专四练习5
本次语言部分题目共30题,涉及语法与词汇使用。
The aged ______ now being provided with free medical care in this country.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
In 1939, ______ in 1941, there was a great surge of patriotic feeling.
A. like
B. as
C. the same as
D. similar to
The plane flies too ______ to be seen.
A. highly
B. higher
C. high
D. highest
______ some countries have ruined their agriculture, squandering money on uneconomic factories, the Ivory Coast has stuck to what it is good at.
A. After
B. During
C. When
D. While
Apparently one person ______ ten now attends a university in this country.
A. of
B. ove
rC. in
D. from
All of the plants now raised on farms have been developed from plants ______ wild.
A. once they grew
B. they grew once
C. that once grew
D. once grew
This is the best book ______ this year.
A. appearing
B. having appeared
C. to appear
D. appeared
What annoys me is that tomorrow ______ the third time I ______ take my car in to be repaired.
A. is ... have to
B. will be ... have had to
C. is ... will have to
D. will be ... have to
Our neighbours have ______ ours.
A. as a big house as
B. as big a house as
C. a big house as same as
D. a house the same big as
She is ______ biting her nails.
A. often
B. usually
C. continually
D. hardly
It is ten years since I ______ you last.
A. see
B. saw
C. didnt see
D. havent seen
_____ is such a spitfire.
A. His that third brother
B. His third that brother
C. That third brother of his
D. That his third brother
I owe a special debt of ______ to my wife and child for their willingness to put up with my frequent bouts of ill temper or sheer absent-mindedness while I was writing the book.
A. thank
B. thanking
C. thanks
D. thankings
Which of the following is CORRECT?
A. Not on any account should such disasters be repeated.
B. On no account should such disasters be repeated.
C. Not on any account such disasters should be repeated.
D. On no account such disasters should be repeated.
An application to join this scheme places you under no obligation ______.
A. indeed
B. eventually
C. apart
D. whatsoever
We covered a wide ______ of topics in the interview.
A. extent
B. collection
C. number
D. range
What you say is true, but you could have ______ it more tactfully.
A. talked
B. phrased
C. observed
D. remarked
If you are under 18, you are not ______ to join this club.
A. legitimate
B. legible
C. eligible
D. permissible
When I arrived in this country I had to start learning the language from ______.
A. scratch
B. introduction
C. ignorance
D. blank
I spoke to him, but he was too ______ to hear what I said.
A. preoccupied
B. concentrated
C. attentive
D. thoughtful
To ______ greater accuracy, we will double-check all invoices before they leave the office.
A. assure
B. ensure
C. insure
D. ascertain
His letter was so confused that I could hardly make any ______ of it at all.
A. interpretation
B. message
C. sense
D. meaning
According to the weather forecast, which is usually ______, it will snow this afternoon.
A. accurate
B. precise
C. exact
D. perfect
I cannot bear the noise of my brothers radio; it ______ me from my work.
A. disturbs
B. perturbs
C. interrupts
D. distracts
I congratulate you on your ______ in jewelry.
A. selection
B. choice
C. flavour
D. taste
Even though the football match was not very exciting, the ______ managed to make it sound interesting.
A. commentator
B. newscaster
C. announcer
D. narrator
Ask the publishers to send you their latest ______ of English textbooks.
A. catalogue
B. brochure
C. pamphlet
D. booklet
I havent the ______ idea of what you mean.
A. lightest
B. dimmest
C. faintest
D. smallest
— Im glad to see you looking so well. — Yes, I feel as ______ as a fiddle.
A. well
B. straight
C. fit
D. fine
I only know that it is true that he has broken ______ his engagement to Pamela.
A. off
B. with
C. up
D. down