英语专业四级语法词汇详解四十套:第二套

1. My pain ____ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically: “Are you feeling all right?”
A. must be   B. must have been   C. had been   D. had to be

2. It is only when you nearly lose someone ____ fully conscious of how much you value him.
A. do you become    B.then you become
C. that you become   D.have you become

3. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ____ the atmosphere.
A. as it is   B. so is   C. the same as   D. and so is

4. While driving along the treacherous road, ____.
A. my right rear tyre blew out
B. my right rear tyre had a blowout
C.I had a blownout on my right rear tyre
D. I had my right rear tyre blowout

5. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.
A. is to be analysed   B. has been analysed
C. be analysed       D. should have been analysed

6.____ there is little we can do to modify the weather, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect.
A. Since    B.When    C.While    D. Unless

7.This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of  making more of an impact on the art community ____ any of them could individually and to promote Western art by women.
A. rather than    B.rather    C. than    D. other than

8. But the Swiss discovered long years ago that constant warfare brought them ____ suffering and poverty.
A. anything but         B. nothing but
C. none other than       D. no more than

9. After ____ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to step into the doctor’s office.
A.it       B.that   C.what      D. which

10. The board deemed it’s urgent that these files ____right away.
A. had to be printed    B. should have been printed
C. must be printed       D. should be printed

11. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any ____of it at all.
A. explanation      B. meaning     C. sense       D. interpretation

12. You should have your eyes tested every year in case the ____of  your spectacles need changing.
A. lenses    B.glasses     C.sights    D.crystals

13. The school committee hoped that their choice of play would be ______ with the students and their parents.
A. recognized    B. popular      C. favorable  D. fascinated

14. By cutting down trees we ____ the natural home of birds and animals.
A. harm        B. hurt      C. injure    D. damage

15. Mr. Robinson knew that the most trivial chore could prove to be a ____ if approached with enthusiasm.
A. prize       B. reward      C.refund     D. bonus

16. The trade unions in this industry are ____ any reduction in wages.
A. objecting against     B. opposed to
C. reacted to      D.resisting against

17. She was teaching me ____ you would teach a younger child to speak the language.
A. the way    B.in the way    C. a way       D.to the way

18. The Brownings have not ____ yet and I doubt whether they will come.
A turned in       B. turned out      C.turned up       D. turned to
19.We went on a(n) ____ to the mountain yesterday.
A.excursion       B.trip     C. tour     D. travel

20.When Sarah and I ____ on an article for the school newspaper, we found it difficult to work together.
A. compiled        B. gathered
C. collaborated        D. collected

21.Beth could ____ her coat because it had largered buttons.
A. recognize     B.prove     C.define     D. claim

22.Postal ____ are determined by the class and weight of the parcel mailed.
A. taxes     B.payment     C. fees    D. premium

23.My father is so deaf that he has to use a hearing____.
A. help     B. aid      C.support      D.tool

24.On New Year’s Eve, there will be a firework ____at People’s Square.
A. display       B.performance    C. show     D. exhibition
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25.The ____ of beer and alcohol in New Zealand is very high.
A. consumption   B. use    C.drink     D. absorption