英语专业四级语法词汇练习附详解 第5期

1. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always____with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.
　　A. being combined B. having combined  C. to combine D. combined

2. Physics is the presentday equivalent of ____used to be called natural philosophy, from ____ most of present day science arose.
　　A. which, what B. that, which C. what, which D. what, that
　　
3. On no account ____ever leave the baby at home alone.
　　A. should you B. you should C. shall you D. you shall
　　
4. ____the center of our planetary system was considered as heresy by the church in the Middle Ages.
　　A. It is the sun and not the earth B. That the sun and not the earth
　　C. Being the sun and not the earth D. The sun and not the earth
　　
5. The reason that his property was confiscated by the country, it ____, was that he was involved in a lot of fraudulent activities during the war.
　　A. was turned out B. was being turned out C. being turned out D. turned out
　　
6. I’d rather you ____by train because the weather forecast said there would be heavy snow tomorrow.
　　A. went B. should go C. will go D. go
　　
7. Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 and enjoyed great fame in Germany until the rise of Nazism ____he was expelled from Germany because he was a Jew.
　　A. when B. who C. then D. which
　　
8. Nowhere but in the remotest region of the country ____find a place to settle down.
　　A. can he B. he can C. he D. for him to
　　
9. With one leg broken in that car accident, he cannot even walk,____run.
　　A. let alone B. that’s to say  C. not to speak D. not to mention
　　
10.____, she led a life of complete seclusion.
　　A. Being disgraced B. Disgraced C. Disgracing D. She was disgraced
　　
11. Sometimes a bus ____gets on the bus to check the tickets.
　　A. agent B. officer C. conductor D. inspector
　　
12. He made a quick ____from his illness.
　　A. relief B. recovery C. survival D. relaxation
　　
13.____the stress of examinations are over, we can all relax.
　　A. While B. Even though C. Now that D. For
　　
14. My cousin Nancy is often in a poisonous mood; I suppose it’s because she is ____child.
　　 A. one B. a lone C. a single D. an only
　　
15.____the factors already referred to, people sometimes feel insecure because their motives are misunderstood by others.
　　A. But for B. Except for C. Apart from D. Except that
　　
16. If the scheme is ____carried out without waste of time or energy I shall be completely satisfied.
　　A.relatively B. noticeably  C. appropriately D. efficiently
　　
17. One day we all may find it useful to have a(n) ____for sending documents, writing any pictures across the telephone lines.
　　A. receiver B. echo C. extension D. facility
　　
18. To their credit the Department of Energy ____these ideas and funded a detailed study.
　　A. took over B. took on C. took up D. took to
　　
19. Feeling that she was in the right, she took ____at the dirty remark.
　　A. protection B. offense C. defense D. guard
　　
20. They agreed to share in common any ____of funds after all expenses were paid in full.
　　A. sufficiency B. surpass C. excess D. surplus
　　
21. He was ____her in intelligence.
　　A. below B. under C. beneath D. down
　　
22. It took a lot of imagination to come up with such an ____ plan.
　　A. bright B. clever C. brilliant D. ingenious
　　
23. In the refining process, rice and flour lose much of their ____.
　　A. acid B. alcohol C. vitamin D. sulphur
　　
24. Individual lines of the poem were very beautiful, but I didn’t see how the lines fit together. To me, the poem wasn’t ____.
　　A. inherent B. coherent C. logical D. corporate
　　
25. To an especially sensitive child, a simple scolding can be a ____experience.
　　A. hysterical B. grievous C. gracious D. sensible