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? Week 8-9 自主学习 四级热身练习 Part 1 四级词汇与表达复习 Directions:Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 1 They packed the instruments carefully ____ they would be broken during transportation. A. so that B. on condition that C. for fear that D. provided that 2 Our talk was completely ________out by the roar of the machines. As a result, we had to communicate with gestures. A. decreased B. reduced C. smashed D. drowned 3 She was arrested for ______ state secrets to a foreign reporter in return for her son going abroad. A. getting away B. giving away C. breaking away D. putting away 4 Can you ______ furnishing your house luxuriously at a time when the company is losing so much money? A. verify B. identify C. justify D. clarify 5 The professor kept speaking about his new discovery in the field, only ____ occasionally to have a mouthful of tea. A. dropping off B. breaking off C. putting off D. setting off 6 His health ________ as he ate too little and worked too hard for months on end. A. broke up B. broke through C. broke down D. broke off 7 After the meeting the workers went back to their ________ workshops. A. respectable B. respective C. respectful D. respected 8 His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any ________ of it at all. A. interpretation B. meaning C. reason D. sense 9 The dentist could ________ no signs of decay in my teeth. A. determine B. define C. assign D. detect 10 To his great joy he discovered that his ears became ________. A. sensitive B. aware C. efficient D. sensible 11 He made no ________ to his illness till after the lesson. A. remark B. comment C. reference D. opinion 12 The pilot of the plane is ________ for the passengers safety. A. conscious B. responsible C. necessary D. regulated 13 We need to make sure that we ________ our resources as fully as possible. A. achieve B. operate C. exploit D. expel 14 The economy looks set to ________ its growth into next year. A. endure B. persist C. remain D. sustain 15 It was