2018英语专四真题与参考答案解析

2018英语专业四级考试真题及参考答案

PART III LANGUAGE USAGE

There are twenty senten ces in this secti on. Ben eath each sentence there are four

options marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence or an swers the questio n. Mark hour an swers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

11. The Bent Pyramid outside Cairo __________ a n cie nt Egypt 'first attempt to build a smooth-sided

pyramid.

A. has bee n believed to have

bee n B. was believed to be

C. is believed to have bee n

D. is believed to be

12. U.S. News ___________ rankings of colleges since 1983. They are a very popular resource for

stude nts look ing to apply to uni versity campus.

A. mai ntai ns

B. is mai ntai ning

C. main tai ned

D. has bee n maintaining

13. He was lured into a crime he would not ____________ have committed.

A. actually

B. accidentally

C. otherwise

D. seldom

14. She was once a young country wife with chicke ns in the backyard and a view of

____________ mountains beh ind the apple orchard.

A. blue hazy Virginia

B. hazy blue Virginia

C. Virgi nia hazy blue

D. Virgi nia blue hazy

15. I long to alleviate _________ , but I cannot.

B. evil

C. evils

D. an evil

16. In deed, it is arguable that body shatteri ng is the very point of football, as killi ng and maiming

A. war

B. are war

C.

of war D. are

of war

17. At ____________ , photography is a chemical process, duri ng which a light-se nsitive material is

A. its most basic

B. its basic

C. the most basic

D. the basic

18. She hired a lawyer to in vestigate, only to lear n that Gabriel had removed her n ame

from

the deed. The infin itive verb phrase only to learn ” is used __________ .

A. to express an inten ded purpose

B. to in dicate a high degree of

possibility

C. to reveal an un desirable con seque nee

D. to dramatize a stated fact

19. Which of the following italicized words DOES NOT carry the metaphorical meaning?

A. I wonder what ' behind this change of plan.

B. Jim turned to speak to the pers on sta nding behind him.

C. This work should have bee n fini shed yesterday. I 'getting terribly behind .

D. I suppose I ' lucky because my pare nts were behind me all the way.

20. My mother was determ ined to help those in n eed and she proud of what has bee n achieved these last 20 years.

would have been imme nsely The italicized part in the sentence

expresses ______

A. a hypothesis

B. a suggesti on

C. a con tradicti on

D. a surprise

21. When the police officers who took part in the King beating were first brought to