2023年校内英语四级模拟题五.doc

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I Complete the following sentences by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. (1′×25=25′)
1. My niece has been to Sumatra and Iran as well as all of Europe. By the time she’s twenty, she __C__almost everywhere. 
A. will be                            B. would have been  
C. will have been                      D. would be 
2. When workers push together to organize themselves in trade unions, employers find it hard to lay them __A__. 
A. off                               B. aside  
C. out                               D. down
3. I’d rather you__D__ anything about it for the time being. 
A. do                               B. didn’t do  
C. don’t                              D. didn’t 
4. We must __B__that the procedure is followed as rigidly as possible. 
A. secure                            B. ensure  
C. assure                             D. issue
5. I spoke to him kindly__B__ him. 
A. not to frighten   B. so as not to frighten  
C. in order to not frighten   D. for not frightening
6. It is a common theme in many science fiction stories that the world may one day be _B___by out space invaders. 
A. broken in                         B. taken over  
C. run over                          D. filled in 
7. Returning to my apartment__C__. 
A. my watch was missing
B. I found my watch disappeared 
C. I found my watch missing
D.the watch was missed
8. Just remember one thing that __A__decisions often lead to bitter regrets. 
A. hasty                              B. prompt   C. urgent                              D. instant
9. “Where’s my cap?” “It’s on the __A__.” 
A. kitchen counter                   B. kitchen’s counter 
C. counter of the kitchen              D. counter for the kitchen
10. When he was driving home, he was stopped by the policeman and was __C__ of speeding. 
A. charged                           B. blamed    C. accused                           D. warned
11. In the Middle East area, oil is found in __B__and its production has been able to keep up with world demand. 
A. efficiency                          B. abundance   C. elegance                           D. elaboration
12. Even on Sundays, fewer people go to__C__ church than before.
A. the                                B. a     C. /                                  D. that
13. Other people’s advice would be __A__valuable to him who is at present at his wit’s end. 
A. exceedingly                B. exclusively   C. intensively                  D. excessively
14. “Do you think that  the labor bill will be passed?” 
“Oh, yes. It’s __B__that it will.” 
A. almost surely                   B. very likely   C. near positive                   D. quite certainly 
15. Would you please come and help me with this form because I don’t know how to _D___it. 
A. set aside                            B. set up   C. set off                              D. set about
16. During the rush hours, a policeman directs traffic at the intersection, and _D___there have been no accidents. 
A. as of now                            B. to the present   C. up until currently                      D. so far
17. Mr. Johnson had one eye injured in an accident, but after a _B___operation, he quickly recovered his sight. 
A. precise                              B. delicate   C. sensitive                       D. considerate
18. Gunpowder was discovered in the twelfth century, but__C__. 
A. man did not put it to use in war two hundred years later 
B. until two centuries more it was used in war 
C. not used in warfare until two hundred years later 
D. in warfare did not use it two hundred years afterwards
19. “What’s the matter with that picture on the wall?”  “It needs _A___.”
A. straightening                       B. to be straightening  
C. straightened                        D straighten
20. The medical report contains a (an) _C___of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation. 
A. altitude                           B. attitude   C. multitude                          D. latitude
21. He has spent a large _B___of money on his new house. 

A. much                              B. amount   C. number                           D. piece
22. In the past most bus drivers have been men, but today the number of women __D__ this field is climbing. 
A. devoting                            B. engaging   C. registering                          D. pursuing
23. As a matter of fact, Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves __D__ those of Kuwait. 
A. come second following                B. come second with  
C. are only second to                    D. are second only to 
24. During our stay in London, we paid a visit to the hospital founded _B___the nurse Florence Nightingale.
A. in line with                         B. in honor of  
C. in favor of                          D. in place of
25. James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _B___until yesterday.
  A. will come                          B. was coming  
C. had been coming                    D. comes

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II There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet. (1′×10=10′)
1. Obviously, nuclear power can never be the only (solve) _ solution _______ to energy crisis.
2. It was in his childhood that he read most of the books (write) __ written ______ by Mark Twain.
3. Nobody at the meeting would (belief) __ believe ______ that the new proposal could be carried out smoothly.
4.If the rent is as much as $750 a month, water, gas and electricity should (include) ___.be included _____.
5. The lecture was so (bore)___ boring _____ that many classroom fell asleep.
6. Mr. Smith considered (sell) __ selling ______ his car and his house before moving to Beijing.
7. My mother (enjoy) __ has enjoyed ______ a better health since we came to live in this beautiful seaside city.
8. The government is trying to find a way to deal with the problem of pollution (effective) ___ effectively _____.
9. expensive watch. would buy
10. With the help of the police, the woman finally found her (lose) ___ lost _____ child after a sleepless night.

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III Cloze. (1′×15=15′)
Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
The athletic program is expected to bring publicity to the school, attract students, foster student unity, and encourage alumni giving. “The traditional American affinity for sports and___ 1___  for education combined to form an unbeatable attraction. Every Saturday, educated sports heroes performed for an appreciative audience. Fanfare, combat, and hope of victory assured public identification and loyalty.” The most conspicuous function of athletic competition is to ___2___  the image of the institution. We may want to question the appropriateness of this public relations function. Publicity is not___3___a good thing. If this publicity is scandalous (or even negative), the school has not benefited. There is a university on the banks of the river that sponsors a “Mississippi River Festival” every summer. The “ festival,” for the most part, consists of rock concerts. Unfortunately, ___4___these festivals have been plagued with violence, rape, drunkenness, drug dealing and usage, and automobile accidents, the publicity has to been counter to the kind the festival was designed to produce. ___5___athletics, the public is finding out more about the universities than they would wish. Does athletic fame attract students? Perhaps it does, ___6___it would be a stupid engineering student who  chose Georgia Tech over M.I.T. ___7___  its athletic prowess. Some serious students are “turned off” by a school’s athletic record. Notre Dame, ___8___has an excellent academic program, is unjustly viewed by many as simply a sports mill. Does athletic success foster student unity?
Here again, the   ___9___ is not clear. Often students’ enthusiasm is tepid in comparison with that of alumni and townspeople___10___when they have difficulty in getting tickets, have to pay a  handsome price, or are relegated to seats in the end zone. Does athletic success___11___  public support? Do legislators tend to reward___12___ schools with more generous appropriations? The may have done so in the past, but today, with the closer scrutiny of tax dollars, there are signs that funds will be more ___13___ for activities closer to the heart of the academic mission. What about alumni giving? Certainly alumni will contribute money for athletic purposes in the case of a few successful universities, but the overall record for alumni giving exhibits no such pattern. A careful study of “big-time” schools from 1960 to 1976 yielded this conclusion: “Our statistical analysis has revealed that there is simply no relationship between success or___14___ in football and basketball and increases and decreases in alumni giving.” “In the final analysis, however, the lack of any relationship between success in athletics and increased alumni giving probably matters a great deal less than the fact___15___  so many people believe that such a relationship exists.”
C1. A. support                          B. consideration  C. reverence                   D. hesitation 
A2. A. enhance                         B. enlarge  C. realize                       D. dim
B3. A. especially            B. necessarily   C. exclusive D. definitely
D4. A. as                               B. when  C. so long as                D. since
C5. A. in view of                   B. considering  C. with respect to           D. judging
A6. A. but                            B. yet  C. so                             D. because
B7. A. with regard to               B. because of C. in spite of                 D. except for 
C8. A. who                           B. as  C. which                         D. when 
B9. A. matter                           B. case  C. problem                    D. question
B10. A. hardly                          B. especially  C. perhaps                       D. outstandingly
A11. A. arouse                           B. arise  C. rise                             D. heed
D12. A. poor                            B. important  C. prominent                 D. successful
C13. A. valuable                       B. worthy  C. available                     D. expensive
A14. A. failure                   B. loss  C. defeat                          D. neglect
B15. A. as                         B. that  C. which                          D. why
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IV Reading Comprehension (2′×15=30′)
In the section there are four passages followed by twenty question or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer.
TEXT A
The Chinese of 3,500 years ago believed that the earth was a chariot, and the sky like a curved canopy stretched above it. The canopy was nine layers thick, and it sloped slightly to the northwest, as a cataclysm had broken one of its supporting columns. This gentle slope explained the movement of the stars from east to west. According to these ancient Chinese beliefs, the sun spent the night on earth and ascended to the sky each morning from the luminous valley of the east by climbing the branches of an immensely tall sacred tree. To the Chinese people, the sun was the incarnation of goodness, beauty, and truth. In popular imagination, the sun was represented as a cock that little by little assumed human form. His battles with the dragons, which personified evil in their beliefs, accounted for the momentary disappearances of the sun that men now call eclipses. Many of the Chinese people worshiped the sun, but in the vast and complicated organization of the Chinese gods, the sun was of only secondary importance.
Along with these unsophisticated beliefs about the sun, the Chinese evolved a science of astronomy based upon observation—though essentially religious—which enabled them to predict eclipses of the sun and the movements of the stars. Such predictions were based on calculations made by using a gnomon—an object whose shadow could be used as a measure, as with a sundial or simpler shadow pointers. Moreover, with the naked eye, the Chinese observed sunspot, a phenomenon not then known to their contemporaries.
B1. The sun’s disappearances were thought to be caused by____.
A. fights with cocks 
B. fights with dragons 
C. a scientific phenomenon  
D. eclipses
C2. Ancient Chinese astronomy could be accurately described as ____.
A. entirely religious in nature
B. based on legendary figures
C. advantages in some areas
D. completely unsuccessful
C3. What is implied in this passage?
A. The sun was worshiped by all the Chinese people.
B. The sun was thought of as a cock.
C. Chinese religion and astronomy were closely interrelated.
D. Sundials were first used by the Chinese. 

TEXT B
The oceans are the main source of humidity, but plants also pour moisture into the air. In one day, a five-acre forest can release 20,000 gallons of water, enough to fill an average swimming pool, A dryer extracts moisture from wet clothes, adding to humidity. Even breathing contributes to this sticky business. Every time we exhale, we expel nearly one pint of moist air into the atmosphere. 
Using sophisticated measuring devices, science is learning more and more about the far-reaching and often surprising impact humidity has on all of us.
Two summers ago angry callers phoned American Television and Communications Corp.’s cable-TV operation in northeastern Wisconsin, complaining about fuzzy pictures and poor reception. “What happened,” said the chief engineer, “was that the humidity was interfering with our signals.” When a blast of dry air invaded the state, the number of complaints dropped sharply. Humidity plays hob with our mechanical world as well. Water condensation on the playing heads and tapes of videocassette recorders produces a streaky picture. Humidity shortens the life of flashlight and smoke-detector batteries. When the weather gets sticky, the rubber belts that power the fan, air conditioner and alternator under the hood of our cars can get wet and squeak.