四级词汇结构讲义
Vocabulary and Structure For Band 4
Unit 6
1. We plan to reach the Pole in mid-July, and by then we ______ for six weeks.
A) are walking B) have been walking
C) will be walking D) will have been walking
2. They promise to try all means to _______ that the sample will arrive in time at the trade fair.
A) ensure B) insure C) secure D) assure
3. ________ as it was such a time, his work attracted much attention.
A) Being published B) Published
C) Publishing D) To be published
4. They usually have less money at the end of the month than __________ at the beginning.
A) which is B) which was C) they have D) it is
5. Her _________ to the project upset those who were trying every possible means to have it carried out.
A) difference B) indifference C) inefficiency D) inference
6. If you are planning a sightseeing, you'll have to take the weather into __________.
A) regard B) account C) counting D) observation
7. The driver pulled up his car __________ just in time to prevent an accident.
A) directly B) presently C) shortly D) short ,
8. There has been an __________ change in China in the last 20 years.
A) appreciable B) appreciative C) appreciated D) appreciate
9. Mary fell asleep and the others didn't move in case they _______ her.
A) may wake B) should have waken C) woke D) might wake
10. There is no use _________ with her. She is too stubborn.
A) on arguing B) in arguing C) for arguing D) to argue
11. Returning home, the man found his hometown completely _________.
A) to be changed B) to change C) changed D) changing
12. You _________ go now. It's getting late.
A) would rather B) should better C) had rather D) had better
13. _________ his lifetime, Frederick Jones was awarded more than sixty patents for his inventions.
A) During B) While C) Since D) For
14. We are concerned about _________ the contract.
A) if she has signed B) whether she has signed
C) if her having signed D) whether her having signed
15. A piece of fruit for lunch, and bread and cheese for supper _______ very much.
A) is not B) is no C) are not D) are no
16. What have you done _________ the package I put in the sitting room?
A) with B) out C) over D) off
17. He criticized everything and everybody and even ________ his few friends.
A) ran against B) ran into C) ran down D) ran over
18. On that bitterly cold winter night, few people walked along the now ________ narrow street.
A) deserted B) lonely C) isolated D) neglected
19. The grey building is where the workers live, and the white one is where the spare parts _______.
A) are producing B) are produced C) produced D) being produced
20. They are teachers and don't realize ______ the start and run a company.
A) what it takes B) what takes it
C) what they take D) what takes them
21. There _________ to be broadcast by the President this evening.
A) expected B) will expect C) is expected D) expecting
22. He is a man worth ___________ by others.
A) being paid more attention to B) being paid more attention
C) paying more attention to D) to be paid more attention to
23. If it isn't _to meet you at your work unit, perhaps we could meet at my hotel, is that better?
A) suspicious B) near C) convenient D) likely
24. They are certainly not young and they are not old. I think you'd call them the ________.
A) middle-aged B) medium-aged C) of middle age D) middle age
25. I waited for an hour but he didn't show up.
A) keep to B) make out C) show off D) turn up
26. He was a person who would stand up for and ______what he thought right, no matter what the cost to himself.
A) look up B) hold out C) keep at D) put forward
27. Women in many countries are struggling for the rise of their statues and______.
A) position B) image C) influence D) reputation
28. In relation to the complaint you have made, there is nothing we can do to improve the quality of these goods.
A) As regards B) Aside from C) In the event of D) In the face of
29. The flyover at the crossing on the 4th ring road is now ________ construction.
A) under B) at C) in D) with
30. _________ superstitions beliefs about the mandrake plant.
A) People have had long B) People have long had
C) Have people long had D) Long have had people
补充练习
1. Both the pink and the blue dresses are pretty, but I like the ____ better.
A) earlier B) beginner C) former D) first
2. The desert air is so dry that it contains hardly____
A) moisture B) fog C) weight D) mist
3. If you find it absolutely necessary to leave someone you are ____ , you'd better say "Excuse me for a moment, please" .
A) contacting with B) conversing with
C) cooperating with D) corresponding with
4. We must____ that the experiments are controlled as rigidly as possible.
A) ensure B) assure C) insure D) secure
5. Things are not all that bad. A fall into the pit, a gain in your____. At least you've learned something.
A) ability B) power C) mind D) wit
6. This book contains a (an) ____of words which are comparatively seldom used now.
A) altitude B) latitude C) multitude D) attitude
7. The family is of Italian____.
A) source B) origin C) breed D) resource
8. She____ her elbow on the point of a nail.
A) scratched B) snatched C) smashed D) scrawled