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专四模拟试题之语法词汇共18篇
专四模拟试题之语法词汇共18篇

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇1)

1. Although ____ Spanish, he attended the course.

A. he was knowing

B. he is knowing

C. having a knowledge of

D. knows

2. You ____that letter to James. However, you didn’t.

A. ought to write

B. ought to have written

C. should write

D. should be writing

3. Joseph was very lucky ____ with his life; he almost did not get out of the room.

A. to escape

B. to have escaped

C. to escaping

D. to be escaping

4. Bread and butter ____liked by Westerners.

A. is

B. are

C. were

D. be

5. The back garden of our house contains a lawn, ____very pleasant to sit on in summer.

A. which is

B. which it is

C. it is

D.where it is

6. He set up in business ____ his own and was very successful.

A. in

B.of

C.on

D. by

7. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; he ____last night.

A. must study

B.charged

C.punished

D.posed

14. Modern ___perhaps causes more problems than it solves.

A. technique

B.technology

C. tactics

D.tendency

15. Mary tiptoed over and took the clock away because she hated to hear it ____ when she was trying to go tosleep.

A. sounding

B. ringing

C. ticking

D. humming

16. Under this ____ pressure some of the rocks even became liquid.

A. intensive

B.weighty

C.intense

D.bulky

17. Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ____ of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living.

A. maximum

B.minority

C. majorit

D.minimum

18. Nancy was surprised that they have ____. They seemed to be a happy couple.

A. split up

B.broken down

C. fallen through

D. knocked out

19.The beach is in an ideal ____to draw tourists.

A. condition

B. situation

C. state

D. publicity

20. Our ____ sensitivity decreases with age. By age 60, most people have lost 40 percent of their ability to smell and 50 percent of their taste buds.

A. sensible

B. senseless

C. sensitive

D. sensory

21. The eldest child is thoroughly ____because they always give him whatever he wants.

A. wasted

B. spoiled

C.destroyed

D.uneducated

22. If a substance is dissolved in water or heated, it may ____a gas.

A. give into

B. give over

C. give off

D. give away

23. His manner was so pleasant that Bolla felt at ____ with him at once.

A. peace

B. large

C. ease

D. best

24. —Can you take the day off tomorrow?

—Well, I’ll hav e to get ____ from my boss.

A. permission

B. permit

C. allowance

D. possession

25. The ____ in Janet’s character has hindered her from advancement in her career.

A. weakness

B. merit

C. defect

D. shortcoming

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇2)

1. My pain ____ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathet ically: “Are you feeling all right?”

A. must be

B. must have been

C. had been

D. had to be

2. It is only when you nearly lose someone ____ fully conscious of how much you value him.

A. do you become

B.then you become

C. that you become

D.have you become

3. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ____ the atmosphere.

A. as it is

B. so is

C. the same as

D. and so is

4. While driving along the treacherous road, ____ .

A. my right rear tyre blew out

B. my right rear tyre had a blowout

C.I had a blownout on my right rear tyre

D. I had my right rear tyre blowout

5. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the stud y of Afro American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame

6. ____ there is little we can do to modify the weather, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect.

A. Since

B.When

C.While

D. Unless

7.This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of making more of an impact on the art community ____ any of them could individually and to promote Western art by women.

A. rather than

B.rather

C. than

D. other than

8. But the Swiss discovered long years ago that constant warfare brought them ____ suffering and poverty.

A. anything but

B. nothing but

C. none other than

D. no more than

9. After ____ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to step into the docto r’s office.

A.it

B.that

C.what

D. which

10. The board deemed it’s urgent that these files ____ right away.

A. had to be printed

B. should have been printed

C. must be printed

D. should be printed

11. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any ____ of it at all.

A. explanation

B. meaning

C. sense

D. interpretation

12. You should have your eyes tested every year in case the ____ of your spectacles need changing.

A. lenses

B.glasses

C.sights

D.crystals

13. The school committee hoped that their choice of play would be ______ with the students and their parents.

A. recognized

B. popular

C. favorable

D. fascinated

14. By cutting down trees we ____ the natural home of birds and animals.

A. harm

B. hurt

C. injure

D. damage

15. Mr. Robinson knew that the most trivial chore could prove to be a ____ if approached with enthusiasm.

A. prize

B. reward

C.refund

D. bonus

16. The trade unions in this industry are ____ any reduction in wages.

A. objecting against

B. opposed to

C. reacted to

D.resisting against

17. She was teaching me ____ you would teach a younger child to speak the language.

A. the way

B.in the way

C. a way

D.to the way

18. The Brownings have not ____ yet and I doubt whether they will come.

A turned in B. turned out C.turned up D. turned to

19.We went on a(n) ____ to the mountain yesterday.

A.excursion

B.trip

C. tour

D. travel

20.When Sarah and I ____ on an article for the school newspaper, we found it difficult to work together.

A. compiled

B. gathered

C. collaborated

D. collected

21.Beth could ____ her coat because it had largered buttons.

A. recognize

B.prove

C.define

D. claim

22.Postal ____ are determined by the class and weight of the parcel mailed.

A. taxes

B.payment

C. fees

D. premium

23.My father is so deaf that he has to use a hearing ____ .

A. help

B. aid

C.support

D.tool

24.On New Year’s Eve, there will be a firework ____ at People’s Square.

A. display

B.performance

C. show

D. exhibition

25.The ____ of beer and alcohol in New Zealand is very high.

A. consumption

B. use

C.drink

D. absorption

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇3)

1. The bank is reported in the local newspaper ____ in broad daylight yesterday.

A. to be robbed

B. robbed

C. to have been robbed

D. having been robbed

2. ____ before, his first performance for the amateur dramatic group was a success.

A. Though having never acted

B. As he had never acted

C. Despite he had never acted

D. In spite of his never having acted

3. By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s population ____ in cities rather than in the country.

A. are living

B. will be living

C. have lived

D. will have lived

4. Mr. Milton prefers to resign ____ part in such dishonest business deals.

A. than take

B. than to take

C. rather than take

D. rather than to take

5. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ____ going on in the world.

A. it is

B.as is

C.there is

D.what is

7. Bit by bit , a child makes the necessary changes to make his language ____ .

A. as other people

B.as other people’s

C.like other people

D.like other people’s

8.Clothing made of plastic fibres has certain advantages over ____ made of natural fibres like cotton, wool, or silk.

A. one

B.the one

C.that

D.what

9.The treasury issued an order stating that ____ land purchased from the government had to be paid for in gold and silver.

A. henceforth

B.moreover

C. whereby

D.however

10.The students expected there ____ more reviewing classes before the final exams.

A. is

B.being

C. have been

D.to be

11. It was during summer breaks that we first taste the satisfaction work that ____ into hard currency.

A. translates

B. transfers

C. transplants

D. transmits

12.In some cases, your instructor may tell you the topics ____ or may give you a choice of topics to write about.

A. in advance

B. ahead of

C. above all

D. right away

13.It was the driver’s ____ that caused him to step on the gas instead of the brake after his car went over the curb.

A. fraud

B. alarm

C. terror

D. panic

14.Danny left this ____ message on my answering machine:

“I must see you. Meet me at twelve o’clock.” Did he mean noon or midnight?

A. ambiguous

B.responsible

C. implicit

D. thoughtful

15.We looked for a table to sit down, but they were all ____ .

A.reserved for

B. engaged in

C. used up

D. taken up

16.She will have to find somewhere else to work, for she can’t ____ this loud noise any longer.

A. come up with

B. catch up with

C. keep up with

D. put up with

17.Tom ____ his new job with confidence.

A. set out

B. set off

C. set up

D. set about

18.The truck driver was fined for exceeding the speed ____ .

A. range

B. limit

C. rule

D. regulation

19.The crippled Jack proudly walked with a ____ to the platform to join the children.

A. jump

B. limp

C. hop

D. jog

20.He cannot ____ a car, for he does not earn much money.

A. obtain

B. afford

C. donate

D. consume

21.The message is clear: Just as tea and banana cant’t go together, ______ should the son of a low class family expect to marry the daughter of a nobleman.

A. either

B.not

C. neither

D. nor

22.Though ____ rich, she was better off than at any other period in her life.

A. by means of

B. within her means

C. by all means

D. by no means

23.It is a(n) ____ attitude to take towards life.

A. absurd

B. silly

C. stupid

D. authentic

24.Every year, one student in our high school wins a scholarship that ____ one year of college.

A. improves

B. subsidizes

C. obliges

D. inflicts

25.He wrote the book in ____ with his wife.

A. proportion

B. installment

C. correspondence

D. collaboration

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇4)

1. Evidence came up ____ specific sounds are recognized by babies as young as six months old.

A. what

B. that

C. which

D. whose

2. I understand ____ preparation that staff must put in under pressure to meet the deadline.

A. more than the enormous amount of

B. better than most the enormous number of

C. better than most the enormous amount of

D. fewer than the number of

3. I’m s ure your suggestion will ____ the problem.

A. contribute to solving

B. be contributed to solve

C. contribute to solve

D. be contributed to solving

4. In 1840, both Lucretian Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton resented ______ proper seating at the World’s Anti slavery convention in London because of their sex.

A. could

B. did

C.would

D. was

6. You should have put the milk into the ice box, I expect it ____ undrinkable.

A. became

B.had become

C. has become

D. becomes

7. It’s no good ____ him. He is always ind ifferent towards others’ matters.

A. to turn to

B. turning to

C. turn to

D. turned to

8. Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure ____

A. than more on efficiency

B. and more on efficiency

C. and more efficiency

D. than efficiency

9. She always put her medication on the top of the shelf lest the children ____ it by mistake.

A. took

B. should take

C. had taken

D. would take

10. The earnings of women are well below that of men ____ educational differences that are diminishing between the two sexes.

A. although

B. though

C. despite of

D. in spite of

11. Many automobile accidents were ____ careless driving.

A. attributed to

B. resulted in

C. contributed to

D. raised from

12. The actress wanted a hat to ____ her dress.

A. go by

B. go through

C. go out

D. go with

13. It takes a lot of ____ to put on a school play such as King Lear.

A. organization

B. arrangement

C. management

D. preparation

14. The police carried out a(n) ____ search for the mising boy.

A. complete

B. entire

C. thorough

D. whole

15. The ____ crown jewels are kept in the Tower of London.

A. valued

B. valueless

C. invaluable

D. usable

16. Tom has been a vegetarian ____ principle for years.

A. in

B.on

C. for

D. by

17. When I got out of the car and walked about among them, ____ one old man who shook his head disapprovingly, they all began to cheer.

A. see that

B. except that

C.provided that

D. except for

18. ____ the water left in the kettle, the doctor put several things he unwrapped from a handkerchief.

A. At

B.To

C. Within

D. Into

19. I am ____ grateful for the many kindnesses you have shown my son.

A. excessively

B. much

C. certainly

D. exceedingly

20. The ____ of AIDS has led to an expansion in research seeking a cure.

A. innovation

B. selection

C. proliferation

D. conviction

21. I am sorry I have no time at present to ____ more detail or give you an account of other cities of interest.

A. bring into

B. take into

C. come into

D. go into

22. When the idea of winning in sports is carried to excess, ____ competition can turn into disorder and violence.

A. honestly

B. honest

C. honorable

D. honorary

23. Unless all the members agree to ____ to the plan there may be further development in the course of action.

A. tumble

B. stick

C. come

D. adjust

24. You must pay import ____ on certain goods brought into this country.

A. money

B. fees

C. bills

D. duties

25. We expect Mr. White will ____ Class One when Miss Jane retires.

A. take over

B. take up

C. take off

D. take to

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇5)

1. ____ in the past, at the moment it is a favorite choice for wedding gown.

A. Unpopular has as white been

B. White has been as unpopular

C. Unpopular has been as white

D. Unpopular as white has been

2. ____ for a long time, the fields are all dried up.

A. There has been no rain

B. Having no rain

C. There having been no rain

D. There being no rain

3. The millions of calculations involved, ____ by hand, would have lost all practical value by the time they were finished.

A. had they been done

B. they had been done

C. having been done

D. they were done

C. which they happen

D. they have happened

5. ____ me most was that the young boy who had lost both arms in an accident could handle a pen with his feet.

A. That amazed

B. It amazed

C.Which amazed

D. What amazed

6. Although she wrote a lot of short stories and poems when she was very young, ____ she was twenty five.

A. her first real success did not come until

B. her real first success came until not

C. since her first real success did not come until

D. not until her first real success

7.You should know better than ____ your little sister at home by herself.

A. to leave

B. leaving

C. to have left

D. left

8. As the train will not leave until one hour later, we ____ grab a bite at the snack bar.

A. may well

B. just as well

C. might as well

D. as well

9. She resorted to ____ when she had no money to buy foods for her children.

A. have stolen

B. steal

C. stole

D. stealing

10. The boy has admitted to ____ the window while playing football yesterday.

A. breaking

B. having been broken

C. break

D. be breaking

11. Betty advised me to label our luggage carefully in case it gets____ in transit.

A. misused

B. mishandled

C. mistaken

D. mislaid

12. ____ money, she is quite rich. However, this does not mean that she is happy.

A. Concerning

B. As to

C. In terms of

D. In the light of

13. A well written composition ____ good choice of words and clear organization among other things.

A. calls for

B. calls on

C. calls up

D. calls off

14. It is ____ with the customer not to let the shop assistants guess what she really likes and wants until the last moment.

A. in her honor

B. on her honor

C.a point of honor

D. an honor

15. This house will probably come on the ____ next month.

A. fair

B. market

C. shop

D. store

16. George was introduced to ____ activities at a young age, when she was hire to act as a lookout for drugdealers.

A. illegal

B. lawful

C. faithful

D. peaceful

17. An institution that properly carries the name university is a more comprehensive and complex institution than any other kind of higher education ____ .

A. settlement

B. establishment

C. costruction

D. structure

18. People’s status in society is frequently ____ by how much they own.

A. measured

B. examined

C. tested

D. questioned

19. Jack is so ____ to his appearance that he never has his clothes pressed.

A. adverse

B. anonymous

C. indifferent

D. casual

20. There is an increasing ____ to make movies describing violence.

A. strength

B. direction

C. tradition

D. trend

21. Outside my office window there is a fire ____ on the right.

A. escape

B. ladder

C. steps

D. stairs

22. I ____ with the Browns during my stay in New York City.

A. put in

B. put down

C. put on

D. put up

23. Operations which left patients ____ and in need of long periods of discovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.

A. exhausted

B. unhealthy

C. upset

D. fearful

24. Farmers are allowed to grow small gardens of their own and they sell their vegetables ____ the black market.

A. on

B. at

C. in

D. for

25. The electric fan does not work because of the ____ of service.

A. pause

B. break

C. interruption

D. breakdown

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇6)

1. She never laughed, ____ lose her temper.

A. nor she ever did

B. or she ever did

C. or did she ever

D. nor did she ever

2. ____ with the developed areas, people’s living standard of this province is not high at all.

A. Compare

B. While comparing

C. When compared

D. Comparing

C. for you to have told

D. having told

4. If the earth suddenly ____ spinning, we would allfly off it.

A. had stopped

B. stopped

C. has stopped

D. would stop

5. Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication ______ the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered.

A. in that

B. in which

C. in order that

D. in the way

6. After taking office, China’s Prime Minister, Zhu Rongji, tried his best to promote the new ____ policies.

A. economic

B. economical

C. economy

D. economics

7. Look at these clouds. ____ .

A. It will rain

B. It’s going to rain

C. It will be raining

D. It is to rain

8. ____ the 1500’s ____ the first Europeans explored the coast of California.

A. It was not until/then

B. It is not until/when

C. It is until/that

D. It was not until/that

9. ____ the letter, I ran out of the room to the post office.

A. Finishing

B. No sooner that I had finished up

C. As soon as I finished writing

D. Since I finished up to write

10. If the law and order ____ , neither the citizen nor his property is safe.

A. are not preserved

B. have not been preserved

C. were notpreserved

D. is not preserved

11. Before moving to another city, Amy ____ of the house and the furniture.

A. disposed

B. discarded

C. discharged

D. distributed

12. Amy Taylor was ____ both as a drama critic and as a poet.

A. subtle

B. progressive

C. eminent

D. plausible

13. He was very much interested in the work of charities, and made a regular ____ to them.

A.dedication

B. fellowship

C. hospitality

D. contribution

14. The temperature ____ greatly; the days were very hot, the nights very cold.

A. changed

B. altered

C. varied

D. reflected

15. The washing machine would not work because of a(n) ____ in the switch.

A. mistake

B. trouble

C. error

D. defect

16. Recently there has been a great ____ for small cars that consume little gas.

D. claim

17. Mark ____ his breath in wonder when he saw the Christmas tree in the sitting room.

A. held

B. grasped

C. kept

D. blew

18. Our school singing group is going to give a(n) ____ performance next month. Don’t miss it.

A. alive

B. living

C. life

D. live

19. The old buildings blend with the new ones in perfect ____ so a walk along Nanking Road is an enjoyable discovery.

A. control

B. order

C. harmony

D. action

20. It is not profitable to provide bus service in districts where the population is widely ____ .

A. divided

B. separated

C. spaced

D. scattered

21. It was necessary to ____ the factory building as the company was doing more and more business.

A. extend

B. increase

C. lengthen

D. grow

22. He studied hard in his youth, which ____ his great success in later life.

A. answered for

B. consisted of

C. doubled up

D. contributed to

23. If I look the other way, I can see the mouth of the river, wild and ____ , and the sea beyond.

A. grand

B. inspired

C. fierce

D. splendid

24. The relationship between dream life and waking life has been studied ____ .

A. originally

B. intensively

C. extremely

D. properly

25. ____ the danger from enemy action, people had to cope with severe shortage of food, clothing, fuel, and almost everything.

A. as to

B. as usual

C. as regards

D. as well as

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇7)

1. If only the arbitration court ____ the dispute.

A. resolve

B. will resolve

C. can resolve

D. would resolve

2. I advise you ____ of ____ out such a dangerous plan.

A. to stop to think... carry

B. to stop thinking... carrying

C. to stop thinking... carry

D. to stop thinking... to carry

3. She bought ____ plates.

A. one dozen beautiful pale blue dinner

B. one dozen pale blue beautiful dinner

C. beautiful one dozen pale blue dinner

D. one dozen dinner beautiful pale blue

4. More and more advanced farm machines ____ , the agricultural production increased tremendously.

D. to have been used

5. I think you are supposed ____ your graduate study last year.

A. to be finishing

B. to have finished

C. to finish

D. to have been finished

6. The paper ____ several persons are risking their lives is an important report on missiles.

A. after which

B. for which

C. with which

D. at which

7. The actress is not so beautiful ____ the press described in advance.

A. that

B. which

C. as

D. what

8. The protection device can eliminate the faults ____ they cause more damage.

A. unless

B. until

C. before

D. although

9. All ____ is peace and progress.

A. what is needed

B. for our needs

C. the thing needed

D. that is needed

10. ____ he was aware ofthe real meaning of life.

A. That was from that book

B. It was that book which

C. It was from that book that

D. It was that book that

11. I hope you will never fall into that ____ .

A. mistake

B. fault

C. error

D. defect

12. Then the ____ streamed into the great hall.

A. group

B. crowd

C. gang

D. masses

13. Once a ____ is formed it is very difficult to shake it off.

A. habit

B. custom

C. practice

D. usage

14. My husband likes early American furniture, but I prefer ____ styles, designs that reflect today’s times.

A. noble

B. neutral

C. contemporary

D. simple

15. For many people, overeating and overspending are as ____ to Christmas as candles and holly.

A. integral

B. suitable

C. inevitable

D. compatible

16. When my kids go a weekend without pizza and TV while camping, they think they are suffering great ____ .

A. deficiency

B. deprivation

C. depression

D. starvation

17. The police have asked for the ____ of the public in tracing the whereabouts of the missing boy.

D. aid

18. She murmured something and blushed as if a secret had been ____ .

A. imposed

B. exposed

C. removed

D. renewed

19. Your service is entirely ____ , not compulsory.

A. selective

B. optional

C. voluntary

D. reluctant

20. Their distribution is also ____ , sometimes, widely spaced, in places, closely packed together.

A. various

B. alternative

C. variable

D. conventional

21. Food and drink are good and desirable, but their ____ can cause serious health and mental problems.

A. effect

B. abuse

C. custom

D. usage

22. I called on him the morning after our arrival, and was ____ with his gay, precise manner and obvious power of decision.

A. inclined

B. implied

C. impressed

D. illustrated

23. The trade agreement between the two countries will ____ next year.

A. adjoin

B. expire

C. boost

D. concede

24. Two boys were caught smoking at school but the headmaster let them ____ with a warning.

A. off

B. down

C. out

D. alone

25. Advertising costs are no longer in reasonable ____ to the total cost of the product.

A. testimony

B. relationship

C. proportion

D. legislation

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇8)

1. ____ a fine day, we decided to go for a picnic.

A. Having been

B. Being

C. What

D. It being

2. He came to know that the knowledge from books can be useful only ______ it is linked with practice.

A. as

B. when

C. while

D. for

3. ____ , it is quite easy to drill a hole in it with laser.

A. Hard although a diamond is

B. As a diamond is hard

C. Hard as a diamond is

D. How hard is a diamond

4. Silk, printing, paper, the compass and powder originated in China, and ____ introduction in the west had far reaching effects.

A. these

B. their

C. those

D. its

5. The problem is believed ____ at the meeting two days ago.

A. to have discussed

6. Ultrasonic sounds produce pulsed signals ____ various defects in metal can be detected.

A. for which

B. of which

C. as a result of which

D. by means of which

7. In computer programming, this model is ____ to any of the others we have ever had.

A. more superior

B. the more superior

C. the most superior

D. superior

8. The introduction of the coal pulverizing system in Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant vastly reduces the time it took ____

A. to mill the coal

B. milling the coal

C. for milling the coal

D. while milling the coal

9. Some members suggested ____ a party for the visitor, but the Chairman didn’t approve.

A. to arrange

B. arrange

C. arranging

D. to be arranging

10. If the maid comes today, please have her ____ my shirts.

A. washed

B. washing

C. to wash

D. wash

11. ____ racial problems have not been solved and full equality has not been attained yet, progress in these directions has been quite remarkable.

A. Since

B. Although

C. Now that

D. Before

12. ____ they are alarmed at the interference with the natural balance of the environment, and its possible consequences.

A. All in all

B. After all

C. Above all

D. In all

13. Rumor ____ it that the man has been nominated many times for the Nobel Prize.

A. has

B. spreads

C. carries

D. learns

14. Just because I’m ____ to him, my boss thinks he can order me around without giving me any respect.

A. redundant

B. versatile

C. trivial

D. subordinate

15. In our society, a wedding invitation is also an ____ invitation for a gift.

A.ingenious

B. intelligible

C. implicit

D. inclusive

16. The strong scent of Kate’s perfume ____ the air in the small room.

A. radiated

B. permeated

C. extracted

D. dispersed

17. An atom bomb would ____ a city.

A. destroy

B. damage

C. spoil

D. wreck

18. The climate here is pleasant. It is ____ all the year round.

A. damp

B. humid

C. moist

B. decorated

C. beautified

D. furnished

20. If Karl were more ____ about her voice, she would never sing outside of the shower.

A. punctual

B. practical

C. sensitive

D. objective

21. Renewing my driver’s licence today is ____ . Otherwise, the licence will expire at midnight.

A. imaginative

B. feasible

C. imperative

D. empirical

22. For those with poor eyesight, large print ____ reading.

A. facilitates

B. rectifies

C. reinforces

D. magnifies

23. Nancy complained about the ____ air conditioner she bought from the department store.

A. inefficient

B. deficient

C. ineffective

D. defective

24. ____ the large amount of time devoted to listening every day, most college students do not listen effectively.

A. However

B. If

C. Despite

D. Even

25. If we continue to argue ove r minor points, we won’t get ____ near a solution.

A. anywhere

B. somewhere

C. elsewhere

D. nowhere

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇9)

1. Your examination results were quitesatisfactory, but ____ if you had spent less time in playingfootball?

A. wouldn’t they have been b etter

B. wouldn’t they be better

C. won’t they have been better

D. won’t they be better

2. I have given up trying to convince him, there is no point ____ with him.

A.by arguing

B. with arguing

C. for arguing

D. in arguing

3. Criticism and self criticism is necessary ____ it helps us to correct our mistakes.

A. in that

B. such that

C. so that

D. to that

4. To my surprise, the majority of the students ____ in favor of his proposal.

A. is

B. are

C. be

D. was

5.As a matter of fact, children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are inclined ____ high level of self confidence.

A. possess

B. to possess

C. to have possessed

D. possessing

6. He managed, with his friend’s assistance, ____ before the building was locked.

A. being finished

B. be finished

C. to finish

D. being finishing

7. Why was the suggestion that she ____ to our party rejected the day before yesterday?

A. be invited

B. to be invited

C. being invited

D. has been invited

8. The office staff ____ gathered to hear the manager speak.

A. have

B. is being

C. has

D. is

9. ____ the door when a gust of wind blew the candle out.

A. He had no sooner opened

B. Hardly had he opened

C. Scarcely did he opened

D. No sooner did he open

10. The workers are practising ____ a new song for the coming evening party of the New Year’s Eve.

A. to sing

B. to be singing

C. distinguishable

D. distinguished

12. The interpreter gave only a ____ version of the old man’s long rambling account.

A. minimum

B. tiny

C. condensed

D. compressed

13. I know him ____ but I have never actually spoken to him.

A. from sight

B. by sight

C. in sight

D. for sight

14. Strenuous efforts have been made to ____ government expenses to a desired level.

A. cut off

B. cut back

C. cut down

D. cut short

15. They were digging to find some ____ of the Viking Period.

A. tracks

B. traits

C. traces

D. tracts

16. With a wave of his hand, the conjurer made the rabbit ____ .

A. linger

B. vanish

C. hover

D. soar

17. She has a small machine for ____ coffee beans.

A. breaking

B. grinding

C. splitting

D. crashing

18. The trouble with owning a foreign car is that ____ parts are so expensive.

A. extra

B. separate

C. spare

D. reserve

19. Whenever he writes to his parents, he ____ a check with his letter.

A. includes

B. contains

C. inserts

D. encloses

20. The energy gained from the sun can then be used during the night to enable the necessary chemical reactions to ____ in his body.

A. proceed

B. practise

C. progress

D. precede

21. When Mr.Green was away on business, his neighbor gave his wife a(n) ____ with the housework.

A. aid

B. help

C. hand

D. lift

22. There is a ____ of vegetables in Dalian at the moment because of the cold weather.

A. need

B. want

C. shortage

D. desire

23. When I heard footsteps behind me I was ____ of being attacked.

A. horrified

B. horrible

C. terrific

D. terrified

24. His illness made him ____ of concentration.

A. incompetent

B. unable

C. incapable

D. powerless

25. I let children make their own decisions now they are older; I wouldn’t ____ to interfere.

A. presume

B. resume

C. assume

D. force

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇10)

1. My train arrives inShenyang at seven o’clock tomorrow. The plane I would like to take from there ____ by then.

A. would leave

B. will have left

C. has left

D. had left

2. ____ the building did he realize that there was danger everywhere in it.

A. Upon entering

B. When he entered

C. Only after entering

D. After he had entered

3. He will do anything for us except ____ us his oxen.

A. lending

B. will lend

C. lend

D. has lent

4. The suspect at last admitted ____ the stolen goods but he denied ____ them.

A. receiving...selling

B. to receive...selling

C. receiving...to sell

D. to receive...to sell

5. How close parents are to their children ____ a strong influence on the character of the children.

A. have

B. has

C. having

D. to have

6. ____ on a clear day, far from the city crowds, the mountains give him a sense of infinite peace.

A. If walking

B. Walking

C. While walking

D. When one is walking

7. Professor Smith’s dedication to ____ earned him the respect of both his colleagues and students.

A. being taught

B. be taught

C. teach

D. teaching

8. If only I ____ what you wanted!

A. knew

B. know

C. had known

D. have known

9. He was reading a piece of science fiction, completely ____ to the outside world.

A. to be lost

B. lost

C. losing

D. having lost

10. I’d rather that they ____ during the bad weather, but they insist that they must return home today.

A. don’t travel

B. didn’t travel

C. shouldn’t travel

D. not travel

11. The manager gave her his ____ that her complaint would be investigated.

A. consent

B. conception

C. assurance

D. insurance

12. It has always been the ____ of this company to promote existing staff to senior positions.

A. procedure

B. policy

C. process

D. prime

13. When he graduated from high school he got his ____ .

A. diplomat

B. certificate

C. degreeD identity

creativity of children.

A. stimulate

B. spare

C. seek

D. secure

16. In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe ____ Europe into a great war.

A. imposed

B. pitched

C. inserted

D. plunged

17. What are your ____ for judging a bottle of wine?

A. regulations

B. rules

C. premises

D. criteria

18. To help students understand how we see, teachers often draw a(n) ______ between an eye and a camera.

A. contrast

B. analogy

C. image

D. substitute

19. Whereas sudden great disasters are instantaneous, others, such as droughts, are ____ .

A. cumulative

B. formidable

C. eternal

D. prospective

20. We are always ready to ____ our motherland from any foreign aggression.

A. defend

B. protect

C. guard

D. shield

21. The train has been ____ by an accident.

A. delayed

B. postponed

C. put off

D. relayed

22. Can you ____ any smell of the gaswhich is escaping?

A. discover

B. detect

C. find

D. spot

23. A(n) ____ annoyance of bus terminals is the abundance of exhaust fumes.

A. instantaneous

B. regular

C. inherent

D. extensive

24. They have no idea of the ____ rich in mineral springs.

A. locality

B. location

C. situation

D. site

25. When Tasuma first came to the U.S. from Japan, he wasn’t sure he could ____ into American culture, but after a few months, he felt at home here.

A. absorb

B. transform

C. digest

D. assimilate

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇11)

1. We are late. I expect the film ____ by the time we get to the cinema.

A. has started

B. will have started

C. will start

D. may start

2. But for sunlight, there ____ no moonlight.

A. will be

B. would be

C. had been

D. was

3. All flights ____ because of the snowstorm, many passengers could do nothing but take the train.

A. had been cancelled

B. were cancelled

C. have been cancelled

D. having been cancelled

4. ____ seeing the damage he had done, he felt ashamed.

A. By

B. On

C. At

D. For

5. It is high time you ____ that you are not the most important person in the world.

A. realized

B. have realized

C. realizes

D. will realize

6. These two areas are similar ____ they both have a high rainfall during this season.

A. to that

B. basides that

C. in that

D. except that

7. If he hadn’t stood under the ladder to catch you when you fell, you ____ here now.

A. wouldn’t be smiling

B. won’t smile

C. couldn’t have smiled

D. didn’t smile

8. We will visit Huangshan next year ____ we have enough money.

A. lest

B. until

C. unless

D. provided

9. The older worker and the young each ____ their own tools.

A. have

B. has

C. are having

D. is having

10. William told his wife ____ .

A. to have his shoes shone

B. to have his shoes shined

C. to have his shoes shining

D. shine his shoes

11. The task wasn’t easy, but we managed it ____ .

A. anyhow

B. somehow

C. any way

D. some way

12. Jane has just ____ a letter from a friend of hers in England.

A. returned

B. answered

C. offered

D. replied

13. Mr. John had given no ____ that he was intending to resign.

A. direction

B. symptom

C. information

D. indication

14. As she opened the gate the lion gave a loud ____ and bounded at her.

A. yell

B. cry

C. roar

D. shout

15. He spoke so quickly that I didn’t ____ what he said.

17. She has a terribly hot temper, ____ she is really kind.

A. on the other hand

B. on the contrary

C. on second thoughts

D. on the whole

18. Russel ____ world opinion to condemn their policy of aggression.

A. called on

B. called for

C. called up

D. called off

19. We must ____ technical innovations and raise productivity.

A. speed for

B. step up

C. switch on

D. turn up

20. We advised them to take a rest, but they ____ on finishingthe work.

A. suggested

B. continued

C. insisted

D. persisted

21. I love boiled eggs and potatoes; it’s my ____ meal.

A. delicious

B. popular

C. favorite

D. fondest

22. When we had finished dinner, Jimmy asked the waiter to bring him the ____ .

A. count

B. bill

C. tip

D. account

23. Having kissed her son, Eve gave him a dismissive ____ towards the car.

A. push

B. pull

C. drag

D. draw

24. They climbed to the top of the hill ____ they could get a bird’s eye view of the city. A. in caseB. for fear that

C. in order that

D. as a result

25. The members in the testing team were quite ____ and could change schedule upon request.

A. flexible

B. gentle

C. sophisticated

D. shrewd

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇12)

1. ____ plastics, the machine is light in weight.

A. To make of

B. To be made of

C. Having made of

D. Made of

2. “ ____ all three people in the car injured in the accident?”

“No, ____ only the two passengers who got hurt.”

A. Were/it was

B. Are/there is

C. Were/it were

D. Was/there was

3. ____ is to be in the flowing “river”of bears.

A. Stand on the tip of the cape

B. To stand on the tip of the cape

C. Standing on the tip of the cape

D. Being standing on the tip of the cape

4. The speech which he made ____ the football match bored a lot of fans to death.

A. being concerned

B.be concerned

C. concerned

D. concerning

5. ____ in an atmosphere of simple living was what his parents wished for.

A. He was educated

B. He educated

C. His being educated

D. He to be educated

6. No sooner ____ than he realized that he should have remained silent.

A. the words had spoken

B. had the words spoken

C. the words had been spoken

D. had the words been spoken

7. He went out of the General Manager’s office, looking as if he ____ .

A. has been severely punished

B. were severely punished

C. was severely punished

D. had been severely punished

8. The factory manager and secretary ____ our party.

A. is to attend

B. are to attend

C. were to attend

D. is attended

9. This project is known to ____ for three months.

A. having been going on

B. go on

C. have been going on

D. be going on

10. ____ the car accident, they would have arrived earlier.

A. Except for

B. But for

C. Besides

D. Save for

11. Jane is slow but her brother, on the contrary, is quick at ____ the point of an argument.

A. grabbing

B. grasping

C. capturing

D. snatching

12. In an attempt to get to the ____ of the problem, the reporter interviewed every eyewitness.

A. root

B. stem

C. center

D. base

13. The tourists ____ through the fog, trying to read what was engraved on the gravestone Shakespeare had chosen for himself.

A. peered

B. peeped

C. glanced

D. glimpsed

14. The noise was so faint that you had to ____ your ears to hear it.

A. stir

B. strengthen

C. strain

D. stride

15. Because of the severe drought, the government has urged people to be ____ with water.

C. with reference to

D. on account of

17. If a child is brought up in isolation away from human beings, he does not ____ language.

A. inquire

B. require

C. acquire

D. request

18. The use of sound is widespread as ____ of animal communication.

A. a means

B. ways

C. a tool

D. signals

19. There is no ____ evidence to date that people in the Western world can control their dreams, at least in experimental situations in a lab.

A. solid

B. hard

C. good

D. fine

20. Many of the inventions that made people ____ and have determined the direction of American industry were related to agriculture and food production.

A. affluent

B. abundant

C. sufficient

D. bankrupt

21. They ____ a coin to decide who would go first.

A. ticked

B. tiled

C. towed

D. tossed

22. You should ____ to one or more weekly magazines such as Time,or People.

A. subscribe

B. order

C. prescribe

D. reclaim

23. No one knew the man’s age until he ____ it by accident.

A. display

B. revealed

C. exhibit

D. exposed

24. Rising from the table he ____ his hat and went out.

A. put on

B. dressed

C. had on

D. wore

25. His hard work ____ him a good reputation.

A. obtained

B. acquired

C. gained

D. earned

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇13)

1. ____ , he is always modest.

A. With all his profound knowledge

B. Because of all his profound knowledge

C. With his all profound knowledge

D. For his profound knowledge

2. His honesty is ____ ; nobody can doubt it.

A. in question

B. out of question

C. beside the question

D. without question

3. When cooking a delicious dish, this kind of spice ____ into account.

A. must be taken

B. was taken

C. had been taken

D. would have been taken

4. It was not until he took up fishing that he ____ to relax.

A. had been beginning

B. began

C. had begun

D. beginning

5. Not only you but also I ____ mistaken on this point.

A. are

B. were

C. have

D. am

6. Twenty pounds ____ enough for such a poor family spend for a month.

A. were

B. being

C. have been

D. was

7. The president of the college, together with the deans, ____ planning a conference for the purpose of laying down a series of regulations.

A. were

B. are

C. is

D. will

8. Many a person ____ at the gate of the department store.

A. is standing

B. are standing

C. have been standing

D. have stood

9. “I got to my office on time.”“What if your car ____ ”?

A. would broken down

B. broke down

C. breaks down

D. had broken down

10. If the weather had been more favorable, the crops ____ still better.

A. will be growing

B. are growing

C. would have been growing

D. would be growing

11. Before the invention of refrigeration, the ____ of fish and meat was a thorny problem.

A. keeping

B. maintaining

C. protection

D. preservation

12. A sudden movement caught the pony’s attention and he instantly became ____ and alert. A. doubtfulB. suspicious

C. suspecting

D. hesitating

13. During their first teacher training year, the students often visited local schools for the ____ of lessons.

A. investigation

B. observation

C. inspection

D. observance

14. I’ll be very glad that you agree to ____ this matter.

A. look up

B. look for

C. look over

D. look into

15. As there was a power cut in the hospital, the surgeon had to ____ the operation.

A. call for

B. call off

C. call on

D. call out

A. in the light of

B. in the course of

C. in favor of

D. in the face of

18. Each household ____ five pounds of meat every month.

A. availed

B. allocated

C. was endowed with

D. was entitled to

19. All the information we have collected in relation to that case ______ very little.

A. comes up to

B. makes up for

C. stands up for

D. adds up to

20. The manager was pleased with increased ____ from the factory.

A. outcome

B. output

C. outset

D. outlet

21. The curtains were put up only months ago, but they have ____ badly.

A. shaded

B. faded

C. fainted

D. withered

22. If you find that chair too hard, I’ll bring you a ____ .

A. pillow

B. mat

C. comforter

D. cushion

23. Only the headwaiter has some professional hotel ____ so the service is rather slow and inefficient.

A. learning

B. training

C. teaching

D. instructing

24. Fred doesn’t like white coffee, nor does he like to put cream on his strawberries, because he prefers them ____ .

A. plain

B. simple

C. natural

D. ordinary

25. The economists are not quite optimistic about the economic ____ for Europe.

A. outlook

B. insight

C. opinion

D. attitude

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇14)

1. It was requested that all of the equipment ____ in the agreed time.

A. erected

B. would be erected

C. be erected

D. will be erected

2. The man sitting opposite me smiled dreamily, as if ____ something pleasant in the past.

A. to remember

B. remembered

C. having been remembered

D. remembering

3. I ____ him the Christmas gift by mail because he came home during the Christmas holidays.

A. ought to have sent

B. couldn’t have sent

C. must have sent

D. needn’t have sent

4. It turned out that the children were not ____ for the accident.

A. to blame

B. to be blamed

C. to be blaming

D. to have been blamed

5. The desegregation was achieved through a number of struggles, ____ been mentioned in previous chapters.

A. a few of which

B. a few of them

C. a few of those

D. a few of that

6. Setting up a committee might be a way ____ the project more efficiently.

A. to be doing

B. doing

C. to do

D. being done

7. It ____ to see so many children in that mountainousarea cannot even affordelementary education.

A.pains her

B. makes her pain

C. is paining

D. is pained

8. Our boss, Mr. Thompson, ____ a raise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

A.was promising

B. has been promising

C. promised

D. has promised

9. He was determined to sail around the world ____ his illness and old age.

A. given

B. although

C. despite

D. in spite

10. The bo ard deemed it’s urgent that these invitations ____ first thing tomorrow morning.

A. had to be put in the mail

B. must be put in the mail

C. be put in the mail

D. should have been put in the mail

11. ____ drills that have no real topic have to remain as they are.

A. Manufacture

B. Manipulative

C. Manipulate

D.Manifest

12. This book has been in the works so long that I have lost ____ of most of the sources found for me by the staff of the library.

A. trace

B. trail

C. track

D. touch

13. The elbows on your coat have worn thin, so I must ____ them.

A. mend

B. patch

C. repair

D. pitch

14. ____ and wage increases have not kept in step.

A. Production

B. Product

C. Produce

D. Productivity

A.escapeB . benefitC. liberateD. comfort

17. The audience waited in ____ silence while their aged speaker searched among his note for the figures he could not remember.

A. respective

B. respect

C. respectful

D. respectable

18. The disappearance of her paper has never been ____ .

A. counted for

B. looked up

C.accounted for

D. checked up

19. When he was asked about the missing briefcase, the man ____ ever seeing it.

A. refused

B. denied

C. opposed

D. resisted

20. Communication between a young couple is a(n) ____ business.

A. sharp

B. dreadful

C. intense

D. delicate

21. After so many weeks without rain, the ground quickly ____ the little rain that fell last night.

A. skipped

B. soaked

C. retrieved

D. absorbed

22. We’ll ____ you as soon as we have any further information.

A. notify

B. signify

C. communicate

D. impart

23. The fox fell into the ____ the hunters had set forit.

A. bush

B. trap

C. trick

D. circle

24. I don’t know you want to keep the letter. I’ve ____ it up.

A. torn

B. given

C. broken

D. disposed

25. The old lady ____ and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom.

A. slided

B. slipped

C. split

D. spilled

专四模拟试题(语法词汇篇15)

1. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always ____ with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.

A. being combined

B. having combined

C. to combine

D. combined

2. Physics is the present day equivalent of ____ used to be called natural philosophy, from ____ most of present day science arose.

A. which, what

B. that, which

C. what, which

D. what, that

3. On no account ____ ever leave the baby at home alone.

A. should you

B. you should

C. shall you

D. you shall

4. ____ the center of our planetary system was considered as heresy by the church in the Middle Ages.

A. It is the sun and not the earth

B. That the sun and not the earth

C. Being the sun and not the earth

D. The sun and not the earth

5. The reason that his property was confiscated by the country, it ____ , was that he was involved in a lot of fraudulent activities during the war.

A. was turned out

B. was being turned out

C. being turned out

D. turned out

6. I’d rather you ____ by train because the weather forecast said there would be heavy snow tomorrow.

A. went

B. shouldgo

C. will go

D. go

7. Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 and enjoyed great fame in Germany until

the rise of Nazism ____ he was expelled from Germany because he was a Jew.

A. when

B. who

C. then

D. which

8. Nowhere but in the remotest region of the country ____ find a place to settle down.

A. can he

B. he can

C. he

D. for him to

9. With one leg broken in that car accident, he cannot even walk, ____ run.

A. let alone

B. that’s to say

C. not to speak

D. not to mention

10. ____ , she led a life of complete seclusion.

A. Being disgraced

B. Disgraced

C. Disgracing

D. She was disgraced

11. Sometimes a bus ____ gets on the bus to check the tickets.

A. agent

B. officer

C. conductor

D. inspector

12. He made a quick ____ from his illness.

A. relief

B. recovery

C. survival

D. relaxation

13. ____ the stress of examinations are over, we can all relax.

A. While

B. Even though

C. Now that

D. For

14. My cousin Nancy is often in a poisonous mood; I suppose it’s because she is ____ child.

A. one

B. a lone

C. a single

D. an only

15. ____ the factors already referred to, people sometimes feel insecure because their motives are misunderstood by others.

A. But for

B. Except for

C. Apart from

D. Except that

16. If the scheme is ____ carried out without waste of time or energy I shall be completely satisfied.

A.relatively

B. noticeably

C. appropriately

D. efficiently

A. took over

B. took on

C. took up

D. took to

19. Feeling that she was in the right, she took ____ at the dirty remark.

A. protection

B. offense

C. defense

D. guard

20. They agreed to share in common any ____ of funds after all expenses were paid in full.

A. sufficiency

B. surpass

C. excess

D. surplus

21. He was ____ her in intelligence.

A. below

B. under

C. beneath

D. down

22. It took a lot of imagination to come up with such an ____ plan.

A. bright

B. clever

C. brilliant

D. ingenious

23. In the refining process,rice and flour lose much of their ____ .

A. acid

B. alcohol

C. vitamin

D. sulphur

24. Individual lines of the poem were very beautiful, but I didn’t see how the lines fit together. To me, the poem wasn’t ____ .

A. inherent

B. coherent

C. logical

D. corporate

25. To an especially sensitive child, a simple scolding can be a ____ experience.

A. hysterical

B. grievous

C. gracious

D. sensible

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1. All of the plants now farmed on a large scale were developed from plants ____ wild.

A. that once grow

B. once they grow

C. they once grew

D. once grew

2. By the time you graduate, we ____ in Australia for one year.

A. will be staying

B. will have stayed

C. would have stayed

D. have stayed

3. He appreciated ____ the chance to deliver his thesis in the annual symposium on Comparative Literature.

A. having given

B. to have been given

C. to have given

D. having been given

4. The government official can hardly find sufficient grounds ____ his arguments in favor of the revision of the tax law.

A. on which to base

B. which to be based on

C. to base on which

D. on which to be based

5. Living in the desert involves a lot of problems, ____ water shortage is the worst.

A. not to mention

B. of which

C. let alone

D. for what

6. Hydrogen is one of the most important element in the universe ____ it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.

A.so that

B. but that

C. provided that

D. in that

7. Just as relaxation is an important part of our lives, ____ stress.

A.so is

B. as it is

C. and so is

D. the same is

8. Victor took a bus and headed for home, ____ if his wife would have him back.

A. not to know

B. not known

C. not knowing

D. not having known

9. We can make an exception ____ .

A. in any case of John

B. in case of John

C. in case of John’s

D. in the case of John

10. When the Cultural Revolution was launched in China, his father ______ college.

A. attended

B. had been attending

C. was attending

D. has been attending

11. My cat is a fussy eater, but my dog is so ____ that she’ll swallow down anything that is put in front of her.

A. indiscriminate

B. choosy

C. indefinite

D. picky

12. “This house is more ____ than the federal government!”Mac complained t o his parents. “You have rules for everything.”

A. systematic

B. democratic

C. bureaucratic

D. public

13. The American people’s ____ of being polite is different from that held here in China.

A. mind

B. concept

C. consideration

D. thought

14. Well, that is probably all I can say about sports. Next time I’ll take up the topic of some other ____ activities.

A. refreshment

B. entertainment

C. pleasure

D. leisure

15. Where there is an earthquake, energy is ____ in one area along a crack in the earth crust.

A. repelled

B. released

C. run

D. rushed

16. The old gardener used to keep all his tools and do it yourself equipment in a ____ in the garden.

A. barn

B. room

C. hut

D. shed

17. I’ve got a big coffee ____ on the front of my dress.

A. pore

B. patch

C. stain

D. grease

18. She broke her leg, but the ____ healed quickly.

A. fracture

B. injury

C. skeleton

D. cavity

19. You’d better add them up. I’m not good at ____ .

21. The two scholars worked at the task of writing a preface to the new dictionary for three hours ____ last night.

A. at length

B. in full

C. on end

D. in time

22. I can’t read the marks and notes Jim made in the margin. They are too ____ .

A.faint

B. foggy

C. transparent

D. misty

23. A highly organized system of irrigation is ____ Chinese agriculture.

A. typical of

B. consistent with

C. famous for

D. subject to

24. Jack is very ____ about wines.

A. aware

B. knowledgeable

C. learned

D. informed

25. As for Ann, I am not sure about her ____ in Italian.

A. fluency

B. clarity

C. coherence

D. excellency

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1. Little is known of his childhood ____ at a factory at the early age of ten.

A. to begin to work

B. beginning to work

C. save that he began to work

D. about that he worked

2. There is a general understanding among the members of the Board of Directors that chief attention ____ to the undertaking that is expected to bring highest profit.

A. is given

B. gives

C. should be given

D. must be given

3. They did not find ____ to prepare for the worst conditions they might meet.

A. worth their while

B. it worthwhile

C. it worth

D. it worthy

4. Quarter horses can start more quickly, turn more sharply, and run faster over short courses ____ breeds can.

A. than the other

B. other

C. than other

D. of all other

5. Most insurance agents would rather you ____ anything about collecting claims until they investigate the situation.

A. do

B. didn’t do

C. don’t

D. didn’t

6. “I’m surely dirty, ____ ?”

A. am I

B. isn’t I

C. aren’t I

D. am not I

7. ____ illness, he retired.

A. Thanks to

B. According to

C. Owing to

D. For the sake of

8. This car has many features including ____ .

A. stereo, safety devices, air condition, and it saves gas

B. good music, safe devices, air conditioning,and gas

C. stereo, safety devices, air conditioned and good gas

D. stereo, safety devices, air conditioning, and low gas mileage

9. Every boy and girl must have ____ hair neatly combed.

A. his

B. her

C. its

D. their

10. I wish you ____ Jim so much. He is still very depressed.

A. not to hurt

B. didn’t hurt

C. would not

C. regulated

D. standardized

12. While the population of the United States includes a great variety ofracial and ethnic backgrounds, Japan’s population is ____ .

A. autonomous

B. homogeneous

C. ambitious

D.anonymous

13. The contents of the safety deposit box are ____ being held by the police until the trial.

A. theoretically

B. temporarily

C. rationally

D. naturally

14. ____ of half starving foxes were roaming the snow covered mountain areas.

A. Herds

B. Packs

C. Flocks

D. Crowds

15. The very idea of her winning the English competition is quite ______ .

A. strange

B. absurd

C. unlikely

D. sensible

16. The earnest student waited with some slight ____ while the teacher was reading his composition.

A. despair

B. upset

C. nervousness

D. hatred

17. The woman in the kitchen ____ to the doctor that the water was hot.

A. motioned

B. mentioned

C. meant

D. motivated

18. Two years later the opportunity came for him to take a ____ American look at the Old World.

A. distinctly

B. distinctively

C. distinct

D. distinctive

19. The audience disliked the film thoroughly and were ____ by whistling and stamping their feet.

A. protecting

B. protesting

C. projecting

D. proposing

20. In brief, it should be our goal to ____ as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.

A.restore

B. introduce

C. suit

D. supply

21. We should ____ with the difficulties we were confronted with.

A. accord

B. acquaint

C. brood

D. contend

22. She is the person who likes to ____ her knowledge.

A. show up

B. show in

C. show off

D. show round

23. The discovery of gold can bring great ____ to our country.

A. property

B. rich

C. wealth

D. sum

24. I am ____ that many readers are favorably impressed with your writings.

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