专四词汇语法真题 ｜ 2012年 「 20题 」
2012
1. Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?
A. Twenty miles seems like a long walk to him.
B. No one except his supporters agree with him.
C. Few students in my class are really lazy.
D. Neither Julia nor I were going to the party.
2. Which of the following reflexive pronouns (反身代词）is used as an appositive (同位语）?
A. He promised himself rapid progress.
B. The manager herself interview Mary.
C. I have nothing to say for myself.
D. They quarreled themselves red in the face
3. My boss ordered that the legal documents________ to him before lunch.
A. be sent
B. were sent
C. were to be sent
D. must be sent
4. Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?
A. How strange feelings they are!
B. How dare you speak to me like that!
C. What noise they are making!
D. What a mess we are in!
5. Which of the italicized parts functions as a subject?
A. We never doubt that her brother is honest.
B. The problem is not who will go but who will stay.
C. It is clear that the crime was done deliberately.
D. You must give it back to whoever it belongs to.
6. Which of the italicized parts functions as an object?
A. He doesn't like the idea of my speaking at the matter.
B. It is no use your pretending not to know themeeting.
C. Her falling into the river was the climax of the alone at night.
D. My parents strongly object to my going out whole trip.
7. All the following sentences have an appositive EXCEPT______.
A. Only one problem still remains the food.
B. She bought herself a pair of new shoes .
C. My friends all understand and support me.
D. She liked her current job, teaching English
8. Which of the following best explains the meaning of "Shall we buy the tickets first"?
A. He said that we were going to buy the tickets first .
B. He requested that we buy the tickets first .
C. He suggested that we buy the tickets first.
D. He advised us to buy the tickets first.
9. Which of the following contains an adverbial clause of cause?
A. I got a job as soon as I left university.
B. As there was no answer, I wrote again
C. You must do the exercises as I show you.
D. Wealthy as he is, Mark is not a happy man.
10. Which of the following prepositional phrases can function as an adverbial?
A. Despite the rain, everyone enjoyed the trip.
B. The man with a beard is talking to the manager.
C. Every precaution was taken against the failure of the plan.
D. Are you sure of Simon's disappearance?
11. The girl cannot come to school today on account of the flu. The underlined part means _____.
A. concerning
B. for
C. as to
D. because of
12. Mary and John are busy looking for a hotel for their wedding _____ .
A. meal
B. banquet
C. refreshment
D. snack
13. Mini-skirts first_____ in the 1960s .
A. caught on
B. caught in
C. caught out
D. caught up
14. That outburst at the meeting was______ of his bad temper.
A. expository
B. explanatory
C. illustrative
D. revealing
15. The earthquake refugees are______ for food and blankets .
A. desirous
B. badly off
C. seriously off
D. ambitious
16. Most Chinese people went to work by bike within living______ .
A. mind
B. knowledge
C. memory
D. scope
17. The speaker was very good at ____ his ideas during the discussion.
A. putting aside
B. putting across
C. putting back
D. putting off
18. The food is good at this hotel, but the______is poor; the waiters don't seem to be well trained.
A. service
B. repair
C. charge
D. maintenance
19. Slavery was______ in America in the 19th century.
A. terminated
B. cancelled
C. abandoned
D. abolished
20. Mercifully, I was able to complete all I had to do within a few days. The underlined part means_____ .
A. efficiently
B. surprisingly
C. fortunately
D. shortly
