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. ____ the simple pleasure of flying, kites have been used to lift or tow objects.
A. Beyond
B. Beneath
C. Without
D. In view of
2. The decline of the mechanical player piano is attributed to the spread ________piano music, but of all forms of music played by phonograph, radio, and television.
A. not
B. not to
C. not only to
D. not only of
3. Paper money printed by banks must be exchanged for metal money ________
demand.
A. with
B. for
C. by
D. on
4. he has always gone _________ strange hobbies like collecting bottle tops and inventing secret codes.
A. into
B. by
C. in for
D. through
5. He criticized everything and everybody and even ran _____ his few friends.
A. against
B. into
C. down
D. over
6. Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree ______ they can be deliberately controlled and modified.
A. to which B. in which C. at which D. on which
7. ______ a laser to operate, stimulated emission must predominate over absorption throughout the laser medium.
A. Ordering to B. For ordering C. In order for D. The order of
8. An increase in wages is an incentive _______ better work.
A. to
B. in
C. of
D. for
9. Wine and song are appropriate ________ the occasion.
A. at
B. to
C. on
D. by
10. The death of the President is a loss regretted ______ all.
A. to
B. for
C. at
D. by
11. A doctor by training _______ he was, he proved himself to be a greater writer.
A. as
B. though
C. since
D. if
12. _____ the stress of examinations is over, we can all relax.
A. While
B. Even though
C. For
D. How that
13. As the sky grew darker, it became obvious to us that the boys _____ to finish the game quickly if they wanted to avoid the storm.
A. Have B. would have C. ought have D. having
14. Shout more loudly. He _____ you.
A. can't have heard
B. will not have heard
C. ought to have heard
D. may have heard
15. Don't bother me. Do what you _______, I don't care.
A. shall
B. will
C. will like
D. would like
16. They _____ so tired if they _____ for a whole day.
A. wouldn't feel, didn't walk
B. wouldn't feel, weren't walking
C. wouldn't be feeling, weren't walking
D. wouldn't be feeling, hadn't been walking
17.It is absurd that women _____ be paid less than men for doing the same work.
A. are to
B. ought
C. would
D. should
18. She had completed the work all by herself,__surprised all of us.(  )
A. it is
B. she
C. that
D. which
19. If not for the open-door poling, the situation in China ______ what it is today.
A. would never have been
B. would never be
C. will never have been
D. will never be
20. But for the traffic jam, we _______ earlier.
A. should arrive
B. should have arrived
C. shall arrive
四级满分
D. shall have arrived
二、完型填空（共计20分）
From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselvesand the world about us. When humans first (1)--, they were like newborn children, unable to use this (2)-- tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kind’s future (3) -- and cultural growthincrease D.Many linguists believe that evolution is (4) -- for our ability to produce and use language. They (5)-- that our highly evolved brain provides us (6) -- an innate language ability not found in lower (7) --.Proponents of this innateness theory say that our (8) -- for language is inborn, but that language itselfdevelops gradually, (9) -- a function of the growth of the brain during childhoo D. Therefore there arecritical (10) -- times for language development.Current (11) -- of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of someinnate abilities is undeniable. (12) --, more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages arebest taught in (13) -- grades. Young children often can learn several
languages by being (14) -- to them,while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the (15) -- of their first languagehave become firmly fixe D.(16) -- some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically ina vacuum. Children who have been (17) -- from other human beings do not possess language. Thisdemonstrates that (18) -- with other human beings is necessary for proper language development. Somelinguists believe that this is even more basic to human language (19) -- than any innate capacities. Thesetheorists view language as imitative, learned behavior. (20) --, children learn language from their parentsby imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child's language skills by positively reinforcing preciseimitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.