谢忠明大学英语四级考试预测试卷及答案②

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 center.
31. You needn’t go to a hotel, Lucy, Jack and I will gladly       for the night.
  A) make you up     B) set you up    C) put you up       D) call you up
32. After that terrible car accident, the driver        never to touch a drop of alcohol again.
  A) revolved        B) resolved      C) revived          D) revolted
33. No one could tell how the magician was able to produce a rabbit from his hat until he
       his tricks.
  A) strayed away from    B) threw light on     C) gave birth to     D) fell back on
34. It is human nature to think back to a Golden Age     one’s country was strong and respected.
  A) when            B) provided      C) as               D) unless
35. George knew that it was difficult for him to clear the height, but he succeeded upon his third           .
  A) attempt         B) temptation    C) display         D) action
36. Many people suggest that the government          a consumer protection agency.
  A) institute       B) generate      C) entitle         D) secure
37. There was a terrible        as they waited to hear the names of the victims in the shipwreck.
  A) pressure        B) expectation    C) stimulus        D) tension
38. In that writing course, the teacher asked us to write a letter to an          person.
  A) imaginable      B) imaginary      C) imagination     D) imagining
39. His joke went too far. It was more than I could         .
  A) get rid of      B) put up with    C) keep up with    D) do away with
40. The whole family has           a period of considerable hardship and unhappiness.
  A) undertaken      B) underlined     C) undone          D) undergone
41. He finished the paintings       for the exhibition.
  A) for some time   B) in good time    C) from time to time  D) time after time
42. Do you want to fly first or         class?
  A) savings         B) thrifty         C) economy         D) economics
43. Jack was so      in his reading that he didn’t notice me entering his study.
  A) concentrated    B) engaged         C) absorbed        D) tempted
44. There is one aspect that most characterizes the Midwest—its broad, flat Great Plains that
     far into the horizon.
  A) slide           B) stray           C) stroll          D) stretch
45. Turning back down the main street, we       our pace and made our way rapidly towards the hotel.
  A) quickened       B) fastened        C) loosened        D) tightened
46. Some teachers claim that     is necessary for children to be able to learn in school but others do not feel that leisure activity is all that important.
  A) recreation      B) instruction     C) intelligence    D) diligence
47. If your argument lacks logical      , it will be impossible for you to make others believe what you say.
  A) consequence     B) sequence        C) series          D) frequency
48.      rose in his imagination several interesting specimens that had never appeared on earth before.
  A) Here            B) It              C) Where           D) There
49. What you are doing now is not        with what you advocated at first.
  A) resistant       B) satisfied       C) consistent      D) content
50. At first he thought I did wrong but the results      my action.
  A) proved          B) approved        C) justified       D) identified
51. The roof had been damaged and water was        from the ceilings and we asked Mike to help us fix it.
  A) draining        B) spilling        C) dripping        D) spraying
52. All the participants in the meeting     a loud laugh when the lecturer began his speech with a joke.
  A) let off         B) let out         C) let down        D) let through
53. Many medical doctors point out that the widespread of cigarette smoking      the increase of deaths.
  A) attributes to   B) confines to     C) contributes to  D) restricts to
54. The       drinking of liquor is much less harmful than habitual use.
  A) occasional      B) frequent        C) continual       D) constant
55. “        them an inch, and they will ask for a mile.” is just one of the wise sayings in the English language.
  A) Giving          B) Given           C) Give            D) To give
56. What she described as a       detail, in my opinion, was the most important part of the plan.
  A) rare      B) plain    C) minor      D) mature
57. Don’t wash that dress or it will      ; send it to the dry-cleaner’s.
  A) minimize      B) shrink            C) lessen              D) compress
58. Thomas Jefferson put forward an idea that was      for the time — free education for all the citizens in the US.
  A) handsome      B) respective         C) rigid              D) radical
59. The club has        a new rule allowing women to join.
  A) brought forth    B) associated with   C) turned over     D) laid down
60. Students         business administration must take at least one course in statistics.
  A) participating in   B) joining in        C) choosing to         D) majoring in