1、专业英语四级(语法与词汇)模拟试卷 126及答案与解析 一、 PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (15 MIN) Directions: There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1 Digbys embarrassment when he met Mado
2、nna was _: his ears turned bright pink and he kept scuffing one shoe in the dirt. ( A) acute ( B) manifest ( C) keen ( D) severe 2 Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations _. ( A) simultaneously ( B) spontaneously ( C) homogeneously ( D) contemporarily 3 I am afraid that this
3、 border raid is the _ to more serious attacks. ( A) symptom ( B) reference ( C) prelude ( D) inference 4 The elderly Russians find it hard to live _ their state pensions. ( A) on ( B) through ( C) with ( D) up to 5 The farmers have taken strenuous pains to turn the _ land into fertile fields. ( A) b
4、ald ( B) void ( C) blank ( D) barren 6 Even though the Red Cross had _ a large sum for the relief of the sufferers of the disaster, many people perished. ( A) indicated ( B) allocated ( C) designated ( D) appointed 7 Individual sports are run by over 370 independent government bodies whose functions
5、 usually include _ rules, holding events and promoting international links. ( A) drawing on ( B) drawing in ( C) drawing up ( D) drawing down 8 I think you have permitted your son too much _ in this matter. ( A) attitude ( B) altitude ( C) latitude ( D) aptitude 9 The deaths of such _ actors as John
6、 Candy and George Burns tell us that the galaxy of Hollywood superstars is rapidly disappearing. ( A) obvious ( B) conspicuous ( C) noticeable ( D) renowned 10 As the mountains were covered with a _ of cloud, we couldnt see their tops. ( A) coating ( B) film ( C) veil ( D) shade 11 The college is ab
7、out to _ a program for reducing math anxiety among students. ( A) generate ( B) initiate ( C) yield ( D) bear 12 The children can repeat the poem theyve just learnt by _. ( A) chance ( B) heart ( C) sight ( D) experience 13 There are many who believe that the use of force _ political ends can never
8、be justified. ( A) in search of ( B) in pursuit of ( C) in view of ( D) in light of 14 The government are trying to _ their involvement in the affair. ( A) play down ( B) go off ( C) read up ( D) take out 15 They claim that they can _ worn shoes so that they look like new ones. ( A) refresh ( B) inn
9、ovate ( C) renovate ( D) modernize 16 I will _ to this opinion until proof that I am wrong is presented. ( A) comply ( B) confirm ( C) adhere ( D) accord 17 If you go to the park every day in the morning, you will _ find him doing physical exercise there. ( A) logically ( B) persistently ( C) ordina
10、rily ( D) invariably 18 Even after shed retired from work, she kept up her habitual practice of rising at the _ of dawn. ( A) beginning ( B) crack ( C) track ( D) break 19 He is the only person who can _ in this case, because the other witnesses were killed mysteriously. ( A) testify ( B) accuse ( C
11、) charge ( D) rectify 20 The table linen was neatly folded up and _. ( A) put away ( B) break away with ( C) pass away ( D) do away with 21 If you pay authors by the word, you tempt them to produce _ manuscripts rather than brief ones. ( A) tedious ( B) boring ( C) diffuse ( D) monotonous 22 Some Am
12、erican colleges are state-supported, others are privately _ and still others are supported by religious organizations. ( A) ensured ( B) attributed ( C) authorized ( D) endowed 23 Drops of supplies are being made to villages still _ by the snow. ( A) cut off ( B) cut short ( C) cut into ( D) cut up
13、24 In _ with our rules and regulations, I am calling a meeting of our organization. ( A) approval ( B) treaty ( C) conformity ( D) harmony 25 She has recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the companys client data, which she intended to _ in starting her won business. ( A) dwell on
14、( B) come upon ( C) base on ( D) draw upon 26 During the period of _ from oil heat to gas heat the furnace will have to be shut off. ( A) transfer ( B) transmission ( C) transition ( D) transportation 27 There is a _ difference in meaning between the words surroundings and environment. ( A) gentle (
15、 B) subtle ( C) feeble ( D) humble 28 I have _ in my stomach before I go on a first date with a girl. ( A) dragonflies ( B) bees ( C) butterflies ( D) birds 29 Your fears are _ because no such animal as you have described exists. ( A) fanatic ( B) fascinating ( C) fantastic ( D) favorable 30 The terrorists had _ their prisoner in a small room. However, they had not chained him to the wall. ( A) restrained ( B) refined ( C) confined ( D) restricted 专业英语四级(语法与词汇)模拟试卷 126答案与解析