【备考真题训练】2001年1月大学英语四级词汇试题和答案

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　　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. It is important that the hotel receptionist ________ that guests are registered correctly.
        　　A) has made sure
        　　B) made sure
        　　C) must make sure
        　　D) make sure（D）
        　　42. I suggested he should ________ himself to his new conditions.
        　　A) adapt
        　　B) adopt
        　　C) regulate
        　　D) suit（A）
        　　43. I’ll never forget ________ you for the first time.
        　　A) to meet
        　　B) meeting
        　　C) to have met
        　　D) having to be meeting（B）
        　　44. Cancellation of the flight ________ many passengers to spend the night at the airport.
        　　A) resulted
        　　B) obliged
        　　C) demanded
        　　D) recommended（B）
        　　45. That young man still denies ________ the fire behind the store.
        　　A) start
        　　B) to start
        　　C) having started
        　　D) to have started（C）
        　　46. ________ in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships totaling $21,000.
        　　A) Judged the best
        　　B) Judging the best
        　　C) To be judged the best
        　　D) Having judged the best（A）
        　　47. Without proper lessons, you could ________ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.
        　　A) keep up
        　　B) pick up
        　　C) draw up
        　　D) catch up（B）
        　　48. Everything we eat and drink contains some salt; we can meet the body’s need for it from natural sources without turning ________ the salt bottle.
        　　A) up
        　　B) to
        　　C) on
        　　D) over（B）
        　　49. He always did well at school ________ having to do part-time jobs every now and then.
        　　A) in spite of
        　　B) regardless of
        　　C) on account of
        　　D) to case of（A）
        　　50. ________ receiving financial support from family, community or the government is allowed, it is never admired.
        　　A) As
        　　B) Once
        　　C) Although
        　　D) Lest（C）
        　　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（D）
        　　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（C）
        　　53. I didn’t ________ to take a taxi but I had to as I was late.
        　　A) assume
        　　B) suppose
        　　C) mean
        　　D) hope（C）
        　　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（D）
        　　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（A）
            
            

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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（C）
        　　57. ________ difficulties we may come across, we’ll help one another to overcome them.
        　　A) Wherever
        　　B) Whatever
        　　C) However
        　　D) Whenever（B）
        　　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（D）
        　　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（B）
        　　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（D）
        　　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（B）
        　　62. If this kind of fish becomes ________, future generations may never taste it at all.
        　　A) minimum
        　　B) short
        　　C) seldom
        　　D) scarce（D）
        　　63. The bank is reported in the local newspaper ________ in broad daylight yesterday.
        　　A) being robbed
        　　B) having been robbed
        　　C) to have been robbed
        　　D) robbed（C）
        　　64. Agriculture was a step in human progress ________ which subsequently there was not anything comparable until our own machine age.
        　　A) in
        　　B) for
        　　C) to
        　　D) from（C）
        　　65. The same factors push wages and prices up together, the one ________ the other.
        　　A) emphasizing
        　　B) reinforcing
        　　C) multiplying
        　　D) increasing（B）
        　　66. No one had told Smith about ________ a lecture the following day.
        　　A) there being
        　　B) there be
        　　C) there would be
        　　D) there was（A）
        　　67. Operations which left patients ________ and in need of long periods of recovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.
        　　A) exhausted
        　　B) abandoned
        　　C) injured
        　　D) deserted（A）
        　　68. I was halfway back to the cottage where my mother lived ________ Susan caught up with me.
        　　A) when
        　　B) while
        　　C) until
        　　D) though（A）
        　　69. ________ the temperature falling so rapidly, we couldn’t go on with the experiment.
        　　A) Since
        　　B) For
        　　C) As
        　　D) With（D）
        　　70. The bed has been ________ in the family. It was my great-grandmother’s originally.
        　　A) handed out
        　　B) handed over