2017年英语专四真题及答案

2017年英语专四真题及答案

2017年英语专业四级真题及答案

III. 语言知识：

11. ___B_____ 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, ____B______ 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 ______C____ 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 __B___.

18. Some Martian rock structures look strikingly like structures on Earth that are known ___C___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 ____A_______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 __C____ 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 __A___to reveal themselves.

A. characters

B. characteristics

C. charisma D characterizations

22. If you intend to melt the snow for drinking

water, you can ___D_____ 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 ___B____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 ___C_______.

A. publications B appearances C. releases D. presentations

25. The party’s reduced vote in the general election was ___C______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 __B______ to analyze their differences.

A. vision B eye C. view D. sight

27. Twelve pupils were killed and five ___A_____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 ___C_____ 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 __D______to Germany from Abu Dhabi.

A. bounded

B. binded

C. boundary

D. bound

30. It’s ____B_____ 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