2025年英语专业四级历年词汇真题.doc

41. How can I ever concentrate if you ___ continually ___ me with silly questions?
A. have interrupted B. had interrupted
C. are … Interrupting D. were interrupting
42. When you have finished with that video tape, don’t forget to put it in my drawer, ___？
A. do you B. will you C don’ t you D. won’ t you
left orders that nothing ___ touched until the police arrived here.
A. should be B. ought to be C. must be D. would be
. White works with a chemicals import & export company, but he ___ for this industrial fair, since he is on leave.
A. has worked B. works C. has been working D. is working
45. The physicist has made a discovery, ___ of great importance to the progress of science and technology.
A. I think which is B. that I think is
C. which I think is D. which I think it is
46. ___, he is ready to accept suggestions from different sources.
A. Instead of his contributions
B. For all his notable contributions
C. His making notable contributions
D. However his notable contributions
47. The team can handle whatever ___.
A. that needs handling B. which needs handling
C. it needs handling D. needs to be handled
48. Come and see me whenever ___.
A. you are convenient B. you will be convenient
C. it is convenient to you  D. it will be convenient to you
49. It was as a physician that he represented himself, and he was warmly received.
A. as such  B. such as C. as that D. so that
50. I have never been to London, but that is the city ___.
A. where I like to visit most B. I’d most like to visit
C. which I like to visit mostly D. where I’d like most to visit
51. I was to have made a speech if ___.
A. I was not called away B. nobody would have called me away
C. I had not been called away D. nobody called me away
52. I felt that I was not yet ___ to travel abroad.
A. too strong  B. strong enough C. so strong  D. enough strong
GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY （1998）
41. John is __ hardworking than his sister, but he failed in the exam.
[A] no less [B] no more [C] not less [D] no so
42. She remembered sever, d occasions in the past __ she had experienced a similar feeling.
[A] while [B] before [C] that [D] when
43. ff your car __ any attention during the first12 months, take it to an authorized dealer.
    [A] shall need       [B] should need       [C] would need       [D] will need
44. The indoor swimming pool seems to be a great deal more luxurious than__
  [A] is necessary    [B] being necessary  [C] to be necessary   [D] it is necessary
45. __, he can now only watch it on TV at home.
     [A] Obtaining not a ticket for the match
     [B] Not obtaining a ticket for the match
     [C] Not having obtained a ticket for the match
     [D ] Not obtained a ticket for the match
46. The children prefer camping in the mountains __ an indoor activity.
[A] to  [B] than   [C] for   [D] with
47. Language belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner__ to the professor.
  [A] as far as  [B] the same as   [C] as much as    [D] as long as
48. __ he needed money for a new car, he decided not to borrow it from the bank.
  [A] Much as   [B] Much though   [C] As much     [D] Though much
49. The Clarks haven't decided yet which hotel
  [A] to stay  [B] is to stay     [C] to stay at   [D] is for staying
50. His strong sense of humor was __ make everyone in the room burst out laughing.
  [A] so as to  [B] such as to  [C] so that     [D] such that
51. __ enough time and money, the researcher would have been able to discover more in this field.
  [A] Giving   [B] To give    [C] Given      [D] Being given
52. You __ Mark anything. It was none of his business.
  [A] needn’t have told [B] needn't tell  
[C] mustn't have told  [D] mustn't tell
53. The membership card entitled him   certain privileges in the dub.
[A] on  [B] in       [C] at            [D] to
Part 5 GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY  (1999)
___ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to enter the personnel manager’s office.
A. that    B. what   C. there    D.  it
three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighboring country,  ___ by the police each time.
A. had been captured    B. being always captured
C. only to be captured  D. unfortunately captured
Johnson is said ___some significant advance in his research in the past year.
A. having made   B. making     C. to have made     D to make
cannot change into muscle ___ muscle changes into fat.
A. any more than    B.   no less than C no more than D. much more than
is not so much the language ___ the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand.
A. but  B. nor    C. as  D. like
ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain climbing than ___ in the public mind today.
A. exists B. exist C. existing D. to exist
’ve never been to Lhasa, but that’s the city___.
’d most like to visit    B. where I like to visit
C. which I like to visit mostly     D. I’d like much to visit
48. He ___ unwisely, but he was at least trying to do something helpful.
A. may have acted       B. must have acted
C. should act          D. would act
49. If you have really been studying English for so long. you ___ able to write letters in English.
A. should be    B. were      C. must be        D . are
’s ___ as a “bellyacher” —— he’s always complaining about something.
A. who is known      B. whom is known
C. what is known      D. which is known
always tries his best to complete it on time.
A. However the task is hard  B. However hard the task is
C. Though hard the task is    D. Though hard is the task
as ___, I couldn’t lend him the money because I simply didn’t have that much spare cash.
A. I would have liked to   B. I would like to have
should have to like    should have liked to
Part Ⅴ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY  ()
hearing helps most animals sense the approach of thunderstorm s long before people___.
 A. do   B. hear      C. do them          D. hearing it
is an illness that can result in total blindness ___ left untreated.
A. after  B. if  C. Since D. unless
central provinces have floods in some years, and ___.
A. drought in others    B. droughts are others 
C. while other droughts  D. others in drought
help yourself to some fruit,___ you?
A. can’t  B. don’t  C. wouldn’t  D. won’t
nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier.
A.  to be     B. to have been        C. being      D. be
mother can’t get ___ because she has rheumatism (風湿病).
                 C.  through     D.  in
47. I was very much put ___ by Mark’s rude behavior; it really annoyed me.
         B. off  C. up       D. by
48. You ___ Jim anything about it. It was none of his business.
A. needn’t have told        B. needn’t tell   
C. mustn’t have told        D. mustn’t tell
of us would have enjoyed the party much more if there___ quite such a crowd of people there.
  A. weren’t  B. hasn’t been 
C. hadn’t been        D.  wouldn’t be
50.  Firms that use computers have found that the number of staff ___ quality control can be substantially reduced.
  A. whose      B. as  C. what      D. that
51. ___ at in this way, the present economic situation doesn’t seem so gloomy.
 A.  Looking    B.  Looked   C.  Having looked    D.  To look
Part ⅤGRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY  ()
can’t go—for one thing, I have no money, and ___ I have too much work.
A. what’s more  B. as well    C. for another       D.  in addition
42. Even as a girl, ___to be her life, and theater audiences were to be her best teacher.
A. performing by Melissa were
B. it was known that Melissa’s performances were
C. knowing that Melissa’s performances were
D. Melissa knew that performing was
him tomorrow?
A. Why not to call on          B. Why don’t call on
C. Why not calling on          D. Why not call on 
is no doubt ___the company has made the right decision on the sales project.
A. why        B. that        C. whether        D. when
is to the mind ___sight is to the body.
A. what       B. as        C. that            D. like
sympathize, I can’t really do very much to help them out of the difficulties.
A. As long as    B. As        C. While          D. Even
patient’s progress was very encouraging as he could ___ get out of bed without help.
A. nearly     B. hardly      C. merely        D. barely
48. He was ___to tell the truth even to his closest friend.
A. too much of a coward      B. too much the coward
C. a coward enough         D. enough of a coward
49.  Barry had an advantage over his mother ___he could speak French.
A. since that      B. in that      C. at that      D. so that
50.  You needn’t worry ___ regards the cost of the operation.
A. with          B. which      C. as        D. about
51.  ___ is not a serious disadvantage in life.
A. To be not tall   B. Not to be tall  C. Being not tall  D. Not being tall
Part Ⅴ GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 min] ()
41. She did her work _________her manager had instructed.
A. as B. until C. When D. though
42. _______ of the twins was arrested, because I saw both at a party last night.
A. None B. Both C. Neither D. All
43. For some time now, world leaders _______ out the necessity for agreement on arms reduction.
A. had been pointing B. have been pointing
C. were pointing D. pointed
44. Have you ever been in a situation ______ you know the other person is right yet you cannot agree with him?
A. by which B. that C. in where D. where
45. We’ve just installed two air-conditions in out apartment, _______should make great differences in our life next summer.
A. Which B. What C. that D. they
46. AID is said _________ the number-one killer of both men and women over the past few years in that region.
A. being B. to be C. to have been D. having been
47. She managed to save ______ she could out of her wages to help her brother.
A. how little money B. so little money

C. such little money D. what little money
48. Fool ____ Jane is, she could not have done such a thing.
A. who B. as C. that D. like
49. The experiment requires more money than _____.
A. have been put in B. being put in
C. has been put in D. to be put in
50. _______ for the fact that she broke her leg, she might have passed the exam.
A. Had it not been B. Hadn’t it been
C. Was it not D. Were it not
51. “ What courses are you going to do next semester?”
“ I don’t know. But its about time _______ on something.”
A. I’d decide B. I decided C. I decide D. I’m deciding
Part ⅤGRAMMAR & VOCABULARY  ［15 MIN.］()
41. Agriculture is the country’s chief source of wealth, wheat ____ by far the biggest cereal crop.
A. is      B. been      C. be     D. being
42. Jack ____from home for two days now, and I am beginning to worry about his safety.
A. has been missing     B. has been missed
C. had been missing    D. was missed
43. Above the trees are the hills, ____ magnificence the river faithfully reflects on the surface.
A. where   B. of whose   C. whose   D. which
44. Who____ was coming to see me in my office this afternoon?
A. you said   B. did you say   C. did you say that    D. you did say
45. —Does Alan like hamburgers?
—Yes. So much ____ that he eats them almost every day.
A. for   B. as   C. to   D. so
46. Your ideas, ____, seem unusual to me.
A. like her   B. like hers  C. similar to her  D. similar to herself
47. The opening ceremony is a great occasion. It is essential ____for that.
A. for us to be prepared     B. that we are prepared
C. of us to be prepared      D. our being prepared
48. Time ____, the celebration will be held as scheduled.
A. permit    B. permitting    C. permitted    D. permits
49. ____ I like economics, I like sociology much better.
A. As mush as    B. So much    C. How much   D. Much as
50. It is futile to discuss the matter further, because ____going to agree upon anything today.

A. neither you nor I are    B. neither you nor me is
C. neither you nor I am    D. neither me nor you are
51. They overcame all the difficulties and completed the project two months ahead of time, ____ is something we had not expected.
A. which    B. it    C. that    D .what
52. He is quite worn out from years of hard work. He is not the man ____ he was twenty years ago.
A. which    B .that    C. who    D .whom
53. She would have been more agreeable if she had changed a little bit, ____?
A. hadn’t she   B. hasn’t she    C. wouldn’t she   D. didn’t she
54. At three thousand feet, wide plains begin to appear, and there is never a moment when some distant mountain is not ____.
A. on view    B. at a glance    C. on the scene    D. in sight
Part Ⅴ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY  ［15 MIN.］()

trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn’t bothered by his loudness ___ by his lack of talent.
A. so much as      B. rather than    C. as  D. than
, I’ll marry him all the same.
A. Was he rich or poor  B. Whether rich or poor
C. Were he rich or poor  D. Be he rich or poor
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
if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand?
A. Would you be surprised  B. Were you surprised
C. Had you been surprised  D. Would you have been surprised
not ____ with the respect he feels due to him, Jack gets very ill-tempered and grumbles all the time.
A. being treated  B. treated
C. be treated      D. having been treated
is imperative that students ____ their term papers on time.
A. hand in          B. would hand in
C. have to hand in  D. handed in
less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, ____ to the truck.
A. the greater stress is  B. greater is the stress
C. the stress is greater  D. the greater the stress

Minister of Finance is believed ____ of imposing new taxes to raise extra revenue.
A. that he is thinking    B. to be thinking
C. that he is to think    D. to think
of price, place, promotion, and product are ____ conventional concerns in planning marketing strategies.
A. these of the most  B. most of those
C. among the most      D. among the many of
both sides accept the agreement ____ a lasting peace be established in this region.
A. Only if, will  B. If only, would
C. Should, will    D. Unless, would
Wells, together with all the members of his family, ____ for Europe this afternoon.
A. are to leave  B. are leaving    C. is leaving  D. leave
PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY      （）
51. If you