2017专四语言知识+完型真题

2017英语专四真题Language Knowledge

11. ________ combination of techniques authors use, all stories---from the briefest anecdotes to the longest novels ----have a plot.

A. Regarding

B. Whatever.

C. In so far as

D. No matter

12. She followed the receptionist down a luxurious corridor to a closed door,

__________ the women gave a quick knock before opening it..

A. wherein

B. on which

C. but when

D. then

13. Ms Ennab is one of the first Palestinian _________ with seven years’ racing experience.

A. woman drivers

B. women driver

C. women drivers

D. woman driver

14. “I wondered if I could have a word with you.” The past tense in the sentence refers to a _______.

A. past event for exact time reference

B. present event for tentativeness

C. present event for uncertainty

D. past event for politeness

15. “If I were you, I wouldn’t wait to propose to her.” The subjunctive mood in the sentence is used to __________.

A. alleviate hostility

B. express unfavorable feelings

C. indicate uncertainty

D. make a suggestion

16. “It’s a shame that the city official should have gone back on his word.” The modal auxiliary SHOULD express _______.

A. obligation

B. disappointment

C. future in the past

D. tentativeness

17.Timothy Ray Brown, the first man cured of HIV, initially opted against the stem cell transplantation that ___________ history.

A.could have later made

B. should have made later

C. might make later

D. would later make

18. Some Martian rock structures look strikingly like structures on Earth that are known ______by microbes.

A. having been created

B. being created

C. to have been created

D. to be created

19. At that moment, with the crowd watching me, I was not afraid in the ordinary sense, as ______ if I ___________alone.

A. would have been …had been

B. should be … had been

C. could be … were

D. might have been… were

20. You must fire ________ incompetent assistant of yours

A. the

B. an

C. that

D. whichever

21. Some narratives seem more like plays, heavy with dialogue by which writers allow their _______to reveal themselves.

A. characters

B. characteristics

C. charisma D characterizations

22. If you intend to melt the snow for drinking water, you can ________ extra purity by running it through a coffee filter.

A. assure

B. insure

C. reassure

D. ensure

23. The daisy-like flowers of chamomile have been used for centuries to

______anxiety and insomnia.

A. decline

B. relieve

C. quench D suppress

24. Despite concern about the disappearance of the album in popular music, 2014 delivered a great crop of album __________.

A. publications B appearances C. releases D. presentations

25. The party’s reduced vote in th e general election was _________of lack of support for its policies.

A. revealing

B. confirming

C. indicative

D. evident

26. He closed his eyes and held the two versions of La Mappa to his mind’s ________ to analyze their differences.

A. vision

B. eye

C. view

D. sight

27. Twelve pupils were killed and five _______injured after gunmen attacked the school during lunchtime.

A. critically

B. enormously

C. greatly

D. hard

28. A 15-year-old girl has been arrested ________ accusations of using Instagram to anonymously threaten her high-school.

A. over

B. with

C. on

D. for

29. It was reported that a 73-year-old man died on an Etihad flight ______to Germany from Abu Dhabi.

A. bounded

B. binded

C. boundary

D. bound

30. It’s _________ the case in the region; a story always sounds clear enough at a distanced, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.

A. unchangeably

B. invariably

C. unalterably

D. immovably