新视野大学英语四级读写quize单选答案

Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

1.I will hold your note until Christmas Day, _______ you

certainly will have received your allowance.

A. by that time

B. at that time

C. by which time

D. at which time

2.The Prime Minister commanded that farmers ________ loans

from the government.

A. would receive

B. received

C. ought to receive

D. should receive

3.They packed the instruments carefully ____ they would be

broken during transportation.

A. so that

B. on condition that

C. for fear that

D. provided that

4.Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements,

but this claim ________.

A. may be hardly doubted

B. may be seriously doubted

C. may be hard doubting

D. may be doubted serious

5.______ hostels (客栈) may not offer the most comfortable

quarters, they are convenient, inexpensive, and attractive to traveling students and young people.

A. When

B. While

C. Now that

D. If

6.When he hurried to the airport, he found, to his great

disappointment, his ticket and passport ________ at home.

A. were left

B. had left

C. have been left

D. had been left

7.Were the wire of a smaller diameter (直径), its resistance

________.

A. had been increased

B. was increased

C. might have been increased

D. would be increased

8.He went to work on foot yesterday, though he ________ by

bus.

A. must have gone

B. might have gone

C. would have gone

D. could have gone

9.He always prefers to start early rather than ________

everything to the last minute.

A. leave

B. leaving

C. leaves

D. left

10.Frank was advised to give the assignment to ________ he

believed had a strong sense of responsibility.

A. whom

B. whoever

C. whomever

D. that

11.Almost all the countries in the world hoped that the warring

sides would ________ a compromise.

A. affect

B. effect

C. come

D. lead

12.Our talk was completely ________out by the roar of the

machines. As a result, we had to communicate with gestures.

A. decreased

B. reduced

C. smashed

D. drowned

13.She was arrested for ______ state secrets to a foreign reporter

in return for her son going abroad.

A. getting away

B. giving away

C. breaking away

D. putting away

14.Can you ______ furnishing your house luxuriously at a time

when the company is losing so much money?

A. verify

B. identify

C. justify

D. clarify

15.There _______ new problems in respect of the relationship

between the two countries in recent years.

A. rose

B. raised

C. lifted

D. arose

16.The professor kept speaking about his new discovery in the

field, only ____ occasionally to have a mouthful of tea.

A. dropping off

B. breaking off

C. putting off

D. setting off

17.His health ________ as he ate too little and worked too hard

for months on end.

A. broke up

B. broke through

C. broke down

D. broke off