有趣的英语专四词汇和语法专项练习2

英语专四词汇和语法专项练习

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(Grammar & V

ocabulary)

1. He was one of the greatest writers _____ had ever lived.

A. who

B. which

C. that

D. as

2. He would try to ingratiate himself _____ his clients in order to earn more money.

A. into

B. with

C. for

D. from

3. Her address made a great impression _____ the audience.

A. at

B. of

C. in

D. on

4. Here is one of the most interesting novels that _____ been published _____ the war.

A. has ... after

B. have ... after

C. have ... since

D. has ... since

5. His companions have threatened to _____ his crimes to the police.

A. impose

B. express

C. enclose

D. expose

6. His extravagance reduced him _____ for his living.

A. to beg

B. from begging

C. to begging

D. into begging

7. His death _____ with age.

A. deteriorated

B. determined

C. detected

D. detained

8. His long service with the company was _____ with a present.

A. admitted

B. acknowledged

C. attributed

D. accepted

9. His novel _____ some light on life in China in Ming Dynasty.

A. sends

B. provides

C. throws

D. puts

10. His tastes and habits _____ with those of his wife.

A. combine

B. compete

C. coincide

D. compromise

11. His wife is quite lazy. Her reluctance to wash her own clothes is a case _____ point.

A. in

B. on

C. to

D. for

12. His work is only _____, certainly not distinguished.

A. fair

B. remarkable

C. good

D. wonderful

13. Hot metal _____ as it grows cooler.

A. contracts

B. reduces

C. condenses

D. compresses

14. Housewiver who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full _____.

A. capacity

B. strength

C. length

D. possibility

15.

How

close

parents

are

to

their

children

_____

a

strong

influence

on

the

character

of

the

children.

A. has

B. have

C. having

D. to have

16. I _____ with thanks the help of my colleagues in the preparation of this new column.

A. express

B. confess

C. verify

D. acknowledge

17. I always _____ what I have said.

A. get to

B. see to

C. lead to

D. hold to

18. I am not used _____ to like that.

A. to being spoken

B. to speak

C. being spoken

D. to speaking

19. I am sorry that I must _____ your invitation owing to a previous appointment.

A. decline

B. reject

C. accept

D. receive

20. I appreciate _____ to your home.

A. to be invited

B. to have invited

C. being invited

D. having invited

21. I can _____ some noise while I'm studying, but I can't stand loud noises.

A. come up with

B. catch up with

C. put up with

D. keep up with

22. I cannot give you _____ for the type of car you sell because there is no demand for it in the

market.

A. an expense

B. a charge

C. a purchase

D. an order

23. I didn't quite _____ to what you had said. Would you mind repeating it?

A. catch on

B. get hold

C. catch up

D. go on

24. I didn't say anything like that at all. Y

ou are purposely _____ my idea to prove your point.

A. revising

B. contradicting

C. distorting

D. distracting

25.

I

felt

somewhat

disappointed

and

was

about

to

leave,

_____

something

occurred

which

attracted my attention.

A. unless

B. until

C. when

D. while

26. I have the honor of introducing to you Mr. Alan, who will _____ you on his recent tour abroad.

A. address

B. speak

C. talk

D. converse

27. I have two boys but _____ of them likes sweets.

A. both

B. neither

C. either

D. none

28. I like to go to the cinema when I am in the _____ for it.

A. more than to go

B. than going

C. rather than to go

D. more than going

29. I regret _____ so much time and money on stamps.

A. to waste

B. for wasting

C. having wasted

D. at wasting

30. I was greatly disappointed _____ that affair.

A. out

B. in

C. to

D. toward

31. I would like to have a talk with him _____ his convenience.

A. in

B. at

C. for

D. with

32. I'd rather you _____ those important documents with you.

A. don't take

B. didn't take

C. won't take

D. not take

33. If a couple are divorced and their child lives with his mother, he is said to suffer from lack of

_____ love.

A. maternal

B. fraternal

C. paternal

D. parental

34. If English is not our first language you can often be puzzled by ways of expression that the

native speaker of English does not even have to _____.

A. think out

B. think about

C. think over

D. think for

35. If it _____ too much trouble, I'd love a cup of tea.

A. isn't

B. wasn't

C. weren't

D. hadn't been

36. If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to _____ in the courtyard.

A. converge

B. assemble

C. crowd

D. accumulate

37. If the United States had built more homes for poor people in 1995, 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

38. If Tom wins tomorrow, he _____ thirty races in the past four years.

A. will win

B. has won

C. would have won

D. will have won

39. If we believe something is good and true we should _____ to it.

A. hold up

B. keep on

C. hold on

D. keep up

40. If you _____ James, ask him to phone me.

A. should see

B. must see

C. might see

D. would see

41. If you are required to do some work, it must be done _____.

A. sooner or later

B. after all others

C. at last

D. in the long run

42. If you know what the trouble is, why you don't help them to _____ the situation?

A. simplify

B. modify

C. verify

D. rectify

43. I'm sorry, but what he thinks is not of the _____ important to me.

A. worthy

B. valuable

C. valueless

D. priceless

44. I'm sure your suggestion will _____ the problem.

A. contribute to solving

B. be contributed to solve

C. contribute to solve

D. be contributed to solving

45. I'm very much obliged to you _____ the information.

A. on

B. for

C. with

D. of

46. In American universities, classes are

often arranged in more flexible _____ and many jobs on

campus are reserves for students.

A. scales

B. ranks

C. grades

D. patterns

47. In Beijing, the season of the year is probably _____ fall.

A. later

B. last

C. latter

D. late

48.

In

spite

of

the

wide

range

of

reading

material

specially

written

or

______

for

language

learning purposes, there is yet no comprehensive systematic program for the reading skills.

A. adapted

B. acknowledged

C. assembled

D. appointed

49. In that country, guests tend to feel they are not highly _____ if the invitation to a dinner party

is extended only three or four days before the party date.

A. admired

B. regarded

C. expected

D. worshipped

50. In that country

, students will be _____ admittance to their classroom if they are

not properly

dressed.

A. declined

B. deprived

C. denied

D. deserted

51. In the meantime, the question facing business is whether such research is _____ the costs.

A. worth

B. worth of

C. worthy

D. worthwhile

52. In the preface _____ the book, the old scholar attaches great importance to practicalness.

A. to

B. for

C. about

D. of

53. In this experiment, they are wakened several times during the night, and asked to report what

they _____.

A. had just been dreaming

B. have just been dreaming

C. are just dreaming

D. had just dreamt

54. In this factory the machines are not regulated ______ but are jointly controlled by a central

computer system.

A. independently

B. individually

C. irrespectively

D. irregularly

55. It _____ five years since the famous singer left her hometown.

A. was

B. is

C. has passed

D. had been

56. It is difficult to tell whether a man is angry or not by _____ looking at his face.

A. right

B. barely

C. just

D. hardly

57. It is pretty obvious that more than one person has _____ this affair.