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大学英语四级期末试卷
Part I: Multiple choice 20%
Directions:For each of the following blanks, four choices are given. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank and mark A, B, C, or D on Answer Sheet.
1.Now that we’ve got a loan from the bank, our project is financially _____.
A. constructive
B. feasible
C. favorable
D. stiff
2. Due to his recent failure to meet the deadline, Jason is ____ from the list for promotion..
A. eliminated
B. retreated
C. pried
D. wrenched
3. We need someone really ____ who can organize the office and make it run smoothly..
A. crucial
B. realistic
C. essential
D. efficient
4.I am pleased to hear of your job offer-all that hard work at school has obviously __.
A. paid off
B. taken its toll
C. made a difference
D. shown up
5.As a reporter, I was paid to __ into other people’s lives.
A. pry
B. convert
C. blurt
D. carve
6.The mayor promised to trim the city budget without cutting ___ services.
.A.essentialB. appropriateC. equivalent D. lucrative
7. The doctor ___ Billy’s operation with x-rays and special exercises to make him stronger.
A. went after
B. followed up
C. started up
D. took on
8.A firm might sometimes sell at a loss to drive a competitor out of business, and__ increase its
market power.
A. therefore
B. thereby
C. hence
D. further
9. You can ___ the video camera on a tripod (三脚架)，so that you don’t have to worry about
holding it steady while you ask questions.
A. withstand
B. mount
C. implement
D. dwell
10. AIDS activists permanently changed and shortened America’s ___process for testing and
approving new drugs of all kinds, for all diseases.
A. efficient
B. stagnant
C. intricate
D. appropriate
11.___ students should be motivated by a keen interest in theatre and should have some
familiarity with plays in production..
A. prospective
B. responsible
C. ethnic
D. realistic
12.However, the new law, once passed, will ___ the Bridlintong agreement illegal by giving
workers the right to join unions of their choice..
A. convert
B. render
C. cancel
D. eliminate
13.This course focuses on the ____ of economic analysis to the problems of inflation,
unemployment, the balance of payments and enterprise behaviour.
A. conception
B. combination
C. application
D. introduction
14.The aircraft base is protected with specially designed shelters which are built to ___
ground and air attacks.
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B. withstand
C. contest
D. contend
15.Our postgraduate students are fully integrated into the departmental research __ and, in
addition, participate in the Postgraduate Education Programme.
A. cooperation
B. endeavor
C. administration
D. network
16.The camps are not usually tent-type camps. They are mostly long-established, ___
structures, often with strange Indian names.
A. permanent
B. historical
C. monotonous
D. raw
17.Don’t let his criticism____ you; he belongs to the ki nd of people who take delight in
finding fault with others’ work.
A. discourage
B. concern
C. dictate
D. paralyze
18.Under normal circumstance the body can ___ these naturallyoccurring substances into
vitamins.
A. convert
B. render
C. derive
D. originate
19.“Hi, John, could you show me how to___ graphics (图表) with text on the same screen?”
A. fuse
B. clone
C. merge
D. mingle
20.The thought of dying slowly and painfully ___ me. I really can’t understand why so many
people are opposed to euthanasia ( 安乐死)..
A. terrifies
B. curses
C. puzzles
D. injures
Part II: Fill in the blanks. 20%
Directions: Choose the correct answer from the table and fill in the blanks.
1.My teacher _______ me on the back for getting top marks for my English essay..
2.Radio astronomy seems to ___ the best hopes of obtaining evidence of extraterrestrial
beings.
3.The painter’s unique and intriguing designs have caught hold of the imagination of
hundreds of students who are fascinated by her ___ patterns and color schemes..
4.Unlike a book, you cannot ___ through a video in the shop, so its content remains a
mystery until after you have purchased it and taken it home.
5.True, I do not hold an MBA degree, but I can at least ___ many years of experience as the
chief executive of a successful high-tech economy.
6.Special assistance and counseling are available to veterans, migrant workers, youths, older
persons, women, and the _________.
7.Many women choose to have pregnancy screenings and may ___ for abortion if evidence
of handicap is revealed.
8.They stopped at Paris___ from Rome to London, spending one day visiting the sights.
9. A few days later, the space shuttle Discovery and its five-member ___ made a spectacular
night liftoff to carry into orbit a secret military satellite designed to monitor (监听) the radio communications of certain foreign countries.
10.The introduction of gunpowder technologies from China resulted in the manufacture of
guns, ___ reducing the effectiveness of heavy shields (盾牌) and massive stone fortifications (防御工事).
11.The shootings that recently took place in Washington area _____ a serious threat to the
personal safety of local residents.
12.The Security Council (安全理事会) of the United Nations has 15 members; five of which
hold ___ seats..
13.A thousand words will not leave so deep a (n) ___ as one single deed..
14.The second ___ of the project is said to begin sometime next year following the
completion of the building of the dam.
15.In a ___ system of government the different states or provinces of the country have
important powers to make their own laws and decisions.
16.Mark Twain’s novels have been praised for their attack on the social evils of the day and
their ____ and realistic description of life on the Mississippi River.
17.Love is something ___; the aspect may change, but not the essence.
18.Neither a wise nor a brave man will lie down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of
the future to ____ him.
19.People who are caught drinking and driving can expect little ___ from the courts.
20.Civil service careers offer some of the most rewarding job opportunities you can find, but
to ___ you need to pass an exam.
Part III: Reading 30%
Directions: Read the following passages and choose the correct answer according to the passage.
Passage 1
I study political violence for a living., yet I, too, am shaken and unsure how to react. As I sit here today in my office, only a few miles from the still-burning Pentagon, images of the slaughter in my native New York dominate my thoughts. It makes it hard to concentrate on
work, and it makes the everyday things seem so trivial. Only now, twenty-four hours after the tragedy began to unfold, have I begun to realize how this has affected me on so many levels.
As an American, I feel threatened and confused, where only yesterday I felt proud and invincible (不可战胜的). As a citizen of the global community, I have been shocked into the reality of the reach of global terrorism. As a human being, I am appalled at the cruelty and inhumanity of these acts of terrorism. As someone who hopes to understand unspeakable acts, I am at a loss to understand this one, perhaps because it hits so close to home.
I know only these things: Someone, for some reason, has decided to strike at the United States. Despite the many people killed, the intended target of this attack was American power. The goal was to strike a paralyzing fear into the hearts and minds of all citizens of the U.S., and perhaps its allies as well. Thus, we—all of us—are the real targets of this attack. This explains why many of us, even those of us who were not near the attacks, or who knew no one affected by them, felt this tragedy so deeply.
Yet we must not succumb to fear, for if we do the terrorists have won. Surely our lives will be different now. We may be more aware, more inconvenienced, more insecure. But we must learn to deal with this tragedy and to move on, to live our lives as fully and as entirely as before.
I came to my office today, even though classes here have been cancelled, to live my life as normally as possible, for to do so in the face of yesterday’s terrorist attacks is itself an act of defiance.
1.How did the author feel following the terrorist attack?
a)He felt proud and invincible because Americans did not succumb to fear.
b)He felt relieved because no one dear to him was injured.
c)He felt sorry for those killed or injured in the tragedy.
d)He felt threatened and confused because he couldn’t understand it.
2.The “unspeakable acts” (Line 4, Para 2) the author hopes to understand are _____.
a)acts of political violence
b)acts of attacks for unknown reasons
c)acts of war
d)acts of murder
3.We can infer from the passage that the author ____
a)did not expect global terrorism could hit America
b)had a deep understanding of terrorism even before the attack
c)knew that Americans would not succumb to terrorism
d)believed that life would go on as before despite the attack
4.According to the author, the aim of the terrorist attack is ___.
a)to kill as many Americans as possible
b)to make Americans aware of the terrorists’ strength
c)to sow panic among the Americans
d)to destroy the vital institutions of the American Government