make it so
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1. The company
has now introduced a policy ____ pay rises are
related to performance at work.
(96)
A.
Which
B. where
C. whether
D. what
2. The physicist has made a discovery, ____ of
great importance to the progress of science and
technology. (97)
A. I think which is
B. that I think is
C. which I think is
D. which I think it is
3. ____, he is
ready to accept suggestions from different
sources. (97)
A. Instead of his contributions
B. For all his notable contributions
C.
His making notable contributions
D. However
his notable contributions
4. The team can
handle whatever ____. (97)
A. that needs
handling
B. which needs handling
C. it
needs handling
D. needs to be handled
5.
Come and see me whenever ____. (97)
A. you are
convenient
B. you will be convenient
C. it
is convenient to you
D. it will be convenient
to you
6. I was to have made a speech if
____.(97)
A. I was not called away
B.
nobody would have called me away
C. I had not
been called away
D. nobody called me away
7. She remembered several occasions in the
past ____ she had experienced a similar feeling.
(98)
A. which
B. before
C. that
D.
when
8. Language belongs to each member of the
society, to the cleaner ____ to the professor.(98)
A. as far as
B. the same as
C. as much
as
D. as long as
9. The Clarks haven’t
decide yet which hotel ____.(98)
A. to stay
B. is to stay
C. to stay at
D.
is for staying
10. After ____ seemed an
endless wait, it was her turn to enter the
personnel manager’s office.(99)
A. that
B.
there
C. what
D. it
11. Fat can’t
change into muscle ____muscle changes into fat.
(99)
A. any more than
B. no more than
C. no less than
D. much more than
12.
It is not so much the language ____the cultural
background that makes the book different to
understand. (99)
A. but
B. nor
C.
as
D. like
13. There ought to be less
anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain
climbing than ____in the
public mind
today.(99)
A. exists
B. exist
C.
existing
D. to exist
14. I’ve never been
to Lhasa, but that’s the city____. (99)
A. I’d
most like to visit
B. which I like to visit
mostly
C. where I like to visit
D. I’d
like much to visit
15. He ____ unwisely, but
he was at least trying to do something
helpful.(99)
A. may have acted
B. must
have acted
C. should act
D. would act
16. If you have really been studying English
for so long, it’s about time you ____able to write
letters
in English.(99)
A. should
be
B. were
C. must be
D. are
17. He’s____ as a “bellyacher”--- he’s
always complaining about something.(99)
A. who is known
B. whom is known
C. what is known
D.
which is known
18. The three men tried many
times to sneak across the border into the
neighbouring country ____by
the police each
time.(99)
A. had been captured
B. being always captured
C. only to be
captured
D. unfortunately captured
19. His long service with the company was
____ with a present.
A. admitted B.
acknowledged C. attributed D. accepted
20. Teaching students of threshold level is
hard work but the effort is very ____.
A.
precious B. rewarding C. worth D.
challenging
21. Among all the changes
resulting from the ____ entry of women into the
workforce, the
transformation that has
occurred in the women themselves is not the least
important.
A. massive B. quantitative C.
surplus D. tragic
22. Whether their football
team will win is a matter of ____ to me.
A.
indifference B. discrimination C. deviation
D. interests
23. The plane ____, its bombs
exploding as it hit the ground.
A. collided
B. crushed
C. plunged D. crashed
24.
The morning news says a school bus ____ with a
train at the junction a group of policemen were
sent there immediately.
A. stumbled B.
collided C. crashed D. struck
25. Today
the public is much concerned about the way ____.
A. nature is being ruined
B. which
nature is ruined
C. on which to ruin nature
D. of nature to be ruined
26. These
surveys indicate that many crimes go ____ by the
police, mainly because not all victims
report
them.
A. to be unrecorded
B. unrecorded
C. to have been unrecorded
D. unrecording
was ____ of having asked
such a silly question.
A. sorry B.
guilty
C. ashamed D. miserable
28.
During July and August there was no rain for weeks
____.
A. in the end B. in all
C. on end D. on the verge
3. At the
party we found that shy girl ____ her mother all
the time.
A. depending on B.
coinciding with
C. adhering to
D. cling to
4. Important people don’t often
have much free time as their work ____ all their
time.
A. takes away
B. takes over
C. takes in D.
takes up
5. The man in the corner confessed to
____ a lie to the manager of the company.
A. have told B. be told C. being told D.
having told
6. Changing from solid to liquid,
water takes in heat from all substance near it,
and this ____
produces artificial cold
surrounding it.
A. absorption
B. transition
C. consumption
D. interaction
largest system serving e-mail
messengers is the Internet, a ____ of millions of
computers linked
worldwide.
A. unity
B. combination
C. network D.
connection
8. My students found the book ____:
it provided them with an abundance of information
on the
subject.
A. enlightening
B. confusing
C. distracting D.
amusing
9. People who refuse to ____ with
the law will be punished.
A. obey
B. consent
C. conceal D.
comply
10. After a meal in a restaurant, you
ask the waiter for the ____.
A. bill
B. note
C. receipt D. menu
11. China Daily never loses sight of the fact
that each day all of us ____ a tough, challenging
world.
A. encounter B. acquaint
C. preside D. confront
12. In the past, most
foresters have been men, but today, the number of
women ____ this field is
climbing.
A. engaging B. devoting
C. registering
D. pursuing
13. After his recovery from
illness, he ____ his former position.
A.
assumes B. presumed C. consumed D. resumed
14. Foreign disinvestments and the ____ of
South Africa from world capital markets after 1985
further weakened its economy.
A.
displacement B. elimination C. exclusion
D. exception
15. In the event that our
team____, there will be a celebration.
A.
won B. wins C. will win D. could win
16. In case it____, don’t expect me.
A. rained B. raining C. rains D.
will rain
17. If the United States had built
more homes for poor people in 1955, the housing
problems now
in some parts of the country ____
so serious.
A. wouldn't be B. wouldn't
have been C. will not be D. would have not been
18. If John ____ to work hard, he would
succeed.
A. should B. had C.
would D. were
19. If he had
worked harder, he ____ the exams.
A. must
have to through B. would have got through
C. would get through D. could get
through
20. ____ the flood, the ship would
have reached its destination on time.
A.
In case of B. In spite of C. Because of D. But
for
1. Mark often attempts to escape ____
whenever he breaks traffic regulations.
a.
having been fined b. to have been fined
c. to be fined d. being fined
2. My wife
said in her letter that she would appreciate ____
from you sometime.
a. to have heard b.
to hear
c. for hearing d. hearing
3. They are considering ____ before the prices
go up.
a. of buying the house
b.
with buying the house
c. buying the house
d. to buy the house
4. If I had
remembered ____ the door, the things would not
have been stolen.
a. to lock b. locking
c. to have locked d. having locked
5.
It is difficult to get used ____ in a tent after
having a soft, comfortable bed to lie on.
a.
sleep b. to sleeping
c. slept d. to sleep
were you so late for work today?”“____ to the
office was very slow this morning because of
th
e traffic.”
a. Driving b. I drove
c. To drive d. That I drove
7. Before
____ the house, you should get a surveyor____ over
it.
a. buying...looking
bought...to
look
c. buying...to have looked
d.
buying...to look
suggested ____ in hotels
but the children were anxious ____ out.
a.
sleeping...to camp b. sleeping...camping
c.
to sleep...to camp d. to sleep...camping
will______ a discussion of the program until more
members are present.
a. defer b. postpone
c. delay d. put off
10. The ship
_____down into the water
a. glided b.
slipped c. slid d. skim
11. It ______ rain
when you want to go out.
a. guarantees b.
guaranteed
c. is guaranteed to d. is
guaranteed
12. They ____ vast quantities of
cake between them.
a. put away b. put on
c. put aside d. put across
13.
The liquor did not _______ me.
a. agree on
b. agree with c. agree to d. agree
14.
The poor woman is ________ begging.
a.
reduced to b. forced to c. reduced of d. made
to
15. Because of the unexpected changes, they
postponed ____ us an answer.
a. giving b.
have given c. to give d. to have given
16.
Every camera we sell comes with a two-year____.
a. guarantee b. safety c. confirmation
d. conservation
1. The republication of the
poet’s most recent works will certainly ________
his national
reputation.
a. magnify
b. strengthen
c. enlarge d. enhance
2. On weekends my grandma usually ___ a glass
of wine.
a. subscribes to b. engages in
c. hangs on d. indulges in
3. The
coming of the railways in the 1830s __ our society
and economic life.
a. transformed b.
transported
c. transferred d. transmitted
4. The police set a ___ to catch the thieves.
a. plan b. device
c. trap d.
trick
5. He was punished _____ he should make
the same mistake again.
a. unless b.
provided
c. if d. lest
6. One of
the attractive features of the course was the way
the practical work had been ______
with the
theoretical aspects of the subject.
a.
embedded b. embraced
c. integrated d.
synthesized
aged by their culture to voice
their opinions freely, the Canadians are not
afraid to go
against the group _____, and will
argue their viewpoints enthusiastically, though
rarely aggressively.
a. consent b.
conscience
c. consensus d. consciousness
8. In spite of the _____, it seemed that many
of the invited guests would still show up.
a.
deviation b. distinction c. comparison d.
controversy
9. These continual _____ in
temperature make it impossible to decide what to
wear.
a. transitions b.
transformationsc c. exchanges d. fluctuations
10. We find it impossible to _____ with the
latest safety regulations.
a. accord b.
unify c. comply d. obey
1. Obviously, the
Chairman’s remarks at the conference were ___ and
not planned.
a. substantial b. spontaneous
c. simultaneous d. synthetic
2. For
the success of the project, the company should ___
the most of the opportunities at hand.
a.
obtain b. grasp
c. catch d. make
3. Failure to follow the club rules ___ him
from the volleyball team.
a. disfavoured b.
dispelled
c. disqualified d. dismissed
4. The discovery of new oil-fields in various
parts of the country filled the government with
____
hope.
a. eternal b. infinite
c. ceaseless d. everlasting
5. At first the
company refused to purchase the equipment, but
this decision was ____ revised.
a.
subsequently b. successively
c.
predominantly d. preliminarily
6. The local
police are authorized to ___ anyone’s movements as
they think of it.
a. pause b. halt
c.
repel d. keep
7. The local authorities
realized the need to make ___ for elderly people
in their housing programs.
a. preparation
b. requirement
c. specification d.
provision
8. Twelve is to three __ four is to
one.
a. what b. as
c. that
d. like
9. Things went well for her during
her early life but in her middle age her ___
seemed to change.
a. affair b. luck
c. event d. chance
10. To ___ important
dates in history, countries create special
holidays.
a. commend b. memorize
c.
propagate d. commemorate
1. Suddenly there
was a _____ of lightening followed by a clap of
thunder.
A. flame B. glow
C. flash
D. stream
2. Although the weather was very
bad, the buses still ran on _____ .
A. list
B. schedule
C. plan D. arrangement
3.
Their income and expenses are managed well in
_____ .
A. arrangement B. preparation
C. balance D. excess
4. It gave me a strange
feeling of excitement to see my name in _____ .
A. news B. print
C. press D.
publication
5. In the _____ of the project not
being a success, the investors stand to lose up to
430
million.
A. event B. face
C. time D. course
6. In Britain people _____
four million tons of potatoes every year.
A.
exhaust B. consume
C. dispose D.
swallow
7. That house always _____ me of a
holiday I spend in Switzerland.
A. awakes
B. recalls
C. minds D. reminds
8. A
well-written composition _____ good choice of
words and clear organization among other things.
A. calls on B. calls for
C. calls up
D. calls off
9. The Car Club couldn’t _____ to
meet the demands of all its members.
A.
ensure B. guarantee
C. assume D. confirm
10. I don’t know whether what she said is
true, but I’ll _____ it.
A. conform B.
confirm
C. confess D. confine
11. He
is late again today. I’ll _____ that he will not
be late tomorrow.
A. be sure B. see to it
C. hope for D. make it so
12. _____
right now, she would get there on Sunday.
A.
Would she leave
B. If she leaves
C.
Were she to leave
D. If she had left
13.
The millions of calculations involved, had they
been done by hand, _____ all practical value by
the time they were finished.
A. had lost
B. would lose
C. would have lost D. should
have lost
14. ---“ Steve made a reservation
already.”
---“ ______ he change his
mind, he can cancel it.”
A. Should B.
Would
C. If D. So
15. Those flowers
smell very _____.
A. pleasantly
B. well C. nicely D. fragrant
16. The
switch remains _____.
A. to turn on
B. turned on
C. turning on
D.
having already turned
17. They went on
gossiping about Jane, _____that she had come in.
A. knowing nothing
B. to know
nothing
C. not knowing
D.
having not known
18. Mrs. Smith went out in
answer to an urgent call, _____.
A.
leaving the washing-up undone B. left undone
the washing-up
C. having left the washing-up
undo D. with the washing-up leaving undone
19. The train _____, all the passengers
queued to get ready for the boarding.
A.
pulled in B. had pulled in
C. having
pulled in D. was pulling in
20. The equipment
_____ out of order, the production is made almost
impossible.
A. is B. being
C. was
D. is to be
1. He arrived half an hour late
for the meeting. _____, he did not even apologize
or give any
explanation..
A. Reversely
B. Moreover
C. Therefore D. Nevertheless
2. Since the matter was extremely _____,we
dealt with it immediately.
A. tough B.
urgent
C. tense D. instant
3. It has
been revealed that some government leaders ____
their authority and position to get illegal
profits for themselves.
A. employ B.
take
C. abuse D. overlook
4. Everybody
_____ in the hall where they were welcomed by the
secretary.
A. piled B. assembled
C.
joined D. accumulated
5. Features such as
height, weight, and skin color _____ from
individual to individual and from face
to
face.
A. change B. vary
C. alter D.
shift
6. I hate to be _____ when I don’t do
things properly.
A. stared B. gazed
C. glanced D. peeped
7. Many people complain
of the rapid _____ of modern life.
A. rate
B. pace
C. speed D. growth
8. The house
has a kitchen, a bathtub and some other _____ .
A. facilities B. devices
C.
equipments D. opportunities
9. When he
realized the police had spotted him, the man _____
the exit as quickly as possible.
A. made of
B. made for
C. made out D. made off
10.
Frequently single-parent children _____ some of
the functions that the absent adult in the house
would have served.
A. take off B. take
after
C. take on D. take in
11.
Tending dairy cows is a much better way to spend
the summer than _____ summer school.
A. to
attend B. attends
C. to be attending D.
attending
12. In the course of a day, students
do far more than just _____ classes.
A. attend B. attended
C. to attend D.
attending
13. _____ with size of the whole
earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at
all.
A. When compared B. Compare
C.
While comparing D. Comparing
14. If you _____
to clone yourself, would it be like you in every
detail?
A. will be B. are
C.
have been D. were
15. The mere fact _____
most people believe nuclear war would be madness
does not mean that it will
not occur,
A.
what B. which
C. that D. whose
16.
The leather shoes _____ $$200 turned out to be a
sham.
A. which he was charged
B.
which he charged
C. for which was he
charged
D. for which he was charged
17. The company official _____ I thought would
be fired received a raise.
A. whom
B. whose
C. whoever D. who
18. We are
ignorant of the degree _____ his experiments have
supplied powerful evidence for his
theory.
A. at which B. in that
C. to which
D. for which
19. We are sure that you’re
suited to the position _____ qualification,
ability and experience.
A. in honor of B.
in terms of
C. in favor of D. in line of
20. The moon having no water, _____.
A. so it has no life
B. there can be no
life
C. and there can be no life
D. there has no life
1. As a result of
careless washing, the jacket _____ to a child’s
size.
A. contracted
B. compressed
C. shrank
D. decreased
2.
Franklin’s ability to learn from observations and
experience _____ greatly to his success in
public life.
A. contributed B. owed
C. attributed D. related
3. I’m not sure
whether I can gain any profit from this
investment, so I can’t make a(n)
_____
promise to help you.
A. refined B. defined
C. confined D. definite
4. It is
_____ impossible to find a good
educational computer program in this part of the
country.
A. barely B. hardly
C.
merely D. nearly
5. Grain production in the
world is _____ but still millions go hungry.
A. staggering B. shrinking
C. soaring D.
suspending
6. The ball _____ two or three
times before rolling down the slope.
A.
swayed B. bounced
C. hopped D. leapt
7. Mobile telecommunications _____ is expected
to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a
contract signed between the two companies.
A. capability B. potential
C. impact
D. capacity
8. We should make a clear _____
between the two scientific terms for the purpose
of our
discussion.
A. separation B.
discrimination
C. distinction D. deviation
9. He didn’t have time to read the report word
for word: he just _____ it.
A. skimmed B.
observed
C. overlooked D. glanced
10.
Your advice would be _____ valuable to him, who is
at present at his wit’s end.
A. excessively
B. exceedingly
C. extensively D.
exclusively
11. No one had told Smith about
_____ a lecture the following day.
A. there
being B. there be
C. there would be D.
there was
12. The teacher doesn’t permit _____
in class.
A. smoke B. to smoke
C.
smoking D. to have a smoke
13. After _____
for the job, you will be required to take a
language test.
A. being interviewed
B.
interviewed
C. interviewing
D. having
interviewed
14. Your hair wants _____. You’d
better have it done tomorrow.
A. cut B. to
cut
C. cutting D. being cut
15. I
would appreciate _____ it a secret.
A. you
to keep
B. your keeping
C. that you
keep
D. that you will keep
16.
There is more land in Australia than the
government knows _____.
A. what to do with
B. how to do
C. to do with it D. to do it
17. We agreed to accept _____ they thought was
the best tourist guide.
A.
whatever B. whomever
C. whichever D.
whoever
18. The match was cancelled because
most of the members _____ a match without a
standard court.
A. objected to having
B. were objected to have
C. objected to
have
D. were objected to having
19. When
I try to understand _____ that prevents so many
Americans from being as happy as one
might
expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.
A. why it does B. what it does
C.
what it is D. why it is
20. He is late again
today. I’ll _____ that he will not be late
tomorrow.
A. be sure B. hope for
C.
see to it D. make it so
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