大学英语英语四级练习卷(含答案) (1).docx
大学英语四级试练习卷一、阅读理解Water problems in the future will become nore intense and more complex.Our increasing population will tremendously increase urbanwastes, primarily sewage. On the other hand, increasing demands for water will decease substantialy the amount of water available for diluting wastes. Rapidly expanding industries which involve more and more complex chemical processes will produce large volumes of liquid wastes, and many of these will contain chemicals which are noxious. To feed our rapidly expanding population, agriculture will have to be intensifieD. This will involve ever-increasingquantities of agricultural chemicals, From this , it is apparent that drastic steps must be taken immediately to develop corrective measures for the pollution problem. There are two ways by which this pollution problem can be dwindleD. The first relates to the treatment of wastes to decrease their pollution hazarD. This involves the processing of solid wastes "prior to disposal and the treatment of liquid wastes, or efflunets, to permit the reuse of the water or minimize pollution upon final disposal. A second approach is to develop an economic use for all or a part of thewastes. Farm manure is spread in fields as a nutrient or organic supplement . Effluents from sewage disposal plants are used in some areasboth for irrigation and for the nutrients containeD. Eff lunets from other19 .【答案】D by compromise意为“通过折衷、妥协的办法”。如:We should settle our differences by compromise.我们应采取折衷的办法来解决我们之 间的分歧。20 .【答案】B四个选项中,只有名词continuity正确。三、翻译1、 He felt asleep with all the windows open.2、 Students come to realize that friendship is rather than money and a friend in need is a friend indeed.3、 You can ask for me a favour whenever you are in trouble.4>People wish that the Olympic games would be held in a developing country in the near future.5、 She folded the money and put them into her pocket.processing plants may also be used as a supplemental source of water.Many industries, such as meat and poultry processing plants, are currently converting former waste products into marketable byproducts. Other industries are potential eonomic uses for waste products.1. The purpose of this is .A. to alert the reader to the dwindling water supplyB. to explain industrial uses of waterC. to acquaint the reader with water pollution problemsD. to demostrate various measures to solve the pollution problem2. Which of the following points is NOT INCLUDED in the ?A. In dustrial development incudes the simpl if ication of complex chemical processes.B. Diluting wastes needs certain amount of waterC. Demands for water will go up along with the expanding populationD.Intensive cultivation of land requires more and more chemicals3. The reader can conclued that.A.countries of the world will work together on polution problemsB.byproducts from wastes lead to a more prosperous marketplaceC.science is making great progress on increasing water suppliesD. some industries are now ,aking economic use of wastes4. The author gives substance to the through the use of.A. interviews with authorities in the field of water controlsB. opinions and personal observationsC. definitions which clarify important termsD. strong arguments and persuasions5. The words prior to ”(para. 2) probably mean.A. after B. during C. before D. beyond 二、完型填空 完型填空(一)Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that goes into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo. One of the questions that is always asked of me is (1) I became an animal collector in the first (2). The answer is that I have always been interested inanimals and zoos. According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any (3) was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy” , (4) the word “zoo” , which I would (5) over and over again with a shrill (6) until someone, in groups to (7) me up, would take me to the zoo. When I (8) a little older, welived in Greece and I had a great (9) of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my sparetime (10) the countryside in search of fresh specimens to (11) to my collection of pets. (12) on I went fora year to the City Zoo, as a student (13), to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches, (14) were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I (15) had enough money of myown to be able to (16) my first trip and I have beengoing (17) ever since then. Though a collector,s jobis not an easy one and is full of (18), it is certainly a job which will appeal (19) all those who loveanimals and (20).1. A. how B. where C. when D. whether2. A. region B. field C. place D. case3. A. clarity B. emotion C. sentiment D. affection4. A. except B. but C. except for D. but for5. A. recite B. recognize C. read D. repeat6. A. volume B. noise C. voice D. pitch7. A. close B. shut C. stop D. comfort8. A. grew B. was growing C. grow D. grown9. A. many B. amount C. number D. supply10. A. living B. cultivating C. reclaiming D. exploring11. A. increase B. include C. add D. enrich12. A. later B. further C. then D. subsequently13. A. attendant B. keeper C. member D. aide14. A. who B. they C. of which D. which15. A.luckily B. gladly C. nearly D. successfully16. A. pay B. provide C. allow D. finance17. A. normally B. regularly C. usually D. often18. A. expectations B. sorrows C. excitement D. disappointments20. A. excursion B. travel C. journey D. Trip完型填空(二)To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservativenot in the narrowpolitical sense, but in the sense ofadherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them. Thereputation comes partly from their 1 . For 900 2 they have suffered 3 invasion nor revolution (except inl649 4 1688) nor disastrous defeat in 5 .Their monarchy (君主政体)survives 6 serious question. Underits normal 7 political arrangements have been 8 stable that, except for the 9 interruptions in theseventeenth 10 , they have been adopted throughout 11 centuries to meet changing needs without violentl2 . Britain, in 1978, was 13 in managing without 14 written constitution; some fragmentary definitionsof 1688 still 15 .There had been 16 quarrels, social and economic as well 17 political, but the quarrelshad been 18 , usually 19 compromise. The underlying 20 had not been broken.1 .A.language B.future C.history D.literature2 .A.centuries B. years C. minutes D.seconds 3. A. neither B. as C. or D. either4. A. too B. but C. or D. and5. A. home B. study C. peace D. war 6. A. and B. without C. with D. neither7. A. name B. people C. leadership D. enemy8. A. so B. very C. too D. such9. A. two B. one C. no D. couple10. A. month B. day C. year D. century11. A. a B. any C. the D. few12. A. changes B. change C. altered D. changed13. A. common B. popular C.unique D. angry14. A. two B. a C. some D. their15. A.survive B. surviving C. survives D. survived16. A. bitter B. happy C. pleasant D. unhappy17. A. for B. as C. to D. at18. A. settling B. settles C. settle D. settled19. A. for B. at C. to D. by20. A. continue B. continuity C.continuous D.continued三、翻译1、所有的窗户都开着,他就睡着了。(with )2、学生们逐渐认识到友谊胜过金钱,患难朋友才是真朋友。(realize)3、无论什么时候你有难处,都可以找我帮忙。(whenever)4、人们希望在不久的将来,奥运会将会在一个发展中国家举行。(wish)5、他把钱折好放进口袋。(fold)参考答案:一、阅读理解:答案:CADBC二、完型填空完型填空(一)1 .【答案】A根据下一句及随后的内容,作者讲的是怎样成为动物爱好者的(从 小就喜欢动物),应当选择A. howo2 .【答案】C in the first place是固定短语,意思是“首先”。此句意思是: 别人经常问到的问题之一,是当初我是如何爱上动物的。31 .答案】A这句话的意思是:作者在呀呀学语之时,最早发清楚的音是“zoo” (动物园),而不是“妈 妈”,“爸爸"因此,应选clarity “清晰”。填入其他 选项emotion (感情),sentiment (多愁善感),affection (友 爱)不合逻辑。32 【答案】B but在此处连接另一个句子(it was the word "zoo",“it was” 被省略),表示转折,意为“而是",Except, except for, but for的用法 接近,表示“除了33 【答案】D根据后面的over and over again,应选urepeat34 【答案】C小孩想去动物园,便不停地发出尖叫声,故选"voice” o A shrill voice与scream的意思 接近。volume(音量);noise(噪音);pitch(音调) 均不合要求。35 【答案】B shut s B. up是指让某人住口,为了让孩子停止尖叫,只好带他 去动物园。36 【答案】A根据后面主句的时态,此处只能用一般过去时。37 【答案】C a great many后直接跟可数名词的复数形式;a great / large amount of后跟不可数名词;只有a great /large number of后可以跟可数 名词的复数形式。10【.答案】D living后必须接介词in,意为“居住”; cultivating耕种;reclaiming开垦;只有exploring有探察的意思。11 .【答案】C add to相当于increase,增加。其余选项后面都不接to。12 .【答案】A later on为固定短语,“后来”。13 .【答案】D attendant仆人;keeper可理解为“饲养员”,但是a studentkeeper 容易被误解为“收留学生的人";aide有“助手”之义。作者一边上 学,一边在动物园里打工,只能当助手。14 .【答案】D which在此引导定语从句,修饰前面列出的动物。15 .【答案,因为钱是在动物园打工挣的,选successfully更能体现其含义。16 .【答案】D finance my first trip意为“支付我的旅行费用";pay后应 接介词for;其他选项的意思相差甚远。17 .【答案】B此句为现在完成进行时态,选regularly比较贴切。18 .【答案】D此句是由though引导的让步状语从句,应与主句意思相对立。 选项中,sorrows和disappointments与主句的appeal to相对立,但 sorrows的分量太重。19 .【答案】C appeal to为成语,意思是“吸引”。20 .【答案】B excursion短途旅行;journey(从一地到另一地的)长距离,具 体的旅途;travel旅行,旅游,海外旅行;trip旅行,远足。完型填空(二)1 .【答案】C由于下文紧接着叙述到过去900年的有关情况。故应选history,才能与下文衔接。2 .【答案】B根据句子意思判断。3 .【答案】A应选neither才能与其后出现的nor构成并列连词neither-nor 。4.【答案】根据句子意思判断。5.【答案】需选一名词与前面的介词in构成介词短语,且这个短语在语意 上要与前面的disastrous defeat相吻合。故选D可以满足这个条件。6 .【答案】B without serious question意为“没有严重的问题”。7 .【答案】C "在领导下”的表达方式是under the-leadership.8 .【答案】A sothat构成固定短语、意为“这么以致于”9 .【答案】A上面提到1649和1688两次革命,所以A项正确。10 .【答案】D根据句子意思判断。11 .【答案】C the centuries特指那些稳定的世纪。12 .【答案】A应从A或B中选一名词作介词without的宾语。将A和B加 以比较:A. changes作可数名词用,意为“变化”,符合题意。B. change 一 词系不可数名词,意为“零钱,找头”。13 .【答案】C根据上下文意思,应选unique “独一无二的;唯一的”。14 .【答案】B没有一项成文宪法,a为一项的意思。15 .【答案】D应选survived才与上下文时态一致。16 .【答案】A bitter意为“尖锐的,厉害的”。17.【答案】as well as为一并列连词。18.【答案】settled符合语法要求。