和谐英语

大学英语四级模拟试题(四)

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31. are the students _______ about the examination? 
   a) talking           b) discussing 
   c) saying            d) telling 

32. it has always _______ me why you believe the earth is flat. 
   a) worried  b) wondered   c) puzzled  d) confused 

33. since you are to catch the early train tomorrow morning, we _______ now. 
   a) had better to leave    b) must have left 
   c) might as well leave     d) should have to leave 

34. it was very cold _______ they still went swimming. 
   a) but             b) in spite that 
   c) however           d) though 

35. by the end of 1908, most scientists began to accept the aeroplane 
   ______. 
   a) a reality         b) to be a reality 
   c) as a reality        d) being a reality 

36. by the time john reached the plateau he was _______. 
   a) exhaustive          b) exhaustible 
   c) exhausted          d) exhausting 

37. the car was repaired but not quite to the owner's _______. 
   a) pleasure          b) satisfaction 
   c) joy             d) attraction 

38. since the light is out in their room, they _______. 
   a) may have slept        b) must have gone to bed 
   c) might go to bed       d) can have gone to bed 

39. i could tell he was surprised from the _______ on his face. 
   a) appearance b) shock   c) sight   d) expression 

40. i never _______ a chance of improving my english if i can help it. 
   a) miss    b) lose    c) avoid   d) waste 

41. although i spoke to him many times, he never took any _______ of 
   what i said. 
   a) notice              b) attention 
   c) consideration          d) warning 

42. they don't _______ students run in the corridors. 
   a) allow   b) permit   c) approve   d) let 

43. his fear of flying was _______ he always traveled by boat. 
   a) so that  b) such as   c) such that d) so far as 

44. the large vase in which he kept his umbrella for many years 
   _______ to be a valuable piece of chinese pottery. 
   a) came round           b) turned up 
   c) turned out           d) figured out 

45. _______ we are aware, there were no problems during the first six months. 
   a) as far as            b) much more than 
   c) so much            d) except that 

46. only recently _______ to realize the dangers caffeine might bring to 
   our health. 
   a) have scientists begun      b) scientists have begun 
   c) that scientists began      d) that did scientists begin 

47. the photo _______ happy memories of my early childhood. 
   a) refreshes            b) brings to mind 
   c) recalls             d) reminds myself 

48. his energetic efforts met with only _______ success. 
   a) partial  b) slight  c) entire  d) complete 

49. she was standing so close to the electric heater that her night-dress 
   _______ fire. 
   a) took    b) caught  c) set     d) became 

50."does your family call you very often?" 
  "yes, my mother calls about once a week and _______." 
   a) so my brother does        b) so does my brother 
   c) my brother does so        d) does so my brother 


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  new york is one of the last ame- 
rican cities to have some of its 
policemen on horseback. the new york 
police have 170 __51__ that they use   51. a) stations    b) horses 
                       c) policemen    d) men 
in certain parts of the __52__. the   52. a) city      b) area 
horses are expensive to feed, but      c) state 
                       d) neighbourhood 
__53__ is even more expensive to    53. a) there      b) that 
                       c) what      d) it 
take care of them. __54__ the horses  54. a) when      b) if 
must walk on the streets, they need     c) although    d) because 
special horseshoes. in __55__, they   55. a) short      b) conclusion 
need more than 8,000 of them each      c) fact      d) practice 
year. __56__ police horse in new york  56. a) one       b) no 
                       c) the       d) every 
__57__ new shoes every month. keeping  57. a) gets      b) accepts 
                       c) wants      d) makes 
these shoes __58__ good repair is the  58. a) for       b) with 
job of six blacksmiths. there are only    c) in       d) by 
about thirty-five of these blacksmiths 
in the __59__ united states.       59. a) whole      b) most 
  a blacksmith's job is not an easy    c) all       d) large 
__60__ . he must be __61__ to shape   60. a) matter     b) thing 
                       c) problem     d) one 
                     61. a) sure      b) able 
                       c) ready      d) possible 
a shoe from a __62__ of plain metal   62. a) piece      b) bit 
                       c) lot       d) type 
and then fit it __63__ the horse's   63. a) with      b) into 
                       c) on       d) to 
hoof. the blacksmith must bend __64__  64. a) down      b) on 
                       c) over       d) above 
all the time he is fitting the __65__  65. a) horse     b) shoe 
                       c) metal      d) hoof 
and must hold the __66__ of the    66. a) back       b) position 
horse's leg while he works. clearly,     c) end      d) weight 
a blacksmith must be very __67__ .   67. a) hard     b) quick 
                       c) strong    d) important 
but even more __68__ , he must be able  68. a) important   b) wonderful 
                       c) serious    d) clear 
to deal __69__ horses -- for before   69. a) about     b) with 
                       c) at      d) for 
the blacksmith can __70__ his work,   70. a) learn     b) finish 
he has to get the horse to lift its     c) begin     d) find 
leg.