专四模拟试题3

专四模拟试题

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15 MIN.

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Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted

in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank.

In the morning it starts to rain. It was the first rain of the new year and it (26)____, in an

extremely violent manner, the beginning of the rainy season. The drops which fell were

large, and they fell straight down, for (27)____ tropical rains never degenerate into

slanting drizzle, the familiar (28)____ of a rainy day in so many other parts of the world.

The rain fell heavily, it fell continuously and it saturated everything which lay (29)____ its

way.

During the rain most people kept to their homes. But a few walked about, (30)____ to the

wetness of their clothes and determined to (31)____ as usual. And, for those who wished

to keep dry however much it cost them, there were always (32)____ taxis. They splashed

by along the road, with the windscreen wipers revealing only (33)____ glimpses of the

drivers peering faces. (34)____, when the rain had started, the drivers had had only the

big puddles to miss, but later on, then the drains had overflowed and the whole road swam

with water all dangerous pits and (35)____ had been hidden, and the faces peering

through the windscreens peered even more anxiously than before. But often the faces

inside the taxi ceased to (36)____ to look out at all, for water had splashed up to the

electrical system, and the engine stopped just as surly and abruptly as it would have done,

(37)____ the car actually (38)____ into out of the drains it had so (39)____ missed only a

few moments (40)____.

(26)

A. exhibited

B. marked

C. showed D. identified

(27)

A. brutal

B. intense

C. wild

D. fierce

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(28)

A. pattern

B. style

C. model

D. norm

(29)

A. on B. at

C. in

D. over

(30)

A. resigning

B. to resign

C. resigned

D. having resigned

(31)

A. carry on

B. keep on

C. continue

D. go on

(32)

A./

B. the

C. many

D. some

(33)

A. fragmentary

B. sudden

C. partial

D. scattered

(34)

A. Initially

B. Originally

C. Formerly

D. Firstly

(35)

A. destructions

B. frustrations

C. constructions D. obstructions

(36)

A. disturb

B. intend

C. bother D. worry

(37)

A. was

B. were

C. had

D. has

(38)

A. skidded

B. swerved

C. slipped

D. glided

(39) A. closely

B. nearly

C. almost

D. narrowly

(40)

A. ahead

B. before

C. ago D. beforehand

There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four

choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the

sentence.

41. We are not on very good ____ with the people next door.

A. friendship

B. relations

C. will

D. terms

42. Usually newspapers ____ for people with intellectual interests.

A. suit

B. furnish

C. regard

D. cater

43. The overcrowded living conditions____ a heavy strain on the family.

A. set

B. put

C. made

D. pressed

44. The supply of apples exceeds the ____ this year.

A. request

B. claim

C. requirement

D. demand

45. I must take this watch to be repaired; it ____ over twenty minutes a day.

A. increases

B. progresses

C. accelerates

D. gains

46. If this animal had escaped from its cage it could ____ have killed or hurt several people.

A. equally

B. both

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C. well

D. severely

47. I'm sorry we gave you such a short ____ of our visit.

A. caution

B. notice

C. information

D. preparation

48. That old vase will ____ an attractive lamp-holder.

A. compose

B. form

C. make

D. assemble

49. The World Bank has criticized the country for not giving enough financial ____ to

developing countries.

A. allowance

B. aid

C. loan

D. provision

50. Nothing would stop me from ____ my ambition.

A. reaching

B. completing

C. achieving

D. obtaining

51. He showed his ____ for the TV programmer by switching it off.

A. distaste

B. discontent

C. annoyance

D. boredom

52. They are ____ the woods for the missing child.

A. seeking

B. looking

C. investigating

D. combing

53. To prevent flooding in winter the water flowing from the dam is constantly ____ by a

computer.

A. Managed

B. graded

C. monitored

D. conducted

54. ____ I know the money is safe. I shall not worry about it.

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A. Even though

B. Unless

C. As long as

D. However

55. He couldn't lie convincingly enough to take a child ____ .

A. away

B. down

C. in

D. up

56. The parents were worried about Dorothy because no one was aware ____ she had gone.

A. where that

B. of where

C. of the place where

D. the place

57. It was not until she returned home ____ she realized she had almost wasted ten of her

valuable hours.

A. and

B. when

C. then

D. that

58. There has not been a great response to the sale, ____?

A. does it

B. has it

C. does there

D. has there

59. Anthropology is a science ____ anthropologists use a rigorous set of methods and

techniques to document observations that can be checked by others.

A. in that

B. that in

C. that

D. in

60. The activities of the international marketing researcher are frequently much broader

than ____.

A. the domestic marketer has

B. those of the domestic marketer

C. the domestic marketer does

D. that which has the domestic marketer

61. I'm surprised at there ____ an index.

A. not to be

B. to be not

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C. not being

D. being not

62. I ____ this soup. I ____ pepper in it.

A. am tasting... am tasting

B. am tasting... taste

C. taste... am tasting

D. taste... have tasted

63. ____, explorers could never have found the cave.

A. But for the fissure had been spotted

B. If not the fissure had been spotted

C. Had the fissure not been spotted

D. Had not the fissure been spotted

64. John often sits in a small bar, drinking and smoking considerably more ____.

A. than that he is healthy

B. than good for his health

C. than his health could

D. than is good for his health

65. This ____ girl is Mary's cousin.

A. pretty little Swedish

B. Swedish little pretty