2009年12月大学英语四级模拟试题(5)

　　VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
　　21. Those are very pleasant rooms? How much do you _______ them?
　　A) want B) ask C) demand D) ask for
　　22. I have so much work to do that a holiday for me this year is______ .
　　A) in question B) out of question
　　C) out of the question D) at random
　　23. His parents no longer worry about him. He has a good job and can live
　　_______ now.
　　A) at his own. B) by his own
　　C) on his own D) with his own
　　24. Her face _______ when she told a lie.
　　A) gave her off B) gave her out
　　C) gave her away D) gave her up
　　25. John's youngest son is _______ architecture.
　　A) making up for B) putting up for
　　C) going in for D) standing up for
　　26. On my present salary, I just can't _______ a car which costs over
　　3,000.
　　A) adapt B) adopt C) afford D) elect
　　27. It was four hours before she _______ after the operation on her heart.
　　A) came round B) carried through
　　C) got across D) restored
　　28. The purpose of the research had a more different meaning for them
　　than _______ .
　　A) ours B) it did for us
　　C) that of ours D) it did from us
　　29. _______ by an exercise of self-control _______ he allowed
　　himself to raise his eyes as they came in.
　　A) It was only / that B) Only / that
　　C) It was only / when D) It was only / had
　　30. A table made of steel costs more than ______ made of wood.
　　A) that B) which C) one D) it is
　　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
　　CLOZE
　　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.