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. He is ______ a ballplayer.
A. as good if not better than his brother as
B. as good as if not better than his brother as
C. as good as, not better than his brother like四级满分
D. as good as if not better than his brother as for
2. Coal, though ______ than either oil or gas, is still a finite resource.
A. much energy more abundant source
B. the much more energy abundant source
C. a much more abundant energy source
D. energy source more abundant
3. Only in recent years have people begun to realize that wild dogs, kept within bounds, often do ______.
A. better than harmful
B. better not more harmful
C. more good than harm
D. better than they do harmfully
4. Most substances contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance’s solid is ______ of its liquid.
A. than the higher density
B. higher than the density
C. the density is higher than that D. the higher the density
5. Liberals tend to favour ______ conservatives do .
A. more than immediate social change
B. change more immediate than social
C. more immediate social change than
D. social change more than immediate
6. Light comes in _______ the window.
A. by
B. through
C. out of
D. in
7. The young worker expressed the indignation _______ being dismissed without any reason.
A. for
B. at
C. to
D. of
8. Science has brought _______ many changes in our life.
A. out
B. into
C. about
D. forward
9. ______ onetime, Manchester, New Hampshire, was the home of the most
productive cotton mills in the world.
A. On
B. At
C. By
D. To
10. If something is out _______ the question, it is impossible.
A. of
B. to
C. with
D. in
11. _______ snobbish people ______ you described are to be found everywhere.
A. Such…like B. So…like C. Such…as D. So…as
12. The doctors must have spared no pains to treat the patient _______ he has recovered from his serious injury.
A. but
B. before
C. for
D. till
13. Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict these events _____ to minimize damage and avoid loss of life.
A. and thus B. so C. however D. because
14. ______ the large amount of time devoted to listening every day, most college
students do not listen effectively.
A. Moreover B. Nevertheless C. Despite D. Furthermore
15. The Smithsonian Institution preserves more than sixty-five million items of scientific, historical, or artistic interest, ______ winning the popular title "attic of the nation."
A. however
B. thus
C. and
D. moreover
16. If the sun ______, the players could have finished the game.
A. had shine B. did shine C. were shining D. had shone
17. If she ______ the measles, she could have gone to the park.
A. hadn't
B. hadn't had
C. had had
D. haven't
18. If we _______, we could have made it.
A. had worked hard
B. would have worked hard
C. did worked hard
D. work hard
19. The policemen would have caught the murderer _______ a few minutes earlier.
A. were they to arrive
B. had they arrived
C. if they should have arrived D. if they would have arrived
20. Had Paul received six more votes in the last election, he _______ our chairman now.
A. must have been B. would have been C. were D. would be
There are more than forty universities in Britain—nearly twice as many as in 1960.During the1960s eight completely new ones were founded, and ten other new ones were created 1 converting oldcolleges of technologys into universities.In the same period the 2 of students more than doubled, from70,000 to 3 than 200,000.By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen 4 twenty-one were inuniversities and about 5% of women.All the univ
ersities are private institutions.Each has its 5 governing councils, 6 some local businessmen and local politicians as 7 a few academics(大学教师).The statebegan to give grants to them fifty years 8 , and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its 9 from stategrants.Students have to 10 fees and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authorityof the place 11 he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs, including lodging and 12unless his parents are 13 .Most 14 take jobs in the summer 15 about six weeks, but they do not normallydo outside 16 during the academic year.The Department of Education takes 17 for the payment whichcover the whole expenditure of the 18 , but it does not exercise direct control.It can have an important influence 19 new developments through its power to distribute funds, but it takes the advice of theUniversity Grants Committee, a body which is mainly 20 of academics.
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