大学英语四级校考考纲及样题

样题

Part I Vocabulary and Structure (30%, 1*30, 30 minutes)

Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You must choose the one answer that best completes

the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single

line through the center.

1. The boy jumped with joy when his mother ____ a wonderful Christmas gift from her car.

A. took up

B. took out

C. took off

D. took in

2. It was not until dawn __________ their way out of the forest.

A. when they found

B. that they found

C. did they find

D. that they didn't l find

3. I have no objection to _______ the windows to get some fresh air.

A. open

B. being opened

C. opening

D. be opened

4. It was simply for some special reason ______ they didn’t tell me the truth all the time.

A. which

B. so

C. that

D. of which

5. He sent me an e-mail, _______ to get further information.

A. hoped

B. hoping

C. to hope

D. hope

6. My problems are very _______ to yours.

A. same

B. alike

C. like

D. similar

7. They suggested that she _______ a working plan.

A. make

B. makes

C. made

D. would make

8. She will have to find somewhere else to work, for she can’t ______ this loud noise any

longer.

A. come up with

B. catch up with

C. keep up with

D. put up with

9. Her work was __ , if not better than, ours.

A. so good as

B. as good as

C. as well as

D. as better as

10. I didn’t know what to say but _____ silent at the meeting.

A. keep

B. keeping

C. to keep

D. kept

11. Mary, as well as her family, ______ for Beijing tomorrow.

A. are leaving

B. left

C. are to left

D. is leaving

12. It’s important for a teacher to make eye _______with her students in the classroom.

A. contrast

B. contract

C. contact

D. compact

13. The boy insisted that he _______ to the country for summer vacation.

A. to go

B. went

C. go

D. goes

14. She is the only person _______ who knows that secret.

A. lively

B. alive

C. living

D. lived

15. After living in Pairs for thirty years, he returned to the small town _____ he had grown up as a child.

A. which

B. where

C. that

D. when

16. The two boys had so ____ in common that they soon became good friends.

A. little

B. few

C. much

D. many

17. It is reported that yesterday’s traffic accident ______ the death of five passengers.

A. resulted from

B. resulted in

C. regarded as

D. responded to

18. Never in China ______ been interested in studying foreign languages.

A. so many people have

B. have so many people

C. did so many people

D. have very many people

19. You ______ your classmates if you had made an effort last term.

A. had caught up with

B. would catch up with

C. would have caught up with

D. have caught up with

20. The lab _____ next year will be more advanced than the old one.

A. to be built

B. built

C. being built

D. to build

21. Excuse me, but it is time to have your temperature ______.

A. to take

B. taken

C. take

D. taking

22. History is a record of mankind; different historians, __________, interpret it differently.

A. therefore

B. on the contrary

C. however

D. consequently

23. I suppose you are not serious, __________？

A. do I

B. don't I

C. are you

D. aren't you

24. He saw the thief in this room ____ he opened the door.

A. in the moment

B. on the moment

C. the moment

D. for the moment

25. They found a dying old man _____ on the ground when the door was broken open.

A. laid

B. lied

C. lying

D. lain

26.It's important to ______ time for relaxation as well.

A. set forth

B. set before

C. set aside

D. set about

27. The difficult task ______ me almost a whole week to finish.

A. spent

B. cost

C. took

D. lost

28. A student should _______ good study habits if he hopes to be a top student.

A. develop

B. discover

C. make

D. get

29. You are _______ enough to have such understanding parents.

A. unfortunate

B. fortunate

C. misfortunate

D. fortunately

30. She ____ her trip to New York because she was ill.

A. called off

B. closed down

C. put up

D. went off

Part II Reading Comprehension (30%, 2*15, 35 minutes)

Directions:There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and

D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the

Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.