专四练习题 选择题801-1000

801. Scientists everywhere are trying to ______ a cure for AIDS.

A) expect

B) invent

C) discover

D) make

802. Scientists say it may be five or ten years _____ it is possible to test this medicine on human

patients.

A)since

B) when

C) after

D)before

803. Scientists will have to _____

new methods of increasing the word’s food supply.

A) catch up with

B) come up with

C) put up with

D)keep up with

804.

Shakespeare’s birthplace is often visit

ed as a _____ .

A) shrink

B) shriek

C) shrine

D) shower

805. She _____ the book on the desk.

A) lied

B) lie

C) laid

D) lay

806. She ________upon me ,saying I was blame.

A) retorted

B) resorted

C) retreated

D) resolved

807. She ________with her aunt for the last couple of months.

A) has been living

B) is living

C) was living

D) lives

808. She asked the worker how long _____ to build the house.

A) it had taken

B) had it taken

C) would it take

D) it was taken

809. She cleans her room once a week, and the job usually_______ her two hours.

A) spends

B) takes

C) works

D) continues

810.

She

couldn’t

_____

for

staying

at

home

all

day

long.

So

she

found

a

part-time

job

in

a

supermarket.

A) settle

B) live

C) stand

D) endure

811. She did _____ truth lose her head .

A) on

B)from

C) to

D) in

812. She did not come back home after midnight, ______ turned her parents very upset and angry .

A) which

B) that

C) who

D) what

813. She had clearly no _____ of doing any work, although she was very well paid.

A) tendency

B) ambition

C) intention

D) willingness

814. She has a pleasant _____ of the river from her kitchen.

A) view

B) scene

C) picture

D) sight

815. She has just recovered ______ a severe illness.

A) from

B) of

C) through

D) for

816. She has worked ________ her piles of correspondence.

A) on

B) out

C) off

D) over

817. She

hasn’t seen her family ______

three years ago.

A) since

B) from

C)off

D) before

818. She is _____ a musician than her brother.

A) much of

B) much as

C) more of

D) more as

819. She is accomplished ______ music .

A) on

B) to

C) toward

D)in

820. She is not really poor: she just _____ to her poor.

A) prevents

B) presents

C) pretends

D) prepares

821. She is under the _____ of selling all her jewels .

A) necessary

B) nervousness

C) nonsense

D) necessity

822. She looks her mother, ______ ?

A) doesn’t she

B) isn’t she

C) hasn’t she

D) won’t

she

823. She never ______ her head with such questions as money, house, and food .

A) worried

B) bothered

C) interrupted

D) interfered

824 She never laughed, _____ lose her temper.

A) or she ever did

B) nor did she ever

C) or did she ever

D) nor she ever did

825. She once again went through her composition carefully to _____ all spelling mistakes from it.

A) with draw

B) diminish

C) abandon

D) eliminate

826. She pride herself ____ her cooking.

A) on

B) in

C) of

D) from

827. She read the story twice, ____.

A) and so did Mary

B) and so Mary did

C) but Mary did

D) and neither did Mary

828. She refused to ____ the car keys to her husband until he had promised to wear his safety belt.

A) hand in

B) hand out

C) hand down

D) hand over

829. She should be ____ and not make unreasonable demands.

A) sensational

B) sensitive

C) sensible

D) sensual

830. She thinks that true happiness ____ devoting herself to her work.

A) consists with

B) consists on

C) consists of

D) consists in

831. She used to be fond of music but has now ____ interest in it.

A) failed

B) left

C) lost

D) stopped

832. She wants to be a nurse, but her parents disapprove ____ her intentions.

A) to

B) of

C) at

D) about

833. She was ____ for news of her children.

A) known

B) thirsty

C) good

D) thoughtful

834. She was disappointed that her services had been _____ by her superiors.

A) overloaded

B) overpriced

C) overlooked

D) overturned

835. She was glad that her success would ____ for the women who would follow.

A) make things easier

B) make it easier

C) be easier

D)be easier to make

836. She was so _____

in her job that she didn’t hear anybody knoc

king at the door.

A) attracted

B) absorbed

C) transformed

D) deformed

837. She was so well ____ about all the things that happened in the town.

A) informed

B) reformed

C) transformed

D) deformed

838. She was trying ____ by the teacher in class.

A) avoiding questioning

B) avoiding to question

C) to avoid being questioned

D) to avoid questioning

839.

She’s got a wonderful job and earns a great ____ of money.

A) deal

B) quantity

C) number

D) level

840. Shop assistants should do their best ____ to give the customers satisfaction.

A) endurance

B) endowment

C) endeavors

D)engagement

841. S

hortage of land and funding are blamed for the city’s ____

green space.

A) inefficient

B) inaccurate

C) inadequate

D) indispensable

842. Sliver is the best conductor of electricity, copper ____ it closely.

A) followed

B) following

C) to follow

D)being followed

843. Since both he and I work in the same hospital, I can hardly avoid ____ him.

A) being met

B) meeting

C) to be met

D) to meet

844. Since he lied to me, he will never persuade me ____ his sincerity or truthfulness.

A) of

B) for

C) in

D) at

845. Since he was involved in the case, the court ____ his appearance.

A) requested

B) asked

C) required

D) solicited

846. Since it is such a sunny day, we might ____ to the suburb for a picnic.

A) as well as go

B) as well as to go

C) as well go

D) as well to go

847. Since the ground is wet, it ____ last night.

A) must have rained

B) must be raining

C) must rain

D) had rain

848.S

ince we can’t hear you at the back of the hall, you’ll have to ____

your voice.

A) increase

B) lift

C) raise

D) speak up

boys are ____ questioners. They ask questions all the time.

A) original

B) imaginative

C) peculiar

D) persistent

g is not ____ here.

A) promised

B) performed

C) allowed

D)let

851.

So- called

intelligent

behavior

demands

memory,

remembering

being

a

primary

____

for

reasoning.

A) resource

B) resolution

C) requirement

D) response

852. Some animals adjust themselves ____ their environment by instinct.

A) to

B) in

C) from

D) toward

853. Some areas, ____ the severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.

A) owing to

B) in spite of

C) but for

D) with regard to

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

A) than more on efficiency

B) and more efficiency

C) and more on efficiency

D) than efficiency

855.

Some

of

the

most

important

concepts

in

physics

____their

success

to

these

mathematical

systems.

A) oblige

B) contribute

C) tolerate

D) undergo

856. S

ome old people don’t like pop songs because they can’t ___

___ so much noise.

A) resist

B) sustain

C) tolerate

D) undergo

857. Some people are ______ to jump to haste conclusions.

A) inclined

B) inclusive

C) inadequate

D) incapable

858. Some people criticize family doctors for _____ too many medicines for minor illnesses.

A) prescribing

B) ordering

C) advising

D) delivering

859. Some people either ___ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

A) violently

B) enthusiastically

C) sincerely

D) deliberately

860.

Some

people

viewed

the

findings

with

caution,

noting

that

a

cause-and- effect

relationship

between passive smoking and cancer remains ____.

A) to be showed

B) to have shown

C) to have bee shown

D) being shown

861. Some scientists ____ there is no life on Mars, but no one has got definite conclusion yet.

A) judge

B) prove

C) assume

D) conclude

862. Somehow _____,he managed to get a well-paid job in the bank.

A) or so

B) or other

C) or else

D) or more

863. Someone must have left the tap on, _____water was running over and flooding the bathroom.

A) therefore

B) for

C) nevertheless

D) moreover

864. Sometimes patients suffering from severe pain can be helped by

drug that aren’t really drugs at

all _____ sugar pills that contain no active chemical elements.

A) or rather

B) rather than

C) but rather

D) other than

865. Sometimes they _____

their students’ poor comprehension to a lack of inte

lligence.

A) distribute

B) attribute

C) contribute

D) consider

866. Sometimes very young children has trouble _____ fact from fiction and may believe that such

things actually exist.

A) for separating

B) to separate

C) having separated

D) separating

867. Sometimes we are asked _____ we think the likely result of an action will be.

A) if

B) that

C) what

D) whether

868. Stop ___,

boys! It’s time for class.

A) talking

B) talk

C) to talk

D) talk.

869.

Stressful

environments

lead

to

unhealthy

behaviors

such

as

poor

eating

habits,

which

___

increase the risk of heart disease.

A) in turn

B) by chance

C) in return

D) by turns

870. Strict ____

_ is observed in connection with depositors’ accounts.

A) section

B) secrecy

C) security

D) segregation.

871. Students sometimes support themselves by _____ of part-time job.

A) efforts

B) means

C) methods

D) ways

872. Studies show that the things that contribute most to sense of happiness cannot be bought, ____

a good family life, friendship and work satisfaction.

A) as for

B) in view of

C) in case of

D) such as

873. Such a ridiculous opinion is not difficult to _____.

A) answer

B) reject

C) decline

D) refute

874. Such actions _____ a severe reprimand.

A) warrant

B) justify

C) warn

D) worship

875. Ted had told me that he always escapes _____ as he has got a very fast sports car.

A) having fined

B) fining

C) being fined

D) to have been fined

876. Telecommunication developments enable the sending of messages ______ television, radio and

very shortly, electronic mail to bombard people with many messages.

A) via

B) amid

C) past

D) across

877. Texas ,the second largest state of America, is _____ in natural resources.

A) wealthy

B) abundant

C) scattered

D) deposited

878. Thank you for applying for a position with our firm. We do not have any openings at this time,

but we shall keep your application on ______ for two months.

A) pile

B) segment

C) sequence

D) file

879. That ______ out to me at the very beginning.

A) ought to be pointed

B) ought to point

C) ought to have been pointed

D) ought to have pointed

880. That crucial football match had almost _____ him.

A) done

B) finished

C) completed

D) ended

881. That cupboard must always be______ carefully locked.

A) shut

B) held

C) closed

D) kept

882. That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but ______ the police.

A) called

B) calling in

C) call in

D) to call in

883.

That′s a nice watch. I wish

I ______ one like it.

A) have

B) had

C) have had

D) can have

884. The _____ coat of a leopard is a kind of precious material for sewing an overcoat.

A) dirty

B) spotted

C) marked

D) stained

885. The _____ of a cultural phenomenon is usually a logical consequence of some physical aspect

in the life style of the people.

A) implementation

B) manifestation

C) demonstration

D) expedition

______ of blood always makes him feel sick.

A) form

B) view

C) look

D) sight

887. The ______ of finding gold in California were good in the 1840

′s

.

A) proposals

B) promises

C) prospects

D) privileges

888. The ______ of temperature in that district are very great .

A) variety

B) varieties

C) vary

D) variations

889. The ______ of Thailand has now been seriously devalued.

A) money

B) check

C) currency

D) cash

890. The ______ of the clock showed that it was time for lunch.

A) finger

B) arms

C) hands

D) figures

891. The ______ runner can run 2 miles in fifteen minutes.

A) common

B) usual

C) average

D) general

892.

The

manager

gave

one

of

the

salesgirls

an

accusing

look

for

her

______

attitude

toward

customers.

A) impartial

B) mild

C) hostile

D) opposing

893. The ______ the doctor faced was whether he should tell the truth to the patient.

A) dilemma

B) digestion

C) diploma

D) disgust

894.

The90-year-

old

woman

average

4

hours′

reading

every

day

.Many

people

admire

her

extraordinary ______.

A) power

B) energy

C) strength

D) force

895. The ability to store knowledge makes computers different from every other machine ______

invented.

A) ever

B) thus

C) yet

D) as

896. The accident ______ him of his sight and the use of his legs.

A) excluded

B) disabled

C) deprived

D) gripped

897. The accident ______ just as we were leaving home.

A) arose

B) rose

C) happened

D) proceeded

898. The animal has a brain which is nearest ______.

A)

in man′s size

B) in size to man

C)

in size to man ′s

D) to the size in man

899. The apricot is still green and tastes ______.

A) sour

B) acid

C) bland

D) sweet

900. The astronauts soon got used to the ______ of weightlessness.

A) condition

B) problem

C) place

D) sweet

901. The atmosphere is as much a part of the earth as ______ its soil and the water of its lakes, river

and oceans.

A). are

B). is

C). do

D) has

902. The baby is crying! Will you _______while I prepare his milk.

A) look for him

B) look after him

C) care for him

D) care about him

903. The bank manager asked his assistant if it was possible for him to _____ the investment plan

within a week.

A) work out

B) make out

C) put out

D) set out

904. The birds ______ at the firing of the gun.

A) scattered

B) moved

C)separated

D) acted

905. The bomb will ______ the moment it is touched.