出自:中国石油大学-《大学英语4》

) My wife and I like to spend our weekends in the countryside, for the nights there are so ______ that not a sound could be heard. A) beautiful B) serene C) dark D) fresh
) If we cannot agree upon our Christmas activities right now, why don’t we ______ it in next week’s class meeting? A) debate B) discuss C) argue D) dispute
分) No sooner ______ at the Grand Theatre than it started to rain. A) would they arrive B) had they arrive C) did they arrive D) were they to arrive
) The new school building, _______ by the end of 2012, can accommodate more than two thousand students. A) being accomplished B) having been accomplished C) accomplished D) to be accomplished
This is the very house ______ my grandpa lived before his death in 1980. A) which B) that C) when D) where
) Nancy is considered to be ____ the other students in her class. A) less intelligent B) the most intelligent C) intelligent as well D) . as intelligent as
—Write to me when you get home. —OK, I __________ A) must B) should C) will D) can
—Do you want to wait? —Five days ____ too long for me to wait. A) was B) were C) is D) are
) I won’t make the ____ mistake next time. A) like B) same C) near D) similar
) There was no _____ in complaining about the working conditions; the manager would not listen to it any more. A) aim B) purpose C) point D) meaning
) Twenty people were ____ wounded in the air crash. A) quickly B) wrongly C) bitterly D) seriously
If you had taken my advice last week, you _______ in trouble now. A) must not be B) must not have been C) are not to be D) would not be
分) I didn’t know what to do, but then an idea suddenly ____ to me. A) appeared B) happened C) occurred D) emerged
C) Which D) Who
) After the children put up Christmas decorations, the classroom _______ a holiday appearance. A) took on B) looked on C) went on D) carried on
) I’d rather you _______ talk about this affair for the time being. A) don’t B) didn’t C) wouldn’t D) shouldn’t
) The purpose of the conference is to _________ the friendship among the Asian countries. A) heighten B) promote C) raise D) increase
She is not only my classmate ____ also my good friend. A) or B) but C) and D) too
) I fell and hurt myself while I ______ basketball yesterday. A) was playing B) am playing C) play D) played
I would like to do the job ____ you don’t force me to study. A) in case B) although C) though D) as long as
) It’s ____ that he was wrong. A) clearly B) clarity C) clear D) clearing
The top of the Great Wall is ____ for five horses to go side by side. A) wide B) so wide C) wide enough D) enough wide
) Measles (麻疹) ____ a long time to get over. A) spend B) spends C) take D) takes
) Each car sold in this specialized(专门的) shop comes with a one-year ________. A) guarantee B) safety C) security D) insurance
He ____ driving me home, even though I told him I lived nearby. A) insisted on B) insisted at C) insisted that D) insisted in
) The reason I did not go abroad was ____ a job in my home town. A) because B) due to C) that I got D) because of getting
) ________ a few spelling mistakes, this composition is well-written. A) But for B) in spite C) Besides D) Except for
) Tom is so talkative. I’m sure you’ll soon get tired ____ him. A) of B) with C) at D) on
) I couldn’t afford to rent such an expensive car, ______ own it myself. A) let alone B) not to say anything C) not to mention D) not to speak of
分) When I heard that my mother would come to see me this weekend, I _____ for her to arrive. A) couldn’t but to wait B) couldn’t help but waiting C) couldn’t help but wait D) couldn’t help but to wait
) He asked the waiter ____ the bill. A) on B) of C) for D) after
This travel agency ______ $360 for a single adult with a child under 12 for a round trip to the Great Valley. A) claims B) demands C) charges D) prices
) You had better ____ a doctor as soon as possible. A) seeing B) saw C) see D) seen
) It is urgent that the seriously wounded soldier ________ to the war hospital at once. A) is to be sent B) was sent C) must be sent D) be sent
) Tom ____ more than twenty pounds on the novel. A) spent B) paid C) cost D) took
) She _______ tell white lies to make people feel better, to smooth things over. A) is prone to B) is subject to C) is prior to D) is pretentious to
) The whole day’s hard work in the field gave him a good ______. A) appetite B) applause C) appliance D) application
He ____ lives in the house where he was born. A) already B) yet C) still D) ever
Of more than three hundred people in the airplane that crashed last week, only five ________ miraculously. A) sustained B) endured C) survived D) maintained
) I have no objection ______your design for the new type of machine this time. A) to adopt B) to adopting C) to having adopted D) to have adopted
) We decided to move to a quiet place, for we couldn’t _______ the noisy environment here any more. A) go in for B) hold on to C) put up with D) keep pace with
) Nobody was ______ in the office when the manager suddenly had a heart attack. A) available B) approachable C) attainable D) adaptable
There ____ a book and some magazines on the desk. A) is B) be C) have D) has
During the period of economic depression many companies had to ________ some employees. A) lay down B) lay out C) lay off D) lay aside
) The employers often think highly of such _______ as loyalty, courage and honesty shown by the employers during the process of their work. A) properties B) features C) virtues D) characteristics
) Bob never dreams of ______ for him to be promoted to the managing position in the company. A) there being a chance B) there to be a chance C) there be a chance D) being a chance
.0分) I am not used to speaking ____ public. A) in B) at C) on D) to
分) The student is trying his best to _______ his teacher of his honesty. A) prove B) convince C) persuade D) argue
) Besides the first-rate public service and convenient transportation conditions, what really made me decide to buy this house was the beautiful _____ through the window. A) vision B) look C) picture D) view
分) Don’t forget ____ the window before leaving the room. A) to have closed B) to close C) having closed D) closing