2012年英语专四真题及答案

and

gases(41)____

from

beneath

the

earth.

They can rise into a huge cone shape like

a mountain and erupt

，

(42)____ they can

be

so

violent(43)____

they

just

explode

directly from the earth with no warning.

There

are

1511(44)'____'

volcanoes

in

the

world.

This

means

that

they

may(45)____ be dangerous. In 1985 the

Colombian volcano

Nevado del Ruiz erupted. The lava melted

a glacier and sent tones of mud(46)____

the town below. Twenty thousand people

died.

Natural

disasters

like

volcanic

eruptions

are

often

unpredictable.

We

regularly

do

not

know

when

they(47)____

pen

，

or

(48)____

where

they will happen. In the future

，

scientists

may

be

able

to

watch

and

predict(49)____ before they

could(50)____ many lives.

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年英语专四完形填空答案

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PART IV GRAMMAR &VOCABULARY

【

15

MIN

】

There are thirty sentences in this section.

Beneath

each

sentence

there

are

four

words, phrases or statements marked A

，

B,

C

and

one

word,

phrase

or

statement

that

best

completes

the

sentence. Mark your answers on Answer

Sheet Two.

of

the

following

sentences

is

INCORRECT?

miles seems like a long walk to

him.

one

except

his

supporters

agree

with him.

r

Julia

nor

I

were

going

to

the

party.

students in my class are really lazy.

of the following determin ers(

限

定词

)can be placed before

both

singular

count

nouns

and

plural

count nouns?

a next

of

the

following

reflexive

pronouns(

反身代词

)is used as an

appositive(

同位语

)?

A

，

He promised himself rapid progress.

manager

herself

will

interview

Mary.

C.I have nothing to say for myself.

quarreled

themselves

red

in

the

face.

boss

ordered

that

the

legal

documents ____ to him before

lunch.

sent sent to be sent

be sent

of

the

following

sentences

expresses WILLINGNESS?

now she will be eating dinner.

B.I shall never do that again.

brother

will

help

you

with

the

luggage.

shall get a promotion.

of

the

following

sentences

is

INCORRECT?

strange feelings they are!

dare you speak to me like that!

noise they are making!

D. What a mess we are in!

of the italicized parts functions

as a subject?

never

doubt

that

her

brother

is

honest.

problem is not who will go but who

will stay.

must

give

it

back

to

whoever

it

belongs to

。

is

clear

that

the

crime

was

done

deliberately.

of the italicized parts functions

as an object?

doesn’t like the idea of my speaking

at the meeting.

is

no

use

your

pretending

not

to

know the matter.

parents strongly object to my going

out alone at night.

falling into the river was the climax

of the whole trip.

the

following

sentences

have

an

appositive EXCEPT

bought herself a pair of new shoes.

one problem still remains-the food.

friends

all

understand

and

support

me.

liked

her

current

job

，

teaching

English.

of

the

following

best

explains

the meaning of” Shall we buy the tickets

first”?

said that we were going to buy the

tickets first.

requested

that

we

buy

the

tickets

first.

suggested

that

we

buy

the

tickets

first.

advised us to buy the tickets first.

of

the

following

contains

an

adverbial clause of cause?

A.I got a job as soon as I left university.

there was no answer, I wrote again.

must

do

the

exercises

as

I

show

you.

y as he is

，

Mark is not a happy

man.

of

the

following

prepositional

phrases can function as an adverbial?

you sure of Simon's disappearance?

man with a beard is talking to the

manage.

precaution was taken against the

failure of the plan.

e the rain

，

everyone enjoyed the

trip.

63.A

：

promised

to

take

me

out. B

：

Well_____

A. so I did! B. so did I. C. so I do! D. so do

I

of

the

following

prepositional

phrases is an adverbial of concession?

used

the

box

for

keeping

treasures.

B.I stepped aside for her to get in first.

all

that

he

seems

to

dislike

me

，

I

still like him.

parents bought a birthday cake for

their son.

of

the

following

sentences

is

INCORRECT?

y are very expensive in the city.

machinery were introduced in the

factory.

police are investigating the murder

case.

militia

were

called

out

to

rescue

flood victims.

girl cannot come to school today

on account of the underlined part

means_____.

ning e of to

and John are busy looking for a

hotel for their wedding _____.

hment t

-skirts first _____ in the 1960s.

out

in

on

up

outburst

at

the

meeting

was

____ of his bad temper.

rative

atory

tory

ing

earthquake refugees are ____ for

food and blankets.

us

ous

sly

off

off

Linda heard the good news she

tried to sound casual

，

but her excitement

was obvious.

The underlined part means _____.

ng

Chinese people went to work by

erested

t

plan t warning

bike within living _____.

dge

speaker

was

very

good

at

____

his ideas during the discussion.

g

food is good at this hotel

，

but the

____ is poor;the waiters don’t seem to be

well trained.

nance

e

y

was

____

in

America

in

the

19th century.

hed

ated

led

ned

aside

g

across

g back g off

ully

，

I was able to complete all I

had

to

do

within

a

few

days.

The

underlined part means _____.

ently

singly

ately

y

boys

in

the

dorm

____

a

coin

to

decide who would clean the floor.

ted

patterns

of

spoken

language

are

____ from those of writing.

ct

ctive

guished

guishing

79.A(n)____

shape

has

four

straight

sides

at

90°to

each

other,

two

of

which

are much longer than the other two.

ar

80.I’d like to have a ____ word with his

parents.

ul al

2012

英语专四考试词汇语法答案

51-55 BDBAC

56-60ACDBC

61-65 BADCA

66-70 DBACB

71-75 BCBAD

76-80 CBACB

PART V READING COMPREHENSION

【

25

MIN

】

In

this

section

there

are

four

passages

followed

by

questions

or

unfinished

statements

，

each

with

four

suggested

answers marked A,B,C and D

．

Choose the

one

that

you

think

is

the

best

answer

．

Mark

your

answers

on

Answer

Sheet Two

．

TEXT A

Saying”

thank

you”

is

probably

the

first

thing most of us learn to do in a foreign

language

．

After all

，

we’re brought up to

be

polite

，

and

it is important to make a

good

divides

．

So

．

what exactly are you supposed to say

impression

upon

across

other

national

people

—

especially

when

popular

way

to

express

gratitude?

According

to

a

recent

survey,19

other

ways of expressing appreciation finished

ahead

of

you

in

a

poll

of

3,000

people

．

Pollsters

found

almost

half

of

those

asked

preferred

the

more

informal“cheers”

，

while

others

liked

to

use

such

expressions

as“ta”,“great

and“nice one”

．

So

，

just what is the appropriate form of

words to express your thanks?

Fortunately,

the

clue

is

in

the

language

itse lf

．

“Cheers”

，

，

is

considered

an

informal

way

to

say

thank

you

—

and

this

is a

definite

clue

as

to when you can best use it

．