45-17-大学英语四级词汇3_真题-无答案

大学英语四级词汇-1-3 (总分50,考试时间90分钟)

一、单项选择题

1. In the long ______, the new information technologies may fundamentally alter out way of life. A. view B. distance C. jump D. run

2. The old paper mill has been ______ to make way for a new shopping centre. A. cut down B. kept down C. tom down D. held down

3. Brarll's constitution ______ the military use of nuclear energy.

A. withdraws B. forbids C. interrupts D. objects

4. There is a ______ of impatience in the tone of his voice.

A. hint B. notion C. dot D. phrase

5. I'm ______ enough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation to compete against three strong teams.

A. realistic B. conscious C. aware D. radical

6. Almost all job applicants are determined to leave a good ______ on a potential employer. A. illusion B. reputation C. impression D. reflection

7. American college students are increasingly ______ with credit card debt and the consequences can be rather serious.

A. boosted B. burdened C. discharged D. dominated

8. For more than 20 years, we've been supporting educational programs that ______ from

kindergartens to colleges.

A. move B. shift C. range D.spread

9. The little girl was so frightened that she just wouldn't ______ her grip on my arm. A. loosen B. remove C. relieve D. dismiss

10. I was impressed ______ the efficiency of the work done in **pany. A. in B. about C. with D. for

11. The test results are beyond______; they have been repeated in labs all over the world. A. negotiation B. conflict C. bargain D. dispute

12. Mrs. Morris's daughter is pretty and ______, and many girls envy her. A. slender B. light C. faint D. minor

13. The native Canadians lived in ______ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.

A. coordination B. acquaintance C. contact D. harmony

14. You can hire a bicycle in many places. Usually you'll have to pay a ______ A. fare B. fund C. deposit D. deal

15. A study shows that students living in non-smoking dorms are less likely to ______ the habit of smoking.

A. make up B. turn up C. draw up D. pick up

16. If you don't like to swim, you ______ as well stay at home.

A. should B. may C. can D. would

17. Tom, did it ever______ to you that you would be punished for cheating on exams? A. happen B. occur C. reflect D. strike

18. The chairman was blamed for letting his secretary ______ too much work last week. A. take to B. take out C. take away D. take on

19. Though she began her______ by singing in a local pop group, she is now a famous Hollywood movie star.

A. employment B. career C. occupation D. profession

20. It's good to know that quite a few popular English expressions actually______ from the Bible. A. acquire B. obtain C. derive D. result

21. Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a______ for smoking. A. relief B. revival C. substitute D. succession

22. These teachers try to be objective when they______ the integrated ability of their students. A. justify B. evaluate C. indicate D. reckon

23. This is what you should bear in mind: Don't ______ a salary increase before you actually get it.

A. hang on B. draw on C. wait on D. count on

24. We don't know why so many people in that region like to wear dresses of such______ colors. A. low B. humble C. mild D. dull

25. He never arrives on time and my ______ is that he feels the meetings are useless. A. preference B. conference C. inference D. reference

26. John cannot afford to go to university, ______ going abroad. A. nothing but B. anything but

C. not to speak of D. nothing to speak of

27. Science and technology have ______ in important ways to the improvement of agricultural production.

A. attached B. assisted C. contributed D. witnessed

28. Mr. Smith asked his secretary to ______ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing. A. inject B. install C. invade D. insert

29. Some people believe that since oil is scarce, the ______ of the motor industry is uncertain. A. terminal B. benefit C. fate D. estimate

30. Although they lost their jobs, savings and unemployment benefits allow the couple to ______**fortable home.

A. come in for B. catch up with C. look forward to D. hold on to

31. Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ______ taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place.

A. involve B. compose C. enclose D. attach

32. Actually, information technology can ______ the gap between the poor and the rich. A. link B. break C. ally D. bridge

33. Tomorrow the mayor is to ______ a group of Canadian businessmen on a tour of the city. A. coordinate B. cooperate C. accompany D. associate

34. The machine looked like a large,______ old-fashioned typewriter. A. forceful B. clumsy C. intense D. tricky

35. Numerous studies already link the first meal of the day to better classroom ______. A. performance B. function C. behavior D. display

36. There's the living room still to be______, so that's my next project.

A. abandoned B. decorated C. dissolved D. assessed

37. It is said in some parts of the world, goats, rather than cows, serve as a vital ______ of milk. A. storage B. reserve C. resource D. source

38. The news has just ______ that the president is going to visit China next month. A. come down B. come up C. come out D. come about

39. Many people believe we are heading for environmental disaster ______ we radically change way we live.

A. but B. although C. unless D. lest

40. Joe is not good at sports, but when it ______ mathematics, he is the best in the class. A. comes to B. comes up to

C. comes on to D. comes around to

41. ______ recent developments we do not think your scheme is practical. A. In view of B. In case of C. In memory of D. In favor of

42. There has been a collision ______ a number of cars on the main road to town. A. composing B. consisting C. involving D. engaging

43. Nancy is only a sort of______ of her husband's opinion and has no ideas of her own. A. sample B. reproduction C. shadow D. echo

44. Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime______.

A. stage B. scene C. location D. occasion

45. I know you've got a smooth tongue, so don't talk me ______ buying it. A. away B. down C. out D. into

46. All the arrangements should be completed ______ your departure.

A. prior to B. superior to C. contrary to D. parallel to

47. In order to make things convenient for the people, the department is planning to set up some ______ shops in the residential area.

A. flowing B. drifting C. mobile D. unstable

48. Now in Britain, wines take up four times as much ______ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits.

A. block B. land C. patch D. space

49. Companies are struggling to find the right ______ between supply and demand, but it is no easy task.

A. equation B. formula C. balance D. pattern

50. \"This light is too ______ for me to read by. Don't we have a brighter bulb somewhere?\" said the elderly man.

A. mild B. dim C. minute D. slight