英語四級(jí)過關(guān)真題專項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練—詞匯題

2002年12月

31. Such crimes may be so complex that months or years go by before anyone ____ them.

A. discovered    B. will discover   C. would have discovered   D. discovers

32. Though ____ in a big city, Peter always prefers to enjoy the primitive scenes of the country life.

   A. grown        B. raised         C. tended                D. cultivated

33.   The careless man received a ticket for speeding. He ____ have driven so fast.

A. can’t                  B. couldn’t                      C. shouldn’t                 D. mustn’t

34.   If people feel hopeless, they don’t bother to _____ the skills they need to succeed.

A. adopt        B. acquire                C. accommodate          D. assemble

35.   If I ___ harder at school, I would be sitting in a comfortable office now. 

A. worked      B. were to work     C. had worked             D. were working

36.   The shop assistant was dismissed as she was ____ of cheating customers.

A. accused      B. charged         C. scolded                   D. cursed

37.   All her energies are ____ upon her children and she seems to have little time for anything else.

A. guided       B. aimed          C. directed                    D. focused

38.   While crossing the mountain area, all the men carried guns lest they _____ by wild animals.

A. should be attacked  B. had been attacked  C. must be attacked  D. would be attacked

39.   Everyone should be _____ to a decent standard of living and an opportunity to be educated.

A. attributed     B. entitled                C. identified                 D. justified

40.   His wife is constantly finding ____ with him, which makes him very angry.

A. errors          B. shortcomings     C. fault                    D. flaw

41.   Vitamins are complex ____ that the body requires in very small amounts.

A. matters       B. materials        C. particles                  D. substances

42.   Apart from caring for her children, she has to take such heavy ____ housework as carrying water and firewood.

A. time-consumed  B. timely-consumed  C. time-consuming  D. timely-consuming

43.   Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, completely _____ to the outside world.

A. having been lost  B. to be lost        C. losing           D. lost

44.   The police are trying to find out the ____ of the woman killed in the traffic accident.

A. evidence        B. recognition      C. status            D. identity

45.   All human beings have a comfortable zone regulating the ____ they keep from someone they talk with .

A. distance              B. scope                C. range                  D. boundary

46.   We have planned an exciting publicity _____ with our advertisers.

A. struggle              B. campaign           C. battle                  D. conflict

47.   _____ the help of their group, we would not have succeeded in the investigation.

A. Besides              B. Regardless of    C. But for                D. Despite

48.   ____ much is known about what occurs during sleep, the precise function of sleep and its different stages remains largely in the realm of assumption.

A. Because             B. For                        C. Since                       D. While

49.   John doesn’t believe in _____ medicine; he has some remedies of his own.

A. standard        B. regular                   C. routine              D. conventional

50.   Owing to ____ competition among the airlines, travel expenses have been reduced considerably.

A. fierce                 B. strained                    C. eager                D. critical

51.   They always give the vacant seats to _____ comes first.

 A. whoever      B. whomever                C. who          D. whom

52.   In Africa, educational costs are very low for those who are ____ enough to get into universities.

A. ambitious           B. fortunate                  C. aggressive     D. substantial

53.   Professor Wang, ____ for his informative lectures, was warmly received by his students.

A. knowing            B. known                     C. to be known   D. having known

54.   Our manager is _____ an important customer now and he will be back this afternoon.

A. calling on           B. calling in                  C. calling up     D. calling for

55.   A fire engine must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _____.

A. precaution         B. crisis                    C. emergency       D. urgency

56.   He said the driver must have had an accident; otherwise he ____ by then.

A. would have arrived  B. must have arrived  C. should arrive  D. would arrive

57.   The film provides a deep _____ into a wide range of human qualities and feelings.

A. insight               B. imagination              C. fancy                   D. outlook

58.   It is high time that such practices ____.

A. are ended      B. be ended          C. were ended     D. must be ended

59.   Urban crowdedness would be greatly relieved if only the _____ charged on public transport were more reasonable.

A. fees           B. fares              C. payments      D. costs

60.   The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally ____.

A. pulled out      B. pulled through      C. pulled up      D. pulled over