2012年英语四级模拟试题及答案

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A. watch

B. observation

C. track

D. information

24. More waste materials have to be ____ of, which cause pollution of the land, sea and air.

A. detached

B. deserted

C. dismissed

D. disposed

25. Fred was ____ in the alley last night, and all his money was taken away.

A. held back

B. held up

C. held off

D. held on

26. The doctor carefully examined the driver who suffered ____ all over his body in a car accident.

A. scars

B. scratches

C. bruises

D. wrenches

27. Since a circle has no beginning or end, the wedding ring is a symbol of ____.

A. constant

B. infinite

C. prolonged

D. eternal

28. Dick, who had failed the Maths test, was sitting on a bench in the corner, ____ over his disappointment.

A. brooding

B. apologizing

C. meditating

D. complaining

29. It is hard for us to realize what ____ lives men led in the Middle Ages.

A. grave

B. grim

C. greedy

D. gross

30. Recent psychological studies have shown that many children develop fears of ____ dangers.

A. imagination

B. imaginary

C. imaginable

D. imaginative

31. In the garden bees moved, humming thoughtfully, from ____ flowers to purple ones.

A. colourful

B. prosperous

C. scarlet

D. brilliant

32. At last I ____ the article that I had been looking for in the University library.

A. ran down

B. run into

C. run out

D. run off

33. The police officer assures us ____ will be taken to guard against the recurrence of such incidents.

A. prevention

B. prediction

C. preparation

D. precaution

34. They ____ on a cure for tuberculous while they were doing research on something else.

A. founded

B. stumbled

C. fumbled

D. tripped

35. In the darkness, Mrs. Warren ____ her way into the kitchen and switched on the light.

A. gripped

B. groped

C. guided

D. guarded

36. The mother separated the quarrelling children, and gave each of them a sharp ____.

A. punch

B. puppy

C. pinch

D. pumpkin

37. Last week the seamen''s strike led to the ____ closure of the whole vast dock area.

A. virtual

B. factual

C. local

D. actual

38. George Gallop has brought all his polling strategies together to ____ and analyze what he calls future force.

A. synthesize

B. standardize

C. identify

D. demonstrate

39. I prefer badminton to squash tennis. It''s not so tiring ____.

A. to tell the truth

B. to be frank with you

C. for instance

D. for one thing

40. You will find it worthwhile to keep ____ good terms with the supervisor of your department.

A. at

B. in

C. on

D. to

41. Soccer is the most truly international team sport, but there is still some question ____ whether it should be called a game or open warfare.

A. due to

B. as to

C. in addition to

D. owing to

42. Scarcely ____ now without some sort of incident involving the old lady.

A. a day passes

B. passes a day

C. does a day pass

D. has a day passed

43. If the dog hadn''t barked loudly, we ____ caught red-handed.

A. won''t have been

B. needn''t have been

C. mustn''t have been

D. shouldn''t have been

44. It''s ____ I''ve bought plenty of money: it''s more expensive than I expected.

A. just as well

B. rather

C. may as well

D. preferred

45. ____, but I still like him.

A. Selfish though he is

B. Selfish as he is

C. Selfish he may be

D. Whether he is selfish or not

46. ____, China''s large and medium-sized state enterprises need to improve their management right now.

A. As it should be

B. As it must be

C. As it is

D. As it were

47. He worked seven days a week, and six of ____ until one o''clock at night.

A. that

B. those

C. which

D. them

48. The suspicion that the servant is dishonest has proved ____ true.

A. all too

B. too all

C. much too

D. too much

49. The budget they made is unrealistic ____ it disregards increased costs.

A. for that

B. for which

C. in that

D. in which

50. The newly developing science of artificial intelligence aims at programming the computer to think, reason and react ____ people do.

A. by the same way as

B. in much the same way that

C. with the same way as

D. as much as the same way that

Part III Error Correction

Some people, in all seriousness, say that humans will be living in space within the next hundred or so years. Planet Earth will be crowded, dirty and lack of resources. A sort of exodus [51] of mankind will begin.

Spaceships will be assembled so that they revolve around the earth. Some may orbit around Mars. These space stations will be serviced by space buses. We saw the first space bus launch in [52] April 1981. This was ""Columbia"", it made several [53] orbits around the earth and then returned, landing on a huge dry lake bed in California. ""Columbia"" will be used again. Previous spaceships have been abandoned, only the nose being used to bring the crews back to earth.[54]

Upon established, each space station will [55] generate its own atmosphere and have its own agriculture. It will need to rotation to provide [56] an artificial gravity; people will be forced inwards [57] from the centre by centrifugal force.

The moon and Mars could become new sources of new materials. Driving through space will no [58] longer need Earth fuel - the energy would come from the sun. This energy would be converted from [59] electricity to work magnetic rockets.

That all sounds quite fantastically but, with [60] the rapid development of modern technology, who knows about what the future holds?

答案

Part I Reading Comprehension

01.C 02.D 03.C 04.A 05.D 06.D 07.A 08.B 09.C 10.D

11.D 12.C 13.C 14.A 15.A 16.A 17.D 18.C 19.A 20.C

Part II Vocabulary and Structure

21.A 22.B 23.C 24.D 25.B 26.C 27.D 28.A 29.B 30.B

31.C 32.A 33.D 34.B 35.B 36.C 37.A 38.C 39.D 40.C

41.B 42.A 43.D 44.A 45.C 46.C 47.D 48.A 49.C 50.B

Part III Error Correction

51. and lack of... short

52. bus launch in... launched

53. it made several... which

54. the crews back... crew

55. Upon established... once

56. to rotation to... rotate

57. forced inwards... outwards

58. space will no... would

59. converted from... into

60. quite fantastically but... fantastic