2014-3 四级词汇测试B

Grammar and Vocabulary Test 2014-3 Test B Directions:There are 100 sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. You will need some time to orient yourself ________ the new way of teaching and learning here. A) with B) in C) of D) to 2. As a matter of fact, when you ________ it, most of what he says doesn?t make sense. A) think of B) think about C) think out D) think through 3. The successful series was first co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark, and later on they appeared only occasionally, _______ for various guest hosts. A) having made room B) have made room C) making rooms D) having made a room 4. The ________ of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. A) rise B) reason C) improvement D) decline 5. At that time, many intellectuals concerned themselves ________ the future of the nation. A) with B) about C) to D) on 6. Those young volunteer workers have ________ a valuable service to the community. A) devoted B) dedicated C) reinforced D) rendered 7. Natural light helps to ________ your biological clock, so exercise outdoors if you can. A) adapt B) regulate C) adept D) regain 8. It is essential that these application forms ________ back as early as possible. A) be sent B) will be sent C) are sent D) must be sent 9. If you ________ that night, you might have been too late to get your ticket. A) didn?t hurry B) hadn?t hurried C) wouldn?t hurry D) hadn?t to hurry 10. He demonstrated how audio signals could be ________ along cables without distortion. A) transferred B) transplanted C) transmitted D) transformed 11. The shock of her daughter?s death _______ her unable to remain calm. A) caused B) had C) enabled D) rendered 12. The two college students saved the life of a little boy _______ their own. A) at the risk of B) at the danger of C) in danger of D) at the cost of 13. I know nothing about that _______. A) short young Japanese lawyer B) young short Japanese lawyer C) Japanese young short lawyer D) Japanese short young lawyer 14. The manufacturers had to raise their prices because of the increase in the cost of ______ materials. A) raw B) original C) rough D) primitive 15. The price of this new apartment will be somewhere in the _______ of ￥1,000,000. 1 A) region B) district C) probability D) approximation 16. The defeated enemy soldiers had to _______ from the battle field to the mountain. A) draw B) retreat C) return D) retire 17. It does not change the fact that she was the doctor _______ for the failure of the operation. A) guilty B) obliged C) accounting D) responsible 18. Protective measures have been adopted in most hospitals since too much ______ to X-rays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body. A) disclosure B) exhibition C) exposition D) exposure 19. _______ with the picture, Mary tore it to pieces. A) Dissatisfying thoroughly B) Being thoroughly dissatisfied C) To dissatisfy thoroughly D) To be thoroughly dissatisfied 20. Don?t poke your nose into things that don?t _______ you. A) relate B) concern C) interest D) connect 21. _______ he works hard, I don?t mind when he finishes the experiment. A) As soon as B) As well as C) So far as D) So long as 22. _______ received law degrees as today. A) Never so many women have B) Never have so many women C) The wome n aren?t ever D) Women who have never 23. Botanists are not sure where the first plant was grown or even _______. A) what plant was B) it was what plant C) what plant was it D) what plant it was 24. He was elected president of the Literary Research Association by ______ of his academic and organizational abilities. A) virtue B) means C) way D) chance 25. This method creates an atmosphere _______ to expansion. A) preferable B) profitable C) favorable D) superior 26. His remarks left me _______ about his real purpose. A) wondered B) wonder C) to wonder D) wondering 27. By _______ Mr. Zhang is a taxi driver. A) profession B) work C) occupation D) employment 28. Disagreements among engineers were _______ to the plan. A) fatal B) crucial C) critical D) vital 29. We have been told that under no circumstances _______ the telephone in the office for personal affairs. A) may we use B) we may use C) we could use D) did we use 30. People appreciate _______ with him because he has a good sense of humor. A) to work B) to have worked C) working D) having worked 31. To run a business on a small ______ is by no means an easy job. A. frame B. range C. number D. scale 32. With a little imagination, you can create new challenges and make the ____ of the job you have. A. many B. much C. more D. best 33. I don?t want them to ______ their religious beliefs on my children. A. insert B. impose C. import D. inspire 34. September 1939 saw the ______ of the Second World War. A. outcome B. outskirt C. outbreak D. outline 35. It?s my personal ______ that all criminals should be locked away for life. A. conviction B. contest C. consent D. content 36. Tom, did it ever _______ to you that you would be punished for cheating on exams? A. happen B. occur C. reflect D. strike 37. It?s urgent that a meeting ______ before the final decision is made. A. be arranged B. will be arranged C. must be arranged D. would be arranged 38. What is beyond ______ is that many women in the public eye are having extensive cosmetic work done, starting ever younger. A. negotiation B. continuity C. bargain D. doubt 39. One of our contributions as a global institution is to ensure that the world understands that and takes action ______. A. though B. therefore C. accordingly D. nevertheless 40. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth ________ of American Independence. A. ceremony B. anniversary C. occurrence D. occasion 41. The great purpose of school education is not so much to teach you things, ______ to teach you the art of learning. A. as B. that C. than D. and 42. Unlike physical energy, which is finite and ________ with age, emotional energy is unlimited and has nothing to do with genes or upbringing. A. deceives B. displays C. diminishes D. deserves 43. Samuel likes doing some reading at home ________ to the cinema. A. than to go B. than going C. rather than going D. rather than to go 44. Your son suffers from your ________ shielding. A. excessive B. extensive C. extreme D. exclusive 45. The UN couldn?t ________ to meet the demands of all its members. A. ensure B. guarantee C. assume D. confirm 46. Eating too much fat can ________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure. A. contribute to B. attribute to C. attend to D. devote to 47. Why be ________ about that old coat? There's no point in keeping it just because you were wearing it when you first met me. A. sensible B. sensational C. sentimental D. sensitive 48. Purchasing the new production line will be a ________ deal for the company. A. profitable B. tremendous C. forceful D. favorite 49. I would not give a ________ for the young man who does not see himself the partner of the head of an important firm. A. right B. fight C. word D. fig 50. Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ______ taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place. A. involve B. compose C. enclose D. attach 51. I think Sarah just couldn?t cope with the workload of university and a young family, maybe _________ was the most sensible decision she could have made. A. dropping off B. dropping in C. dropping to D. dropping out 52. T he results of the experiment, _________, will be published in the Medical Journal. A. the university funded B. of which the university funded C. which the university funded D. the university of which funded 53. I tried lots of different things but they didn?t seem to work. Finally she told me to try _________ on an adventure weekend with her. A. go B. to go C. going D. to going 54. It?s after 8 o?clock. Lights out! You _________ be fast asleep by now, _________ you? A. shouldn?t / should B. should / shouldn?t C. should / should D. shouldn?t / shouldn?t 55. W ill you give me a hand in the kitchen? Could you _________ for me please? A. chop these up B. chop up these vegetables C. chop these vegetables up D. all of the above 56. N ow I want all you children to _________ today. No shouting, no pushing and no running! A. be as good as gold B. be as polite as gold C. be as good as golden D. be as good as the gold 57. I t?s up to you. We _________ go out for a meal. We can stay at home and cook if you like. A. shouldn?t B don?t have to C. mustn?t D. none of the above 58. T he value of the pound has recently depreciated against the euro. _________, visitors from Europe will find their UK holidays are cheaper than in the past. A. Correspondingly B. Alternatively C. Nevertheless D. Consequently 59. W hich of the following is a correct way to respond to the following sentence, saying we aren?t going on a foreign holiday as well? ---They won?t be going abroad this year. --- ______________________. A. Neither will we B. Nor will we C. We won?t either D. All of the above 60. I?m glad I set the alarm clock. I _________the plane if I had slept in. A. might have missed B. should have missed C. can?t have missed D. must have missed 61. I?ve been waiting here for ages but the bus _________ hasn?t come. A.still B. already C. yet D. none of the above 62. W hat would you say if you wanted to check someone understood what you were saying? A. Are you with me? B. What?s up? C. Not on your life! D. I?ll think about it. 63. W hich three-syllable word has a different stress pattern from the others? A. potato B. paragraph C. computer D. professor 64. A: “How much luggage have you got?” B: “_________---I like to travel light!” A. No one B. None C.No D. Nothing 65. L ook at the four stress patterns below. In which sentence does the speaker want to tell us that John?s car is not second-hand? A. John?s bought a new car. B. John?s bought a new car. C. John?s bought a new car. D. John?s bought a new car. 66. The old couple had ________ incredible hardships during the war. A) gone through B) gone away with C) gone over D) gone down 67. K inco Ltd, the big toy producer, has been buying shares in its biggest competitor, Games are Great in an aggressive _________. A. merger B. joint venture C. alliance D. takeover 68. D o you think _________ of people visit BBC Learning English from home, school or work? A. most B. the most C. majority D. the majority 69. W hat would NOT be a suitable reply to the following question? …Would you like a lift home?? A. Sure, if you?re not going out of your way. B. That?d be great! C. Sorry, I haven?t got enough money to pay. D. It?s OK, I quite fancy the walk. 70. M ake sure you _________ your computer before you leave the office. A. close B. shut down C. restart D. lock up 71. H ave you seen the paper today? Train ____ are going up again, and they?re so expensive as it is! A. fees B. prices C. fares D. tickets 72. _________ is spoken in many countries such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Morocco, Tunisia, etc. A. Arab B. Arabian C. Arabic D. Arabesque 73. T he nearest town was 80 km away, I mean really in the middle of _________. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. anywhere D everywhere 74. _________creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist. A. Autonomous B. Spontaneous C. Simultaneous D. Credulous 75. She wanted to laugh and _________ all at once. A. weep B. moan C. shed D. sob 76. I have to go now because I must be _________ for class. A. punctuate B. acupuncture C. punctual D. puncture 77. T he house is not comfortable tonight because of the high _________. A. humility B. humiliation C. capacity D. humidity 78. “Attacking innocent pilgrims who are participating in a ______ observance is unconscionable,” the statement said. A. religious B. sacred C. reliable D. holy 79. To avoid delays, she wanted the disaster relief legislation to be kept free of ________matters. A. erotic B. exotic C. toxic D. extraneous 80. C hatty colleagues not only _______ their own schedules, but also prevent you from completing your task on time A. interrupt B. corrupt C. disrupt D. shatter 81. Believe it or not, I have done nothing wrong. At least I can face them with a clear ________. A) look B) conscience C) mind D) face 82. To those who understand ________ service, it is no surprise that tension and emotional problems are so prevalent in our me-first society. A) self B) self-sufficient C) selfless D) selfish 83. The whole path _______ electricity travels is known as a circuit. A) along that B) as C) along which D) in that 84. She?s tired of changing her jobs frequently, so she hopes to find a(n) ________ one. A) lasting B) eternal C) persistent D) permanent 85. True friendship must be based on ________ the joys as well as troubles. A) participating B) sharing C) owing D) possessing 86. “Marquis,” said the boy, ______ to the man, his eyes ________ wide, and his right hand raised. A) turned … open B) turning … opening C) turning … opened D) turned … opening 87. It is universally believed that an autobiography is often less ________ than a biography. A) truthful B) true C) reliable D) honest 88. Listening to Grandpa talk about his miserable life in the past is a truly ________ experience. A) financial B) religious C) spiritual D) medical 89. The child was ________ to open the refrigerator door. A) barely tall enough B) barely enough tall C) tall barely enough D) enough barely tall 90. The factory where my parents used to work was ___ from Shanghai to Xi?an in the early 1960?s. A) transported B) transplanted C) transmitted D) translated 91. A solar day is the length of time _______ the Earth to revolve once around the Sun. A) takes B) takes it C) he takes D) it takes 92. The customer _____ her hand over the material, enjoying the smooth silky feeling of its surface. A) slipped B) glided C) slid D) stroked 93. Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, ______ obtaining water is not the worst. A) of which B) to which C) for which D) in which 94. Helen was much kinder to her youngest child than she was to the others, _______ of course, made others jealous. A) who B) that C) which D) what 95. Our institute _______ four teaching buildings, a big language center and several apartment buildings. A) boasts B) enjoys C) claims D) appreciates 96. I was lucky _______ I was able to find a good baby-sitter. A) by that B) at that C) on that D) in that 97. I?ve never been to Beijing, but it?s the place _______. A) where I?d like to visit B) I most want to visit C) in whi ch I?d like to visit D) that I want to visit it most 98. _______ to the Independent War, the United States was an English colony. A) Prior B) Before C) Following D) Preceding 99. The basic aim of the establishment of this institution is the _______ of H1N1. A) fight B) conquest C) work D) treatment 100. They should hire a more _______ accountant than the one they currently have. A) effective B) sufficient C) efficient D) respective Answers to Grammar and Vocabulary Test2014-3 Test B 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. D 13. A 14. A 15. A 16. B 17. D 18. D 19. B 20. B 21. D 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. A 30. C 31. D 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. A 36.B 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. B 41. A 42. C 43. C 44. A 45. B 46. A 47. C 48. A 49. D 50. A 51 .D 52 .C 53 .C 54 .B 55 .C 56 .A 57 .B 58 .D 59 .D 60 .A 61 .C 62 .A 63 .B 64 .B 65 .C 66 .A 67 .D 68 .D 69 .C 70 .B 71 .C 72 .C 73 .A 74 .B 75 .A 76 .C 77 .D 78 .A 79 .D 80 .C 81. B 82. C 83.C 84. D 85. B 86. C 87. A 88. C 89. A 90. B 91. D 92. B 93. A 94. C 95. A 96. D 97. B 98. A 99. B 100. C