英语专四单选题

1.____native to North America, corn has now spread all over the world.

A. In spite of

B. That it is

C. It was

D. Although

2. Our civilization cannot be thought of as____in a short period of time.

A. to have been created

B. to be created

C. having been created

D. being created

3. We feel it is high time that the Government ____something to check the inflation.

A. did

B. do

C.should do

D. would do

4. It has been proposed that we____our decision until the next meeting.

A.delayed

B.delay

C. can delay

D. are to delay

5. Hurricanes are severe cyclones with winds over seventy five miles an hour ____originate over tropical ocean waters.

A. which

B. who

C. where

D.how to

6.____is announced in the papers, our country has launched a large scale movement against smuggling and fraudulent activities in foreign currency exchange deals.

A. What

B. As

C. Which

D. That

7. All the flights____because of the snowstorm, we had to take the train instead.

A.were canceled

B. had been canceled

C. having canceled

D. having been canceled

8. Once ____, this power station will supply all the neighboring towns and villages with electricity.

A. it being completed

B. it completed

C. completed

D. it completes

9. He might have been killed ____the timely arrival of the ambulance.

A. but for

B. except for

C. besides

D. except

10. If you have never planted anything, you won’t be able to know the pleasure of watching the thing you have planted ____.

A.grow

B. to grow

C. growing

D. to be growing

11. He did me a ____turn by lending me ten pounds.

A. good

B. nice

C. fine

D. pretty

12. Once our chickens started laying eggs, we had such a ____of eggs that we were giving many away to our neighbors.

A. output

B. surplus

C. production

D. plenty

13. Following are comments about the behavior that people in Korea usually expect in various social ____.

A. occasions

B. cases

C.situations

D. circumstances

14. They have considered their high standard of living a(n)____for practising their basic beliefs.

A. award

B. reward

C. result

D. consequence

15. Mac’s close____to his brother made people mistake them for one another.

A. resemblance

B. identity

C. appearance

D. relationship

16. The thieves____the waste paper all over the room while they were searching for the diamond ring.

A. spread

B. scratched

C.scattered

D. burned

17. The sight of the fruit salad made our daughter Kit’s mouth ____.

A. wet

B. water

C. soak

D. taste

18. The____problem of bring a space ship back from the moon has been solved.

A. technical

B. technological

C. technique

D. technology

19. A large part of a person’s memory is____words and combination of words.

A.by means of

B. in terms of

C. in connection with

D. by way of

20. At her word she stood up and walked away, stopping at the window to pull back the curtain and ____.

A.look round

B. look out

C. look up

D. look on

21. Their happiness was very____.

A. crisp

B. brittle

C. delicate

D. fragile

22. I was awfully tired when I got home from work, but a half hour nap ____me.

A.revived

B. released

C. relieved

D. recovered

23. We should always keep in mind that____decisions often lead to bitter regrets.

A.hasty

B. instant

C. prompt

D.rapid

24. Information and opinion gap exercises have to have some content ____talking about.

A. worthwhile

B. worthily

C. worth

D. worthy

25. “If we fail to act now,”said Tom, “We’ll find ourselves ____in action later on.”

A.paid back

B. paid for

C.paid up

D.paid off

试题答案与解析

1. D) 【句意】玉米虽原产于北美洲，但现在已遍及全世界。

【难点】四个选项中，B)和C)不合理。A)项的in spite of 是复合介词，后接名词。D)项的although是连词，后接从句，在本句中接的是一个省略主语的从句。

2. C) 【句意】不应把我们的文明看作是短期内创造出来的。

【难点】as 在这里是介词，后面应接名词性质的词，create的动作是过去发生的，所以选C)。

3. A) 【句意】我们认为该到政府采取措施抑制通货膨胀的时候了。

【难点】it is high time that后面接虚拟语气，时态用一般过去时，意为“该到…时候了”。

4. B) 【句意】有人建议我们应将我们的决定推迟到下次会议作出。

【难点】在suggest, propose, demand ,insist 等动词后面的宾语从句中，应使用（should）+动词原形的虚拟语气。

5. A) 【句意】飓风是生成于热带海洋水域上空、风速达每小时75英里以上的强烈气旋。

【难点】关系代词which引导的定语从句修饰名词winds.

6. B)【句意】正如报界所宣传的那样，我国已发起大规模反走私和反欺诈性外币交易的运动。

【难点】as在这里是一个代词，常用在类似as is well known这样的句子中，意为“这一点”。

7. D) 【句意】所有航班因暴风雪都被取消，我们不得不改乘火车。

【难点】该句的前半句使用的是独立结构由于动作发生在过去，所以根据题意要求，使用了完成式被动语态。

8. C) 【句意】这座电站一建成竣工，就将向周围城乡供电。

【难点】once在这里是连词，意为“一旦…就…”，后面省略了it is。[ZK)]

9. A) 【句意】要不是救护车及时到达，他可能就没命了。

【难点】but for 意为“要不是”，它的典型使用就是在虚拟语气的句子中，所以正合题意。

10. A)【句意】如果你从未种植过任何东西，你就不会明白观察你种植的东西生长所带来的快乐。

【难点】watch 后接不带to的不定式作宾语补足语。

11. A) 【句意】他借给我十英磅，算是给我做了件好事。

【难点】当turn为“行为，举止”时，常与good,bad,ill，evil连用。do sb. a good turn意为“做利于某人的事”。

12. B) 【句意】我们的鸡开始下蛋后，我们便把剩余的鸡蛋送给邻居。

【难点】surplus 意为“过剩，剩余”；output 意为“产量”；production意为“生产”；plenty意为“丰富，大量”。

13. A) 【句意】下列是有关韩国人在不同的社交场合可能有的行为的评论。

【难点】occasion意为“场合，节庆活动”；case 意为“事实；情况”；situation 意为“情况；处理”；circumstance意为“环境；形势”。

14. B) 【句意】他们认为自己的高生活水准是对实施基本信仰的一种报偿。

【难点】reward意为“报答；奖赏”；award意为“奖；奖品”；result 意为“结果”；consequence意为“后果”。

15. A) 【句意】麦克和弟弟长得十分相像，人们常常把他们俩认错。

【难点】这四个名词中resemblance后面可接介词to,表示“与相似”。relationship 后面接to 时意为“和…的关系”。

16. C) 【句意】小偷找钻戒的时候，把废纸撒落得满屋都是。

【难点】scatter意为“散布，撒播”；scratch意为“搔，抓”；spread意为“传播；使蔓延”，burn意为“燃烧”。

17. B) 【句意】我女儿凯蒂一看见水果色拉就流口水。

【难点】wet 意为“湿的”；water意为“流口水”；soak意为“浸湿”；taste意为“品尝”。

18. A) 【句意】使宇宙飞船从月球上返航的技术问题已被technical意为“技术的，技能的”；technological 意为“技术学的，工艺学的”；technique意为“技术，技能”，是名词；technology意为“技术（学），工艺（学）”，也是名词。

19. B) 【句意】一个人的大部分记忆是用词和词的组合进行的。

【难点】in terms of 意为“用…的话，以…措辞”；by means of意为“借着”；inconnection with 意为“与…相关联，关于”；by way of “经过…，经由…”。

20. B) 【句意】听了她的话，她站起身，走开了，然后停在窗前，拉开窗帘，向外眺望。

【难点】look out意为“向外看”；look around意为“环顾”；look up意为“抬头望，查检”；look on意为“旁观”。

21. D) 【句意】他们的幸福非常脆弱。

【难点】fragile 意为“脆弱的，虚弱的，易碎的”；crisp意为“脆的，新鲜而脆生的”；brittle意为“易碎的，易损坏的”；delicate意为“脆的，娇贵的”。

22. A) 【句意】我下班回家的时候累极了，但半小时的午睡又使我振作了精神。

【难点】revive 意为“使恢复精力；使振奋精神”；release意为“放开，松开”；relieve意为“缓解，减轻”；recover意为“恢复（健康，知觉，情绪等）；使复原”。

23. A) 【句意】我们应该永远牢牢记住，草率的决定常常导致后悔不堪。

【难点】hasty意为“草率的，轻率的”；instant意为“立即的，即刻的”，prompt 意为“敏捷的，及时的，迅速的”；rapid意为“快的，迅速的”。

24. C) 【句意】信息练习和见解分歧练习里必须有值得读的内容。

【难点】worth意为“值得”，后接-ing形式的词；worthwhile意为“值得做的，值得花费时间的”；worthy意为“值得的，应得的”，后接of；worthily意为“可敬佩地”。

25. A) 【句意】“如果我们不能现在采取行动”，汤姆说，“我们会发现自己在以后的行动中得到回报”。

【难点】pay back意为“回报，报答”；pay for意为“为…付出代价”；pay up 意为“全部付清”；pay off意为“还清债务；清偿欠(某人)的债务

1. Although ____ Spanish, he attended the course.

A. he was knowing

B. he is knowing

C. having a knowledge of

D. knows

2. You ____that letter to James. However, you didn’t.

A. ought to write

B. ought to have written

C. should write

D. should be writing

3. Joseph was very lucky ____ with his life; he almost did not get out of the room.

A. to escape

B. to have escaped

C. to escaping

D. to be escaping

4. Bread and butter ____liked by Westerners.

A. is

B. are

C. were

D. be

5. The back garden of our house contains a lawn, ____very pleasant to sit on in summer.

A. which is

B. which it is

C. it is

D.where it is

6. He set up in business ____ his own and was very successful.

A. in

B.of

C.on

D. by

7. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; he ____last night.

A. must study

B.charged

C.punished

D.posed

14. Modern ___perhaps causes more problems than it solves.

A. technique

B.technology

C. tactics

D.tendency

15. Mary tiptoed over and took the clock away because she hated to hear it ____ when she was trying to go tosleep.

A. sounding

B. ringing

C. ticking

D. humming

16. Under this ____ pressure some of the rocks even became liquid.

A. intensive

B.weighty

C.intense

D.bulky

17. Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ____ of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living.

A. maximum

B.minority

C. majorit

D.minimum

18. Nancy was surprised that they have ____. They seemed to be a happy couple.

A. split up

B.broken down

C. fallen through

D. knocked out

19.The beach is in an ideal ____to draw tourists.

A. condition

B. situation

C. state

D. publicity

20. Our ____ sensitivity decreases with age. By age 60, most people have lost 40 percent of their ability to smell and 50 percent of their taste buds.

A. sensible

B. senseless

C. sensitive

D. sensory

21. The eldest child is thoroughly ____because they always give him whatever he wants.

A. wasted

B. spoiled

C.destroyed

D.uneducated

22. If a substance is dissolved in water or heated, it may ____a gas.

A. give into

B. give over

C. give off

D. give away

23. His manner was so pleasant that Bolla felt at ____ with him at once.

A. peace

B. large

C. ease

D. best

24. —Can you take the day off tomorrow?

—Well, I’ll have to get ____ from my boss.

A. permission

B. permit

C. allowance

D. possession

25. The ____ in Janet’s character has hindered her from advancement in her career.

A. weakness

B. merit

C. defect

D. shortcoming

答案详解：

1. C)【句意】虽然只懂一点西班牙语，但他还是参加了这个课程的学习。

【难点】know是静态动词，不能用于进行时；选knows从句中又缺少主语。knowledge作“知识”讲时是不可数名词，但作“了解”讲时，前面可加“a”，常用于词组have a knowledge of中，所以选C)。

2. B)【句意】你本应该给詹姆斯写信，然而，你没写。

【难点】ought to have written是虚拟语气，与本句句意相符。

3. B)【句意】约瑟夫幸运地逃了性命；他险些没从房间里逃出来。

【难点】to have escaped 是不定式的完成式，表示过去的某一动作业已完成。

4. A)【句意】黄油面包受西方人青睐。

【难点】bread and butter 是西方人吃的一种食品，虽然有三个字，表达的却是一个东西，并且是不可数名词，作单数。

5. A)【句意】我家的后花园有一片草坪，夏天坐在上面会令你心旷神怡。

【难点】which引出非限制性定语从句，在句中作主语，且和sit on 构成动宾关系。类似的句子有：This room is comfortable to live in 这句中live in 和this room构成动宾关系。

6. C)【句意】他独自一人开始经商，并且做得很成功。

【难点】on one’s own 是个常用的介词词组，意为“独自”；of one’s own

表示“某人自己的(东西)”，如：I have a flat of my own.我自己有套房子。

7. C)【句意】约翰的考试分数全班最高；他昨天晚上一定学习了。

【难点】表示对过去某一动作行为的猜测须要用must have done这一句型结构。

8. B)【句意】弗兰克几乎从未受过任何教育，是不是?

【难点】这是一句含有否定副词never的一般过去时的句子，由于主句为否定形式，所以反意问句用肯定形式。

9. C)【句意】即使他的信明天到也无济于事了。

【难点】在条件句中表示现在将来的时间，需要用一般现在时，主句中使用将来时。

10. C)【句意】我们在房间的后面也能听得很清楚。

【难点】as well意为“(程度)同样地好”，是副词短语修饰动词hear；just 表示程度，意为“刚好”。

11. A)【句意】为获得一个满意的结果，你必须在一个干净的表面上涂两层油漆。

【难点】coat意为“覆盖物，层”;level意为“(建筑物)楼层”;times意为“次，回”;courses意为“(一层)砖面；一排”。

12. C)【句意】这个小山村被大雪封住达一个多月。

【难点】cut back意为“削减；缩减”;cut out意为“停止；切下”;cut off 意为“切断；使隔断”;cut away意为“切除；砍掉”。

13. A)【句意】格林小姐因酒后驾车被罚100美元。

【难点】fine意为“处…以罚金”;charge意为“要(价)，收(费)，要(人)支付(钱)”;punish意为“罚，惩罚”;pose意为“造成，引起(困难)”。

14. B)【句意】现代技术所引发的问题也许比它所能解决的要多。

【难点】technique意为“技法；具体的技术”;technology意为“工业技术”;tactics 意为“战术，兵法，策略”；tendency意为“倾向”。

15. C)【句意】玛丽蹑手蹑脚走过来把钟拿走了，因为她讨厌在自己想睡觉的时候听它滴哒地响。

【难点】sound意为“作声，发声，响”;ring意为“鸣，发出清脆响亮的声音”;tick意为“发出滴哒声”;hum意为“发连续低沉的声音(如蜜蜂、马达的嗡嗡声)”。

16. C)【句意】在这种强大的压力下，一些岩石甚至变成了液体。

【难点】intensive意为“加强的；集中的”;weighty意为“沉重的；笨重的”;intense 意为“强烈的，剧烈的”;bulky意为“庞大的；粗壮的”。

17. C)【句意】当然，大多数移民不是一夜之间就发财的，但是他们大多最终改善了自己的生活水平。

【难点】maximum意为“最大限量；最高点”;minority意为“少数，半数以下”;majority意为“大多数”;minimum意为“最低限度，最低点”。

18. A)【句意】南希对他们的离婚表示十分惊讶，因为他们似乎是一对快乐的夫妇。

【难点】split up意为“分裂，离婚”;break down意为“(精神方面)垮掉；(健康)变得衰弱；崩溃”;fall through意为“失败；成为泡影”;knock out意为“使筋疲力尽”。

19. B)【句意】这片海滩所处位置理想，吸引了很多游客。

【难点】condition意为“状况；形势”;situation意为“位置，地点，环境”;state 意为“状态，情形”;publicity意为“公众的注意，名声”。

20. D)【句意】我们的感官能力随着年龄的增长而下降。比如说，到60岁的时候，多数人失去了他们40%的嗅觉能力和50%的味觉能力。

【难点】sensible意为“明智的，合情理的”;senseless意为“失去知觉的，不省人事的”;sensitive意为“敏感的”;sensory意为“感觉的，传递感觉的”。

21. B)【句意】他们的大孩子被彻底宠坏了，因为他要什么，他们就给什么。

【难点】waste意为“使衰弱；使消瘦”;spoil意为“宠坏，溺爱”;destroy 意为“破坏；毁灭”;uneducated意为“未受(良好)教育的”。

22. C)【句意】如果一种物质溶解在水里或被加热，它可能释放出一种气体。

【难点】give into为非固定搭配；give over意为“托付，交托”；give off意为“散发”；give away意为“送掉，分发(奖品)等”。

23. C)【句意】他那平易近人的风度使得博拉立刻放松了情绪。

【难点】at peace意为“和平地”;at large意为“自由地；大体地”;at ease 意为“不拘束”;at best意为“至多”。

24. A)【句意】——你明天能休一天吗?

——呵，我要征得老板的允许。

【难点】permission意为“允许”；permit意为“许可证”；allowance意为“津贴”；possession意为“拥有”。

25. C)【句意】詹妮特的性格缺陷阻碍了她事业进步。

【难点】weakness意为“弱点；嗜好”;merit意为“优点，长处”;defect意为“缺点，缺陷”;shortcoming意为“缺点，短处”。

1. My pain ____ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically: “Are you feeling all right?”

A. must be

B. must have been

C. had been

D. had to be

2. It is only when you nearly lose someone ____ fully conscious of how much you value him.

A. do you become

B.then you become

C. that you become

D.have you become

3. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ____ the atmosphere.

A. as it is

B. so is

C. the same as

D. and so is

4. While driving along the treacherous road, ____.

A. my right rear tyre blew out

B. my right rear tyre had a blowout

C.I had a blownout on my right rear tyre

D. I had my right rear tyre blowout

5. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.

A. is to be analysed

B. has been analysed

C. be analysed

D. should have been analysed

6.____ there is little we can do to modify the weather, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect.

A. Since

B.When

C.While

D. Unless

7.This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of making more of an impact on the art community ____ any of them could individually and to promote Western art by women.

A. rather than

B.rather

C. than

D. other than

8. But the Swiss discovered long years ago that constant warfare brought them ____ suffering and poverty.

A. anything but

B. nothing but

C. none other than

D. no more than

9. After ____ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to step into the doctor’s office.

A.it

B.that

C.what

D. which

10. The board deemed it’s urgent that these files ____right away.

A. had to be printed

B. should have been printed

C. must be printed

D. should be printed

11. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any ____of it at all.

A. explanation

B. meaning

C. sense

D. interpretation

12. You should have your eyes tested every year in case the ____of your spectacles need changing.

A. lenses

B.glasses

C.sights

D.crystals

13. The school committee hoped that their choice of play would be ______ with the students and their parents.

A. recognized

B. popular

C. favorable

D. fascinated

14. By cutting down trees we ____ the natural home of birds and animals.

A. harm

B. hurt

C. injure

D. damage

15. Mr. Robinson knew that the most trivial chore could prove to be a ____ if approached with enthusiasm.

A. prize

B. reward

C.refund

D. bonus

16. The trade unions in this industry are ____ any reduction in wages.

A. objecting against

B. opposed to

C. reacted to

D.resisting against

17. She was teaching me ____ you would teach a younger child to speak the language.

A. the way

B.in the way

C. a way

D.to the way

18. The Brownings have not ____ yet and I doubt whether they will come.

A turned in B. turned out C.turned up D. turned to

19.We went on a(n) ____ to the mountain yesterday.

A.excursion

B.trip

C. tour

D. travel

20.When Sarah and I ____ on an article for the school newspaper, we found it difficult to work together.

A. compiled

B. gathered

C. collaborated

D. collected

21.Beth could ____ her coat because it had largered buttons.

A. recognize

B.prove

C.define

D. claim

22.Postal ____ are determined by the class and weight of the parcel mailed.

A. taxes

B.payment

C. fees

D. premium

23.My father is so deaf that he has to use a hearing____.

A. help

B. aid

C.support

D.tool

24.On New Year’s Eve, there will be a firework ____at People’s Square.

A. display

B.performance

C. show

D. exhibition

25.The ____ of beer and alcohol in New Zealand is very high.

A. consumption

B. use

C.drink

D. absorption\

答案详解：

1. B)【句意】我刚一走进房间时一定表现得很痛苦，因为我遇到的第一个人同情地问我：“你没事吧?”

【难点】must与完成时不定式连用往往表示对过去发生的事情的主观推测，常译成“一定是…”。

2. C)【句意】只有当你快要失去什么人时，你才充分意识到他对你是多么重要。

【难点】该句是一个典型的强调句式，即It is...that...。

3. B)【句意】正像土壤是地球的一部分，大气层也是。

【难点】Just as...，so...为一固定结构，意为“正如…，…也…”。

4. C)【句意】当我在险峻的山路上驾车急驰时，车的右后胎爆了。

【难点】此句为一个带有时间状语从句的主从复合句。在英语中，由while, when等引导的时间状语从句，如果其主语与主句中的主语相同，从句中的主语可以省略，而只剩下分词短语。驾车的应该是人，所以只能从C)和D)选，而D)的意义不符，所以选C)。

5. C)【句意】杰恩?瓦格那对亚非诗歌最永恒的贡献是他坚持认为，这类诗歌除用凡俗的参考框架，还应用宗教的参考框架进行研究。

【难点】insistence是个从insist派生来的名词，二者后面分别接同位语从句和宾语从句，句中皆应使用虚拟形式，即should+动词原形或动词原形。

6.C)【句意】尽管我们在改变天气方面无能为力，但我们至少知道天气未来的变化。

【难点】while除表示时间外，还可表示转折、让步，意为“尽管，虽然”。该句中其它选项不具备此意。

7. C)【句意】该组织把西部艺术家聚集在一起，希望他们比任何个人都能更多地影响艺术界，并由妇女来促进西部艺术。

【难点】选项C)的than与句中的more形成正确搭配，意为“比…都…”，故为答案。

8. B)【句意】但是多年以前瑞士人就发现连年不断的战争给他们带来的只有苦难和贫穷。

【难点】nothing but意为“仅仅，只不过”；anything but意为“除…以外的任何事”；none other than意为“不是别人，正是…”；no more than意为“不过，仅仅”。

9. C)【句意】在经过一段似乎是漫无边际的等候之后，终于轮到她走进医生的办公室。

【难点】在由after引导的介词短语中，what seemed(to be)起定语作用，修饰an endless wait。又如：I saw what seemed to be a fox.我看见一个似乎是狐狸

的东西。

10. D)【句意】董事会认为这些卷宗应立刻打印。

【难点】urgent在句中做形式宾语it的补足语，其后的宾语从句应使用虚拟式，即should+动词原形。

11. C)【句意】他的答案很不清楚，我根本弄不懂。

【难点】sense意为“意义；含义”,短语make sense of意为“弄懂…的意思”；explanation意为“解释，说明，阐述”，侧重说明事件的真相、原因；meaning意为“意义，意思；含义”，但不能在make sense of 短语中代替sense；interpretation意为“解释，说明，阐明”，比较正式。

12. A)【句意】你应该每年检查一次自己的眼睛，因为你的眼镜镜片也许需要更换。

【难点】lenses意为“镜片”；glasses意为“眼镜”；sights意为“视野；风景”；crystals意为“水晶，晶体”。

13. B)【句意】校董会希望他们选择的那出剧会受到孩子和家长的欢迎。

【难点】popular意为“讨人喜欢的；得人心的；受欢迎的”。recognized 意为“被赏识的；受表彰的”。favorable意为“赢得赞许的；讨人喜欢的”，但后面不能接with。fascinated意为“被迷住的，被弄得神魂颠倒的”。

14. D)【句意】我们砍伐树木的行为损坏了鸟兽的自然家园。【难点】damage意为“加害于…，损伤…”；harm意为“对…有害”；hurt意为“疼痛，受伤，(精神上)伤害”；injure意为“使受伤”，身体受外力伤害。

15. B)【句意】罗宾逊先生知道，如果带着热情去做，最琐碎的家务也能证明是一种报偿。

【难点】reward意为“报答；奖赏”；prize意为“奖金，奖品”；refund 意为“退款”；bonus意为“奖金，红利”。

16. B)【句意】该行业工会反对降低工资。

【难点】be opposed to意为“反对，对抗”；object against不常用；react to意为“作出反应，反应”；resist不与against连用。

17. A)【句意】她教我那门语言的方式简直就象在教一个小孩说话。

【难点】the way后接从句，意为“以…方式”。in the way意为“妨碍(某人)”。a way 和to the way不是固定搭配。

18. C)【句意】勃朗宁一家人还没露面，我怀疑他们会不会来。

【难点】turn up意为“出现，露面”；turn in意为“归还，递交…”；turn out意为“原来是，证明是”；turn to 意为“求助于；求教于”。

19. A)【句意】昨天我们到那座山里进行了一次远足观光。

【难点】excursion意为“远足，短途旅行”；trip意为“旅游出行；行程”；tour意为“游历；观光”；travel意为“(长途)旅行”。

20. C)【句意】当我和萨拉为校报合作一篇文章时，我们发现很难在一起工作。

【难点】collaborate意为“合作，合著”；compile意为“汇集；编辑”；gather意为“聚会，集会”；collect意为“收集；集合”。

21. A)【句意】贝丝能认出自己的大衣，因为她的大衣上有红色的大钮扣。

【难点】recognize意为“认出，识别”；prove意为“证明，证实”；define 意为“下定义”；claim意为“认领；索取”。

22. C)【句意】邮资是根据所邮包裹的等级和重量来定的。

【难点】fee意为“费(如会费，入场费，手续费等)”；tax意为“税，税款”；payment意为“支付，付款”；premium意为“津贴；酬金”。

23. B)【句意】我父亲耳聋得厉害，不得不使用助听器。

【难点】aid意为“辅助器具”；help意为“帮助”；support意为“支持”；tool意为“工具”。

24. A)【句意】新年除夕，人民广场将举行焰火表演。

【难点】display意为“展示性表演”；performance意为“文艺演出；表演”；show意为“展览；展览会”；exhibition也是“展览会”，属销售性质。

25. A)【句意】在新西兰，啤酒和白酒的消费量很大。

【难点】consumption意为“消费量”;use意为“使用，用途”;drink意为“饮料”；absorption意为“吸收”。

1. The bank is reported in the local newspaper ____in broad daylight yesterday.

A. to be robbed

B. robbed

C. to have been robbed

D. having been robbed

2. ____ before, his first performance for the amateur dramatic group was a success.

A. Though having never acted

B. As he had never acted

C. Despite he had never acted

D. In spite of his never having acted

3. By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s population ____in cities rather than in the country.

A. are living

B. will be living

C. have lived

D. will have lived

4. Mr. Milton prefers to resign ____part in such dishonest business deals.

A. than take

B. than to take

C. rather than take

D. rather than to take

5. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ____going on in the world.

A. it is

B.as is

C.there is

D.what is

6. 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

7. 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

8.Clothing made of plastic fibres has certain advantages over ____made of natural fibres like cotton, wool, or silk.

A. one

B.the one

C.that

D.what

9.The treasury issued an order stating that ____ land purchased from the government had to be paid for in gold and silver.

A. henceforth

B.moreover

C. whereby

D.however

10.The students expected there ____more reviewing classes before the final exams.

A. is

B.being

C. have been

D.to be

11. It was during summer breaks that we first taste the satisfaction work that ____ into hard currency.

A. translates

B. transfers

C. transplants

D. transmits

12.In some cases, your instructor may tell you the topics ____or may give you a choice of topics to write about.

A. in advance

B. ahead of

C. above all

D. right away

13.It was the driver’s ____ that caused him to step on the gas instead of the brake after his car went over the curb.

A. fraud

B. alarm

C. terror

D. panic

14.Danny left this ____ message on my answering machine:

“I must see you. Meet me at twelve o’clock.”Did he mean noon or midnight?

A. ambiguous

B.responsible

C. implicit

D. thoughtful

15.We looked for a table to sit down, but they were all ____.

A.reserved for

B. engaged in

C. used up

D. taken up

16.She will have to find somewhere else to work, for she can’t ____ this loud noise any longer.

A. come up with

B. catch up with

C. keep up with

D. put up with

17.Tom ____ his new job with confidence.

A. set out

B. set off

C. set up

D. set about

18.The truck driver was fined for exceeding the speed ____.

A. range

B. limit

C. rule

D. regulation

19.The crippled Jack proudly walked with a ____ to the platform to join the children.

A. jump

B. limp

C. hop

D. jog

20.He cannot ____ a car, for he does not earn much money.

A. obtain

B. afford

C. donate

D. consume

21.The message is clear: Just as tea and banana cant’t go together, ______ should the son of a low class family expect to marry the daughter of a nobleman.

A. either

B.not

C. neither

D. nor

22.Though ____ rich, she was better off than at any other period in her life.

A. by means of

B. within her means

C. by all means

D. by no mens

23.It is a(n) ____ attitude to take towards life.

A. absurd

B. silly

C. stupid

D. authentic

24.Every year, one student in our high school wins a scholarship that ____ one year of college.

A. improves

B. subsidizes

C. obliges

D. inflicts

25.He wrote the book in ____ with his wife.

A. proportion

B. installment

C. correspondence

D. collaboration

答案详解：

1. C)【句意】据当地报纸报道，那家银行昨天在光天化日下遭到抢劫。

【难点】动词不定式的完成式做主语的补足语，说明不定式的行为发生在谓语动作之前。

2. D)【句意】虽然他以前从未表演过，但他为业余剧团做的首次表演还是很成功。

【难点】in spite of意为“尽管，虽然”，后接名词或名词性短语，引导出来状语。选项A)没有主语或逻辑主语，选项B)是原因状语从句，选项C)的despite不能引导状语从句，因为它是介词。

3. B)【句意】到二十一世纪中叶，世界上大多数人口将生活在城市而不是农村。

【难点】因为时间状语by the middle of the 21st century指的是将来，所以选将来进行时。

4. C)【句意】米尔先生宁愿辞职也不参加这种不诚实的商业交易。

【难点】prefer意为“宁愿”，其后接名词或动词不定式；prefer to do th.rather than do sth.意为“宁愿…而不愿…”，rather than后接不带to的不定式。

5. C)【句意】大家都没有时间去读或去听有关世界上正在发生的一切事件的描述。

【难点】在以there be为谓语动词的定语从句中，如关系代词作主语，则关系代词便可省略。

6. B)【句意】如果突然出现巨大的噪音，这些动物真的有可能受到惊吓。

【难点】该句是一个省略if的倒装的虚拟条件句，可还原为“if there should be...”。

7. D)【句意】一点一点地，儿童就会将自己的语言作些必要的修改，而使之与他人的语言相像。

【难点】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。

8. C)【句意】用塑料纤维制成的衣服比用棉花、羊毛或丝绸等天然纤维制成的衣服有些优势。

【难点】clothing是衣服、被褥的总称，不能用one或the one来指代。what相当于“先行词+that”，后边要接从句。所以只能用that指代clothing。

9. A)【句意】财政部发布命令，从即日起，向政府购买土地须以金、银支付。

【难点】henceforth意为“从今以后”，符合题意要求。

10. D)【句意】学生们期望期末考试前能有更多的复习课。

【难点】动词expect后必须接动词不定式作其宾语，因此，只有D)为正确。

11. A)【句意】暑假期间，我们第一次尝到了把劳动变成货币的滋味。

【难点】translate意为“变换，把…转化成”；transfer意为“移交，迁移”；transplant意为“移植(器官)”；transmit意为“传染(疾病)，传达(知识)”。

12. A)【句意】在有些情况下，你的导师会事先告诉你题目或把题目给你由你选写。

【难点】in advance意为“事先，预先”；ahead of意为“在…之前”；above all意为“尤其，最重要的是”；right away意为“立刻；马上”。

13. D)【句意】车上了马路边后，司机由于惊慌，没踩刹车，却踩了油门。

【难点】panic意为“惊慌，慌乱”；fraud意为“欺骗，骗局”；alarm意为“警报”；terror意为“恐怖”。

14. A)【句意】丹尼在我们回答机上留下一条模棱两可的信息：“我必须见你。12点来接我。”他是说中午还是半夜?

【难点】ambiguous意为“模棱两可的；含糊的”；responsible意为“负责的”；implicit意为“暗含的”；thoughtful意为“沉思的，思考的”。

15. D)【句意】我们要找个桌子坐下，可是所有餐桌都已有人。

【难点】take up意为“占去(时间、地方、注意力等)”；reserve for意为“为…留出，保留”；engage in意为“从事；参加”；use up意为“用完，用光；耗尽”。

16. D)【句意】她将不得不去别处找工作，因为她再也不能忍受这么大的噪音。

【难点】put up with意为“忍受，容忍”；come up with意为“(针对问题、挑战)提出，想出”；catch up with意为“赶上”；keep up with意为“跟上(人、潮流、形势等)”。

17. D)【句意】汤姆满怀信心地投入新的工作。

【难点】set about意为“开始；着手”；set out意为“开始”，常与as, in, on连用；set off意为“(使)做某事”；set up意为“开业，开始经商”。

18. B)【句意】卡车司机因超速而被罚款。

【难点】limit意为“限制；界限”；range意为“(知识、知觉、听觉等的)范围

”；regulation意为“规定，规则”；rule和regulation是近义词，意为“规定，规章”。

19. B)【句意】跛脚的杰克充满自豪，一颠一跛地走上台，加入孩子们的行列。

【难点】limp意为“跛行”；jump意为“跳，跃”；hop意为“(人们)单足跳”；jog意为“慢跑；缓行”。

20. B)【句意】他买不起小汽车，因为他挣钱不多。

【难点】afford意为“买得起”；obtain意为“得到，获得”；donate意为“捐，赠”；consume意为“消耗，耗尽”。

21. C)【句意】这是明摆着的事：就像茶叶和香蕉不相搭配一样，下层阶级家庭的儿子也不可能指望娶一个贵族的女儿。

【难点】neither用于否定句之后，意为“…亦不…”；either用于否定句，意为“(二者之中的)任何一方都(不)…”；nor意为“…也不…(置于否定句之后)”；not在本句中说不通。

22. D)【句意】虽谈不上有钱，但她目前的境况比以往任何时候都要好。

【难点】by no means意为“一点也不…”；by means of意为“用，依靠”；within one’s means不是固定短语；by all means意为“无论如何，务必”。

23. A)【句意】这是一种荒唐的生活态度。

【难点】absurd意为“荒唐的；滑稽可笑的”；silly意为“傻的；愚蠢的”；stupid意为“笨的，麻木的”；authentic意为“可靠的；真诚的；真的”

24. B)【句意】每年，我们学校会有一名同学获得一笔奖学金作为一年的大学生活补贴。

【难点】subsidize意为“给…津贴；资助”；improve意为“改进，改善”；oblige意为“施恩惠于，帮…忙”；inflict意为“予以(打击)；使遭受(损伤，苦痛等)”。

25. D)【句意】他和妻子合作写了一本书。

【难点】collaboration意为“合作；协作”，in collaboration with为固定搭配；proportion意为“比例”；installment意为“分期付款”；correspondence意为“符合；一致”。

1. Evidence came up ____ specific sounds are recognized by babies as young as six months old.

A. what

B. that

C. which

D. whose

2. I understand ____ preparation that staff must put in under pressure to meet the deadline.

A. more than the enormous amount of

B. better than most the enormous number of

C. better than most the enormous amount of

D. fewer than the number of

3. I’m sure your suggestion will ____ the problem.

A. contribute to solving

B. be contributed to solve

C. contribute to solve

D. be contributed to solving

4. In 1840, both Lucretian Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton resented ______ proper seating at the World’s Antislavery convention in London because of their sex.

A. refusing

B. to be refused

C. being refused

D. having refused

5. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it ____ before the West was settled.

A. could

B. did

C.would

D. was

6. You should have put the milk into the icebox, I expect it ____undrinkable.

A. became

B.had become

C. has become

D. becomes

7. It’s no good ____ him. He is always indifferent towards others’matters.

A. to turn to

B. turning to

C. turn to

D. turned to

8. Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure ____

A. than more on efficiency

B. and more on efficiency

C. and more efficiency

D. than efficiency

9. She always put her medication on the top of the shelf lest the children ____ it by mistake.

A. took

B. should take

C. had taken

D. would take

10. The earnings of women are well below that of men ____educational differences that are diminishing between the two sexes.

A. although

B. though

C. despite of

D. in spite of

11. Many automobile accidents were ____ careless driving.

A. attributed to

B. resulted in

C. contributed to

D. raised from

12. The actress wanted a hat to ____ her dress.

A. go by

B. go through

C. go out

D. go with

13. It takes a lot of____ to put on a school play such as King Lear.

A. organization

B. arrangement

C. management

D. preparation

14. The police carried out a(n)____ search for the mising boy.

A. complete

B. entire

C. thorough

D. whole

15. The ____ crown jewels are kept in the Tower of London.

A. valued

B. valueless

C. invaluable

D. usable

16. Tom has been a vegetarian ____ principle for years.

A. in

B.on

C. for

D. by

17. When I got out of the car and walked about among them, ____one old man who shook his head disapprovingly, they all began to cheer.

A. see that

B. except that

C.provided that

D. except for

18. ____ the water left in the kettle, the doctor put several things he unwrapped from a handkerchief.

A. At

B.To

C. Within

D. Into

19. I am ____ grateful for the many kindnesses you have shown my son.

A. excessively

B. much

C. certainly

D. exceedingly

20. The ____ of AIDS has led to an expansion in research seeking a cure.

A. innovation

B. selection

C. proliferation

D. conviction

21. I am sorry I have no time at present to ____ more detail or give you an account of other cities of interest.

A. bring into

B. take into

C. come into

D. go into

22. When the idea of winning in sports is carried to excess, ____competition can turn into disorder and violence.

A. honestly

B. honest

C. honorable

D. honorary

23. Unless all the members agree to____ to the plan there may be further development in the course of action.

A. tumble

B. stick

C. come

D. adjust

24. You must pay import ____ on certain goods brought into this country.

A. money

B. fees

C. bills

D. duties

25. We expect Mr. White will ____ Class One when Miss Jane retires.

A. take over

B. take up

C. take off

D. take to

答案详解：

1. B)【句意】有证据表明，小至六个月的婴儿就能识别具体的声音。

【难点】evidence后面的同位语从句被全句的谓语动词came up隔开，同位语从句须由that引导，所以B)项正确。

2. C)【句意】我比多数人更能理解员工们在最后期限的压力下所做的大量准备工作。

【难点】understand better than...意为“对…非常理解”。preparation是不可数名词，须用amount修饰，故选C)。

3. A)【句意】我相信你的建议将有助于问题的解决。

【难点】contribute to意为“有助于，促成”，to是介词，所以后面应接名词或动名词，故选A)。

4. C)【句意】1840年，露克里蒂安?莫特和伊丽莎白?凯蒂?斯坦顿因为他们的性别而没有得到伦敦世界废奴大会的席位，他们对此表示愤慨。

【难点】resent后接名词或动名词作宾语，根据句意的要求，应使用动名词的被动语态形式，故选C)。

5. B)【句意】作为一个国家来说，美国将不再具有开拓西部前所具有的那种冒险精神。

【难点】从意义来看，空格应填had,但主句中have是实义动词，为避免重复，可用助动词do替代，即用did替代had,故B)为答案。

6. C)【句意】你本该把牛奶放到冰里。我想现在这牛奶不能喝了。

【难点】从句意分析，牛奶已经变质，不能喝了，属过去发生的动作对现在造成影响，再加上by now是现在完成时的典型时间状语，故选C)

7. B)【句意】向他求助没用，他对别人的事总是漠不关心。

【难点】It is no good doing sth是一个常见的句型，意为“做…没用”，no good后面应接动名词形式。

8. B)【句意】有些公司采用弹性工作时间制，更注重效率，而不是压力。

【难点】pressure和efficiency处于并列的位置，所以正确答案是B)。and more on efficiency,即more(emphasis) on efficiency。

9. B)【句意】她总是把自己的药放到搁架上以免孩子错拿。

【难点】lest意为“以免”，后接虚拟语气should+动词原形。

10. D)【句意】尽管两性之间所受教育的差别正在缩小，妇女的收入仍大大低于男人的收入。

【难点】四个选项中只有in spite of后可接名词，despite不能和of连用，although和though是连词，后接从句。

11. A)【句意】许多汽车交通事故都起因于莽撞驾车。

【难点】attribute to意为“把…归因于；contribute to意为“有助于，促成”；result in意为“导致，结果造成”；raise from不是固定搭配。

12. D)【句意】那个女演员想要一个与她的连衣裙相配的帽子。

【难点】go with意为“与…相配”；go by意为“根据…作出判断”；go

through意为“通过；经历”；go out意为“过时”。

13. A)【句意】上演《李尔王》这样一部校园剧需要大量的组织工作。

【难点】organization意为“组织(行为)”；arrangement意为“安排”；management意为“经营，管理”；preparation意为“准备(状态)；准备工作”。

14. C)【句意】警方为寻找失踪的男孩进行了一次彻底搜寻。

【难点】thorough意为“彻底的”；complete意为“完全的，全部的”；entire意为“整个的，全部的”；whole意为“全体的，全部的”。

15. C)【句意】那些无价的皇冠珠宝保存在伦敦塔里。

【难点】invaluable意为“非常宝贵的，无价的”；valued意为“受重视的；宝贵的”；valueless意为“没有价值的，毫无用处的”；usable意为“可用的，能用的”。

16. B)【句意】多年来，汤姆一直是一个按原则行事的素食者。

【难点】on principle意为“根据行为准则；按照原则”；in principle意为“原则上；基本上；大体上”。for和by不与principle搭配。

17. D)【句意】当我下车走在他们中间的时候，除了一个老头不满地摇了摇头，大家都开始欢呼。

【难点】except for意为“除…以外”，后接名词；see that意为“留意…；负责…；务必…”；except that意为“除去…之外”后接句子；provided that意为“倘若，在…条件下”。

18. D)【句意】那位医生打开手帕里包着的几样东西，放入了壶内剩下的水里。

【难点】为强调放入水中，把地点状语放到了句首。

19. D)【句意】我非常感激你给我儿子的那么多照顾。

【难点】exceedingly意为“非常，极其”；excessively意为“过多地，过分地”；much常以too much, so much, very much的形式出现；certainly意为“无疑地；一定”。

20. C)【句意】爱滋病的扩散使得人们做更多的研究工作去寻找治疗的方法。

【难点】proliferation意为“激增；扩散”；innovation意为“革新，创新”；selection意为“选择；选拔”；conviction意为“定罪，判罪”。

21. D)【句意】对不起，我眼下没时间讲得更细，也不能把其它旅游城市给你进行一个描述。

【难点】go into意为“叙述；讨论”；bring后面很少加into; take into和come into与本题意不符。

22. C)【句意】当竞争意识发展到极端时，荣誉可能变成混乱和暴力。

【难点】honorable意为“荣誉的，光荣的”；honestly是副词，意为“诚实地”，不能修饰名词，honest虽能修饰名词，但其意义不合题意；honorary意为“(学位、称号等)作为一种荣誉而授予的，名誉的”。

23. B)【句意】除非所有成员都同意坚持这个计划，否则行动过程中会有进一步改进。

【难点】stick to意为“坚持；坚守”；tumble to意为“突然察觉”；come to意为“降临，发生”；adjust to意为“调整；适应”。

24. D)【句意】带入本国的某些商品要交进口税。

【难点】duties意为“税，关税”；bill意为“帐单”；fee意为“费”。

25. A)【句意】我们希望珍妮小姐退休后，怀特先生能够接管一班。

【难点】take over意为“接收，接管”；take up意为“开始采用；采取，承担”；take off意为“脱去；拿掉”；take to意为“开始从事；开始沉湎于”。

1. ____ in the past, at the moment it is a favorite choice for wedding gown.

A. Unpopular has as white been

B. White has been as unpopular

C. Unpopular has been as white

D. Unpopular as white has been

2. ____ for a long time, the fields are all dried up.

A. There has been no rain

B. Having no rain

C. There having been no rain

D. There being no rain

3. The millions of calculations involved, ____ by hand, would have lost all practical value by the time they were finished.

A. had they been done

B. they had been done

C. having been done

D. they were done

4. Televisions enable us to see things happen almost at the exact moment ____.

A. which they are happening

B. they are happening

C. which they happen

D. they have happened

5. ____ me most was that the young boy who had lost both arms in an accident could handle a pen with his feet.

A. That amazed

B. It amazed

C.Which amazed

D. What amazed

6. Although she wrote a lot of short stories and poems when she was very young, ____ she was twenty five.

A. her first real success did not come until

B. her real first success came until not

C. since her first real success did not come until

D. not until her first real success

7.You should know better than ____ your little sister at home by herself.

A. to leave

B. leaving

C. to have left

D. left

8. As the train will not leave until one hour later, we ____grab a bite at the snack bar.

A. may well

B. just as well

C. might as well

D. as well

9. She resorted to ____ when she had no money to buy foods for her children.

A. have stolen

B. steal

C. stole

D. stealing

10. The boy has admitted to ____ the window while playing football yesterday.

A. breaking

B. having been broken

C. break

D. be breaking

11. Betty advised me to label our luggage carefully in case it gets____in transit.

A. misused

B. mishandled

C. mistaken

D. mislaid

12. ____ money, she is quite rich. However, this does not mean that she is happy.

A. Concerning

B. As to

C. In terms of

D. In the light of

13. A well written composition ____ good choice of words and clear organization among other things.

A. calls for

B. calls on

C. calls up

D. calls off

14. It is ____ with the customer not to let the shop assistants guess what she really likes and wants until the last moment. A. in her honor B. on her honor

C.a point of honor

D. an honor

15. This house will probably come on the ____ next month.

A. fair

B. market

C. shop

D. store

16. George was introduced to ____ activities at a young age, when she was hire to act as a lookout for drugdealers.

A. illegal

B. lawful

C. faithful

D. peaceful

17. An institution that properly carries the name university is a more comprehensive and complex institution than any other kind of higher education____.

A. settlement

B. establishment

C. costruction

D. structure

18. People’s status in society is frequently ____ by how much they own.

A. measured

B. examined

C. tested

D. questioned

19. Jack is so ____ to his appearance that he never has his clothes pressed.

A. adverse

B. anonymous

C. indifferent

D. casual

20. There is an increasing ____ to make movies describing violence.

A. strength

B. direction

C. tradition

D. trend

21. Outside my office window there is a fire ____ on the right.

A. escape

B. ladder

C. steps

D. stairs

22. I ____ with the Browns during my stay in New York City.

A. put in

B. put down

C. put on

D. put up

23. Operations which left patients ____ and in need of long periods of discovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.

A. exhausted

B. unhealthy

C. upset

D. fearful

24. Farmers are allowed to grow small gardens of their own and they sell their vegetables ____ the black market.

A. on

B. at

C. in

D. for

25. The electric fan does not work because of the ____of service.

A. pause

B. break

C. interruption

D. breakdown