大学英语(4)复习题B卷

《大学英语4》B卷复习题

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Ⅰ单选题Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

1. If my plan isn’t ______ of by the committee, all my work will have been wasted.

A. approved

B. consented

C. agreed

D. admitted

2. Everybody ______ in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary.

A. assembled

B. accumulated

C. piled

D. joined

3. His latest piece of work was ______ by a song he heard on the radio.

A. released

B. inspired

C. assessed

D. composed

4. As we know, blood types A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. Type O can give to any other group; hence it is often called the _____ donor.

A. general

B. popular

C. universal

D. common

5. Very few scientists _____ completely new answers to the worl d’s problems.

A. catch up with

B. come up with

C. keep up with

D. put up with

6. The socks were too small, and it was only by _____ them that he managed to get them on.

A. spreading

B. extending

C. lengthening.

D. stretching

7. The _______ reason for the great amount of pollution is that the government has not taken the lead in passing strong legislation against it.

A. principle

B. practical

C. principal

D. productive

8. It is ____ that he get the text of his revision typed.

A. eventual

B. apparent

C. frequent

D. necessary

9. Tom became an orphan twenty years ago, the Whites _____ him to be a good architect.

A. brought to life

B. Brought on

C. brought up

D. brought forward

10. Let children read such books _____will make them better and wiser.

A. as B .that C. which D. what

11. They did not understand the laws which _____ the development of society.

A. govern

B. run

C. order

D. control

12. She was so _______ in her job that she didn’t hear anybody knocking at the door.

A. attracted

B. absorbed

C. drawn

D. concentrated

13. As soon as it started to rain all of the students turned round and ______ home.

A. stepped into

B. got into

C. made for

D. make for 14. I used to smoke _______ but I gave it up three years ago.

A. seriously

B. heavily

C. badly

D. severely

15. The native Canadians lived in _________ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.

A. coordination

B. acquaintance

C. contact

D. harmony

16. Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime ______.

A. stage

B. scene

C. location

D. occasion

17. Arriving home, the boy told his parents about all the _____ which occurred in his dormitory.

A. occasions

B. incidents

C. matters

D. issues

18. It's very _____ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep.

A. concerned

B. considerable

C. careful

D. considerate

19. I was so ________ in today's history lesson. I didn‘t understand a thing.

A. confused

B. amused

C. neglected

D. amazed

20. The shy girl felt _____ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teacher's questions.

A. amazed

B. awkward

C. curious

D. amused

21. What he said just now had little to do with the question ______ discussion.

A. on

B. in

C. under

D. at

22. Her goal of encouraging her students to do their own thinking is similar to ___ of Professor Wyatt’s.

A. /

B. that

C. those

D. this

23. This is the only practicable solution ________ your problem at the moment.

A. about

B. of

C. for

D. to

24. Jack’s shirt was burned by ____ from the fire.

A. spots

B. spills

C. sparks

D. sprays

25. We shall h ave to ____ the meeting until next week, I’m afraid.

A. postpone

B. conduct.

C. replace

D. last

Ⅱ阅读理解题

Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

Passage 1

题干：It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth (收费站). “I’m paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,”she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”

It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.

Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said,

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