英语四级模拟试题。
I. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
1. A) The sun. B) Their children.
C) Right and wrong. D) The weather.
2. A) At a lawyer's office. B) At a library.
C) At a post office. D) At an airport.
3. A) 45 minutes. B) 50 minutes.
C) 55 minutes. D) 5 minutes.
4. A) The man was caught in the rain last night.
B) The man's shoes were washed away last night.
C) In spite of the rain, the show went on.
D) The show was prevented from being performed.
5. A) The style changes very often.
B) Women like fashionable clothes.
C) It is silly to follow the woman fashion closely.
D) It is foolish to spend too much money on clothes.
6. A) ?? 12.00. B) ?? 7.50. C) ?? 6.00. D) ?? 9.00.
7. A) It's not as good as it was. B) It's better than it used to be.
C) It's better than people say. D) It's worse than people say.
8. A) To move out of her way. B) To show her his hands.
C) To help her carry the case. D) To come up stairs.
9. A) 2:00 pm. B) 8:00 pm. C) 6:00 pm. D) 4:00 pm.
10. A) It is prettier. B) It is bigger.
C) It has a prettier color. D) It has a bigger yard.
Passage 1 Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) The development of cement.
B) The uses for cement.
C) Various construction materials.
D) Cement-producing countries.
12. A) An Egyptian. B) An ancient Roman.
C) An Englishman. D) A Frenchman.
13. A) In a kitchen. B) In a stone quarry(2éêˉ3?).
C) In a chemistry laboratory. D) In a brick mill.
Passage 2Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A) Mr. White's umbrella had been hiden by someone in the church.
B) Mr. White had lost his umbrella on his way to the church.
C) Someone had taken Mr. White's umbrella by mistake.
D) Someone had stolen Mr. White's umbrella.
15. A) He received several letters.
B) He received several umbrellas.
C) No one returned his umbrella.
D) Someone promised to return his umbrella.
16. A) Because he wanted to get his umbrella back.
B) Because his friend gave him good advice.
C) Because he wanted to frighten the thief.
D) Because the umbrella was given by his uncle.
Passage 3 Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A) In 1959. B) In 1867. C) In 1896. D) In 1872.
18. A) A foolish thing. B) Seward's Folly.
C) Johnson's Folly. D) President's Foolishness.
19. A) Because it is hard to find natural resources.
B) Because it is hopeless to find natural resources.
C) Because it is poor in natural resources.
D) Because it is rich in natural resources.
20. A) To study its importance in war.
B) To study its volcanoes.
C) To enjoy its freezing weather.
D) To enjoy its beauty of nature.
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
21. Someone must have left the tap on, _______ the water was running over
and flooding the bathroom.
A) therefore B) nevertheless
C) for D) but
22. My aunt lost her car last summer, but it turned _______ a week later
at a house in the next village.
A) on B) over C) out D) up
23. Find a seat quickly, _______ there won't be any left.
A) if not B) otherwise
C) or rather D) or
24. During the rush hours everyone is doing two men's work, _______ is
impossible without noise and quarrelling.
A) which B) that C) it D) for that
25. He has got himself into a dangerous situation _______ he has no
control.
A) because B) as C) over that D) over which
26. They made _______ of 1,000 pounds on the sale of their house.
A) a gain B) a profit C) a benefit D) an increase
27. _______ the building for stolen goods, the police found twenty
machine guns.
A) Searching B) Being searching
C) Searched D) To search
28. The ancient Egyptians believed all illnesses were related to
_______ was eaten.
A) which B) it C) what D) that
29. It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is quite
_______ to perform skillfully yourself.
A) another B) troublesome
C) a difficult thing D) a hard job
30. Passenger ships and ______ are often equipped with ship-to-shore
or air-to-land radio telephones.
A) aircrafts B) aircraft
C) the planes D) also the planes
31. How are you _______ your physics experiment?
A) keeping up with B) getting along with
C) making up for D) holding on to
32. Not until the year of 1954 _______ made the capital of this
province.
A) the city was B) when the city was
C) was the city D) was when the city
33. How many times have I told you _______ football on the street?
A) do not play B) not to have played
C) not to play D) not your playing
34. She still kept _______ hold of one of William's hands, and looked up
in his face.
A) stiff B) tight C) rigid D) close
35. Mr. Brown advised us to withdraw _______.
A) so as not to get involved B) so as to get not involved
C) as not to get involved D) as to get not involved
36. He knows little of mathematics, _______ of chemistry.
A) as well as B) no less than
C) and still little D) and still less
37. Never before that night _______ the extent of my own power.
A) had I felt B) I had felt
C) did I feel D) I did felt
38. When Mary paid the bill, she was given a _______ for her money.
A) cheque B) ticket C) receipt D) label
