专四语法题

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.?

1

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

d. had not hurt

?

11. before the school

?

____?

what students must wear, they wore just about anything.?

a. managed

b. authorized

?

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

ous

?

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

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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.

?

e

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.?

a. confirmed

b. confident

c. indifferent

d. confused

?

25. his

?

____?

at the meeting yesterday hurt her a lot.?

a. conduct

b. action

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c. behavior

d. act

答案

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解：

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