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. A person’s attention is attracted ______ by the intensity of different signals as by their context, significance, and information content.
A. much no so B. not so much C. so not much D. so much not
2. She is a lady with a bad reputation. You ______ anything to do with her.
A. had better not have
B. have better not have
C. had better not to have
D hadn’t better have
3. Although she wrote stories and poems as a child, ______ she was twenty-three.
A. her first real success did not come until
B. her first real success came until
C. not until her first real success
D. it was not until her first real success came
4. A kilometer is somewhat ______ a mile, but is ______ a li.
A. more shorter than, more longer than
B. shorter than, twice as long as
C. more short than, twice more long than
D. as short as, twice longer than
5. The factory has turned out ______.
A. twice more TV sets this year than last year
四级满分B. TV sets this year twice as many as last year
C. twice as many TV sets this year as last year
D. TV sets twice more this year than last year
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. The accident ______ downtown yesterday resulted from the driver’s carelessness.
A. happening B. happened C. which had happened D. which happened
12. The reason why they didn’t get ______ people to help them in the work is that they didn’t want to trouble anyone.
A. some
B. any
C. all
D. no
13. It is warm ______ food.
A. enough to defrost the freezing
B. to defrost enough the freezing
C. enough to defrost the frozen
D. to enough defrost the frozen
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. I can assure you that under no circumstances _______ his motherland.
A. he will betray
B. will he betray
C. he will not betray
D. will be not betray
17. The kids dare not walk on the ice. Neither _____ to skate on it.
A. they dare B. do they dare C. dare they D. daren't they
18. In the room _______ with three legs and a few broken chairs.
A. could only be found a table B. could only a table chairs
C. a table could only be found D. only could be a table found
19. In the corner of the room ______.
A. a small round wooden table was
B. was a small round wooden table
C. a wooden small round table was
D. was a wooden small round table
20. Up _____ into the air when the ten-second countdown was over.
A. the rocket shot
B. shot the rocket
C. was the rocket shot
D. the rocket was shot
二、完型填空（共计20分）
Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursinghomes. They are left in the 1 of strangers for the rest of their lives.Their 2 children visit them onlyoccasionally,but more often, they do not have any 3 visitors.The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth-an 4story. In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care 5 elderly people nee D. SamuelPrestoon, a sociologist, studied 6 the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the 7American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. 8 , because people todaylive longer after an illness than people did years 9 , family members must provide long term care. Morepsychologists have found that all caregivers 10 a common characteristic: All caregivers believe that theyare the best 11 for the jo B. In other words, they all felt that they 12 do the job better than anyoneelse.Social workers 13 caregivers to find out why th
ey took 14 the responsibility of caring for an elderlyrelative.Many caregivers believed they had 15 to help their relative.Some stated that helping others 16them feel more useful.Others hoped that by helping 17 now, they would deserve care when they becameold and 18 .Caring for the elderlyand being taken care of can be a 19 satisfying experience for everyonewho might be 20 .