专四考试模拟题一

英语专业四级考试模拟题1

PART II CLOZE

Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

Early Tudor England was to a large extent self-sufficient. Practically all the necessities of life ——food, clothing, fuel and housing ——were produced from native resources by native effort, and it was to (26)_____ these primary needs that the great mass of the population labored (27)______ its daily tasks. Production was for the most part organized in innumerable small units. In the country the farm, the hamlet and the village lived on (28)____ they could grow or make for themselves, and(29) _____ the sale of any surplus in the local market town,(30) ____ in the towns craftsmen applied themselves to their one-man business, making the boots and shoes, the caps and the cloaks, the (31)____ and harness of townsmen and countrymen(32)____. Once a week town and country would meet to make(33) ___ at a market which came(34) ___ realizing the medieval idea of direct contact between producer and(35) _____. This was the traditional economy, which was hardly altered for some centuries, and which set the(36) _____ of work and the standard of life of perhaps nice out of(37) ____ ten English men and women. The work was long and (38)____, and the standard of life achieved was almost (39)___ low. Most Englishmen lied by a diet which was often (40)____ and always monotonous, wore coarse and ill-fitting clothes which harbored dirt undermine, and lived in holes whose squalor would affront the modern slum dweller.

26. A) settle B) answer C) satisfy D) fill

27. A) at B) in C) on D) with

28. A) which B) what C) whether D) where

29. A) with B) by C) on D) for

30. A) although B) while C) nevertheless D) when

31. A) machines B) apparatus C) equipment D) implement

32. A) similar B) skin C) like D) alike

33. A) exchange B) bargain C) dealing D) ride

34. A) close at B) adjacent to C) near to D) near-by

35. A) consumer B) buyer C) user D) shopper

36. A) model B) form C) pattern D) method

37. A) every B) each C) the D) other

38. A) cruel B) hard C) ruthless D) severe

39. A) unimaginatively B) unimaginably C) imaginarily D) unimaginedly

40. A) weak B) little C) meagre D) sparse

PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.

41. You won't get a loan _______ you can offer some security.

A) lest

B) in case

C) unless

D) other than

42. ______ time, he'll make a first-class tennis player.

A) Having

B) Given

C) Giving

D) had

43. I _____ the party much if there hadn't been quite such a crowd of people there.

A) would enjoy

B) will have enjoyed

C) would have enjoyed

D) will be enjoying

44. This company has now introduced a policy ____ pay rises are related to performances at work.

A) which

B) where

C) whether

D) what

45. He wasn't asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, _______ insufficiently popular with all members.

A) having considered

B) was considered

C) was being considered

D) being considered

46. This may have preserved the elephant from being wiped out as well as other animals ______ in Africa.

A) hunted

B) hunting

C) that hunted

D) are hunted

47. The office has to be shut down ______ funds.

A) being a lack of

B) from lack of

C) to a lack of

D) for lack of

48. In international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid _____.

A) from being beaten

B) being beaten

C) beating

D) to be beaten

49. As it turned out to be a small house party, we ____ so formally.

A) need not have dressed up

B) must not have dressed up

C) did not need to dress up

D) must not dress up

50. Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than _____ Eastern Nebraska.

A) in

B) it receives in

C) does

D) it does in

51. _____ no cause for alarm, the old man went back to his bedroom.

A) There was

B) Since

C) Being

D) There being

52. The brilliance of his satires was ______ make even his victims laugh.

A) so as to

B) such as to

C) so that

D) such that

53. If he _____ in that way for much longer he will find himself in the bankruptcy court.

A) carries on

B) carries off

C) carries by

D) carries away

54. Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not ____ close examination.

A) look up

B) pay up

C) keep up

D) stand up

55. He must give us more time, ______ we shall not be able to make a good job of it.

A) consequently

B) otherwise

C) therefore

D) doubtlessly

56. When there was a short ______ in the conversation, I asked if anyone would like anything to drink.

A) blank

B) space

C) pause

D) wait

57. You can do it if you want to, but in my opinion it's not worth the ____ it involves.

A) effort

B) strength

C) attempt

D) force

58. The main road through Little bury was blocked for three hours today after an accident ____ two lorries.

A) involving

B) including