和谐英语

大学英语四级模拟试题(二)

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ii. vocabulary and structure 

21. someone must have left the tap on, _______ the water was running over 
   and flooding the bathroom. 
   a) therefore            b) nevertheless 
   c) for               d) but 

22. my aunt lost her car last summer, but it turned _______ a week later 
   at a house in the next village. 
   a) on       b) over      c) out    d) up 

23. find a seat quickly, _______ there won’t be any left. 
   a) if not              b) otherwise 
   c) or rather            d) or 

24. during the rush hours everyone is doing two men’s work, _______ is 
   impossible without noise and quarrelling. 
   a) which     b) that    c) it     d) for that 

25. he has got himself into a dangerous situation _______ he has no 
   control. 
   a) because   b) as      c) over that d) over which 

26. they made _______ of 1,000 pounds on the sale of their house. 
   a) a gain   b) a profit   c) a benefit  d) an increase 

27. _______ the building for stolen goods, the police found twenty 
   machine guns. 
   a) searching           b) being searching 
   c) searched            d) to search 

28. the ancient egyptians believed all illnesses were related to 
   _______ was eaten. 
   a) which   b) it  c) what   d) that 

29. it is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is quite 
   _______ to perform skillfully yourself. 
   a) another           b) troublesome 
   c) a difficult thing      d) a hard job 

30. passenger ships and ______ are often equipped with ship-to-shore 
   or air-to-land radio telephones. 
   a) aircrafts  b) aircraft  
   c) the planes d) also the planes 

31. how are you _______ your physics experiment? 
   a) keeping up with         b) getting along with 
   c) making up for          d) holding on to 

32. not until the year of 1954 _______ made the capital of this 
   province. 
   a) the city was           b) when the city was 
   c) was the city           d) was when the city 

33. how many times have i told you _______ football on the street? 
   a) do not play           b) not to have played 
   c) not to play           d) not your playing 

34. she still kept _______ hold of one of william’s hands, and looked up 
   in his face. 
   a) stiff     b) tight     c) rigid      d) close 

35. mr. brown advised us to withdraw _______. 
   a) so as not to get involved    b) so as to get not involved 
   c) as not to get involved      d) as to get not involved 

36. he knows little of mathematics, _______ of chemistry. 
   a) as well as            b) no less than 
   c) and still little         d) and still less 

37. never before that night _______ the extent of my own power. 
   a) had i felt            b) i had felt 
   c) did i feel            d) i did felt 

38. when mary paid the bill, she was given a _______ for her money. 
   a) cheque  b) ticket  c) receipt d) label 

39. having been elected chairman of the student association, _______. 
   a) the members applauded him 
   b) a speech was to be given by him 
   c) the members congratulated him 
   d) he gave a short acceptance speech 

40. when joyce was told the whole story, she _______ in the film. 
   a) ceased to be interesting   b) ceased being interested 
   c) ceased to interest      d) ceased interested 

41. _______ you understand the rules, you will have no further difficulty. 
   a) while  b) unless  c) whether   d) once 

42. we would like to hear some more ideas. _______ this matter? 
   a) what do you think of    b) how do you think of 
   c) what is your opinion to   d) how is your idea on 

43. because i don’t take any sugar in my tea, i _______ to forget to 
   offer it to other people. 
   a) like     b) come    c) tend      d) have