英語四級過關(guān)真題專項訓練—詞匯題

2000年6月

1. As we can no longer wait for the delivery of our order, we have to        it.

   A) delay                  B) refuse                      C) cancel         D) postpone

2. These books, which you can get at any bookshop, will give you          you need.

  A) all of information                                      B) all of the informations 

  C) all the informations                                  D) all the information

3. Not until the game had begun       at the sports ground.

  A) should he have arrived                              B) had he arrived      

  C) did he arrive                                            D) would he have arrived

4. Young people are not       to stand and look at works of art; they want art they can participate in.

  A) content                 B) generous                  C) confident          D) conservative

5. Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is        .

  A) granted                 B) exaggerated              C) implied              D) remedied

6.These surveys indicate that many crimes go      by the police, mainly because not all victims report them.

  A) to be unrecorded                                     B) to have been unrecorded  

  C) unrecorded                                              D) unrecording

7. I have no objection       your story again.

A) to hearing       B) to have heard             C) to hear                     D) to having heard

8.The clothes a person wears may express his        or social position.

  A) curiosity               B) determination            C) significance      D) status

9. By law, when one makes a large purchase, he should have        opportunity to change his mind.

  A) accurate               B) adequate                   C) urgent         D) excessive

10. You will see this product        wherever you go.

   A) advertised      B) advertising                C) advertise           D) to be advertised

11. The early pioneers had to       many hardships to settle on the new land.

A) go into               B) go through               C) go back on               D) go along with

12. The suggestion that the mayor        the prizes was accepted by everyone.

    A) would present    B) ought to present        C) present                    D) presents

13. Beer is the most popular drink among male drinkers,         overall consumption is significantly higher than that of women.

    A) that                  B) what                        C) which              D) whose

14. Peter, who had been driving all day, suggested       at the next town.

   A) stop                   B) to stop                            C) stopping              D) having stopped

15. I didn’t know the word. I had to       a dictionary.

A) make out            B) look out                   C) go over                    D) refer to

16. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds        his arguments in favour of the new theory.

   A) on which to base B) which to base on              C) to base on                D) to be based on

17.There are signs        restaurants are becoming more popular with families.

   A) that                    B) whose                     C) which                      D) in which

18. I think I was at school,        I was staying with a friend during the vacation when I heard the news.

 A) and then             B) even so                    C) or else                            D) or so

19. It is said that the math teacher seems       towards bright students.

   A) liable                  B) partial                      C) beneficial                 D) preferable

20. In order to show his boss what a careful worker he was, he took        trouble over the figures.

   A) extra                  B) extensive                 C) spare                       D) supreme

21.--"May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o'clock tonight?"

    --"I'm sorry. Mr. Williams        to a conference long before then."

A) had gone          B) would have gone       C) has gone                  D) will have gone

22.You        him so closely; you should have kept your distance.

 A) shouldn't have been following                  C) mustn't follow

    B) couldn't have been following                  D) shouldn't follow

23. The growth of part-time and flexible working patterns, and of training and retraining scheme,          more women to take advantage of employment opportunities.

A) allow                B) allows                      C) allowing                   D) have allowed

24. Everybody       in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary.

   A) piled                   B) assembled                C) joined                      D) accumulated

25. Putting in a new window will           cutting away part of the roof.

   A) contain        B) comprise                   C) include                     D) involve

26. Living in the western part of the country has its problems,       obtaining fresh water is not the least.     

    A) with which        B) of which                  C) which                      D) for which

27. In the         of the project not being a success, the investors stand to lose up to $ 30 million.

   A) event                 B) face                         C) time                         D) course

28. The manager would rather his daughter          in the same office.

   A) does not work     B) not to work                     C) had not worked        D) did not work

29.         , he does get annoyed with her sometimes.

    A) As he likes her much                 B) Although much he likes her  

    C) Much as he likes her                 D) Much although he likes her

30. The British constitution is _____ a large extent a product of the historical events described above.