英语四级考试历年词汇语法真题及答案汇集
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41 She ought to stop work; she has a headache because she _____________ too long.
A) has been reading B) had read
C) is reading D) read
42 Niagara Falls is a great tourist ___________, drawing millions of visitors every year.
A) attention B) attraction
C) appointment D) arrangement
43 I don’t mind ___________ the decision as long as it is not too late.
A) you to delay making B) your delaying making
C) your delaying to make D) you delay to make
44 The hopes, goals, fears and desires ______________ widely between men and women, between the rich and the poor.
A) alter B) shift
C) transfer D) vary
45 Corn originated in the New World and thus was not known in Europe until Columbus found it ______________ in Cuba.
A) being cultivated B) been cultivated
C) having cultivated D) cultivating
46 The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience ___________ on benches, chairs or boxes.
A) having seated B) seating
C) seated D) having been seated
47 This kind of glasses manufactured by experienced craftsmen ___________ comfortably.
A) is worn B) wears
C) wearing D) are worn
48 Some diseases are ______________ by certain water animals.
A) transplanted B) transformed
C) transported D) transmitted
49 Wouldn’t you rather your child _________________ to bed early?
A) go B) went
C) would go D) goes
50 Although Anne is happy with her success she wonders _____________ will happen to her private life.
A) that B) what
C) it D) this
51 The words of his old teacher left a ______ impression on his mind. He is still influenced by them.
A) staying not B) not to stay
C) that he would not stay D) that he not stay
64 It is essential that these application forms _____________ back as early as possible
A) must be sent B) will be sent
C) are sent D) be sent
65 She cooked the meat for a long time so as to make it _____________ enough to eat.
A) mild B) slight
C) light D) tender
66 We take our skin for granted until it is burned _____________ repair.
A) beyond B) for
C) without D) under
67 The computer revolution may well change society as _____________ as did the Industrial Revolution.
A) certainly B) insignificantly
C) fundamentally D) comparatively
68 _____________ in this way, the situation doesn’t seem so disappointing.
A) To look at B) Looking at
C) Looked at D) To be looked at
69 A lot of ants are always invading my kitchen. They are a thorough ___________.
A) nuisance B) trouble
C) worry D) anxiety
70 Some women ______________ a good salary in a job instead of staying home, but they decided not to work for the sake of the family.
A) must make B) should have made
C) would make D) could have made
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
21 As we can no longer wait for the delivery of our order, we have to _______ it.
A) postpone B) refuse
C) delay D) cancel
22 These books, which you can get at any bookshop, will give you _______ you need.
A) all the information B) all the informations
C) all of information D) all of the informations
23 Not until the game had begun _______ at the sports ground.
A) had he arrived B) would he have arrived
C) did he arrive D) should he have arrived
24 Young people are not _______ to stand and look at works of art; they want art they can participate in.
A) conservative B) content
C) confident D) generous
25 Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is _______.
A) granted B) implied
C) exaggerated D) remedied
26 These surveys indicate that many crimes go _______ by the police, mainly because not all victims report them.
A) unrecorded B) to be unrecorded
C) unrecording D) to have been unrecorded
37 There are signs _______ restaurants are becoming more popular with families.
A) that B) which
C) in which D) whose
38 I think I was at school, _______ I was staying with a friends during the vacation when I heard the news.
A) or else B) and then
C) or so D) even so
39 It is said that the math teacher seems _______ towards bright students.
A) partial B) beneficial
C) preferable D) liable
40 In order to show his boss what a careful worker he was, he took _______ trouble over the figures.
A) extensive B) spare
C) extra D) supreme
41 — “May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o’clock tonight?”
— “I’m sorry. Mr. Williams _______ to a conference long before then.”
A) will have gone B) had gone
C) would have gone D) has gone
42 You _______ him so closely; you should have kept your distance.
A) shouldn’t follow B) mustn’t follow
C) couldn’t’ have been following D) shouldn’t have been following
43 The growth of part-time and flexible working patterns, and of training and retraining schemes, _______ more women to take advantage of employment opportunities.
A) have allowed B) allow
C) allowing D) allows
44 Everybody _______ in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary.
A) assembled B) accumulated
C) piled D) joined
45 Putting in a new window will _______ cutting away part of the roof.
A) include B) involve
C) contain D) comprise
46 Living in the western part of the country has its problems, _______ obtaining fresh water is not the least.
A) with which B) for which
C) of which D) which
47 In the _______ of the project not being a success, the investors stand to lose up to $30 million.
A) face B) time
C) event D) course
48 The manager would rather his daughter _______ in the same office.
A) had not worked B) not to work
C) does not work D) did not work
50 _______ receiving financial support from family, community or the government is allowed, it is never admired.
A) As B) Once
C) Although D) Lest
51 All the key words in the article are printed in _______ type so as to attract readers’ attention.
A) dark B) dense
C) black D) bold
52 The basic features of the communication process are identified in one question: Who says _______ through what channel to whom?
A) how B) when
C) what D) such
53 I didn’t _______ to take a taxi but I had to as I was late.
A) assume B) suppose
C) mean D) hope
54 The hours _______ the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people.
A) in which B) on which
C) when D) that
55 I’d rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than _______ a room with someone else.
A) share B) to share
C) sharing D) to have shared
56 In Disneyland every year, some 800,000 plants are replaced because Disney refused to _______ signs asking his “guests” not to step on them.
A) put down B) put out
C) put up D) put off
57 _______ difficulties we may come across, we’ll help one another to overcome them.
A) Wherever B) Whatever
C) However D) Whenever
58 So many directors _______, the board meeting had to be put off.
A) were absent B) been absent
C) had been absent D) being absent
59 On New Year’s Eve, New York City holds an outdoor _______ which attracts a crowd of a million or more people.
A) incident B) event
C) case D) affair
60 American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public through televised _______ from the United States.
A) transfer B) deliveries
C) transportation D) transmissions
61 He will surely finished the job on time _______ he’s left to do it in his own way.
A) in that B) so long as
C) in case D) as far as
62 If this kind of fish becomes _______, future generations may never taste it at all.
A) minimum B) short
C) seldom D) scarce
32 According to the American federal government, residents of Hawaii have the longest life __________: 77.2 years.
A) scope B) rank
C) span D) scale
33 The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand, __________ all practical value by the time they were finished.
A) had lost B) would lose
C) would have lost D) should have lost
34 As a public relations officer, he is said __________ some very influential people.
A) to have been knowing B) to be knowing
C) to have known D) to know
35 Our hopes __________ and fell in the same instant.
A) aroused B) arose
C) raised D) rose
36 With the development in science and technology man can make various flowers __________ before their time.
A) be bloomed B) blooming
C) bloom D) bloomed
37 A season ticket __________ the holder to make as many journeys as he wishes within the stated period of time.
A) grants B) promises
C) entitles D) presents
38 __________ in the office had made a mistake, and the firm regretted causing the customer inconvenience.
A) Some B) Anyone
C) One D) Someone
39 In recent years much more emphasis has been put __________ developing the sutdents’ productive skills.
A) over B) onto
C) in D) on
40 Only a selected number of landladies in the neighbourhood have been allowed by the university to take in __________.
A) residents B) inhabitants
C) lodgers D) settlers
41 The fire was finally brought under control, but not __________ extensive damage had been caused.
A) after B) before
C) since D) as
42 Purchasing the new production line will be a __________ deal for the company.
A) profitable B) tremendous
C) forceful D) favorite
43 Rod is determined to get a seat for the concert __________ it means standing in a queue all night.
A) provided B) whatever
C) even if D) as if
56 All the tasks __________ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.
A) had been fulfilled B) were fulfilled
C) having been fulfilled D) been fulfilled
57 This article __________ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning.
A) calls for B) applies for
C) cares for D) allows for
58 He was punished __________ he should make the same mistake again.
A) unless B) lest
C) if D) provided
59 Petrol is refined from the __________ oil we take out of the ground.
A) fresh B) original
C) rude D) crude
60 __________ in the United States, St. Louis has now become the 24th largest city.
A) The fourth biggest city it was
B) Once the fourth biggest city
C) Being the fourth biggest city
D) It was once the fourth biggest city
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41 By the time you get to New York, I ________ for London.
A) would be leaving B) am leaving
C) have already left D) shall have left
42 The article suggests that when a person ________ under unusual stress he should be especially careful to have a well-balanced diet.
A) is B) were
C) be D) was
43 The lawyer advised him to drop the ________, since he stands little chance to win.
A) event B) incident
C) case D) affair
44 Sometimes children have trouble ________ fact from fiction and may believe that such things actually exist.
A) to separate B) separating
C) for separating D) of separating
45 He is quite sure that it’s ________ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days.
A) absolutely B) exclusively
C) fully D) roughly
58 My brother’s plans are very ________; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.
A) arbitrary B) aggressive
C) ambitious D) abundant
59 Things might have been much worse if the mother ______ on her right to keep the baby.
A) has been insisting B) had insisted
C) would insist D) insisted
60 The statistical figures in that report are not ________. You should not refer to them.
A) accurate B) fixed
C) delicate D) rigid
61 Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when ________ alone.
A) seen B) is seen
C) to be seen D) having been seen
62 The football game comes to you ________ from New York.
A) lively B) alive
C) live D) living
63 None of us expected the chairman to ________ at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.
A) turn in B) turn over
C) turn up D) turn down
64 The mother didn’t know who ________ for the broken glass.
A) blamed B) be blamed
C) to blame D) would blame
65 He ________ to his customers and halved the price.
A) leaked B) drew
C) quoted D) yielded
66 Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to ________ storming into the boss’s office.
A) prevent B) prohibit
C) turn D) avoid
67 All flights ________ because of the terrible weather, they had to go there by train.
A) having been canceled B) had been canceled
C) having canceled D) were canceled
68 The author of the report is well ________ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.
A) informed B) acquainted
C) enlightened D) acknowledged
69 The boy spent as much time watching TV as he ________ studying.
A) does B) had
C) was D) did
70 The ships’ generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated ________ instead of mechanically.
A) manually B) artificially
C) automatically D) synthetically
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 3.0. incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41. You would be ______ a risk to let your child go to school by himself.
A) omitting B) attaching
C) affording D) running
42. He is always here; it’s ______ you’ve never met him.
A) unique B) strange
C) rare D) peculiar
43. There has been a great increase in retail sales, ______?
A) does there B) isn’t there
C) hasn’t there D) isn’t it
44. We’d like to ______ a table for five for dinner this evening.
A) preserve B) retain
C) reserve D) sustain
45 Although a teenager, Fred could resist ______ what to do and what not to do.
A) being told B) telling
C) to be told D) to tell
46. The European Union countries were once worried that they would not have ______ supplies of petroleum.
A) proficient B) efficient
C) potential D) sufficient
47. In fact, Peter would rather have left for San Francisco than ______ in New York.
A) to stay B) stayed
C) staying D) having stayed
48. He soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable
A) ability B) future
C) possibility D) opportunity
49. Britain ahs the highest ______ of road traffic in the world — over 60 cars for every mile of road.
A) popularity B) density
C) intensity D) prosperity
50. How is it ______ your roommate’s request and yours are identical?
A) if B) so
C) what D) that
51. In my opinion, he’s ______ the most imaginative of all the contemporary poets.
A) in all B) at best
C) for all D) by far
52. He didn’t have time to read the report word for word: he just ______ it.
A) skimmed B) observed
C) overlooked D) glanced
53. The leader of the expedition ______ everyone to follow his example.
A) promoted B) reinforced
C) sparked D) inspired
54. What a lovely party! It’s worth ______ all my life.
A) remembering B) to remember
C) to be remembered D) being remembered
55. Who would you rather ______ with you, George or me?
A) going B) to go
C) have gone D) went
56. The ______ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly between researchers and teachers.
A) intensive B) concise
C) joint D) overall
57. The owner and editor of the newspaper ______ the conference.
A) were attending B) were to attend
C) is to attend D) are to attend
58. We left the meeting, there obviously ______ no point in staying.
A) were B) being
C) to be D) having
59. Their products are frequently overpriced and ______ in quality.
A) influential B) inferior
C) superior D) subordinate
60. The neighborhood boys like to play basketball on that ______ lot.
A) valid B) vacant
C) vain D) vague
61. These people once had fame and fortune; now ______ is left to them is utter poverty.
A) all that B) all what
C) all which D) that all
62. To our ______, Geoffrey’s illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.
A) anxiety B) relief
C) view D) judgment
63. Many people like white color as it is a ______ of purity.
A) symbol B) sign
C) signal D) symptom
64. The residents, ______ had been damaged by the fire, were given help by the Red Cross.
A) all of their homes B) all their homes
C) whose all homes D) all of whose homes
65. This research has attracted wide ______ coverage and has featured on BBC television’s Tomorrow’s World.
A) message B) information
C) media D) data
66. I would never have ______ a court of law if I hadn’t been so desperate.
A) sought for B) accounted for
C) turned up D) resorted to
38. While crossing the mountain area, all the men carried guns lest they ___ by wild animals.
A) should be attacked C) must be attacked
B) had been attacked D) would be attacked
39. Everyone should be ___ to a decent standard of living and an opportunity to be educated.
A) attributed C) identified
B) entitled D) justified
40. His wife is constantly funding _______ with him, which makes him very angry.
A) errors C) fault
B) shortcomings D) flaw
41. Vitamins are complex _______ that the body requires in very small mounts.
A) matters C) particles
B) materials D) substances
42. Apart from caring for her children, she has to take on such heavy _______ housework as carrying water and firewood.
A) time-consumed C) time-consuming
B) timely-consumed D) timely-consuming
43. Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, completely _______ to the outside world.
A) having been lost C) losing
B) to be lost D) lost
44. The police are trying to find out the _______ of the woman killed in the traffic accident.
A) evidence C) status
B) recognition D) identity
45. All human beings have a comfortable zone regulating the _______ they keep from someone they talk with.
A) distance C) range
B) scope D) boundary
46. We have planned an exciting publicity _______ with our advertisers.
A) struggle C) battle
B) campaign D) conflict
47. _______ the help of their group, we would not have succeeded in the investigation.
A) Besides C) But for
B) Regardless of D) Despite
48. _______ much is known about what occurs during sleep, the precise function of sleep and its different stages remains largely in the realm of assumption.
A) Because C) Since
B) For D) While
49. John doesn’t believe in _______ medicine; he has some remedies of his own.
A) standard C) routine
B) regular D) conventional
50. Owing to _______ competition among the airlines, travel expenses have been reduced considerably.
A) fierce C) eager
B) strained D) critical
51. They always give the vacant seats to _______ comes first.
A) whoever C) who
B) whomever D) whom
52. In Africa, educational costs are very low for those who are _______ enough to get into universities.
A) ambitious C) aggressive
B) fortunate D) substantial
43. We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of ______.
A) rejection B) restriction
C) retreat D) recession
44. The ______ of finding gold in California attracted a lot of people to settle down there.
A) prospects B) speculations
C) stakes D) provisions
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