英语专业四级完型和单选模拟题

第七套

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A major reason for conflict in the animal world is territory. The male animal (1) ___ an area. The size of the area is (2) ___ to provide food for him, his (3) ___ and their offspring. Migrating birds, for example, divide up the best territory in the order of “first come, first (4) ____.”The late arrivals may acquire (5)___ territories, but less food is available, or they are too close to the (6) ___of the enemies of species.

When there is (7) ____ over territory, animals will commonly use force, or a (8) _____of force, to decide which will stay and which will go. It is interesting to note, (9) ____, that animals seem to use the (10) ___ amount of force necessary to drive away the intruder. There is usually no killing. In the (11) ____of those animals which are capable of doing each other harm, there is a (12) ____ for the losing animal to show the winning animal that he wishes to submit. When he shows this, the (13) ____ normally stops fighting. Animals (especially birds), which can (14) ____ escape from conflict seem to have no (15) ____ against killing, and equally no mechanism for (16)___.

The losing bird simply flies away. However, if two doves are (17) ____ in a cage, and they start fighting, they will continue to fight until one kills the other. We all think of the dove as a (18) ____of peace and, (19)____its natural habitat, it is peaceful. But the “peace” mechanism does not (20) ____ in a cage.

1. A. establishes B. builds C. founds D. erects

2. A. large B .wide C. enough D. sufficient

3. A. wife B. mate C. friend D. neighbour

4. A. used B. got C. served D. gained

5. A. larger B. better C. smaller D. worse

6. A. places B. nests C. residences D. habitats

7. A. conflict B. fight C. argument D. war

8. A. practice B. proof C. show D. comparison

9. A. then B. therefore C. in addition D. however

10. A. minimum B. great C. little D. much

11. A. way B. case C. event D. manner

12. A. system B. device C. method D. solution

13. A. killer B. loser C. victor D. successor

14. A. hardly B. never C. narrowly D. easily

15 A. prevention B. obstacle C. stop D. way

16. A. submission B. fighting C. stopping D. winning

17. A. stationed B. perched C. placed D. deposited

18. A. sign B. signal C. symbol D. mark

19. A. in B. by C. at D. on

20. A. appear B. continue C. apply D. work

Grammar and vocabulary

1.The doctor recommends me ____on a strict diet.

A. to go

B. going

C. I should go

D. go

2.The secretary identified _____ reports treated new issues as well as old ones.

A. those

B. which

C. that

D. both

3.______with air, a life jacket will keep a person afloat.

A. It is filled

B. Filling

C. When filled

D. When filling it

4.The teacher whispered ______ they should disturb the students.

A. in order that

B. provided that

C. in case

D. with the result that

5.It was unusual for there ______so few students in the classroom.

A. to be

B. be

C. being

D. are

6._____plants, which manufacture their own food, animals obtain nourishment by

acquiring and ingesting their food.

A. As

B. Different

C. Unlike

D. As many

7.We could not obtain any exact information ______ where she was.

A. far from

B. as to

C. except

D. along with

8.First designed in 1970, Earth Day has become an annual international event

______concerns about environmental issues such as pollution.

A. dedicated to raising

B. dedicated raising

C. dedicated to raise

D. that dedicates to raising

9._____so many profits have been made in the past three years is the strongest

argument for continuing the business.

A. What

B. Since

C. That

D. As

10.Have you invited ______?

A. the Browns

B. the Brown’s

C. Brown’s

D. the Browns’

11.Indigo is a vat color, ________called because it does no dissolve in water.

A. which it

B. it is

C. but

D. so

12.Such euphemisms may be stylistically “permissible” if they are kept within_____.

A. boundaries

B. ranges

C. borders

D. limits

13.All his plan for starting his own business fell_____.

A. in

B. through

C. down

D. away

14.The National Geographic Society headquarters, _____in Washington, DC, is

well-known for its magazine.

A. situated

B. placed

C. stood

D. positioned

15.It would be unwise to _____too much importance to what he said.

A. emphasized

B. attach

C. pay

D. concentrate

16.The words Francis Key wrote on the back of an old letter “The Star Spangled

Banner” became the national ______of the United States.

A. song

B. hymn

C. anthem

D. motto