中国农业大学
2007~2008 学年春季学期
大学英语四级词汇测试（二） 课程考试试题
题号 得分 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 总分 Section I Vocabulary (25 minutes)
1. The rain yesterday was rather heavy and ______ the land was flooded.
A. consequently B. constantly C. contemporarily D. consistently
2. The announcer ______ the radio music to give a special piece of news — the result of the general election. A. interrupts B. interacts C. interferes D. interposes 3. I heard that the case against Robert Jones had been ______ for the lack of evidence. A. discarded B. discharged C. dismissed D. disengaged
4. Whether the giant Panda belonged to the bear or raccoon families was a matter of zoological
_____ for years.
A. controversy B. content C. confusion D. examination 5. If the rule is also _____ to the foreigners, they should observe it.
A. available B. advisable C. applicable D. preferable 6. We have been hearing ______accounts of your work. A. favorable B. favored C. favorite D. favoring 7. The government is trying its best to _____its policy helping the unemployed. A. complement B. implement C. supplement D. compliment
8. A course of English for specific purposes is designed to make the most efficient use of time
_____ for learning. A. adequate B. acceptable C. available D. adaptable 9. The conduction of heat is _____ in nature like that of water.
A. continuous B. continuing C. continual D. continued 10. He prefers living _____ in a quiet village far away from the noisy city.
A. lonely B. lone C. alone D. loneliness
11. Though the poor driver was still _____ when we freed him under his car, by the time an
ambulance had rushed him to the hospital he was quite dead. A. live B. living C. alive D. lively 12. Be careful with this ancient basin as it is _____ a lot
A. worth B. worthy C. worthwhile D. deserving 13. At present there is a ____ of iron and steel and more must be produced.
A. scarcity B. loss C. poverty D. limit
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学院： 班级： 学号： 姓名： 14. I think you can take a(n) _______ language course to improve your English. A. middle B. intermediate C. medium D. mid
15. Except on official _____ such as formal reception, American society has a certain amount of
informality. A. situations B. activities C. occasions D. circumstances 16. My aunt never married because her father didn’t ___ to her marriage to a man she loved.
A. confirm B. consent C. contend D. conceive
17. When Wegener first _____ the idea of “continental drift”, people didn’t pay any attention to
it. A. wrote about B. came to C. got to D. came up with
18. As the shortage of certain metals approaches, others must be founded to take their _____. A. position B. place C. role D. share
19. At no other competition are so many athletes from so many different countries _____in such
a wide range of sports. A. included B. embraced C. participated D. involved
20. He _____ a new car for his old model as soon as he had won the right sum of money. A. replaced B. exchanged C. substituted D. remarks 21. I’m very _____ of all the support you gave me. A. eloquent B. appreciative C. jealousy D. spoiled 22. Will this sweater made of these synthetic materials ______ in the wash? A. squeeze B. compress C. shrink D. compromise 23. Good health is usually _____ to one’s physical training. A. corresponded B. related C. associated D. connected 24. The girl watched the plane in the sky until it ______ behind the clouds. A. escaped B. vanished C. drifted D. emerged 25. The principal bass singer was ______ general attention. A. paying B. reserving C. attracting D. concentrating 26. As he made a ______ contribution to the discussion, we reached an agreement so soon. A. positive B. inactive C. radioactive D. passive
27. The boss told his secretary that while he was on holiday she should ring him at the hotel only
if there were any _____ message for him A. eager B. emergent C. hasty D. urgent 28. Why do you ___ interrupting me when I have repeatedly asked you to stop? A. take on B. persist in C. subject to D. submit to 29. We have the ability to fight with ______ as well as nuclear weapons.
A. usual B. conventional C. ordinary D. traditional 30. A washing machine is a handy _____, which release men from daily heavy work.
A. instrument B. appliance C. implement D. apparatus 31. The little boy’s crying ____ his parents. A. thrilled B. embarrassed C. shattered D. broke
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32. The rise in the accident rate, ______ to the installation of new machinery puzzled the
manager. A. subsequent B. relevant C. consequent D. equivalent 33. Einstein’s theory of relativity seemed _______ when it was first introduced. A. inexpressible B. incredible C. ineffective D. inconsistent
34. The National Institute of Mental Health is conducting ______ research to determine the psychological effects of using drugs. A. extensive B. prevalent C. refined D. tentative
35. The climbers determined to walk ______ so as to get to their destination before dawn. A. steadily B. resolutely C. temporarily D. briskly 36. He lost his parents at ten and had to live at his uncle’s _______. A. cost B. charge C. expense D. pay 37. When I saw the ______ on his face, I realized how angry he was. A. feeling B. appearance C. atmosphere D. expression 38. Robert ______ his success to how hard he has always worked. A. distributes B. contributes C. attributes D. resolves 39. All men, old and young, have their ______ duties. A. respective B. respectable C. respectful D. respecting 40. Bill didn’t hear the telephone because he was completely ______ in his reading. A. involved B. engaged C. absorbed D. trapped 41. The manager gave her his _______ that her complaint would be investigated. A. consent B. conception C. assurance D. insurance 42. I’m already ______ of your stupid conversation. Don’t go on any longer. A. annoyed B. tired C. worried D. angry 43. I think the ____ thing to do is phone before you go and ask for directions. A. sensory B. sensible C. sensitive D. sensational 44. He _______ making any statement to the affairs of that country. A. denied B. declined C. refused D. rejected 45. He _______ himself for bumping into me by saying that he was in a hurry. A. excused B. forgave C. pardoned D. apologized 46. They decided that the students’ demands were too ____ to be accepted. A. reasonable B. reluctant C. radical D. scared
47. The increasing demand for energy by modern industries _______ that more and more natural
gas be tapped. A. conquers B. claims C. necessitates D. requires
48. How long an animal or plant can live is governed by _____, environment, and chance. A. food B. heredity C. altitude D. climate
49. The policeman ____ his shoulder as if to say there was nothing he could do about the matter.
A. lowered B. lifted C. shrugged D. folded 50. They have made a ____ plan to build a suspension bridge over the river.
A. bold B. bald C. bound D. bare
Section II Structure (10 minutes)
51. My cat would not have been bitten the toy fish ______ it was made of rubber..
A. if she has known B. if she knew
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C. she should have known D. had she known
52. Ever since the family moved to the suburbs last year, they ______ better health.
A. could have enjoyed B. had enjoyed C. have been enjoying D. are enjoying
53. If Harry did not attend the conference last night, he ______ too much work to do.
A. must have had B. must have C. had had D. had to have had 54. The children went there to watch the iron tower _______.
A. to erect B. be erected C. erecting D. being erected 55. In the course of a day students do far more than just ______ classes. A. attend B. attended C. to attend D. attending 56. It’s no use ______ me not to worry..
A. you tell B. your telling C. for you to have told D. having told
57. There is hardly an environment on earth ______ some species of animal or other have not
adapted successfully. A. to which B. wherever C. so that D. as to 58. Bob’s leg got hurt ______ the Purple Mountains.
A. while he is climbing up B. while we were climbing up C. while we climbed up D. while he climbed up 59. Children everywhere love to have stories ____ to them.
A. to be read B. being read C. to read D. read
60. A Dream of the Red Chamber is said ______ into dozens of languages in the last decade.
A. to have been translated B. to translate C. to be translated D. to have translated 61. Never before that night ______ the extent of my own power.
A. had I felt B. I felt C. did I feel D. I had felt
62. He didn’t mention anything about the party, ______ the date.
A. either even B. even nor C. even neither D. not even 63. No sooner had we reached the top of the hill ______ we all sat down to rest.
A. when B. then C. than D. until
64. While ______ the sun, the satellite has sent more than four billion bits of information back to
earth.
A. having orbited B. being orbited C. having been orbited D. orbiting 65. ______ about the bookkeeper’s honesty, the company asked him to resign.
A. There be some questions B. There are some questions C. There have been some questions D. There being some questions
66. The government has promised to do ____ lies in its power to ease the hardships of the victims
in the flood-stricken area. A. however B. whichever C. whatever D. wherever
67. ______ rose in his imagination several interesting specimens that had appeared on earth
before. A. Here B. It C. Where D. There
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