四级词汇结构讲义
Vocabulary and Structure For Band 4
Unit 8
1. The shutdown of the machine was due to its ___________ parts.
A) decayed B) defective C) deficient D) spoiled
2. My train arrives in Shenzhen at seven o'clock tomorrow. The plane I would like to take from there __________ by then.
A) would leave B) will have left C) has left D) had left
3. Having failed to find a better-paid job, he feels very ______________.
A) oppressed B) suppressed C) depressed D) compressed
4. Most people chose him as one of the ___________ statesmen of that year.
A) popular B) favored C) favorite D) favorable
5. A survey was carried out on the default rate of the assembly line, _________ were surprising.
A) as results B) which results C) the results of it D) the results of which
6. ___________ the building did he realize that there was danger everywhere in it.
A) Upon entering B) When he entered C) Only after entering D) After he had entered
7. Because he is busy making money now, he is __________ of new developments in his original field.
A) ignorant B) innocent C) illiterate D) negligent
8. The baby can't even walk, ___________ run.
A) as well as B) still less C) no less than D) still more
9. It is said that the necklace worn by the actress in the film Titanic is ___________.
A) worthy B) valueless C) valuable D) priceless
10. ___________ person with a little common sense should be able to answer so easy a question, but the so-called famous singer couldn't.
A) Each B) Any C) Either D) One
11. The man to whom we handed the forms pointed out that they had not been ___________filled in.
A) consequently B) regularly C) comprehensively D) properly
12. The last time we had a family reunion was _________ my brother's wedding ceremony 4 years ago.
A) in B) at C) during D) over
13. The wooden clock is old, ____, it works well.
A) therefore B) so C) but D) nevertheless
14. He will do anything for us except ____us his oxen.
A) lending B) lend C) will lend D) has lent
15. The suspect at last admitted ________ the stolen goods but he denied _______ them.
A) receiving…selling B) to receive…selling
C) receiving…to sell D) to receive…to sell
16. How close parents are to their children ________ a strong influence on the character of the children.
A) have B) has C) having D) to have
17. You told me there were many taxis but ___________ over there.
A) there was not one B) there was no one C) there were none D) was none
18. _________on a clear day, far from the city crowds, the mountains give him a sense of infinite peace.
A) If walking B) Walking C) While walking D) When one is walking
19. The material for us to read is ____difficult because it is abstracted from the foreign magazine.
A) fairly too B) rather too C) quite too D) pretty too
20. He is as __________as donkey, doing everything in his own way and refusing to listen to advice.
A) stubborn B) strict C) particular D) objective
21. Professor Smith's dedication to __________ earned him the respect of both his colleagues and students.
A) being taught B) be taught C) teach D) teaching
22. If only I __________ what you wanted!
A) knew B) know C) had known D) have known
23. He was reading a piece of science fiction, completely _________ to the outside world.
A) to be lost B) lost C) losing D) having lost
24. I'd rather that they ________ during the bad weather, but they insist that they must return home today.
A) don't travel B) didn't travel C) shouldn't travel D) not travel
25. Every citizen has the _________ obligation to defend his country.
A) secret B) obscure C) sacred D) obedient
26. During the Second World War, every man, woman and every child in that town __________ by fascists.
A) is killed B) were killed C) was killed D) are killed
27. My typist has not returned my paper yet, but she promised __________ by tomorrow.
A) for me to have it ready B) to have it ready for me
C) it was ready for me D) me it was ready
28. Either my elder brother or I ________ able to persuade my father to change his ideas.
A) are B) is C) were D) am
29. I know you think I'm talking nonsense, Tom, but __________ you will realize I am right.
A) at one time B) in time C) at times D) on time
30. ___________, he is always modest.
A) With all his profound knowledge B) Because of all his profound knowledge
C) With his all profound knowledge D) For his profound knowledge
补充练习
1. There was a ____note of annoyance in her reply.
A) extinct B) distinct C) instinct D) extinguish
2. Tigers have orange fur with black ____.
A) strips B) stripes C) spots D) straps
3. The patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them ____.
A) correct B) straight C) right D) well
4. The satellite was launched into ____around the moon.
A) circuit B) rail C) loop D) orbit
5. Scientists study the ____of the soil.
A) composition B) element C) component D) content
6. We could hear the ____of pots and pans in the kitchen.
A) crack B) crush C) crash D) craft