专四词汇语法练习

1. Only in the dream world ____ moments of desolation or terror that are worse than anything we have known under the sun.

A. there is

B. there are

C. is

there D. are there

2. Would you please ____ spoil any material?

A. not

B. not to

C. to

not D. don’t

3. ____ in physical shape, he dropped out of the University of Syracuse.

A. As he was bad

B. Bad as he was

C. Bad although he was

D. Bad though he was

4. I hope you don’t mind me ____ you sir, but is there much money involved in the will?

A. asking

B. to ask

C. ask

D. that I ask

5. The reason Beethoven went away to the country is ____.

A. that he was gradually going deaf

B. because he was gradually going deaf

C. on account of the fact that he was gradually going deaf

D. since he was gradually going deaf

6. “I often feel a sudden fast heart beat when I’m idle.”“You should stop your exercising and need ____”

A.to check your heart

B. to have your heart checked

C. to have checked your heart

D. to be checked your heart

7. When I finish the story, Lenin jumped up from his chair and started pacing the floor, ____, deep in thought.

A. with his head bending

B. in his head bent

C. his head bending

D. his head bent

8. But what ____ to define his personality is a driven concentration on his work, compulsive attention to every aspect of creating musicals.

A. seems most

B. is mostly

C. is most

D. seems mostly

9. Switzerland is ____ a place to indulge in all your favorite winter sports; it’s also a marvellous spot to relax.

A. rather than

B. more than

C. else than

D. other than

10. I am lucky ____ the thing I enjoy doing most is ____ I’ve ended up

doing.

A. when... that

B. if...what

C. that... what

D. that...that

11. Please ____ your voice if you have any questions to ask the chairman.

A. rise

B. raise

C.

lift D. enlarge

12. Owen obviously had no ____ of doing any work that day, although it was only a week before the English Test.

A. ambition

B. desire

C. intention

D. wish

13. The National Gallery in London has more visitors than ____any other because of its free admission.

A. practically

B. really

C.

actually D. completely

14. On that bitterly cold winter night, few people walked along the ______ narrow streets.

A. lonely

B. neglected

C. deserted

D. isolated

15. If you keep getting wrong numbers, your phone could be ____.

A. defective

B. ineffective

C. deficient

D. deceptive

16. Mr. John had a terrible cold and could not stop ____.

A. yawning

B. sighing

C. sneezing

D. spitting

17. The chairman asked the members to ____ their votes for or against the proposal.

A. cast

B. throw

C. bid

D. offer

18. She was barred from the golf club for refusing to ____with the request.

A. conform

B. adhere

C. abide

D. comply