决胜四级--词汇（4）

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentences.

1. All flights ____because of the storm, they decided to take the train.

A.having canceled B.having been canceled

C.were canceled D.have been canceled

2. Language belongs to each one of us, to the flowerseller ____to the professor.

A.as much as B.as far as

C.the same as D.as long as

3. The company ____a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

A.is promised B.has been promising

C.is promising D.promised

4. Life is a candle ____to burn ever brighter.

A.being meant B.meaning

C.to mean D.meant

5. It’s time ____about the traffic problem downtown.

A.something was done B.everything is done

C.anything will be done D.nothing to be done

6. Physics is the presentday equivalent of ____used to be called natural philosophy, from which most of presentday science arose.

A.that B.all C.which D.what

7. We often advise him not to drink more wine ____is good for his health.

A.as B.than C.that D.but

8. ____is the center of our planetary system was a difficult concept to grasp in the Middle Ages.

A.It is the sun and not the earth

B.Being the sun and not the earth

C.The sun and not the earth

D.That the sun and not the earth

9. Just as the builder is skilled in the handling of his bricks ____the experienced writer is skilled in the handling of his words.

A.as B.thus C.so D.like

10. I’d rather you ____those important documents with you.

A.don’t take B.didn’t take

C.won’t take D.not take

11. The second book was ____by August 1952, but two years later, the end was still nowhere in sight.

A.completed B.to have completed

C.to complete D.to have been completed

12. Whatever the causes, English at the end of the 20th century is more widely spoken and written than any other language ____.

A.ever was B.had ever been

C.has ever been D.would ever be

13. In this experiment, they are wakened several times during the night, and asked to report what they ____.

A.had just been dreaming B.have just been dreaming

C.are just dreaming D.had just dreamt

14. The animal has a brain which is nearest ____.

A.in man’s size B.in size to man

C.in size to man’s D.to the size in man

15. The problem of ____to select as his successor was quickly disposed of.

A.what B.whomC.whichD.how

16. Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure ____.

A.than more on efficiency B.and more efficiency

C.and more on efficiency D.than efficiency

17. He often sat in a small bar drinking considerably more than ____.

A.he was in good health B.his health was good

C.his good health was D.was good for his health

18. Tom is more clever than ____student in his class.

A.every one of the B.all the

C. any other D.many more 

19. There is no such ____foolish person.