和谐英语

大学英语四级模拟试题(一)

2007-10-18来源:

31. _______ its hot sun and beautiful beaches, hawaii is a fine place 
   to live in or visit. 
   a) for    b) with  c) since   d) as 

32. to our _______, michael's illness proved not to be as serious as we 
   had feared. 
   a) anxiety  b) eyes c) relief   d) judgment 

33. he promised to return the book as soon as he _______ it. 
   a) would read            b) read 
   c) has read             d) had read 

34. the tourist industry ___________ greatly to the economy of that country. 
   a) supports            b) benefits 
   c) assists            d) contributes 

35. children who are over-protected by their parents may become ______ . 
   a) spoiled  b) damaged  c) harmed  d) hurt 

37. tom sold the vegetables at half price rather than _______ them to go 
   bad. 
   a) allow   b) allowed  c) allowing  d) he allowed 

38. they wonder ______ the figures are accurate. 
   a) that               b) which 
   c) whether             d) as if 

39. it is usually better not to _______ things, in case they are not 
   returned. 
   a) lend  b) offer   c) borrow  d) lose 

40. his ______ had always been to become an architect. 
   a) want             b) imagination 
   c) ambition           d) direction 

41. sadie had her hands _______ her mouth as if to stop herself from 
   crying. 
   a) by   b) at   c) over d) above 

42. his salary as a bus driver is much higher _______. 
   a) in comparison the salary of a teacher 
   b) than a teacher 
   c) than that of a teacher 
   d) to compare as a teacher 

43. ann prefers hiking _______ the cinema. 
   a) to going to         b) than going to 
   c) than to go to        d) to go to 

44. he knows all shakespeare's poems by _______ . 
   a) head   b) heart   c) mind   d) memory 

45. in the states, the black people on the whole _______ a much higher 
   unemployment rate. 
   a) suffer from       b) amount to 
   c) reach for        d) extend to 

46. he dared not harm the little girl, _______ the dog in her arms. 
   a) either              b) also 
   c) and               d) nor 
47. _______ an umbrella with you in case it rains. 
   a) bring  b) hold  c) fetch   d) take 

48. it need hardly be said that a man who could _______ such treatment was 
   a man of remarkable physical courage and moral strength. 
   a) make the best of        b) catch up with 
   c) get rid of           d) put up with 

49. she was glad that the wicked man had decided _______. 
   a) not killing her         b) his not killing her 
   c) not to kill her         d) to not kill her 

50. some speculators (¨a??¨2¨|¨?) were _______ cash and so they sold their 
   shares at any price. 
   a) badly in need of         b) badly need for 
   c) in badly need for        d) badly needed 

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  there was a time when parents who 
wanted an educational present for 
their children would buy a typewri- 
ter, a globe or an encyclopedia set 
(¨°?¨??a??¨'??¨¨?¨o¨|). now those __51__   51. a) items     b) toys 
seem hopelessly old-fashioned: this     c) sets      d) series 
christmas, there were a lot of __52__  52. a) private    b) children 
                       c) school     d) personal 
computers under the tree. __53__ that 53. a) given     b) provided 
computers are their key to success,    c) convinced   d) believed 
parents are also frantically insisting 
that children __54__ taught to use them 54. a) are      b) be 
in school--as early as possible.       c) are being   d) were 
  the problem for schools is that 
when it __55__ computers, parents do  55. a) talks about  b) comes to 
not always know best.            c) turns to    d) mentions 
  many schools are __56__ parental  56. a) ignorant of  b) blaming 
impatience and are purchasing hardware    c) yielding to 
                       d) turnin a deaf ear to 
(¨?2?t) __57__ sound educational plan-  57. a) without    b) with 
ning so they can say,"ok, we've moved    c) through    d) for 
into the computer age."teachers __58__  58. a) relied on   b) relaxed 
themselves caught in the middle of the    c) freed     d) found 
problem -- between parent pressure and 
__59__ educational decisions.      59. a) wise      b) clever 
                       c) slow      d) enough 
  educators do not even agree __60__  60. a) on       b) with 
how computers should be used. a lot of    c) to       d) about 
money is going for computerized educa- 
tional materials __61__ research has  61. a) however    b) where 
                       c) what      d) that 
shown can be taught __62__ with pencil  62. a) equally 
and paper. even those who believe that    b) in the same way 
                       c) just as well  d) not as well 
all children should __63__ to computer, 63. a) be open    b) have access 
                       c) look      d) turn 
warn of potential __64__ to the very   64. a) approaches   b) exposures 
young.                    c) dangers    d) laziness 
  the temptation(¨???¨?) remains strong 
largely because young children __65__  65. a) adopt     b) keep 
so well to computers. first graders have   c) adapt     d) devote 
been__66__ willing to work for two hours 66. a) watched    b) seen 
on math skills. some have an attention   c) told      d) taught 
span of 20 minutes. __67__ school can 67. a) high      b) not every 
afford to go into computing, and that    c) no       d) any 
creates __68__ another problem: a divi- 68. a) already    b) of course 
sion between the haves and have-nots.    c) in addition  d) yet 
very few parents ask __69__ computer  69. a) for      b) against 
instruction in poor school districts,    c) to buy     d) to use 
__70__ there may be barely enough money 70. a) due that    b) in any case 
to pay the reading teacher.         c) although    d) where