英语专业四级单项选择错题集

1. That was not the first time he us. I think it’s high time we _strong actions against him.(2005)

A. betrayed…take

B. had betrayed…took

C. has betrayed…took C. has betrayed…take

答案：C

解析：根据前半句句意，我们知道“背叛”不知发生一次，尽管行为发生在过去，但由后半句句意可知，其结果是现在仍处于被“背叛”的情形，与现在仍有关系，故用现在完成时。

2. “It seems that she was there at the conference.” The sentence means that _. .(2009)

A. she seems to be there at the conference.

B. she seemed to be there at the conference.

C. she seems to have been there at the conference.

D. she seemed to being there at the conference.

答案：C

解析：本题考查半助动词It… that…结构的转换，过程中动词结构的对应如下：

Sb. Seems to do/ be doing/have done

It seems that sb. Does/is doing/ was doing

3.I doubt _he is the murderer because he is not on the scene at that moment.

A. why

B. that

C. whether

D. when

答案：B

解析：在肯定句中，及物动词doubt后面也可接that引导的宾语从句，但表示疑虑或”不大相信’.

4.Bit by bit, a child makes the necessary changes to make his language _.

A.as other people

B.as other people’s

C. like other people

D. like other people’s 答案：D

解析：as 和like 都可以表示“像……一样”，但as是连词，后跟从句，like是介词，后跟名词或名词性短语。

5. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, _a sudden loud noise.

A. being there

B. should there be

C. there was

D. there have been 答案:B

解析：该句是一个省略if的倒装的虚拟条件句，课还原为“if there should be…”,表示对将来的假设。

6.A great amount of work has gone into ___ the Cathedral to its previous splendor.(2006-78)

A. refreshing

B. restoring

C. renovating

D. renewing

答案：B

解析：restore意为“修复（建筑物，家具，艺术品等），强调将事物修复到原来的状态。Renovate 表示”修复，装修，翻新”，强调恢复到良好的状态。

7.Sadly,while the academic industry thrives, the practice of translation continues to ____.

A. stamp

B. stagnate

C. stack

D.stake 答案：B

解析:stagnate意为“停滞，不发展”，while一词具有转折含义，thrive和stagnate正好形成反义。

8.After years of research, scholars have finally ___ this anonymous play to Christopher Marlowe.

A. subscribed

B. described

C. prescribed

D.ascribed

答案：D

解析：ascribe sth. to sb.意为“认为…….是……写的”，还可以用于词组ascribe sth. to sth. 表示“把…….归因于……”,相当于词组attribute… to…

Subscribe to 意为”订阅（杂志，报纸，书刊等），prescribe sb. Sth/prescribe sth to sb 意为“给……开处方”

9.The lack of rain ___the already serious shortage of food.

A. aggregated

B. aggravated

C. agitated

D. agonized

答案：B

解析：aggravate意为“使……加重”，aggregate表示“集聚成群”，agitate意为“使人焦虑不安”

10.I wish the speaker would ___himself to the subject.

A. confine

B. define

C. refine

D.fine

答案：A

解析: (译文：我希望演讲者不要离题) confine sb to sth 意为“把……局限于”

1.You have to water the vegetables every day,＿＿＿?

a.don’t you

b. have you

c. haven’t you

d. do you

答案a 反义疑问句陈诉部分谓语have, 附加疑问词用do.

2.Japan and Russsia could lose between ＿＿of their population

a.half-one and two-third

b. one-half and two-thirds

c.half-one and second-thirds

d. one-half and second-thirds 答案b 分子用基数词，分母用序数词。分子若1以上，分母用复数。

3.We believe an offence was committed＿EU regulations.

A. with b. over c. under d. on

答案c under one’s regulations在。。。的管理下，有。。的规定下。

4.Which of the following infinitive expresses reason？

A. he searched the room only to find nothing

B. I come here only to say good-bye to you.

C. I am glad to see you

d. he ran so fast as to catch the first bus.

答案c a表结果b，d表目的

5 I hired a carpenter to help me＿an old farmhouse.

A.recover b. restore c. regain d. reclaim

答案b restore 表示修复建筑，工艺品等

6.which of the following determiners can be placed before both singular and plural count nouns?

a. each

b. half

c. neither

d. a few

答案b each只能与单数名词搭配，neither与单名，a few 与复

7. The＿in Switzerland is exceedingly attractive to our tourists from the whole world.

a. landscape

b. scene

c. sight

d. scenery

答案d a指内陆的自然风光b指具体的，局部的，一时的c 指景象，眼界。D指旅游观光的风光，包括城市景色和自然风光

8. The governor convened his troops to＿the revolt.

A. put up b. put away c. put off d. put down

答案d a提供，建造 b 放好，抛弃 d 镇压，制止

9. He ought to dismiss the unqualified employees under his supervision, ＿?

A. should he b. ought he c. shouldn’t he d. oughtn’t he 答案c should 和ought to 作“应该”意思时可互换，但疑问句中一般不用ought to 而用should. 因此将ought 改为should

10. he was ＿fault for not taking predicative measures

a. with

b. on

c. at

d. to

答案C be at fault for doing sth. 为某事负责任

11，it is ＿stealing to take a thing away without permission of its power.

a.Nothing better than

b. nothing less than

c. no less than

d. anything but

答案b a没有比。。。更好 b 完全是，与。。。一样c不少于

2006 51.___ dull he may be, he is certainly a very successful top executive.

A.Although

B.Whatever

C.As

D.However

解析：选D,所填词应修饰dull,并使得前后分句构成让步关系，只有D符合要求。其他三项都不符合题意：although是转折连词，不能修饰形容词；Whatever也不能修饰形容词；As引导让步状语从句，句子需倒装。

2006 https://www.360docs.net/doc/138646643.html,nd belongs to the city; there is ___ thing as private ownership of land.

A.no such a

B.not such

C.not such a

D.no such

解析：选D. there is no such thing/person as sth./sb.为固定句型，表示“没有这样的事或没有这类人”。

2006 64.It was ___ we had hoped.

A.more a success than

B.a success more than

C.as much of a success as

D.a success as much as

解析：选C. much of (a) 为习惯用法，表示“十分好的，了不起的”。[A]more a success than 为强干扰项，若改为more of a success than就可入选。

2007 51.There are as good fish in the sea ___ ever came out of it.

A.than

B.like

C.as

D.so

解析；选C。此句是爱尔兰谚语，意为“海里的好鱼是取之不尽的”

2007 55.Linda was ___ the experiment a month ago, but she changed her mind at the last minute.

A.to start

B.to have started

C.to be starting

D.to have been started

解析：选B，be to do sth. 表示“将要做某事”，其完成式是be to have done，表示应该做某事而没有做。

2007 61.The research requires more money than ___.

A.have been put in

B.has ben put in

C.bing put in

D.to be put in

解析：选B，在more…than这一结构中,than是关系代词，后接比较分句时类似于引导定语从句，than后相当于省略了the money which.

2008 52.Had Judy been more careful on the month exam, she ___ much better results now.

A.would be getting

B.could have get

C.must get

D.would get

解析：选D,本句为“混合虚拟语气”，前一句为省略if的虚拟条件句，表示对过去事实的假设，而后一分句的时间是now,应是对现在事实的假设。对现在的虚拟要用”would/could/should/might+动词原形”或be doing形式，但

get为瞬间动词，不用于进行时。

2008 60.They stood chatting together as easily and naturally as ___.

A.it could be

B.could be

C.it was

D.was

解析：as…as can be 为比较的特殊结构，因为“再…不过了，尽可能…”

2010 54.After ___ seemed an endless wait, it was his turn to enter the personal manager’s office.

A.that

B.it

C.what

D.there

解析：选C,所填词需是seemed的主语，符合条件的只有what。The information was later admitted ___ from unreliable sources.

A.that it was obtained

B.to be obtained

C.that it has been obtained

D.to have been obtained

解析：选D,be admitted后接不定式，同时该不定式的动作发生在主句谓语动词之前，固使用完成时。

1. It is getting late. I'd rather you_now

A.left

B.leave

C.are leaving

D. will leave

答案为A. would rather+从句的虚拟语气谓语一般用过去时表将来时或现在。意为宁愿……还是……好些.

2.which of the following italicized phrases indicates a subject-pre

dicate relation(主谓关系)？A Mr.Smith’s passport has issued.

B.The visitor's arrival was reported in the news.

C. John's travel details have not been finalized.

D. The new bookstore sells children's stories.

答案为B.名词所有格作定语主要表示事物间的关系，如所属关系、主谓关系、动宾关系。本题需选主谓关系，只有B中arrival 为动作名词，其余都表所属关系。

3. All individuals are required to_to the laws made by

their governments.

A. obey

B. conform C .concede D .observe

答案选B.obey和observe是及物动词，不与to连用。concede 意为退让，不符题意。conform to意为遵守。

4. Mini-skirts first _in the1960s.

A. caught out

B. caught in

C. caught on D .caught up

答案选C. catch on意为"变得流行，流行起来"符合题意。catch out"发现……有错误(或做坏事)"。catch in表示"系紧"或用于被动形式be caught in(the rain, a trap)"遇(雨)，陷入(圈套)"。catch up指"很快捡起,赶上"。

5. The information was later admitted_ from unreliable sources.

A.that it was obtained

B. to be obtained

C. that it has been obtained

D. to have been obtained

答案为D.考察非谓语动词。be admitted后面应接不定式，同时

该不定式的动作发生在主句谓语前，且和逻辑主语information 为被动关系，故用其完成被动式，排除B,答案为D.

6."The man preparing the documents is the firm's lawyer"has all t he following possible meanings EXCEPT:

A. The man who has prepared the documents.

B. The man who is preparing the documents.

C. The man who has been preparing the documents.

D. The man who will prepare the documents.

答案选D.现在分词可表示1.习惯性动作2.正在做3.当时的状态，分别对应A,B,C.不可表示将来时，所以D错

7.My uncle is quiet worn out from years of hard work. He is no longer the man he was fifteen years ago.

A which

B whom

C who

D that

答案为D.空白处需填引导定语从句的关联词，该关联词还需作定语从句的表语，当先行词在主句中作表语，或关系代词在从句中作表语时，只能用that 引导定语从句。

8.I am surprised this city is a dull place to live in.

A that you should think

B by what you were thinking

C that you would think

D with what you were thinking 答案为A.从句的谓语为think,题中this city为think 的宾语。Think 不可接双宾语，排除B和D.I am surprised （sorry，upset，

ashamed，embarrassed，pleased，happy，glad）等结构后的that…宾语从句中可用“should+原型”，此句中should意为“竟然，居然”，表示说话人的惊讶、懊悔、失望等情感。

9. Landspeakers were fixed in the hall so that everyone an opportunity to hear the speech.

A ought to have

B must have

C may have

D should have

答案为D. so that…引导的目的状语从句中常may表示一种可能性，但题干中主句谓语用了过去式，从句谓语也相应用过去时，即“should +原型动词”。Ought to意为应该，must 为应该“必须”。语气太生硬，可排除。

https://www.360docs.net/doc/138646643.html,nd belongs to the city；there is thing as private ownership of land .

A no such a

B not such

C not such a

D no such

答案为D. there is no such thing /person as sth. /sb. 为固定句型，表示“没有这样的事或没有这类人”。类似的结构还有：There is not sth./sb. as such.

1.____you____further problems with your printer,contact your dealer for advice.

A.If; had

B.Have, had

C.Should, have

D.In case, had

考查虚拟语气。由后面的主句可知，前面应该是一个表示假设的分句。用虚拟语气，动词形式为should+动词原形，此处if省略，should提前，应此选C。

2.There are still many problems ahead of us, but by this time next year we can see light at the end of the____.

A.battle

B.day

C. road

D.tunnel

see light at the end of the tunnel 为固定搭配，意为“看到希望”。

3.They have always regarded a man of____and fairness as a reliable friend.

A.robustness

B.temperament

C.integrity

https://www.360docs.net/doc/138646643.html,pactness

robustness“强壮” temperament“气质、性格” integrity“诚实、正直” compactness“紧密；简洁”C符合句意。

1. The man sitting opposite me smiled dreamily, as if ____ something pleasant in the past.

A. to remember

B. remembered

C. having been remembered

D. remembering

A) 【句意】坐在我对面的那个人梦幻般地笑着，好像回想起过去发生的某件高兴的事。【难点】“as if +不定式”是一个常见的

结构，意为“好像”。

2.It ____ to see so many children in that mountainous area cannot even afford elementary education.

A. pains her

B. makes her pain

C. is paining

D. is pained

A) 【句意】看到那片山区有那么多孩子连小学都上不起，她感到很痛心。

【难点】It pains sb. to see...意为“看到…使某人感到痛心”。

3.____ drills that have no real topic have to remain as they are.

A. Manufacture

B. Manipulative

C. Manipulate

D. Manifest

B) 【句意】没有实际主题的操作性训练只得保持原样。

【难点】manipulative 意为“操作的；控制的”；manufacture意为“制造”；manipulate意为“操纵”；manifest意为“显然的；明了的”。

4.The audience waited in ____ silence while their aged speaker searched among his note for the figures he could not remember.

A. respective

B. respect

C. respectful

D. respectable

C) 【句意】那位上了年纪的发言人在他的笔记中寻找着他记不起来的数字，此时，听众们恭敬地等候着，全场一片寂静。【难点】respectful意为“尊敬的；恭敬的”；respective意为“各自的，分别的”；respect是名词，意为“尊敬”；respectable意为“可敬的”。

5.Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always

____ with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.

A. being combined

B. having combined

C. to combine

D. combined

A)【句意】由于铝总是和其它元素结合在一起，最常见的是和

氧气在一起，所以自然界中哪里也不会找到单独的铝元素。

【难点】owing to 是介词，后应接名词或动名词，根据题意，应接被动语态形式。

6.____the center of our planetary system was considered as heresy by the church in the Middle Ages.

A. It is the sun and not the earth

B. That the sun and not the earth

C. Being the sun and not the earth

D. The sun and not the earth

B) 【句意】太阳系的中心是太阳而不是地球这一事实被中世纪的教会认为是异端邪说。

【难点】That引导主语从句，全句的谓语是was considered. With one leg broken in that car accident, he cannot even walk, ____ run.

A. let alone

B. that’s to say

C. not to speak

D. not to mention A)【句意】在车祸中，他的一条腿骨折，他连走路都不行，更

不用说跑了。

【难点】let alone意为“更不必说”；not to mention意为“再

加上”；that is to say意为“也就是说”。

7. ____, she led a life of complete seclusion.

A. Being disgraced

B. Disgraced

C. Disgracing

D. She was disgraced

B) 【句意】失宠后，她过着完全隐居的生活。

【难点】disgraced在这里是过去分词作状语，表示伴随状态。

8.Feeling that she was in the right, she took ____ at the dirty remark.

A. protection

B. offense

C. defense

D. guard

B) 【句意】她觉得自己有理，因此，她对这样肮脏的话语十分恼怒。

【难点】take offence意为“对…生气”；protection意为“保护”；defense意为“防卫”；guard意为“看守；警戒”。

9.He was ____her in intelligence.

A. below

B. under

C. beneath

D. down

A) 【句意】他的智力不如她。

【难点】below意为“(智力、地位、军阶等)低于”;under意为“(尺寸、价值、数量、程度、标准等)少于，低于”;beneath意为“在…下方；(地位，级别等)低于，次于”；down意为“往…下端”。10. . To their credit the Department of Energy ____ these ideas and funded a detailed study.

A. took over

B. took on

C. took up

D. took to

C) 【句意】令他们感到光荣的是，能源部采纳了这些想法并为一个详细的研究报告作了资助。

【难点】take up意为“采纳(观点)”；take over意为“接收，接管，占据”；take on 意为“承担”；take to意为“喜欢上”。

1.My daughter has walked eight miles today. We never guessed that she could walk ___far.

A. /

B. such

C. that

D. is

2. It was ____we had hoped.

A. more a success than

B. a success more than

C. as much of a success as

D. a success as much as

3. The couple has donated a not ____ amount of money to the foundation.

A. inconsiderable

B. inconsiderate

C. inaccurate

D. incomparable

4. It is not ____ much the language as the background that makes

the book difficult to understand.

A. that

B. as

C. so

D. very

5. It is not uncommon for there ____ problems of communication between the old and the young.

A. being

B. would be

C. be

D. to be

6. According to the new tax law, any money earned over that level is taxed at the ___ of 59 percent.

A. ratio B percentage C. proportion D. rate

7. Nine is to three ____three is to one.

A. when

B. that

C. which

D. what

8. Men differ from animals ____ they can think and speak.

A. for which

B. for that

C. in that

D. in which

9. They stood chatting together as easily and naturally as _____.

A. it could be

B. could be

C. it was

D. was

10. The person he interviewed was ____ his former schoolmate.

A. no other than

B. no more than

C. none other than

D.

none the less

Answer: CCACDDDCBC

1.Intellect is to the mind ___sight is to the body.

A. what

B. as

C. that

D. like

答案：A

【参考译文】智力对于大脑，就像视力对于躯体一样。

【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查对句子结构的理解。

【详细解答】what引导的是一个类比性状语从句，说明主句行为的方式、方法，其结构为“A is to B what C is to D”，意思是“A 对于B来说，就像C对于D一样”。根据句意，选项A为正确答案。

2.___I sympathize, I can’t really do very much to help them out of the difficulties.

A. As long as

B. As

C. While

D. Even

答案：C

【参考译文】尽管我对此很同情，但我的确不能做太多的事情来帮他们摆脱困境。

【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查对让步状语从句的理解。

【详细解答】while意为“虽然”；as常引导原因状语从句；as long as意为“只要”；even意为“即使”。根据句意，选项C 为正确答案。

3.The patient’s progress was very encouraging as he could ___ get out of bed without help.

A. nearly

B. hardly

C. merely

D. barely

答案：A

【参考译文】病人的情况好转让人感到鼓舞，因为他不用人帮忙也能勉强下床。

【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查副词的用法。?

【详细解答】can hardly和can barely意为“几乎不能”，是否定副词，不合题意。nearly意为“几乎”；merely意为“仅仅”。根据句意，此处需要填表肯定性副词，故选项A 为正确答案。

4.He was__ to tell the truth even to his closest friend.

A. too much of a coward

B. too much the coward

C. a coward enough

D. enough of a coward

答案：A

【参考译文】他胆小得不敢向最要好的朋友说真话。

【试题分析】本题考查对习惯用法的掌握。

【详细解答】too…to …是习惯用法，意为“太……以至于不能……”。根据句意，选项A为正确答案。