英语专业四级语法词汇详解四十套:第十套

全真模拟试题

1. All of the plants now farmed on a large scale were developed from plants ____ wild.

A. that once growB. once they grow

C. they once grew D. once grew

2. By the time you graduate, we ____ in Australia for one year.

A. will be stayingB. will have stayed 

C. would have stayedD. have stayed

3. He appreciated ____ the chance to deliver his thesis in the annual symposium on Comparative Literature.

A. having given B. to have been given

C. to have givenD. having been given

4. The government official can hardly find sufficient grounds ____his arguments in favor of the revision of the tax law.

A. on which to base B. which to be based on

C. to base on whichD. on which to be based

5. Living in the desert involves a lot of problems, ____water shortage is the worst.

A. not to mentionB. of whichC. let aloneD. for what

6. Hydrogen is one of the most important element in the universe ____ it provides the building blocks from which the other elements

are produced.

A.so thatB. but thatC. provided thatD. in that

7. Just as relaxation is an important part of our lives, ____stress.

A.so isB. as it isC. and so isD. the same is

8. Victor took a bus and headed for home, ____ if his wife would have him back.

A. not to knowB. not known 

C. not knowing D. not having known

9. We can make an exception ____.

A. in any case of John B. in case of John 

C. in case of John’sD. in the case of John

10. When the Cultural Revolution was launched in China, his father ______ college.

A. attended B. had been attending

C. was attendingD. has been attending

11. My cat is a fussy eater, but my dog is so ____ that she’ll swallow down anything that is put in front of her.

A. indiscriminate B. choosy 

C. indefiniteD. picky

12. “This house is more ____ than the federal government!” Mac complained to his parents. “You have rules for everything.”

A. systematicB. democraticC. bureaucraticD. public

13. The American people’s ____ of being polite is different from that held here in China.

A. mindB. concept

C. consideration D. thought

14. Well, that is probably all I can say about sports. Next time I’ll take up the topic of some other ____ activities.

A. refreshmentB. entertainment 

C. pleasureD. leisure

15. Where there is an earthquake, energy is ____ in one area along a crack in the earth crust.

A. repelledB. releasedC. runD. rushed

16. The old gardener used to keep all his tools and doityourself equipment in a ____ in the garden.

A. barnB. roomC. hutD. shed

17. I’ve got a big coffee ____ on the front of my dress.

A. poreB. patchC. stainD. grease

18. She broke her leg, but the ____ healed quickly.

A. fractureB. injuryC. skeletonD. cavity

19. You’d better add them up. I’m not good at ____.

A. figuresB. charactersC. summariesD. counters

20. The girl chose some very pretty ____ paper for the present.

A. coveringB. wrappingC. packingD.collecting

21. The two scholars worked at the task of writing a preface to the new dictionary for three hours ____ last night.

A. at lengthB. in fullC. on endD. in time

22. I can’t read the marks and notes Jim made in the margin. They are too____.

A.faintB. foggyC. transparentD. misty

23. A highly organized system of irrigation is ____Chinese agriculture.

A. typical ofB. consistent with

C. famous forD. subject to

24. Jack is very ____ about wines.

A. awareB. knowledgeable

C. learnedD. informed

25. As for Ann, I am not sure about her ____ in Italian.

A. fluency B. clarity C. coherence D. excellency