2005年1月8日英语四级考试B卷(文字版)

Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

　　31. Salaries for positions seem to be higher than for permanent ones.

　　A) temporary

　　B) voluntary

　　C) optional

　　D) legal

　　32. Mrs. gmithwas so about everything that no servants could please her.

　　A)precise

　　B)particular

　　C)speCific

　　D)speCial

　　33. His temper and personalky show that he can become a soldier of the top

　　A) circle

　　B) category

　　C) grade

　　D) rank

　　34. There has been a collision a number of cars on the main road to town.

　　A) engaging

　　B) composing

　　C) involving

　　D) consisting

　　35. Norman Davis will be remembered by many with not only as a great scholar but also as a most delightful and faithful friend.

　　A) friendliness

　　B) affection

　　C) kindness

　　D) warmth

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

　　A)witnessed

　　B) assisted

　　C) attached

　　D)contributed

　　37. He never arrives on time and my is that he feels the meetings are useless.

　　A) conference

　　B) inference

　　C) preference

　　D) reference

　　38. Only those who can to lose their money should make high-risk investments.

　　A) afford

　　B) endure

　　C) sustain

　　D) maintain

　　39. Ten days ago the young man info~ed his boss of his intention to

　　A) reject

　　B) retreat

　　C) resign

　　D) replace

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

　　A) profession

　　B) employment

　　C) occupation

　　D) career

　　41. As he has our pratience,we’ll not wait for him any longer.

　　A) exhausted

　　B) wasted

　　C) torn

　　D) consumed

　　42. Tomorrow the mayor is to a group of Canadian businessmen on a tour of the city.

　　A) cooperate

　　B) accompany

　　C) coordinate

　　D) associate

　　43. Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected U.S. society.

　　it has affected the traditional role of men.

　　A) Above all

　　B) In all

　　C) At most

　　D) At last

　　44. It is obvious that this new rule is applicable to everyone without

　　A) exclusion

　　B) substitution

　　C) modification

　　D) exception

　　45. As one of the world's highest paid models, she had her face. for five million dollars

　　A) despoiled

　　B) measured

　　C) insured

　　D) assured

　　46. The machine looked like a large, ，old-fashioned typewriter.

　　A) clumsy

　　B) tricky

　　C) forceful

　　D) intense

　　47. Within two weeks of arrival, all foreigners had to with the local police

　　A) inquire

　　B) register

　　C) consult

　　D) profession

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

　　A) aware

　　B) conscious

　　C) radical

　　D) realistic

　　49, He found the media attention intolerable and decided to go abroad.

　　A) constant

　　B) sufficient

　　C) steady

　　D) plenty

　　50, elephants are different from wild elephants in many aspects, including their tempers.

　　A) Civil

　　B) Tame

　　C) Cultivated

　　D) Regulated