第二届英语四级词汇达人挑战赛试题册初赛试题册

注意事项:1、满分100分。

注意保持卷面整洁、字迹工整、无错别字。

2、考试必须将姓名、班级、学号完整、准确、清楚地填写在试卷及机读卡规定地方，否则视为废卷。

3、本试卷册共7页，配机读卡1张。

所有题目（即ABCD 单项选择题）必须用2B 铅笔做在机读卡上，做在试卷上判无效；本试卷专供2013级本科成都工业学院Vocabulary Contest for Undergraduates at CDTU (Preliminary) April. 2014“英语四级词汇达人挑战赛”试题册（初赛）学生统一考试使用。

考试结束时，机读卡必须上交，试题册可自行保留。

4、机读卡填写须知：1）在机读卡的相应栏目填写系别、班级和姓名；2）由于本次为统一试卷，试卷类型不要填涂；3）准考证号码共9位：13代表2013年入学；02013代表系部和专业；01为学生学号。

因此上述班级的01号同学的完整准考证号码为：130201301；其他班级同学以此类推；4）教师评分栏切勿填涂，否则试卷作废5、考试必须在签到单上签到，若出现遗漏，后果自负。

试题PartⅠ Substitutions (每题1分，共10分)Directions: There are 10 sentences in this part. Each of the sentences has an underlined part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the right one that keeps the best meaning of the underlined part and make your answer on the Answer Sheet.1. Of course the idea of Sophia ever going to London was ridiculous.A) notable B) naiveC) smart D) absurd2. People differ very much in their ideas and behaviors.A) disagree B) distinguishC) dislike D) vary3. I shall ask all of you to recite the passage one by one.A) in return B) by turnC) in turn D) in your turn4. We have met with some unexpected difficulties.A) encountered B) chargedC) solved D) overcome5. I am furious about the long wait.A) anxious B) angryC) patient D) tolerant6. Yesterday I happened to see a documentary about Yorkshire coal miners.A) museum B) productC) strike D) film7. He lost everything that was dear to him.A) close B) expensiveC) precious D) essential8. We saw some magnificent architecture on our trip to Finland.A) pictures B) landscapesC) buildings D) spots9. This ruthless general burnt down a building, regardless of the women and children in it.A) military B) cruelC) illegal D) violent10. The intense competition between the different members of a plant community is at first difficult to credit.A) accept B) imagineC) think D) believePartⅡ Words （每题1.5分，共75分）Directions: There are 50 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You must choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.11. This is the nurse who ________ to me when I was ill in hospital.A) accompanied B) attendedC) entertained D) shielded12. Tomorrow the mayor is to _______a group of Canadian businessmen on a tour of the city.A) coordinate B) cooperateC) accompany D) associate13. He asked us to _____ them in carrying through their plan.A) provide B) arouseC) assist D) persist14. The shy girl felt _________ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teacher’s questions.A) amazed B) awkwardC) curious D) amused15. Fan Paopao (范跑跑) is such _______ that at the first sign of danger he runs away.A) a traitor B) a cowardC) a fool D) an idiot16. Over a third of the population was estimated to have no _________ to the health service.A) assessment B) assignmentC) exception D) access17. By definition, a ____ month is from one new moon to the next.A) major B) minorC) lunar D) fresh18. I suggested he should _______ himself to his new conditions.A) adapt B) adoptC) regulate D) suit19. Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication ________.A) tragedy B) vacuumC) question D) barrier20. Through 3 years’hard work, the students have ______ an extraordinary command of the Chinese language.A) earned B) masteredC) acquired D) derived21. It is not far to the village if we take the short ________ through the jungle.A) pass B) turningC) cut D) corner22. They are trying to _____ the waste discharged by the factory for profit.A) expose B) exhibitC) exhaust D) exploit23. Remember that customers don’t ________ about prices in that city.A) debate B) consultC) dispute D) bargain24. My uncle is such a warm-hearted person that she ________ agrees to others’request for help.A) barely B) reluctantlyC) readily D) properly25. In a sudden _____________ of anger, the man tore up everything within reach.A) attack B) burstC) split D) blast26. In Britain people _____________ four million tons of potatoes every year.A) swallow B) disposeC) consume D) exhaust27. This ticket_______ you to a free boat tour on the lake.A) entities B) appointsC) grants D) credits28. Niagara Falls is a great tourist ________, drawing millions of visitors every year.A) attention B) attractionC) appointment D) arrangement29. Workers in the fine arts ________thoughts and feelings through their creative works.A) transmit B) conveyC) elaborate D) contribute30. It is our ________ policy that we will achieve unity through peaceful means.A) consistent B) continuousC) considerate D) continual31. She keeps a supply of candles in the house in case of power ______A) failure B) absenceC) lack D) drop32. Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are still _________.A) blank B) hollowC) vacant D) bare33. A lot of ants are always invading my kitchen. They are a thorough ________.A) nuisance B) troubleC) worry D) anxiety34. The film provides a deep __________ into a wide range of human qualities and feelings.A) insight B) imaginationC) fancy D) outlook35. The _____ of study cannot always be measured in money.A) profits B) gainsC) rewards D) prices36. Joh n doesn’t believe in _________ medicine; he has some remedies of his own.A) standard B) regularC) routine D) conventional37. I’m very sorry to have _______ you with so many questions on such an occasion.A) interfered B) offendedC) impressed D) bothered38. Mrs. Morris's daughter is pretty and ________, and many girls envy her.A) slender B) lightC) faint D) minor39. The shop assistant was dismissed as she was ______of cheating customers.A) accused B) chargedC) scolded D) cursed40. I have never seen so much _____ and disorder anywhere.A) mass B) messC) mixture D) mice41. The three men were given work according to their ____ abilities.A) respectable B) respectfulC) respective D) respecting42. In Cahokia, Zuinois, archaeologists found the ______ of a city.A) hint B) remainsC) ruins D) shops43. In previous times, then fresh meat was in short __________, pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food.A) store B) provisionC) reserve D) supply44. Some people are worried by these sensations, but they have nothing to do with ____ illness.A) mindful B) spiritualC) emotional D) mental45. According to the American federal government, residents of Hawaii have the longest life __________77.2 years.A) scope B) rankC) span D) scale46. The _____ of a country is inflated when the value of money decreases because the supply of money is artificially expanded.A) money B) merchandiseC) coin D) currency47. Teresa will _______ at the meeting, and anyone who wants to ask a question or make a mark will have to have her consent.A) elect B) presideC) represent D) assign48. The ______ arts include painting and dancing, as opposed o music.A) modern B) audioC) visual D) liberal49. The students felt a ________of achievement in their writing ability at the end of the semester.A) sense B) mindC) sentiment D) thought50. The _______ weight of the box of chocolates is more than the weight of the chocolates alone.A) glossary B) heavyC) gross D) general51. He was such a _____ speaker that he held our attention every minute of the three-hour lecture.A) specific B) heroicC) dynamic D) diplomatic52. He ________ to his customers and halved the price.A) leaked B) drewC) quoted D) yielded53. The manager urged his staff not to _____ the splendid opportunity.A) drop B) escapeC) miss D) slide54. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in ________.A) prospect B) processC) print D) press55. The best example of a paradox is the proverb ‘More _______, less speed’.A) haste B) rangeC) possession D) purse56. We need to _______ the purpose of the experiment again.A) clarify B) cheekC) aim D) clap57. This knife is made of steel _______ and it can be used for a long time.A) mixed B) alloyC) champion D) grasp58. The _______ can help people to see very small objects.A) metropolitan B) microphoneC) microscope D) microwave59. This is a _______ moment for our research. We should be careful.A) critical B) beltC) conscience D) copper60. Thanks for the advice, but this is something I have to _______ out myself.A) fulfill B) identifyC) figure D) claimPartⅢCollocations（每题1.5分，共15分）Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You must choose the one thatbest completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet with a single line through the center.61. I’d _____________ his reputation with other farmers and business people inthe community, and then make a decision about whether or not to approve aloan.A) take into account B) account forC) make up for D) make out62. The committee has decided that the race would continue _____ the weather.A) regardless of B) instead ofC) by means of D) in view of63. Computer technology will _____ a revolution in business administration.A) bring around B) bring outC) bring about D) bring up64. None of us expected the chairman to ________ at the party. We thought hewas still in hospital.A) turn in B) turn overC) turn up D) turn down65. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city becausethey had more _______.A) off hand B) at stakeC) at sight D) at worst66. The football match was _____ on account of storm._A) called up B) called onC) called off D) called for67. As the general came the soldiers quickly _____.A) looked up B) emerged upC) lined up D) played up68. We had no _____ their getting high wages.A) rejection in B) objection toC) opposition for D) leading up to69. Does it ______ to let little children play with matches?A) make clear B) make sureC) make out D) make sense70. We regret to inform you that the materials you ordered on line are _______.A) out of work B) out of stockC) out of reach D) out of practice_____________________________________________________________________________________The End of the Test。