大学英语四级试卷(答案) (1)

大学英语四级试卷 （满分120分，考试时间90分钟） 一、选择题：（本题共20小题，每小题3分，共60分）

1. He is ______ a ballplayer. A. as good if not better than his brother as B. as good as if not better than his brother as C. as good as, not better than his brother like D. as good as if not better than his brother as for 2. Coal, though ______ than either oil or gas, is still a finite resource. A. much energy more abundant source B. the much more energy abundant source C. a much more abundant energy source D. energy source more abundant 3. Only in recent years have people begun to realize that wild dogs, kept within bounds, often do ______. A. better than harmful B. better not more harmful C. more good than harm D. better than they do harmfully 4. Most substances contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance’s solid is ______ of its liquid. A. than the higher density B. higher than the density C. the density is higher than that D. the higher the density 5. Liberals tend to favour ______ conservatives do . A. more than immediate social change B. change more immediate than social C. more immediate social change than D. social change more than immediate 6. Light comes in _______ the window. A. by B. through C. out of D. in 7. The young worker expressed the indignation _______ being dismissed without any reason. A. for B. at C. to D. of 8. Science has brought _______ many changes in our life. A. out B. into C. about D. forward 9. ______ onetime, Manchester, New Hampshire, was the home of the most productive cotton mills in the world. A. On B. At C. By D. To 10. If something is out _______ the question, it is impossible. A. of B. to C. with D. in 11. She told me that an earthquake ______ in my hometown. A. occurred B. had occurred C. was occurred D. has occurred 12. Have you got used ______ in a totally strange country? A. to live B. to have lived C. to living D. to be living 13. We’d rather you ______ the account tomorrow. A. settled B. settle C. would settle D. will settle 14. ______ the large amount of time devoted to listening every day, most college students do not listen effectively. A. Moreover B. Nevertheless C. Despite D. Furthermore 15. The Smithsonian Institution preserves more than sixty-five million items of scientific, historical, or artistic interest, ______ winning the popular title "attic of the nation." A. however B. thus C. and D. moreover 16. If the sun ______, the players could have finished the game. A. had shine B. did shine C. were shining D. had shone 17. If she ______ the measles, she could have gone to the park. A. hadn't B. hadn't had C. had had D. haven't 18. If we _______, we could have made it. A. had worked hard B. would have worked hard C. did worked hard D. work hard 19. The policemen would have caught the murderer _______ a few minutes earlier. A. were they to arrive B. had they arrived C. if they should have arrived D. if they would have arrived 20. Had Paul received six more votes in the last election, he _______ our chairman now. A. must have been B. would have been C. were D. would be 二、完型填空（共计20分） There are more than forty universities in Britain—nearly twice as many as in 1960.During the1960s eight completely new ones were founded, and ten other new ones were created 1 converting oldcolleges of technologys into universities.In the same period the 2 of students more than doubled, from70,000 to 3 than 200,000.By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen 4 twenty-one were inuniversities and about 5% of women.All the universities are private institutions.Each has its 5 governing councils, 6 some local businessmen and local politicians as 7 a few academics(大学教师).The statebegan to give grants to them fifty years 8 , and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its 9 from stategrants.Students have to 10 fees and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authorityof the place 11 he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs, including lodging and 12unless his parents are 13 .Most 14 take jobs in the summer 15 about six weeks, but they do not