英语专业四级语法词汇详解四十套:第21套

1. She never laughed, ____ lose her temper.
A. nor she ever did
B. or she ever did
C. or did she ever
D. nor did she ever

2. ____ with the developed areas, people’s living standard of this province is not high at all.
A. Compare
B. While comparing
C. When compared
D. Comparing

3. It is no use ____ me not to worry about his injury.
A. you tell
B. your telling
C. for you to have told
D. having told

4. If the earth suddenly ____ spinning, we would allfly off it.
A. had stopped
B. stopped
C. has stopped
D. would stop

5. Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication ______ the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered.
A. in that
B. in which 
C. in order that
D. in the way

6. After taking office, China’s Prime Minister, Zhu Rongji, tried his best to promote the new ____ policies.
A. economic
B. economical
C. economy
D. economics

7. Look at these clouds. ____.
A. It will rain
B. It’s going to rain 
C. It will be raining
D. It is to rain

8. ____ the 1500’s ____ the first Europeans explored the coast of California.
A. It was not until/then
B. It is not until/when
C. It is until/that
D. It was not until/that

9. ____ the letter, I ran out of the room to the post office.
A. Finishing
B. No sooner that I had finished up
C. As soon as I finished writing 
D. Since I finished up to write

10. If the law and order ____, neither the citizen nor his property is safe.
A. are not preserved
B. have not been preserved
C. were notpreserved
D. is not preserved

11. Before moving to another city, Amy ____ of the house and the furniture.
A. disposed
B. discarded
C. discharged
D. distributed

12. Amy Taylor was ____ both as a drama critic and as a poet.
A. subtle
B. progressive
C. eminent
D. plausible

13. He was very much interested in the work of charities, and made a regular ____ to them.
A.dedication
B. fellowship 
C. hospitality
D. contribution

14. The temperature ____ greatly; the days were very hot, the nights very cold.
A. changed
B. altered
C. varied
D. reflected

15. The washing machine would not work because of a(n) ____in the switch.
A. mistake
B. trouble
C. error
D. defect

16. Recently there has been a great ____ for small cars that consume little gas.
A. request
B. want
C. demand
D. claim

17. Mark ____ his breath in wonder when he saw the Christmas tree in the sitting room.
A. held
B. grasped
C. kept
D. blew

18. Our school singing group is going to give a(n) ____performance next month. Don’t miss it.
A. alive
B. living
C. life
D. live

19. The old buildings blend with the new ones in perfect ____so a walk along Nanking Road is an enjoyable discovery.
A. control
B. order
C. harmony
D. action

20. It is not profitable to provide bus service in districts where the population is widely ____.
A. divided
B. separated
C. spaced
D. scattered

21. It was necessary to ____ the factory building as the company was doing more and more business.
A. extend
B. increase
C. lengthen
D. grow

22. He studied hard in his youth, which ____ his great success in later life.
A. answered for
B. consisted of 
C. doubled up
D. contributed to

23. If I look the other way, I can see the mouth of the river, wild and ____, and the sea beyond.
A. grand
B. inspired
C. fierce
D. splendid

24. The relationship between dream life and waking life has been studied ____.
A. originally
B. intensively
C. extremely
D. properly

25. ____ the danger from enemy action, people had to cope with severe shortage of food, clothing, fuel, and almost everything.
A. as to
B. as usual
C. as regards
D. as well as