2009年12月大学英语四级模拟试题(2)

　　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
　　CLOZE
　　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