英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习

27. Downley Road is lit by fluorescent lamps, standing on ___sides of the road every 2000 feet. A. comparative B. intermediate C. complicated D. alternate

28. We do not go to the movies unless at least one famous critic has found the cinematography

____.

A. superior must be taken. A. abide by A. hint Section B

1. The intense competition between the different members of a plant community is at first

difficult to credit. A. accept A. merchants A. conflicted troposphere. A. scatter A. twinkled A. paused

B. sprout B. glittered B. hesitated

C. sow D. strew C. flashed D. winked C. thought

D. stayed D. capable of D. proposals D. brutes

5. Juanita blinked as darkness gave way to a bright light directed into her eyes. 6. I hung back outside for a while, plucking up courage to go in.

7. I'm sorry, but I am so tired that I am really not up to going to the theater with you tonight. A. occupied with B. as far as' C. required from A. ends B. processes C. results A. wasps B. swans

C. reptiles

8. The language functions as a means of international communication for a range of purposes. 9. It is said that man is \

10. This dependence of social studies upon sense perception is certainly a healthy reminder of the fundamental homogeneity of the original data of science. A. harmful B. helpful

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B. well C. superb D. better

29. If a restaurant fails to ___ the rules, the law makers must decide what type of legal action

B. lean against C. pick up D. mix up B. remains

C. ruins D. shops

30. In cahokia. Zuinois, archaeologists found the ___ of a city.

B. imagine B. traders B. competed

C. think D. believe C. customers D. persons C. conquered D. compelled

2. We've a lot of more good souls coming here today, and tomorrow, and the day after. 3. Her mental barrier subdued, Ingrid now has only to fight the time barrier.

4. Turbulent motions also disperse plant seeds, viruses, and other organisms throughout the

C. wholesome D. clean

英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习

Test 3

Section A

1. He had a narrow escape when his boat was turned over by a ___ gust of wind. A. close B. breathtaking instructions and advice by a ____. A. referee B. arbiter A. paid back B. paid out A. contestant B. antagonist

C. umpire C. turned back C. opponent

D. judge D. turned out D. rival D. indigence D. limitation D. handkerchief

3. Needing money urgently, he arranged a mortgage on his house, to be ___ in ten years. 4. I had little hope of winning the next game as my ___ was an Olympic gold medalist. 5. Many of the shopkeepers are poor. There isn't much ___ in this town. A. prosperity B. advantage C. failure 6. A labour officer was sent to negotiate a new ___ with the union. A. bargain B. act

C. contract

7. The little girl had her money for lunch in a ___she carried in her pocket. A. purse B. wallet C. packet variety of forms, for instance, you can whistle for a dog. A. signals B. shrills A. killing B. death

C. cries C. murdering

D. shouts D. suicide D. specific D. vague D. puts it on D. uninterested

9. He was bankrupt, so he committed ____.

10. There is nothing mysterious about disappearances in this ___ section of the Ocean. A. particular B. attentive C. abstract

11. No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements, for they exert a ___ influence on us. A. dark B. subtle C. light A. gives it on B. hands it on C. pushes it A. surprised B. concerned C. indifferent proving his innocence. A. dispute B. negotiation over a long period.

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C. sudden D. obscure

2. In a court trial, there must be a jury composed of 12 men and women, who are given

8. Cooperation depends upon the existence of some kind of sign system, ___ which can take a

12. The boys are playing with a basketball. The first ___ to the next, and so on down the line. 13 It is quite strange that he should be utterly ___ to public criticism.

14. He awaited the verdict of the ___ with dread as so little seemed to have been achieved in

C. issue

D. case

15. The ___ which must be followed at all stages of a Parliamentary election has changed little

英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习

A. process B. procedure C. proceeds D. progress

16. Studies of motorway accidents have ___ startling evidence that 98 percent of drivers ignore all warnings of imminent danger, particularly fog. A. revealed B. exhibited C. exposed A. duties B. assignments C. missions A. spherical B. circle

C. solid

D. uncovered D. errands D. solitary D. imposing

17. The boy had to go downtown on ____ for his mother every week.

18. We know that the shape of the moon is ___ ; however, its surface is quite rough.. 19. By __ his presence on the meeting, the director prevented free expression of opinion. A. showing B. attending C making particular field of study. A. ends to B. reaches to school.

A. entertain B. deliver A. degree

C. circulate

D. announce D. place D. roused D. industrial

22. They were interested in everything that fell within the___ of their enquiry.

B. scope C. length

C. arises C. extravagant

23. As soon as the question of prestige ___, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. A. rises B. raises A. efficient

B. effective

24. He intends to replace the secretary he has dismissed by a less glamorous but rather more __ one. 25. The __of tests in the United States institutions can be a new and frightening experience for many foreign students. A. frequency 26. The B. presence

C. efficiency

D. confidence

of a country is inflated when the value of money decreases because the supply of

B. merchandise C. coin

D. currency

C. gives to

D. leads to

21. We will __ the good news among the students by passing out a notice as the students leave 20. A university education usually follows an educational scheme that ___ a degree in a

money is artificially expanded. A. money

27. Teresa will ___ at the meeting, and anyone who wants to ask a question or make a remark will have to have her consent. A. preside A. fierced

B. elect B. pierced

C. represent C. lighted

D. assign D. extinguished

28. The ray of light given out by the torch ____ the darkness.

29. The ___ sound of surreptitious movements in the kitchen suggested that the children were secretly helping themselves to the chocolate cake.

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英语专业四级备考丛书之一 英语词汇测试练习

A. vague B. faint C. slender D. dim

30. Long sentences and difficult sentence patterns in this novel have been ___, but it still keeps much of the charm and flavour of the original. A. simplified Section B

1. I got a pen and drew a picture of that stranger. A. depiction A. remarkable A. tread A. promising

B. sketch

C. pattern

D. line D. ordinary D. stretch D. exciting D. proverb D. set off

2. Cassie has got the strange idea of playing the harp for a couple of years.

B. reasonable C. queer B. sit

C. stroll

3. Lulu May said she would walk upon my violets if I breathed on her roses again. 4. No matter how tired you are, it would be valuable to watch the match.

B. expansive C: worthwhile

C. phrase C. set aside

5. \ penny saved is a penny earned\A. version B. proof A. set about B. set back grain for other goods. A. commodities B. expenditure A. cordially B. cautiously

C. possession C. coldly

D. transaction D. gently

8. The host greeted them heartily and offered them a drink.

9. It's pretty hard to keep from wondering what's happening on the other side of the fence. A. stone B. river C. mountain stream D. barrier of wood or wire 10. The autobiography skips the author's childhood and just tells of his early manhood. A. cuts down B. cuts short C. leaves out

Test 4

Section A

1. Even when magnified, the two organisms are difficult to A. share

B. leave B. grateful B. audio

C. tell C. doubtful C. visual

2. I would say that I am very A. thoughtful A. modern

apart. D. divide D. respectful D. liberal D. leaves off

6. In order to buy a colored TV, he saved one-sixth of his salary each month.

7. The Egyptians saved and stored their grain so that during years of shortage they could trade

B. applied

C. adopted

D. polished

to you for having taken so much trouble.

3. The ___ arts include painting and dancing, as opposed to music. 4. The prisoner

the judge to let him go home to see his sick wife.

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