大学英语四 习题 (2)

Test 1

Part 1 Replacement (Each item: 1)

Directions:Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with expressions or phrases using the key word(s) supplied in the brackets. Please take care to use the right form and keep the original meaning.

1.It was only by means of his perseverance and strong will that he finally succeeded. (virtue) Replacement:.

2.Reporters and photographers alike were very angry at the rude way the film star behaved during his interview.

(offence)

Replacement:.

3.Gouvernail likes to think back to his college days, which were among the happiest days in his life. (look) Replacement:.

4.In the US today, both marriage and family are less important than people's pursuit (追求) of maximum

happiness. (second)

Replacement:.

5.It's about time you exercised some discipline over that child, or he'll be out of control. (hand) Replacement:.

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided) (Each item: 1)

Directions:Fill in each of the following blanks with one word. In each case, use the exact word that appears in your textbook. Questions 6 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.

The whole point of marriage is that it 6.clear obligations, not just the right to 7. your own happiness. And the main obligation is to provide both 8.and practical care for children. The 9.of burning passion may well have 10., your love for your wife or husband may not be as 11.or satisfying as it once was, but going off in search of 12.love will not help your children. The Love Family is either too casual for children — your friends have no 13.to provide for them — or it's too 14., with adults moving on if the relationship no longer answers their 15.for perfect happiness.

Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Each item: 1) Directions:Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the same passage or dialog.

A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in identically the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as sacred (神圣的) texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual circumstances of the time and the individual child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.

A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or arousing his sadistic（施虐狂的）impulses. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often guilty of cruelty than those who had not. As to fear, I think, we also need well-authenticated cases of children being dangerously terrified (使害怕) by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.

There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches (巫婆), two-headed dragons, magic (有魔力的) carpets, etc., do not exist; and that, instead of indulging (沉溺) his fantasies in fairy tales, the child should be taught how to adapt to reality by studying history and mechanics. I find such people, I must confess, so unsympathetic and peculiar that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of madmen attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a broomstick（女巫乘骑的扫帚柄）or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their enchanted (使着魔的) girl-friend.

No fairy story ever claimed to be a description of the external world and no sane (神志正常的) child has ever believed that it was. (320 words)

16．The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is _______.

A. repeated without variation

B. treated with respect

C. adapted by the parent

D. set in the present

17．Some people dislike fairy stories because they feel that they ________.

A. tempt people to be cruel to children

B. show the primitive cruelty in children

C. lend themselves to undesirable experiments with children

D. increase a tendency to sadism in children

18．According to the passage great fear can be stimulated in a child when the story is ________.

A. set in reality

B. heard for the first time

C. repeated too often

D. dramatically told

19．The author's mention of broomsticks and telephones is meant to suggest that ________.

A. fairy stories are still being made up

B. there is confusion about different kinds of truth

C. people try to modernize old fairy stories

D. there is more concern for children's fears nowadays

20．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Fairy stories are anything but beneficial to the growth of children.

B. Fairy stories teach children the way to adapt to the society.

C. No fairy story should be taken as the true description of the reality.

D. No fairy story should be told to the children without modification.

Key 1

Part 1 Replacement

1.by virtue of

2. took great offence

3.look back on

https://www.360docs.net/doc/408101688.html,e second to

5.get out of hand

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided)

(1) imposes; (2) pursue; (3) emotional; (4) glory; (5) faded; (6) exciting; (7) another; (8) obligation; (9) unstable; (10) search;

Part 3 Reading Comprehension

16.C17.D18.B19.B20.C

Test 2

Part 1 Replacement(Each item: 1)

Directions:Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with expressions or phrases using the key word(s) supplied in the brackets. Please take care to use the right form and keep the original meaning.

1. A few shots of this drug cleared up the disease permanently. (good)

Replacement:.

2.When they started to become poorer and lose their former social status, they moved to a flat in London. (come down)

Replacement:.

3.After a while I pulled myself to my feet and discovered the right route to the museum. (way) Replacement:.

4.The most important thing for the government is to build more power plants. (priority)

Replacement:.

5. He has found evidence to prove that Mary is not qualified, effectively preventing her from joining in the game. (shut)

Replacement:.

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided) (Each item: 1) Directions:Fill in each of the following blanks with one word. In each case, use the exact word that appears in your textbook. Questions 6 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.

But that shock 6.his imagination. Chaplin didn't have his jokes written into a

7.in advance; he was the kind of comic who used his 8.senses to invent his art as he went along. Lifeless objects especially helped Chaplin make " 9." with himself as an artist. He turned them into other kinds of 10.. Thus, a broken alarm clock in the movie The Pawnbroker became a "sick" patient 11.surgery; boots were 12.in his film The Gold Rush and their soles eaten with salt and pepper like prime cuts of fish (the nails being removed like fish bones). This physical 13., plus the skill with which he 14.again and again, are surely the secrets of Chaplin's great 15..

Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Each item: 1)

Directions:Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.

16.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?A. The Code Red Worm

B. DoD Blocks Public Web Site Access

C. DoD was Attacked

D. Protect DoD Web sites against Virus

17. The word 'contracted' in Paragraph 2 most probably means ________.

A. make less or smaller

B. get an illness

C. make a legal agreement

D. formally agree to marry somebody

18. Which of the following statement is NOT true about the Code Red worm?

A. It can multiply to a great number.

B. It may make computer system stop working.

C. It's included in a patch released by Microsoft.

D. It may destroy the connection between legitimate users and the sites.

19. Public access is blocked to most DoD [Department of Defense] Web sites so that ________.

A. the Code Red worm can't use the web site to replicates itself and send copies

B. DoD organizations can have necessary patches installed to protect their sites

C. the defense secrets can be prevented from being revealed

D. the mistake in certain Microsoft network servers can be corrected

20. Which of the following is NOT the measure taken by DoD to fight against the Code Red worm?

A. Blocking public access.

B. Shutting down e-mail.

C. Reviewing the status of the Internet information servers.

D. Having necessary patches installed.

Key 2

Part 1 Replacement

1. for good

2. come down in the world

3. found my way to

4. The top priority

5. shutting her out of

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided)

6. roused;

7. script;

8. physical;

9. contact; 10. objects; 11. undergoing; 12. boiled; 13. transformation; 14. executed; https://www.360docs.net/doc/408101688.html,edy;

Part 3 Reading Comprehension

16. D17. B18. C19. A20. B

Test 3

Part 1 Replacement (Each item: 1) Directions:Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with expressions or phrases using the key word(s) supplied in the brackets. Please take care to use the right form and keep the original meaning.

1.I didn't know what I should do, so I just waited for Mrs. Garcia to come back. (suppose) Replacement:.

2.Any system of government by free election is naturally likely to be misused. (lend)

Replacement:.

3.Many of the scientist's findings in the tests simply cannot be explained. (account)

Replacement:.

4.Cracked windows and peeling (剥落) paint work indicated years of neglect. (witness)

Replacement:.

5.Her latest speech shows that she disagrees with her advisors. (tune)

Replacement:.

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided) (Each item: 1) Directions:Fill in each of the following blanks with one word. In each case, use the exact word that appears in your textbook. Questions 6 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.

After taking a cab back to the 6., with my Chinese guest still with the others, the blind man 7. me on the shoulder, then pulled me toward him and embraced me tightly. "How 8.you saw everything for me" he 9.. "I can never thank you enough."

Later I thought: I should have thanked him. I was the one 10.had been blind, my eyes merely 11.the surface of things. He had helped me lift the 12.that grows so quickly 13. our eyes in this busy world, to see a whole new 14.I'd failed to 15.before.

Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Each item: 1) Directions:Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.

16. What do we learn about the inspectors in the first paragraph?

A. They found the writer amusing.

B. They never wore uniforms.

C. They were feared by employees.

D. They distrusted older employees.

17. Why was the writer unable to do his job properly?

A. He wasn't tall enough.

B. The buses were too fast.

C. People avoided paying.

D. He couldn't move.

18. The old lady in the incident described ________.

A. was injured

B. fainted

C. was dragged

D. hit her head

19. When the incident with old lady happened, ________.

A. the writer had already decided to give up the job

B. the writer's employers wanted to avoid publicity

C. the writer was offered the chance to continue

D. the consequences were as the writer expected

20. What is the writer's attitude now to the job?

A. He feels responsible for the incident that ended it.

B. He thinks that he was unfairly treated by the inspectors.

C. He is ashamed that he was incapable of doing it properly.

D. He believes that it was an impossible job to do well.

Key 3

Part 1 Replacement

1. was supposed to do

2. naturally lends itself to misuse

3. accounted for

4.bore witness to

5. is out of tune

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided)

6. inn;

7. patted;

8. beautifully;

9. whispered; 10. who; 11. skimming; 12. veil; 13. over; 14. realm; 15. appreciate;

Part 3 Reading Comprehension

16. C17. D18. C19. B20. D

Test 4

Part 1 Replacement (Each item: 1)

Directions:Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with expressions or phrases using the key word(s) supplied in the brackets. Please take care to use the right form and keep the original meaning.

1.We still develop far more slowly than many of our competitors in using modern technology. (lag behind) Replacement:.

2.The key is fixed and impossible to move in the lock. (stick)

Replacement:.

3.The company is struggling to move and change at the same speed as changes in the market. (keep pace with) Replacement:.

4.The professor promises that she will have office space and a computer available for you to use for the whole

year. (at one's disposal)

Replacement:.

5.We left feeling that we had just found out about only a small part of this fascinating country. (scratch) Replacement:.

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided) (Each item: 1)

Directions:Fill in each of the following blanks with one word. In each case, use the exact word that appears in your textbook. Questions 6 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.

All these developing regions see advanced communications as a way to leap over whole stages of economic development. Widespread 6.to information technologies, for example, promises to 7. the time required to change from labor intensive assembly work to industries that involve engineering, marketing, and design. Modern communications "will give countries like China and Vietnam a huge 8.over countries 9.with old technology."

How fast these nations should push ahead is a 10.of debate. Many experts think Vietnam is going too far by 11.that all mobile phones be expensive digital models, when it is 12. for any phones during this period. "These countries lack experience in 13.costs and choosing 14. technologies," says one expert.

Still, there's little 15.that communications will be a key factor separating the winners from the losers.

Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Each item: 1)

Directions:Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.

16. Prior to the successful completion of the Panama Canal, ________.A. France bought a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama

B. Malaria was wiped out as a killer disease

C. one country failed in its attempts to build a canal

D. American doctors were honored for their work

17. The building of the Panama Canal represents ________.

A. man's unyielding desire for progress

B. man's unceasing thirst for danger

C. man's ability to resist disease

D. man's spirit of invention

18. What was given priority by the United States?

A. Buying a strip of land

B. Starting building the canal immediately

C. the prevention of illness

D. the Spanish-American War

19. The author presents details according to ________.

A. order of importance

B. spatial (???) order

C. simple listing

D. time order

20. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The elimination of yellow fever.

B. The discovery of gold in California.

C. The efforts recorded in the building of the Panama Canal.

D. The work of American medical heroes

Key 4

Part 1 Replacement

1. lag far behind

2. stuck in

3. keep pace with

4. at your disposal

5. scratched the surface

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided)

6. access;

7. condense;

8. advantage;

9.stuck; 10. matter; 11. requiring; 12. desperate; 13. weighing; 14. between; 15. dispute;

Part 3 Reading Comprehension

16. C17. A18. C19. D20. C

Test5

Part 1 Replacement (Each item: 1)

Directions:Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with expressions or phrases using the key word(s) supplied in the brackets. Please take care to use the right form and keep the original meaning.

1.You've got school tomorrow. I don't want you to go to bed later than usual. (stay)

Replacement:.

2.The banks have developed sufficient reserves to cope with the crisis. (build)

Replacement:.

3.Many schools have discussed the conflict resolution programs for a long time and in detail. (length) Replacement:.

4.I had to use violence to get my money back. (resort)

Replacement:.

5.I don't think I'll need any money but I'll bring some for the possibility I might need some. (case) Replacement:.

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided) (Each item: 1)

Directions:Fill in each of the following blanks with one word. In each case, use the exact word that appears in your textbook. Questions 6 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.

Sarah's ability to solve her 6.by rooming with her identical twin is unusual, but the conflict she faced is not. 7.extensive efforts by many schools to make good roommate matches, 8. outcomes are common. One roommate is always cold, while the other never wants to turn up the 9., even though the thermometer says it's

10.five outside. One person likes quiet, while the other person spends two hours a day practicing the

11., or turns up his sound system to the 12.where the whole room vibrates. One eats only 13.produced vegetables and believes all living things are 14., even ants and mosquitoes, while the other likes 15.fur and enjoys cutting up frogs in biology class.

Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Each item: 1)

Directions:Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.

16.Choosing a travel companion is hard and risky, because ________.A. one may lose a friend.

B. one may suffer financial losses.

C. one may be trapped in the dangerous situation

D. one may miss the chance of finding the right marriage partner.

17. When intimate friends travel together, ________.

A. the trip will hasten their dissolution

B. the trip will make them closer to each other

C. they will find the right ways to solve problems due to their relationship

D. they will make more friends on trip.

18. It can be implied from the passage that the companion talked about here is the person ________.

A. one can think of developing a deeper relationship with

B. one can travel with merely for company

C. one can count on for a free travel

D. one can learn much from

19. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Choosing a travel companion won't lead to the loss of friends.

B. Friendships cannot withstand the test of any trip.

C. A travel companion is badly needed if one wants to take a trip.

D. Like-minded people should travel together.

20. Which of the following could be a likely title for the passage?

A. Travel and Marriage Two Similar Experiences

B. Finding a Good Travel Companion a Risky Matter

C. Will Travel Damage the Friendship?

D. Should One Travel Alone or in Another's Company?

Key 5

Part 1 Replacement

1. stay up late.

2. built up

3. at length

4. resort to

5. in case

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided)

6.dilemma;

7.Despite;

8.unsatisfactory;

9.furnace; 10minus; 11.trumpet; 12. point; https://www.360docs.net/doc/408101688.html,anically; 14.holy; 15. wearing;

Part 3 Reading Comprehension

16. A17. C18. B19. D20. B

Test 6

Part 1 Replacement (Each item: 1)

Directions:Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with expressions or phrases using the key word(s) supplied in the brackets. Please take care to use the right form and keep the original meaning.

1.The company was in the process of being investigated for possible violations of U.S. business laws. (investigation)

Replacement:.

2.It is reported that the amount of violence encountered by the police is increasing. (increase n.) Replacement:.

3.Some people find it is difficult to recognize the difference between commissions paid for real services and exaggerated fees that really amount to bribes. (distinguish)

Replacement:.

4.About 20 out of 100 South Koreans have the opportunity to enjoy high-speed Internet services, which is the world’s highest penetration rate. (access)

Replacement:.

5.His assistant was charged with theft (偷窃) and fraud by the police. (accuse)

Replacement:.

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided) (Each item: 1)

Directions:Fill in each of the following blanks with one word. In each case, use the exact word that appears in your textbook. Questions 6 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.

The second category covers payments 6.to obtain quicker official 7.of some project, to 8.up the wheels of government. An interesting example of this kind of 9.is provided by the story of a sales manager who had been trying for some months to 10.road machinery to the Minister of Works of a Caribbean country. Finally, he hit 11.the answer. Discovering that the minister 12.rare books, he bought a rare edition of a book, slipped $20,000 within its pages, then presented it to the minister. This man examined its contents, then said: "I understand there is a two-volume 13. of this work." The sales manager, who was quick-witted, replied: "My company cannot 14. a two-volume edition, sir, but we could offer you a copy with a preface!" A short time later, the deal was 15..

Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Each item: 1)

Directions:Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.

16. One significant improvement in the future car will probably be________.A. its power source

B. its monitoring system

C. its driving system

D. its seating capacity

17. What is the author's main concern?

A. How to render automobiles pollution-free.

B. How to make smaller and safer automobiles.

C. How to solve the problem of traffic jams.

D. How to develop an automated subway system.

18. What provides autos with electric power in an automated highway system?

A. A rail.

B. A retractable arm.

C. An engine.

D. A computer controller.

19. In an automated highway system, all the driver needs to do is _______.

A. keep in the right lane

B. wait to arrive at his destination

C. keep in constant touch with the computer center

D. inform the system of his destination by phone

20. What is the author's attitude toward the future of autos?

A. Enthusiastic.

B. Optimistic.

C. Pessimistic.

D. Cautious.

Key 6

Part 1 Replacement

1. under investigation

2. on the increase.

3. distinguish between

4. have access to

5. accused of

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided)

6. made;

7. approval;

8. speed;

9. payment; 10. sell; 11. upon; 12.collected; 13. edition; 14. afford; 15. approved;

Part 3 Reading Comprehension

16. B17. C18. A19. D20. B

Test 7

Part 1 Replacement (Each item: 1)

Directions:Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with expressions or phrases using the key word(s) supplied in the brackets. Please take care to use the right form and keep the original meaning.

1.By asking for these particular qualifications, you are, in fact, excluding most women from applying. (effect) Replacement:.

2.Apart from offering help with careers and providing educational information, the centre provides a job placement service. (addition)

Replacement:.

3.At no time was the company informed that the establishment of the trades being discussed required consent in writing. (question)

Replacement:.

4.Every time any rumor cropped up concerning some kind of resettlement at any refugee camp, it created desperate confusion among the hopeless people. (spring)

Replacement:.

5.People in the district suffered heavily from great hurricanes (飓风) descending on them all of a sudden. (nowhere)

Replacement:.

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided) (Each item: 1)

Directions:Fill in each of the following blanks with one word. In each case, use the exact word that appears in your textbook. Questions 6 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.

While not exactly a top selling book, The History and Geography of Human Genes is a remarkable 6. of more than 50 years of research in population genetics. It stands as the most 7.survey to date on how humans 8.at the level of their genes. The book's firm conclusion: Once the genes for surface features such 9.skin color and height are 10., the "races" are remarkably 11. under the skin. The 12.among individuals is much greater than the 13.among groups. In fact, there is no scientific 14.for theories pushing the genetic superiority of any one population 15. another.

Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Each item: 1)

Directions:Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.

16. "If they were news to ..." (Para.1) Here, 'they' refer to ________.A. San Francisco voters

B. Greenpeace clean-energy organizers

C. two solar power propositions

D. students from Green Corps

To Casper's mind, California was ________.

17. A. not fit for the solar power project

B. deeply involved in energy crisis

C. ready for the solar power project

D. crippled by the financial problems

18. Proposition B ________.

A. allowed the city to carry out each clean-energy project without a vote

B. allowed San Francisco to impose new tax on its citizens

C. doubled the entire country's capacity of power generation

D. eased the city's financial burden in the form of $100 million revenue bonds

19. Casper's group focused their efforts on ________.

A. city districts they thought would be most likely to vote

B. the five energetic organizers fresh out of school

C. religious groups showing great responsibility for environment

D. leaflets distribution and telephone calls

20. Which city is in line for the next solar city?

A. Boulder.

B. San Diego.

C. Colorado.

D. San Francisco.

Key 7

Part 1 Replacement

1. in effect

2. In addition to

3. in question

4. sprung up

5. out of nowhere

Part 2 Cloze (With No Choices Provided)

6.collection;

7.extensive;

8.vary;

9.as; 10.discounted; 11.alike; 12.variation; 13. differences; 14. basis; 15. over; Part 3 Reading Comprehension

16. C17. C18. D19. A20. B