大学英语4 期末复习资料

大学英语4 期末复习资料第一部分：词汇和结构1.Don‟t be so ________. I‟m trying as fast as I can.A. patientB. impatientC. impatienceD. patience2. A committee will be selected to ______ the new leader.A. chosenB. choseC. chooseD. chance3. Jane had loved Jim all her life and she was so sad when he _________.A. passed downB. passed byC. passed awayD. passed out4. Jack gave copies of the report to all those present and suggested that they _________ its contents.A. read and digestedB. reading and digestingC. be read and be digestedD. read and digest5. We‟ve finally fixed _________ a new place to hold the housewarming party.A. atB. inC. onD. with6. Ware reminds us that a bird with a broken wing only __________.A. need mendsB. needs be mendedC. needs to mendD. needs mending7. My job ________ me with the opportunity to meet new people every day.A. is providedB. providedC. was providedD. provides8. If they ______ too heavily from others‟published work, they could see.A. have drawnB. drawC. had drawnD. drew9. The _________ of rice in the Asian city is very high.A. eatB. useC. costD. consumption10. Thankfully she did not persist _______ pursuing her mad idea.A. inB. onC. withD. to11. The sun heats the earth, _________ is very important to living things.A. thatB. whatC. whichD. where12. If the man _________ succeed, he must work as hard as he can.A. willB. is toC. is going toD. should13. Ancient Greece is the __________ of western civilization.A. originB. sourceC. placeD. sources14. Please stop __________. It cannot help the situation.A. to shoutB. shoutingC. to speakD. speaking15. The big man has always been eating on the go, _______ he has got stomachache.A. soB. howeverC. asD. because16. Let me ___________ the case carefully before I draw a conclusion.A. look upB. look intoC. look afterD. look out17. He, as well as I, __________ a student.A. beB. amC. areD. is18. She _______ her success to hard word and strong will.A. ownsB. givesC. owesD. regards19. Mr. Smith _________ a most important part in the development of our city.A. tookB. hadC. playedD. made20. I‟d rather stay at home than ________ a walk.A. takingB. to takeC. takeD. to be taking21. — Do you mind if I take a couple of hours off this afternoon?—.A. Never mind.B. Ok, but what for?C. Yes, please help yourself.D. Yes, but I don‟t care.22. — Mary, your dress is really beautiful. How is John—.A. Thank you very muchB. No, no, John is not badC. T hank you. He is fineD. Don‟t say that23. , he would have been the top student in the class.A. If he worked hardB. If he had worked hardC. If he was working hardD. Working hard24. It is often more difficult to find trained men than for scientific research.A. getting financial supportB. to getting financial supportC. to get financial supportD. in getting financial support25. We should give the seat to is old or sick.A. whomB. whoeverC. whoD. whose26. I demand that Jone _______ there at once.A. wentB. to goC. goD. going27. The last train ________, I have to wait until tomorrow.A. goneB. has goneC. had goneD. having gone28. It is quite clear _______ the whole plan is a total failure.A. whatB. thatC. whoD. which29. Weather permitting, the sports meeting _______ on Friday.A. holdB. heldC. be heldD. will be held30. The bus arrived late the heavy snow.A. because ofB. exceptC. becauseD. owingAnswer: 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. C6. D7. D8. C9. D 10. A11. C 12. B 13. A14. B 15. A 16. B 17. D 18. C 19. C 20. C21. B 22. C 23. B 24. C 25. C26. C 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. A第二部分：阅读理解Passage 1I was 15 when I walked into McCarley Bookstore and began to look over the titles of the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, the owner of the bookstore, asked me if I would like a job. I needed to start saving for college, so I said yes.I worked after school and during summers for minimum wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I worked at many other jobs afterwards: I made coffee in the student union during college. I made maps for the U.S Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying.One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her everything we had and found other books we could order. She left the shop less worried and I‟ve always remembered the pride I felt in having helped her.Years later, as a television reporter, I heard about a poor child who was born with his fingers of the left hand linked together. His family could not afford the corrective surgery, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his left hand in his pocket.I persuaded my boss to let me do the story on TV. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the surgery for free.I visited the boy in the recovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was hold up his repaired hand and say, “Thank you.” I was overjoyed and filled with a strong sense of reward.At McCarley Bookstore, I always felt I was working for the customers, not just for the store. Today it‟s the same. NBC news pays me the salary. But I feel that I work for the viewers, helping them make sense of the world. My working experience in McCarley Bookstore helped me find a good sense of the world, and most importantly, it helped me find a good sense of myself.1. How did the author get the job in McCarley Bookstore?A. He happened to walk into the shop and got it by chance.B. He had always wanted to have a job in that bookstore and he succeeded.C. He liked reading books, so tried to get a job there.D. He did not go to school, so he looked for a job when he was 15.2. According to the author, selling books was one of the most satisfying job experiences, because ____________.A. he only had to work after school and got good wagesB. it helped him understand the world and himselfC. it helped him pay for his freshman year of collegeD. he did not feel that he was working for the store3. After he helped the fearful lady looking for books on cancer, the author was ____________.A. worried about herB. less worried about herC. unable to forget herD. proud of himself4. The author decided to help the poor boy by ____________.A. persuading his boss to do the story on TVB. persuading his boss to let him do the story on TVC. asking a doctor to perform the operation for freeD. visiting the boy in the recovery room after the operation5. The main reason that the author thinks his present job is the same as the one in the bookstore is ____________.A. it gives him salaryB. it makes him feel excitedC. it helps people make sense of the worldD. it enables him to work(Key: 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. C)Passage 2Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century AD. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia - which now makes a great deal o f the world‟s paper - did not begin to make it until 1500. Most paper is made from wood. Paper-making is an important British industry and paper from Britain is sold to many countries such as Australia andSouth Africa. Some of the wood used in the British paper making industry comes from trees grown in Britain, but wood is also bought from other countries such as Norway. One tree is needed for every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain buy one daily paper, this uses up over a thousand trees a day. All over the world, trees are being cut down faster than they are being planted, so there may be a serious need for paper at the beginning of next century.When we think of paper, we think of newspaper, books, letters and writing paper. But there are many other uses. Only half of paper is used for books and newspaper, etc. Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Each year, more and more things are made of paper. Now we hear that chairs, tables, and even beds can be made of paper. But the latest in paper making seems to be paper houses.1. Where was paper invented?A. In China.B. In southern Europe.C. In Scandinavia.D. In Britain.2. Scandinavia began to make paper ____________.A. in 1100B. in 1400C. in 1500D. in the first century3. Every four hundred copies of a forty-page newspaper will need ____________.A. half a treeB. one treeC. two treesD. more than one tree4. All over the world, trees are being cut down ____________ than they are being planted.A. more slowlyB. much fasterC. much more slowlyD. faster5. The latest things made of paper are ____________.A. chairsB. tablesC. clothesD. houses(Key: 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. D)Passage 3Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there‟s a big difference between being a writer and writing. In most cases they are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “You‟ve got to want to write,” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.”The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. Only a few writers were kissed by fortune, however there are thousands more whose work is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no proposals at all. What I did have was a friend who found me in my room in a New York department building. I didn‟t even care that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a good writer.After a year I still had n‟t got a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that I hardly made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn‟t going to be one of those people who did wondering “What if”. I would keep p utting my dream to the test, even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.41. The passage is meant to .A. warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experienceB. advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writerC. show young people it‟s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fameD. encourage young people to pursue a writing career42. What can be concluded from the passage?.A. Good writers often find their work interesting and rewardingB. Writer‟s success depends on luck rather than on effortC. Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolationD. The chances for a writer to become successful are small43. Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career?.A. Because he wasn‟t able to produce a single bookB. Because he hadn‟t seen a change for the betterC. Because he wasn‟t abl e to have a rest for a whole yearD. Because he found his dream would never come true44. The word “people” in the sentence “…people who did wondering…” in Paragraph 3 refers to those .A. who think a lot without making a decisionB. who regret giving up their career halfwayC. who think too much of the positive side of lifeD. who are full of imagination even upon death45. “Shadowland” in the last sentence refers to .A. the wonderful land one often dreams aboutB. the bright future that one is looking forward toC. the state of uncertainty before one‟s final goal is reachedD. a word that exists only in one‟s imaginationKey:41. A 42. D 43. B 44. A 45. CPassage 4If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people then did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4, 000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write. Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings. And these have been sung and acted and told for many generations for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call …remembered history‟. Some of it has now been written down. It is not s o exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.46. Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?.A. Where there are no written records, there is no historyB. “Remembered history”, compared with written history, is less reliableC. A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer many questionsD. Written records of the past play an important role in our learning of the human history47. We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because .A. there was nothing worth being written down at that timeB. the people there ignored the importance of keeping a recordC. the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fireD. the people there did not know how to write48. “Remembered history” refers to .A. history based on a person‟s imaginationB. stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouthC. songs and dances about the most important eventsD. both B and C49. “Remembered history” is considered valuable only when .A. it is written downB. no written account is availableC. it proves to be trueD. people are interested in it50. The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about human history than we do now if the ancient people had .A. made more songs and dancesB. not burnt their written records in warsC. kept a written record of every past eventD. told exact stories of the most important happeningsKey:46. A 47. D 48. D 49. B 50. C第三部分：此小节的短文中共有10个空白处，针对每个空白处有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。