大学英语四级单选题练习
大学英语四级单选题练习
1. Nowadays, cycling, along with jogging and swimming, _______ as one of the best all-round forms of exercise.
A. regard
B. is regarded
C. are regarded
D. regards
【答案】B
解析：句意：现在骑自行车，慢跑和游泳被认为是最全面的锻炼方式之一。根据动词短语regard...as...把...看作...和句意确定应该用被动语态排除A和D，再根据主语部分是由介词短语along with连接的三个动名词做主语，应该谓语动词应该就前一致，即用单数，排除C，故选B。
2. Thanks for your directions to the house; we wouldn't have found it ___.
A. nowhere
B. however
C. otherwise
D. instead
【答案】C
解析：句意：感谢你告诉我们怎么去那栋房子。要不然那时我们可找不到的。由后句情态动词完成否定式wouldn’t have found可知是对过去发生情况的一种反面虚拟。Otherwise 要不然，因此C选项正确。Nowhere没什么地方;however然而;instead代替均不符合题意。
3. What was so _____ about Jasmine Westland's victory was that she came first in the marathon bare-footed.
A. awful
B. essential
C. impressive
D. obvious
【答案】C
解析：句意：关于Jasmine Westland的胜利我们印象很深的就是她光脚获得了马拉松的第一。awful表示“可怕的，敬畏的”;essential表示“根本的”;impressive表示“印象深刻的”;obvious表示“明显的”，故选C。
此句是what引导的主语从句，这是一个长句，what was so _____ about Jasmine Westland’s victory是主语，was that 构成系表结构，联系题干的意思“她光脚获得了马拉松
的第一”，不难推断出这是令人印象深刻的记忆。故选C。
4. With online shopping increasingly popular, the Internet is seen as a(n) way of reaching target customers.
A. temporary
B. complex
C. accurate
D. efficient
【答案】D
解析：句意：随着网上购物的快速流行，网络被看作是获得消费者的最有效的方法。temporary临时的;complex复杂的;accurate精准的;efficient有效的，故选D。
5.—What did you do last weekend?
—Oh，nothing________.
A. much
B. else
C. ever
D. yet
【答案】A
解析：句意：——上个周末做什么了?——噢，没做什么。此处nothing much意为：没什么。根据句意选A。此处much多; else其他的; ever 曾经;yet还。
nothing much是固定搭配，意为“没做什么”，另外，副词much修饰动词、过去分词时作“十分”例：We all love Beijing very much. 我们大家都非常热爱北京。③“much(副词)+比较级”作“……得多”解：1. The sun is much large than the moon. 太阳比月亮大得多了。2. This problem seems much more difficult than that one. 这道题似乎比那道题难得多。
6. Facing up to your problems ____ running away from them is the best approach to working things out.
A. more than
B. rather than
C. along with
D. or rather
【答案】B
解析：句意：勇敢地面对你的问题而不是逃避它们是最好的解决问题的方法。A more than多余;B rather than而不是;C along with 一起;D or rather确切地说。face up to 勇敢面对。
动词ing做主语，可以把句子简化为：Facing up to your problems is the best approach。
其余的都是附加成分，根据句意“勇敢地面对你的问题”可以推断出“而不是逃避”，选择B。the approach to +doing sth做某事的方法。
7. Give me a chance, _____ I'll give you a wonderful surprise.
A. if
B. or
C. and
D. while
【答案】C
解析：句意：给我一个机会，我会给你一个大大的惊喜。固定用法：祈使句，and+一般将来时的句子，相当于If you +祈使句, 一般将来时的句子;如果前后相反，则用or表示否则的话。本句可以说成：If you give me a chance, I'll give you a wonderful surprise. if如果;or 否则的话;and 和;while, 然而，当……的时候。
祈使句两个重要句型
1. “祈使句+and+表结果的陈述句”用来叙述肯定的条件。
2. “祈使句+or(else)+表结果的陈述句”用来叙述否定的条件,or(else)表示“否则;要不然”.
试比较：Hurry up and you'll catch the train. (=If you hurry up,you'll catch the train.)
Hurry up, or you'll miss the train. (=If you don’t hurry up,you'll miss the train.)
8. Only by increasing the number of doctors by 50 percent _____ properly in this hospital.
A. can be the patients treated
B. can the patients be treated
C. the patients can be treated
D. treated can be the patients
【答案】B
解析：句意：只有在提高这家医院医生的数量50%之后，病人们才能在医院里得到良好的治疗。only加上强调的介词短语、状语或状语从句置于句首，句子需用部分倒装。
Only放在句首，强调状语的时候，后面主句使用倒装句的语序。但注意如果only后面接的是主语或宾语，就不用倒装句。注意：only 修饰状语从句放在句首时，状语从句不需要倒装，只能倒装主句部分。
9. Read this story, _____ you will realize that not everything can be bought with money.
A. or
B. and
C. but
D. so
【答案】B
解析：句意：读了这个故事，你会发现，不是每样东西都可以用金钱来买。句型：祈使句+and+将来时态的简单句。
10. prize for the winner of the competition is ______two-week holiday in Paris.
A. The ; 不填
B. A ; 不填
C. A ; the
D. The ; a
【答案】D
试题分析：句意：这个比赛获胜者的奖品是一个巴黎的两个星期的假期。第一空填the，是特指“获胜者的奖品”，用定冠词，第二空是泛指“一个两周的假期”，用不定冠词a。故选A。
11.He gave himself a new name to hide his when he went to carry out the secret task.
A. emotion
B. talent
C. identity
D. treasure
【答案】C
【解析】
试题分析：句意：他执行一项秘密任务时，给自己起了一个新的名字来掩盖身份。A项“情绪”;B项“才能”;C项“身份”;D项“财富”。故选C项。
【名师点睛】解答本题的关键是抓住题干中的关键词"secret task(秘密任务)"和" gave himself a new name(给自己取了个新名字)"，然后推知肯定是为了“hide his identity(掩藏身份)”，从而锁定正确答案。
12. Only when he apologizes for his rudeness _____ to him again.
A. I will speak
B. will I speak
C. do I speak
D. I speak
【答案】B
解析：句意：只有他为他的粗鲁行为道歉时，我才会再跟他讲话。only+时间状语从句放在句首时，句子要部分倒装。when引导的从句用一般现在时表将来，主句应该用将来时。
”Only+介词短语/副词/ 状语从句”放在句首时，状语从句不需要倒装，只能倒装主句部分。用部分倒装，将be动词，助动词，情态动词放在主语前面。但是如果only不是接的状语就不能倒装。
13. The_____ that there is life on other planets in the universe has always inspired scientists to explore the outer space.
A. advice
B. order
C. possibility
D. invitation
【答案】C
【解析】句意：宇宙中其它星球上存在生命这种可能性总是激励科学家们去探索外部空间。A. advice建议;B. order命令;C. possibility可能性;D. invitation邀请。故选C。
【解题指导】本题语法上是一个同位语从句，从句that there is life on other planets in the universe是来解释说明前面所选择的名词。根据常识可以判断，宇宙中其它星球上存在生命只是一种可能性，目前无法证明，从而选出正确答案。
14. Every day _____ a proverb aloud several times until you have it memorized.
A. read
B. reading
C. to read
D. reads
【答案】A
解析：句意：每天都要几次大声朗读一句谚语，直到你记住为止。连词until引导时间状语从句，前面为主句，其主语实际上是you。不要被时间状语every day所迷惑。
15. It is important to pay your electricity bill on time , as late payments may affect your ______.
A. condition
B. income
C. credit
D. status
【答案】C
试题分析：句意：准时付电费很重要，因为付晚了会影响你的信用。condition 条件; income 收入; credit 学分，信用(卡);根据句意故选C.
16. Try to understand what's actually happening instead of acting on the _______ you've made.
A. assignment
B. association
C. acquisition
D. assumption
【答案】D
解析：考察名词词义辨析及语境理解。句意：试着去理解实际发生的事情，而不是按照你所做的假设行事。A 分配B交往C 获得D 假设，故选择D
【解题指导】本题考查名词辨析。本题抓住句中的关键词actually happening实际发生和instead of而不是，可知是假设，从而选出正确答案。
17.There is no need to tell me your answer now. Give it some ______ and then let me know.
A. thought
B. support
C. protection
D. authority
【答案】A
试题分析：句意：现在没必要告诉我答案，你再思考一下，之后告诉我。A 思考;B 支持;C 保护; D权威，当局。这里指让对方再好好想想，故选A。
做题时需要结合句意进行综合考虑。根据第一句和“and then let me know”可知，现在不急着告诉“我”答案，由此可知是让对方再想想。
18. The weather forecast says it will be cloudy with a slight _____ of rain later tonight.
A. effect
B. sense
C. change
D. chance
【答案】D
【解析】试题分析：句意：天气预报说今天会是多云，后半夜可能有雨。A.影响;B.感觉;C.改变;D.机会，可能性。故选D。
19.— Can you tell us your for happiness and a long life?
—Living every day to the full, definitely.
A.recipe
B.record
C.range
D.receipt
【答案】A
试题分析：考察名词词义辨析。recipe 秘诀，食谱，药方; record 记录;range 范围;receipt 收据，收条;句意：你能告诉我你对幸福长寿的秘密吗? 当然是尽情享受没一天。根据句意可知A 项意为秘诀，与上下文相符。
20.The publication of Great Expectations, which _____ both widely reviewed and highly praised, strengthened Dickens’ status as a leading novelist.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
【答案】C
【解析】
试题分析：考查主谓一致。先行词是Great Expectations，"Great Expectations"是书名，看做单数，所以定语从句的谓语也要使用单数形式;根据"strengthened"可知，说的是过去，故选C。句意：《远大前程》的出版获得了广泛的认可和高度的赞扬，这坐实了狄更斯作为前沿小说家的地位。
【名师点睛】
一、主语从句的主谓一致
单个从句作主语时看做单数，多个从句并列作主语时看做复数。
what从句作主语，如果主句的表语是复数，主句谓语动词用复数，否则用单数。
二、定语从句的主谓一致
1. 一般情况下，关系代词作从句主语时，从句谓语动词应和先行词在数上保持一致。
2. 集体名词作先行词，被视作一个整体时，关系代词用which，从句谓语用单数;被视作若干个体的组合时，用who作关系代词，谓语动词用复数;常见的集体名词有：family, audience, class, club, government, union, staff, team, couple, committee, crow, firm, public, orchestra, company等。
3. 先行词是"one of十复数名词" 时，从句谓语动词用复数。
如果先行词是“the right/ just the/ the only/ the very/ exactly the+one of+复数名词”时，谓语动词用单数。
4. 强调句型中，形式主语it后总是接单数is/ was;强调主语时，从句谓语动词与被强调主语部分的数保持一致。
21.When he was running after his brother, the boy lost his and had a bad fall.
A. balance B .chance
C .memory
D .place
【答案】A
【解析】
试题分析：句意：男孩在追他哥哥时，失去了平衡，重重地摔了一跤。A项“平衡”;B项“机会”;C项“记忆”;D项“地方”。lose one’s balance“失去平衡”。故选A项。
【名师点睛】四个选项都可以跟前面的动词lose搭配。应抓住题干中关键信息“had a bad fall(重重地摔了一跤)”，不禁会产生疑问：怎么会摔了一跤呢?然后根据搭配lose one’s balance“失去平衡”锁定正确答案。
大学英语四级测验试题及答案
大学英语四级测验试题及答案
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