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1998年专四试题及答案

一、单项选择题

1.Bytheendofthismonth,wesurely______asatisfactorysolutiontotheproblem.

A.havefound

B.willbefinding

C.willhavefound

D.arefinding

答案：C。“bytheendof+将来时间”，句子要用将来完成时，表示到将来某个时间为止已经完成的动作。

2.My外甥isquitewornoutfromyearsofhardwork.Heisnottheman______hewasfifteenyearsago.

A.which

B.whom

C.who

D.that

答案：D。当先行词是指人的名词且前面有定冠词修饰时，关系代词常用that引导定语从句。

3.Iwouldhavegonetovisithiminthehospitalhaditbeenatallpossible,butI______fullyoccupiedthewholeoflastweek.

A.were

B.hadbeen

C.havebeen

D.was

答案：D。前半句是虚拟语气，表示与过去事实相反的假设；后半句陈述过去的事实，用一般过去时。

4.HelpwillcomefromtheUN,buttheaidwillbe______nearwhatsneeded.

A.everywhere

B.somewhere

C.nowhere

D.anywhere

答案：C。nowherenear是固定短语，意为“远非，远不及”。

5.Thechiefreasonforthepopulationgrowthisntsomuchariseinbirthrates______afallindeathratesasaresultofimprovementsinmedicalcare.

A.and

B.as

C.but

D.or

答案：B。notsomuch...as...是固定结构，意为“与其说……不如说……”。

6.Heclaimstobeanexpertinastronomy,butinactualfactheisquiteignorantonthesubject.______heknowsaboutitisoutofdateandinaccurate.

A.Whatlittle

B.Somuch

C.Howmuch

D.Solittle

答案：A。whatlittle表示“所仅有的那一点点”，引导主语从句。

7.Althoughwefeeldissatisfiedwiththeelectionresults,wehavetobecomereconciled______thedecisionmadebyourfellowcountrymen.

A.for

B.on

C.to

D.in

答案：C。bereconciledto是固定搭配，意为“顺从，甘心于”。

8.Justasthevalueofatelephonenetworkincreaseswitheachnewphone______tothesystem,sodoesthevalueofacomputersystemincreasewitheachprogramthatturnsout.

A.adding

B.tohaveadded

C.toadd

D.added

答案：D。“phone”与“add”之间是被动关系，所以用过去分词作后置定语。

9.ThevocabularyandgrammaticaldifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglisharesotrivialandfewashardly______.

A.noticed

B.tobenoticed

C.beingnoticed

D.tonotice

答案：B。“so...asto...”结构，意为“如此……以至于……”，此处表示被动，用“tobenoticed”。

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