英语专业四级习题

1 What does the man worry about?A Traffic jam in the rush hour B Lack of sleepC The paper D His working promotion2 What does the woman ask the man to do when he is upset?A Have a chat with his friends B Take a deep breathC Go to sleepD Cry out loudly3 What will the man probably do this weekend? A To teach a few classes at a schoolB To have a restC To get down to his paperD To have a meeting4 Why doesnt the woman buy a house?A Because she likes her old houseB Because she likes to rent a houseC Because she cant afford a new houseD Because she has no time to buy a house5 How did the mans sister-in-law buy her house?A Through an intervening agency B By public auctionC With the help of the man D Through advertising6 Why was the old house sold by the government?A Because its owner left a will to seel itB Because its owner needed money to buy another houseC Because its owner owed the government moneyD Because its owner had no relatives to inherit it7 The woman wishes that she were promoted to be _A a senior engineer B an assistant engineerC a general managerD an assistant manager8 What does the woman think a good boss should be?A Treating the employees without sex discriminationB Treating the employees without racial discriminationC Pleasing each employee consistentlyD Providing the employees with comfort condition9 The following are the evaluations of the woman about her boss EXCEPT that_A she gets along with others well B she is a good listenerC she treats everyone equally D she is strict with her employees10 What is the result of the interview?A The woman passes the interviewB The woman is refusedC The woman is waiting for itD The woman will receive it next week11 All the following are the forms of business EXCEPT _A individual ownership B sole ownershipC property ownership D partnership12 If a business is in the form of partnership, _A it has at least two owners running the business togetherB it has a unlimited lifetimeC its existence isnt linked with its ownersD only one of the owners takes the legal responsibility13 If a corporation is out of business, the shareholders_A pay the debets of the company according to how many stocks they holdB can only get very little reward for their investmentC will get into debt as the corporation doesD have no obligation to pay the debts of the corporation14 How many mums were questioned in the survey by the website Netmums?A 1,150B 1,336C 2,672 D 5,50015 The survey found out that 22% of mothers would _ when boys and girls made the same mistakeA ignore both of their behaviourB punish both girls and boysC ignore the boys behaviour D ignore the girls behaviour16 Which of the following is NOT the description of boys character by mothers?A Playful B LovingC Argumentative D Funny17 Because of the weight problem, schools have the pressure to_A provide more healthy food B ban food advertisements at schoolsC arrange more physical education classes D teach students to keep fit18 Which of the following is INCORRECT according to the passage?A The number of school injuries has doubled in ten yearsB About 20% of American children and teenagers are overweightC Only 2% of the injuries treated in hospitals are seriousD Injuries increased 15 times as many as that during the past decade19 Compared with the traditional P E classes, new P E classes_A are more competitiveB are less riskyC involve more activitiesD provide less choices20 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a possible reason for the increased injuries in P E classes?A Less school nurses B Less field activitiesC Larger class sizesD The introduction of new sports21 How many people were found dead inside a home?A One B ThreeC FourD Seven22 What caused the death of those people?A Suicide B MurderC DiseasesD Unknown23 Whats the purpose of police in Rio de Janeiro launching the operation?A To catch suspected murderersB To put an end to violent strikesC To stop gangs illegal behaviours D To train officers and motorcycle police24 Whom does the state governor turn to for police reinforcement?A Officers doing desk jobsB Military leadersC Motorcycle police forces D Central government25 Based on 2009 data, 439 English secondary schools _A wouldnt meet the new standard to measure performanceB didnt set up performance standardC had made good progressD didnt have enough head teachers26 The measures will be revealed through _ A newspapersB TV announcementC governments white paper D Prime Ministers speech27 The pirates failed to hijack the French-flagged ship because _A the pirates failed to board the shipB the crew members were all armedC the crew locked themselves in the safe roomD the pirates found the ship not profitable28 The ship attacked by pirates near Somalia was a _A French-flagged cargo shipB French-flagged gas carrierC German-owned cargo ship D German-owned gas carrier29 French workers and youths went onto the streets to be on strike becauseA the government plans to raise the retirement ageB the police is battling against the studentsC they are not satisfied with the parliaments new legislationD the public transportation services are terrible30 How did Taliban claim responsibility for the attacks?A On TVB On the radioC On the websiteD On the newspaper31A related B linkedC dealt D integrated32A complicatedB vigorousC sophisticatedD rigorous33A incidence B evidenceC consequenceD vision34A a couple ofB a dozen ofC a lot of D a score of35 A very B tooC soD quite36 A regimeB fieldC arenaD district37 A diseases B disordersC disruptionsD dispositions38 A troubled B troublesomeC diverseD dominant39 A tend B usedC needD point40 A Approximately B ExactlyC Appropriately D Usually41 A offersB offeredC offeringD to offer42 A affectB controlC sway D impact43 A assumed B resumedC exhausted D consumed44 A affectionateB emotionalC sentimentalD passionate45 A with B onC toD upon46 A indulgenceB expositionC exposure D disclosure47 A that B whichC when D where48 A beforeB throughC since D beneath49 A however B for exampleC in additionD though50 A informed B conformedC confirmedD approved51 I have kept my car for twenty yearsA large foreign black first B first large black foreignC first large foreign black D first foreign large black52being May 1st, many people go out for a holidayA ThatB ItC It is D This53 The sentence “Let me ask you a question” can be replaced by all the following sentences EXCEPTAI have a question to you B I have a question to ask youC I have a question to put to youD I have a question for you to answer54 I _ but for the help you gave meA didnt succeedB wouldnt succeedC hadnt succeedD wouldnt have succeeded55 He didnt come yesterday He _ busy working in the labA must beB would have beenC must have beenD would be56 _, I will take her as my wifeA Were she rich or poorB Being rich or poorC Be she poor or richD Whether is she poor or rich57 All the flights _ because of the extremely heavy rain，we had to postpone our scheduleA were canceledB had been canceledC having canceledD having been canceled58 He ought to dismiss the unqualified employees under his supervision, _?A should heB ought heC shouldnt he D oughtnt he59 In the sentence “He woke up to find his house on fire”, the italicized part is _A an attributeB an adverbialC a subject complementD an object60 The author has written _ this year as he did last yearA as many books twiceB as twice many booksC many as twice booksD twice as many books61 Between the two dense bushes _ the residence of the old hermitA standB standsC standingD to stand62 I didnt like myself _ in that wayA to be criticized B criticizedC be criticizedD to have been criticized63 Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?A He resented his friends remarksB He resented being kept waitingC He resents their being indifferentD He resented that they were careless64 _ tasks did we have to do that we had no time to relaxA So many B Too muchC Too littleD So few65 The astronauts and their achievements _ you mentioned stimulate the youth much so that some of them are engaged in astronauticsA whichB thatC whatD whom66 AIDS and cancers are maladies that _ humanityA inflictB addict C afflict D reflect67 When questioned by the judge, my mind went _ ，and I could hardly speak a single wordA blankB dim C faint D vain68 They discussed the matter from all conceivable _A angelsB angles C annualsD annals69 The village was bombed _ because some of the villagers had protected enemy soldiersA in revengeB in jokeC in spiteD in fairness70 Although she is _ a linguist, she can speak “beautiful” in several languages, which earns her many friendsA not more ofB not much of C not many of D not any of71 We could take the train or _ go by carA alternativelyB alternatelyC insteadD oppositely72 The urban ambient quality in some cities was improved _ a certain extentA byB withC toD of73 The whole group worked _ to complete the order on timeA at the best B round the clockC in common D back and forth74 One of our neighboring countries has contracted an _ with another countryA alliance B combination C collaborationD partnership 75 Were waiting for the director to give his _A accent B ascent C descentD assent76 The advertising _ for a new product proved to be successfulA campaignB championC champagne D chamber77 We are going to send advertising material to the _ clientsA irrespectiveB respective C prospectiveD perspective78It is deemed that the person who has special knowledge and access to _ information tends to commit high-ranking crimesA privateB confidential C delicate D rigid79 One of the main goals of the government in the new year is to adjust economical environment and _ economical orderA rectifyB relieveC reclaimD reckon80 She _ to Buddhism when she was a little girlA transformedB convertedC turnedD changedTEXT AImagine that the world consists of 20 men and 20 women, all of them heterosexual and in search of a mateSince the numbers are even, everyone can find a partnerBut what happens if you take away one man? You might not think this would make much differenceYou would be wrong，argues Tim Harford，a British economist， in a book called The Logic of Life With 20 women pursuing 19 men, one woman faces the prospect of spinsterhood So she ups her game Perhaps she dresses more seductively Perhaps she makes an extra effort to be obliging Somehow or other, she “steals” a man from one of her fellow women That newly single woman then ups her game, too, to steal a man from someone else A chain reaction ensuesReal life is more complicated, of course, but this simple model illustrates an important truthIn the marriage market, numbers matterAnd among African-Americans，the difference is much worse than in MrHarfords imaginary exampleBetween the ages of 20 and 29, one black man in nine is behind barsFor black women of the same age, the figure is about one in 150For obvious reasons, convicts are excluded from the dating poolRemoving so many men from the marriage market has profound consequencesAs imprisonment rates exploded between 1970 and 2007， the proportion of U.S.-born black women aged 30-44 who were married plunged from 62%to 33%Why this happened is complex and furiously debatedThe era of mass imprisonment began as traditional mores were already crumbling， following the sexual revolution of the 1960s and the invention of the contraceptive pill It also coincided with greater opportunities for women in the workplace These factors must surely have had something to do with the decline of marriageBut jail is a big part of the problem, argue Kerwin Kofi Charles, now at the University of Chicago They divided America up into geographical and racial “marriage markets”, to take account of the fact that most people marry someone of the same race who lives relatively close to them Then, after crunching the census numbers， they found that a one percentage point increase in the male imprisonment rate was associated with a 2.4-point reduction in the proportion of women, who ever marry Could it be, however, that mass imprisonment is a symptom of increasing social malfunction, and that it was this social malfunction that caused marriage to wither? Probably not. For similar crimes, America imposes much harsher penalties than other rich countriesMr. Charles and Mr. Luoh controlled for crime rates, as a substitution for social malfunction, and found that it made no difference to their results. They concluded that “higher male imprisonment has lowered the likelihood that women marry.and caused a shift in the gains from marriage away from women and towards men.”81. The word “ensues” in Paragraph 1 probably means _A to result in something B to happen after somethingC to be welcomeD to be interrupted temporarily82. We can infer from the passage that _A most of the crimes are committed by blacks in AmericaB the crime rate of black men is gradually decreasing in AmericaC black men committed more serious crimes than women in AmericaD the crime rate of black men is different from that of black women in America83. Which of the following does NOT result in the decline of marriage rate of black women?A The increasing number of career women.B Social movements that changed peoples attitude.C The utility of new equipment and apparatus.D The breakdown of the traditional morality.84. In terms of marriage, most people tend to _A get married after careful considerationB be attracted by someone living in an alien landC be well-matched in social and economic statusD marry one living under similar environmental conditions85. Mr. Charles and Mr. Luohs research shows that as to marriage, _A women will suffer more from hardship than men doB crime rates and social malfunction are of equal effectC male imprisonment plays an important role in womens marriageD social malfunction can be replaced by crime rate easilyTEXT B1 In 1945, a 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. But the pricefive dollarswas far beyond Reuben Earles means.2 Reuben couldnt ask his father for the money. Everything Mark Earle made through fishing in Bay Roberts，Newfoundland，CanadaReubens mother，Dora，stretched like elastic to feed and clothe their five children.3 Nevertheless， he opened the shops weathered door and went insideStanding proud and straight in his flour-sack shirt and washed-out trousers，he told the shopkeeper what he wanted，adding，“But I dont have the money right now Can you please hold it for me for some time?”4 “Ill try”，the shopkeeper smiled“Folks around here dont usually have that kind of money to spend on things. It should keep for a while. ”5 Reuben respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out into the sunlight with the bay rippling in a freshening wind. There was purpose in his loping stride. He would raise the five dollars and not tell anybody.6 Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea.7 He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts，using nails purchased in Hessian sacks from a local factory. Sometimes the sacks were discarded in the flurry of building, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents a piece. 8 That day he found two sacks, which he took to the rambling wooden factory and sold to the man in charge of packing nails. 9 The boys hand tightly clutched the five-cent pieces as he ran the two kilometers home.10 Near his house stood the ancient barn that housed the familys goats and chickens. Reuben found a rusty soda tin and dropped his coins inside. Then he climbed into the loft of the barn and hid the tin beneath a pile of sweet smelling hay.11 It was dinner time when Reuben got home. His father sat at the big kitchen table, working on a fishing net. Dora was at the kitchen stove, ready to serve dinner as Reuben took his place at the table.12 He looked at his mother and smiled.