大学英语四级试卷
（满分120分，考试时间90分钟）
一、选择题：（本题共20小题，每小题3分，共60分）
1. Large losses may occur from insurance claims made by people _______ legal action.
A. since
B. through
C. to
D. until
2. Professor Thomason specialises ______ American literature.
A. in
B. about
C. on
D. concerning
3. The police are looking ______ the mysterious disappearance of a well-known banker.
A. over
B. into
C. onto
D. through
4. He is a bad influence ________ the children.
A. on
四级满分B. in
C. with
D. against
5. It is not easy to distinguish ______ an American and a Canadian.
A. among
B. between
C. both
D. from
6. Ms Simms is very sensitive ______ criticism.
A. of
B. in
C. to
D. on
7. It is an exception ________ the rules.
A. of
B. in
C. against
D. to
8. She solved the problem _________a stroke.
A. on
B. of
C. at
D. through
9. Death always taken us _________ surprise, even though we know it is inevitable.
A. in
B. out of
C. by
D. through
10. The lady insists on her constitutional right _______ a passport in her maiden name.
A. on
B. to
C. into
D. that
11. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, _______ the behavior of a animal depends mainly on instinct.
A. whereas
B. so
C. unless
D. that
12. Wood furniture does not depreciate in value _______ properly handled and protected.
A. if
B. has
C. and
D. that
13. I am determined that my son ______ have a better start than I did.
A. can
B. shall
C. must
D. will
14. You ________ drive fast, there is a speed limit here. Moreover, we have plenty of time, so you ______ drive so fast.
A. mustn't, needn't
B. needn't, needn't
C. mustn't, mustn't
D. needn't, mustn't
15. You _______ worry about her. She ______ well already.
A. needn't, may get
B. don't need, may get
C. mustn't, gets
D. needn't, may have gets
16. _____ the Washington Monument and the Capitol, Washington D. C. would be a completely horizontal city.
A. It were not for
B. For it were not
C. Were it not for
D. weren't it for
17. ______, I'll marry him all the time.
A. Being he rich or poor
B. Was he rich or poor
C. Be he rich or poor
D. Whether rich or poor
18. A sneeze cannot be performed voluntarily, _____ be easily suppressed. A. nor cat it B. and cannot it C. nor it can D. it cannot
19. Few of the gold seekers who flocked to California were experienced miners
______ that they had to be.
A. but neither did they feel
B. neither did they feel
C. and so did they feel
D. and they felt too
20. _____, their help, we would not have succeeded.
A. Hadn't been for
B. Had not it been for
C. Had it not been for
D. It hadn't been for
In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise thewhole vocabulary. First, there are those words (1) -- which we become acquainted in daily conversation,which we (2) --, that is to say, from the (3) -- of our own family and from our familiar associates, and (4)-- we should know and use (5) -- we could not read or write. They (6) -- the common things of life, andare the stock in trade of all who (7) -- the language. Such words may be called “popular”, since theybelong to the peo
ple (8) -- and are not the exclusive (9) -- of a limited class. On the other hand, ourlanguage (10) -- a multitude of words which are comparatively (11) -- used in ordinary conversation.Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little (12) -- to use them at home or inthe market-place. Our (13) -- acquaintance with them comes not from our mother's (14) -- or from thetalk of our school-mates, (15) -- from books that we read, lectures that we (16) --, or the more (17) --conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular (18) -- in a styleappropriately elevated above the habitual (19) -- of everyday life. Such words are called “learned”, andthe (20) -- between them and the “popular” words is of great importance to a right understanding oflinguistic process.
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