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对外经贸大学继续教育学院夜大教育部 20-2011学年第二学期 《大学英语4》年级_____ 专业_______班级_______姓名_______学号_______ 成绩 ________ I. Comprehension, vocabulary and structure: 20% Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences and questions in this section. The first four are comprehension questions based on the textbook. For each sentence or question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence or answers the question. 1. The kids staged a strike because ______. a. the boss failed to meet their demand to see the color of cash b. the bosses had time and again threatened them with bodily harm c. they thought there was no sense helping the bosses to collect a lot of money in return for just a few dollars d. the bosses refused to pay them 2. According to the author, what makes the world go around is ______. a. love b. truth c. money d. energy 3. The author is of the opinion that deceptive practices do harm to ______. a. all concerned b. believers in benevolent deception only c. no one d. women and children 4. According to the author, the man who owns books is the one who ______. a. has a fine library b. reads through a few and dips into most of them c. has a mind enriched by them d. has a respect for their physical appearance 5. Have you _____ our seats on the plane? a. preserved b. reserved c. conserved d. observed 6. Inside, in the warm living room, with a glass of wine to drink and Mozart to listen to, she was far from the tiredness she had ______ earlier. a. advocated b. conceived c. claimed d. accumulated 7. Painting is the art of reaching the soul through the eyes, but if the picture ______ the eyes and never reaches the soul, the painter has fallen far short of his aim. a. appeals to b. settles for c fumbles with d. aims at 8. Statistics are ______ to prove the depth of popular misery: falling real wages, rising unemployment, and a general collapse of living standards. a. concealed b. grabbed